This season’s star of The Golden Bachelor is catching warmth for saying he’ll lower any girls over age 60 in a current interview.

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Your complete level of the present is to characteristic of us 65 and older with a healthful message that love is for everybody, and this man’s “preferences” aren’t vibing with that. Followers of the present are so postpone that some aren’t certain they wish to watch the brand new season.

“45 to 60”

On June 4, new bachelor Mel Owens went on the podcast MGoBlue for an interview and obtained a bit of too candid about what he’s on the lookout for amongst contestants.

“They ask me, ‘What’s your preferences?’” he recounted. “So I simply mentioned [ages] 45 to 60, simply being trustworthy. After which we had lunch with the chief producer. I mentioned, ‘You already know, in the event that they’re 60 or over, I’m slicing them.’”

@tessdhiggins if abc authorized this interview i might be SHOCKED #thegoldenbachelor #bachelornation #realitytv #thebachelor ♬ unique sound – Tess – author & actuality lover

The producer then tried to clarify the premise of the present to Owens.

“‘Mel, you may’t. This isn’t The Silver Bachelor. That is The Golden Bachelor.’ He goes, ‘However they’re going to be sizzling. Don’t fear about it.”

Owens, a former skilled soccer participant, is 66, in accordance with Us Weekly. That makes his age desire anyplace from 21 to 6 years youthful than him. The interview didn’t enhance a lot from there, both, as he continued to speak in regards to the bodily properties of his most well-liked match.

“Nicely, [the women] obtained to be match, as a result of I’m staying in form, and work out and stuff,” he mentioned. “And I informed them, ‘Attempt to keep away from the substitute hips and the wigs, , that sort of stuff, proper?’”

Sequence followers aren’t trying ahead to season 2

ABC could have made an error selecting a Golden Bachelor who isn’t into precise seniors. One fan of the present, TikToker @tessdhiggins, posted a video on Wednesday suggesting she may skip the second season due to Owens’ interview statements.

“The entire tone of The Golden Bachelor is that it’s alleged to really feel healthful and really second-chance-at-love,” she identified. “It’s not alleged to really feel like some man being like, ‘okay, I need sizzling women from 45 to 60, and in the event that they’re older than 60, I’m slicing them.’”

“Simply feels in poor style and doesn’t make me excited to look at this season.”

Many commenters on the TikTok video agreed, feeling that casting youthful contestants ruins the purpose of the present.

“He’s 66 & desires 20 years youthful,” mentioned @christye469. “The ladies have been the very best a part of the Golden Bachelor. I beloved seeing older girls proudly sporting sleeveless attire, bathing fits, & being pleased with who they’re. Don’t suppose I’ll be watching this season.”

“45??? For his 70-year-old self???” replies one other.

Some puzzled if choosing Owens might spell the top of The Golden Bachelor altogether.

“And the truth that the complete franchise is near being canceled altogether, you’d suppose they’d be scrambling to search out an precise first rate human as their lead,” wrote @laura_b_wandering.

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