{"id":38038,"date":"2025-11-13T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=38038"},"modified":"2025-11-13T16:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:29:06","slug":"pollys-new-boyfriend-on-selling-the-oc-also-happens-to-be-a-huge-former-reality-tv-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/13\/pollys-new-boyfriend-on-selling-the-oc-also-happens-to-be-a-huge-former-reality-tv-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Polly&#8217;s new boyfriend on Selling The OC also happens to be a huge former reality TV star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romance is in the air as during episode three of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/selling-the-oc\/\">Selling The OC<\/a>, we see Polly Brindle get set up on a date with Luke Gulbranson, with the pair seeming to hit it off very well.<\/p>\n<p>But who actually is he? Well, let&#8217;s be nosey and find out together!<\/p>\n<h2>Luke previously appeared on another reality TV show<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38049\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38049\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T162503.331.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T162503.331.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T162503.331-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T162503.331-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T162503.331-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, for those of you who are not complete reality TV addicts, Luke actually appeared on another famous series called Summer House, although there is a bit of dispute about whether he was fired from the show or left of his own accord&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And in case you&#8217;ve never heard of Summer House, I hadn&#8217;t until recently, it&#8217;s essentially a reality show where the cast of young professionals rent a house together in the Hamptons and all sorts of chaotic drama and romantic shenanigans end up taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Luke joined the cast of Summer House in season four, but left just two seasons later, with some speculating he&#8217;d actually been fired from the show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38040\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T160003.513.png\" alt=\"Luke Gulbranson Polly Selling OC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T160003.513.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T160003.513-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T160003.513-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-11-13T160003.513-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Bravo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said at the time: &#8220;To kind of address the elephant in the room. Just so everybody knows, I\u2019m not going to be on Summer House this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those were rumors, but I wanted people to hear that from me. Yeah, I won\u2019t be on the show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: I\u2019m extremely thankful for the past three years of being on the show. I\u2019m going to miss my friends a ton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m actually extremely bummed I\u2019m not going to be able to spend the summer with them. It breaks my heart, but I know they\u2019ll have a good time, and we\u2019ll be in touch anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>He owns multiple businesses<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNn2j-Vxxoj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNn2j-Vxxoj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Luke Gulbranson (@lukegulbranson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nLuke also owns his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcoshop.com\/\"> own jewellery brand, R_CO<\/a>., and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lukessyrup.com\/\">maple syrup business<\/a>, which does look very wholesome.<\/p>\n<p>But his work isn&#8217;t cheap, with a ring costing up to $3,700 for a platinum or gold plated one, whilst his maple syrup is more reasonably priced at $15 per bottle.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and he even records his own music. Seriously, is there anything this man cannot do?!<\/p>\n<h2>He now works in real estate, and might join The Oppenheim Group<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEVlFp5Sug0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 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translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DEVlFp5Sug0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Luke Gulbranson (@lukegulbranson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nLuke Gulbranson seems to have left the world of Summer House behind after his departure from the show, but it seems Polly is keen to get him onto the cast of Selling The OC.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/selling-the-oc-season-4-cast-where-are-they-now\">Tudum<\/a>, she admitted: &#8220;I think he would be a great addition to The Oppenheim Group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span 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