Tones and I reveals her secret boyfriend of 18 months

Tones and I has revealed that she has a secret boyfriend – footballer Jimmy Bedford. 

Appearing on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday, the fiercely private singer, whose real name is Toni Watson, confessed the pair have been dating for the past 18 months.

Jimmy Bedford – nicknamed ‘Bedders’ – is a former brickie and player for the Victorian AFL team, the Frankston Bombers, who now follows the Dance Monkey hitmaker around the world on tour, as her stage technician. 

Loved up: Tones and I (right) has revealed that she has a secret boyfriend – footballer Jimmy Bedford (left). Appearing on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Friday, the fiercely private singer confessed the pair have been dating for the past 18 months

‘I have actually been with my partner for a year and a half now. It’s going so well. He’s just the perfect person for me,’ the 27-year-old pop star told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson on Friday.

‘He was a brickie [bricklayer], and now he’s my stage tech. In the last year and a half, he’s gone to university, studied, got his Bachelors. 

‘He comes on tour with me as my stage tech. He lives with us. He plays footy for Frankston Bombers. He’s my best friend, he’s hilarious,’ she said. 

Bedders! Jimmy Bedford – nicknamed ‘Bedders’ – is a former brickie who now follows the Dance Monkey hitmaker around the world on tour, as her stage technician

Baller: He is also player for the Victorian AFL team, the Frankston Bombers. Jimmy is pictured on the field

Tones then explained that Jimmy appeared in a recent promotional video for her new album, which she shared to Instagram earlier his week. 

In the clip, Jimmy, who bears a striking resemblance to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth, plays a bartender who comedically praises the singer’s ‘tunes’.   

On Friday, Jimmy plugged the new album from Tones and I, Welcome To The Madhouse, in a Facebook post. 

Love: ‘It’s going so well. He’s just the perfect person for me,’ the 27-year-old pop star told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson on Friday. ‘He was a brickie [bricklayer], and now he’s my stage tech. In the last year and a half, he’s gone to university, got his Bachelors’ 

Sweet: ‘He comes on tour with me as my stage tech. He lives with us. He plays footy for Frankston Bombers. He’s my best friend, he’s hilarious,’ she said

He wrote that Tones is an, ‘absolute musical genius and the greatest person I know!’

The pair have appeared together in a small handful of Instagram posts, including one which tones shared in August last year, that was captioned: ‘I love you’.   

Elsewhere in the interview, Tones addressed questions about her sexuality, and says that she does not consider gender when it comes to romance. 

That’s him! Tones then explained that Jimmy appeared in a recent promotional video for her new album, which she shared to Instagram earlier his week (pictured) 

Same same! In the comedic clip Jimmy, who bears a striking resemblance to Thor actor Chris Hemsworth (right), plays a bartender

‘Who you like is who you like, and I have never said I wouldn’t like this person because they’re a girl, and I wouldn’t like this person because they are a boy. 

‘It’s who you have a connection with,’ The Kids Are Coming singer said. 

Tones became an overnight smash success thanks to her 2019 number one hit song, Dance Monkey, and released her debut studio album, Welcome To The Madhouse, this week.

Open: Elsewhere in the interview, Tones addressed questions about her sexuality. ‘Who you like is who you like, and I have never said I wouldn’t like this person because they’re a girl, and I wouldn’t like this person because they are a boy’ she said 

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