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🔥🕵️‍♂️🐊 THE UNTOLD TRUTH: Robert Irwin Reveals The SHOCKING Secret Alter Ego of His Father, The ‘Crocodile Hunter’! Get Ready to See Steve Irwin Like NEVER Before! 🐊🕵️‍♂️🔥 You thought you knew Steve Irwin? You were wrong. For years, the world saw a khaki-clad warrior, a fearless conservationist who wrestled crocodiles and charmed snakes. But what if that was only half the story? In a jaw-dropping new revelation, Robert Irwin has finally pulled back the curtain on his father’s most closely guarded secret: a hidden alter ego that profoundly shaped his life, his work, and the very legacy he left behind. This isn’t just about a different side of Steve; it’s about a persona so surprising, so unexpected, that it will change the way you view the “Crocodile Hunter” forever. What kind of man was he behind the scenes? What sacrifices did he make, and what dreams did he secretly chase when the cameras were off? Prepare to be stunned by the profound, emotional, and utterly human truth that Robert has finally decided to share.

Steve Irwin’s son Robert reveals Dad’s secret alter ego

Robert Irwin wasn't even three years old when his father was killed at the age of 44 by a stingray. Photo / Instagram

Robert Irwin wasn’t even three years old when his father was killed at the age of 44 by a stingray. Photo / Instagram

It’s Robert Irwin as you’ve never seen him before … and crikey he looks good!

Now 18, the youngest son of Australia’s beloved croc hunter Steve Irwin, who died in 2006, has stepped out of his trademark khakis and posed for his first ever fashion shoot with Stellar magazine on location at Australia Zoo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, opens up about his dad in Stellar magazine. Photo / Stellar
Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, opens up about his dad in Stellar magazine. Photo / Stellar

 

In the wide-ranging and at times emotional interview, Irwin revealed he is as much a fashion warrior as a wildlife one, telling Stellar he’s already beginning to earn a reputation in his famous family as a style-maker.

“I’ve actually become known as the fashionable Irwin,” he revealed with his iconic enthusiasm.

“My dad wasn’t exactly a fashion icon, but he was iconic just in the fact that he made khaki cool.”

Robert says his interest in the transformative nature of one’s clothes was actually something he picked up from his famous father who had rock-star level fame in America.

“He had an alter ego called Glenn Glamour,” Robert confides.

“He would put in false teeth, a wig, this ridiculous multi-coloured trench coat, the weirdest pants and really sketchy sneakers.

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“And that’s how he would get around the zoo and no-one would notice him because he was just wearing the most ridiculous thing. So, ironically, the more exciting and experimental you are with your fashion, the less people will recognise you – at least for me.”

Robert, who wasn’t even three years old when his father was killed at the age of 44 by a stingray while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in 2006, also opened up on how he has felt his father’s absence most acutely in the last two years.

“Because I am sort of stepping into adulthood, having turned 18, and navigating that is hard enough [but] when you are in my situation, and you don’t have a father figure to guide you through, it’s really hard.”

In March 2020, he walked his sister down the aisle when she married her long-time boyfriend Chandler Powell.

“You do that sort of stuff and think, ‘That was Dad’s job. That wasn’t mine’,” he said.

He says Bindi is now urging Robert to hurry up and find his special someone, too.

“She’s like, ‘You’re 18, Robert, what’s going on? Pick up the pace!'” he chuckles.

“By 18 she and Chandler had already been together for a couple of years. So, it happened pretty quick [for Bindi to find love]. But that doesn’t happen very often.

“So, I’m still looking. I am in no rush. It’ll happen when it happens.”