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Bindi Irwin's 'first boyfriend' deletes social media account after dating firestorm

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By Steven Raeburn, N/A

December 16, 2013 | 2 min read

One day after being outed as the love interest of Bindi Irwin, Queensland schoolboy Bailey Lancaster has deleted his instagram account, where he posted messages proclaiming the pair were an item.The romance was proclaimed on Twitter via a Queensland entertainment account, and was quickly followed up by gossip magazines.

Bailey Lancaster with Bindi Irwin

15 year old Bindi, daughter of the late ‘crocodile hunter’ Steve Irwin, had mentioned ‘Bazz’ to her own 50,000 twitter follwers.On Instagram, Lancaster had been more vociferous about the blossoming romance."Mine. Back off boys. Getting pretty jelly" (jealous), he wrote.He also said the pair were: “Dating it up date style".The account has since been deleted.Bindi Irwin has retained a high media profile since her father was killed by a stingray in 2006. She was aged eight seven the time.

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