Terri and Bindi Irwin in a ‘Losing Battle’ to Keep Robert at Zoo: Hollywood Offers ‘Too Big to Refuse’

Crikey! Robert Irwin is being bombarded with offers from Hollywood, a source tells Star, and it’s sending mom Terri and sister Bindi into a major panic as they’re worried sick over how they’ll cope without him.

“It’s a very delicate situation,” explains the source. “Terri and Bindi always say Robert should chase his dreams and reach for the stars, but now that he actually wants to do that, they’re upset and saying they’ll never be able to manage the zoo without him.”

Back in October, a source told Star that Terri, 61, Bindi, 27, and Robert, 22, are a very close family and they don’t want him a million miles away.

“It’s a losing battle no matter what they say to try and keep hold of him, though, because he’s determined to give Hollywood a proper go,” says the source, “and that means he will need to make the move to L.A. at some point soon.”

The Dancing With the Stars season 34 champ is set to host the competition show’s upcoming spin-off Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro, which premieres Monday, July 13 and will film in Queensland, Australia.

However, “that’s not something that can realistically happen every time,” Star‘s source notes.

“Fact is, he needs to be in America to take things to the next level with his career,” reveals the source, “and everyone is warning Bindi and Terri that it will be sooner rather than later because the offers he’s getting are becoming way too big to refuse.”