FoxNews: Crocodile Hunter's son Robert Irwin stuns fans with stripped-down underwear ads

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Crocodile Hunter's son Robert Irwin stuns fans with stripped-down underwear ads

Robert Irwin stepped out of his comfort zone in order to promote animal conservation. The 21-year-old zookeeper posed shirtless for a Bonds underwear ad....                        ...                        ...                            ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is showing fans a different side of himself.......The 21-year-old son of the late Steve Irwin was revealed as the brand icon of an Australian underwear company Thursday. ......"Say g'day to our new brand icon, Robert Irwin, like you've never seen him before," the Bonds You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was captioned. "Who better to rep comfy down under than the Aussie wildlife legend himself."......Robert posed for the ads in Bonds underwear but drew some inspiration from his zookeeper job. In a few of the shots, Robert could be seen holding reptiles.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Fans were shocked by Robert's transformation, as many remembered him as the young son of the infamous You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Steve Irwin......."Wait what... when did he.. how did he.. huh," one user replied on Instagram......."What in the Irwin is going on here," another added.......One user admitted, "Not the collab I was expecting - he looks SO good."......"Is this still April Fools," another joked.......The campaign for the Australian brand celebrates bringing its homegrown heritage to the US with the "Made for Down Under" campaign, according to the press release shared with Fox News Digital.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Crocodile Hunter" star You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login after being stung by a stingray while filming a wildlife documentary. His daughter Bindi was eight years old at the time, while Robert was only two.......Now Robert is all grown up and choosing to do "random exciting things," like the Bonds underwear campaign......."It was a pretty immediate yes," he told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......."I wish I could say I was very suave and cool about the whole thing, but I was like, 'Yes! Let's do it!' Because Bonds in Australia is an absolute icon," Robert added. "Also, I'm at this point in my life where I'm trying to do as many different and random exciting things, and if it's something that makes me a little bit nervous, that I've never done before and it's a bit of an adrenaline rush? That's what I want to be doing."......Robert followed in his father's footsteps – taking a job at the Australia Zoo. The zookeeper saw the Bonds ad as an opportunity to share his conservation message with a larger audience......."We are all trying to continue an important legacy that my dad started," he explained. "I've gotten to find my own individual ways of doing that, and sometimes that comes in the form of modeling Bonds! It seems so out of the ordinary for what I would do, but I get to be with Aussie Wildlife, I get to approach a new audience, a new platform, and get my wildlife conservation message out there to more people. And that is what means so much to me and my family."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Robert celebrated his 21st birthday in November and took the moment to remember his father......."Today I turn 21. I was looking through the archives a few days ago and I found these pictures of my dad on his 21st," he wrote on Instagram......."It can be hard to celebrate the milestones when there's someone missing, but I will carry his memory and passion with me in this new chapter of life. I am one lucky guy to be surrounded by my amazing family today. Time to celebrate!"...

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