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• Steve Irwin's 18-year-old son Robert responded to a TikTok video that went viral in mid-June.
• The video showed Utah-based Megan Grass asking for Irwin's number during her trip to Australia Zoo.
• Irwin told Stellar Magazine he was "flattered" by the request but couldn't give out his details. 

Robert Irwin, the son of late television personality Steve Irwin, has spoken about a viral TikTok video of a woman filming herself asking for his number, saying he was "flattered" by her request. 

In an interview with Stellar Magazine, a subsection of Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, Irwin addressed the June video, which showed a Utah woman named Megan Grass calling Irwin "cute" and asking for his phone number during a visit to Australia Zoo, which the Irwin family runs in Queensland, Australia. 

In the video, which currently has 15.1 million views, 18-year-old Irwin suggests the woman message him on Instagram instead of giving out his number, leading many commenters to suggest that he rejected her advances. 

"I was very flattered by this lovely Australia Zoo guest. It certainly means a lot!" Irwin told Stellar Magazine. 

"While I wasn't able to give out my personal details, I really appreciated having a conversation with someone who definitely had a great interest and passion for the Zoo and my message," he added. 

Irwin also told the outlet he is "still looking" for love, but said, "I am in no rush. It'll happen when it happens."

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Grass' TikTok video, posted on the app on June 14, showed her filming Irwin at the zoo as Irwin walked past her. "I think you're so cute, and I was wondering if I could have your number?" she asked in the video. 

When Irwin encouraged Grass to message him on Instagram in the video, she told him she had already done so the previous night to inform him that she was planning to visit the zoo. Irwin then asked for her name and said he would "look it up" on the platform.

Grass' video went so viral on TikTok that she was interviewed by Today Australia last month. Grass told the outlet she felt she was "rejected in the sweetest way possible" by Irwin.

She also explained that she initially posted the TikTok so her friends and family could see it, adding, "I definitely was not expecting it to blow up the way it did, but it was a really cool experience altogether, and Robert was so sweet about it." 

Overall, she said in the segment that she would be happy to be "Robert's friend," and added, "'I think he's literally the sweetest person ever. I was a stranger who asked for his number, and he didn't have to be polite about it, but he definitely was." 

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Irwin is the youngest child of "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, who was known for wrestling with reptiles on his various television shows and who died in 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray. Robert, along with his sister Bindi and mother Terri, currently star in the Animal Planet reality TV show "Crikey! It's the Irwins," where the family goes on wildlife expeditions together. 

Irwin has his own TikTok account, which has 3.3 million followers, where he typically posts content interacting with animals, such as wombats and koalas. He told Stellar Magazine he's passionate about photography and plans to release a coffee table book featuring his photographs later this year. 

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