In Season 25, the star of The Bachelor will be looking for love and making history at the same time. On June 12, ABC revealed Matt James as the Bachelor for the next season, making him the first Black lead of the franchise’s flagship series since it began in 2002. The surprise announcement happened on Good Morning America, months before The Bachelor‘s lead is typically chosen.
Matt, who first appeared on Bachelor Nation’s radar as the best friend and roommate of Hannah Brown’s runner-up Tyler Cameron, was selected as a contestant for Clare Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette back in March. Even then, fans speculated he would be a frontrunner as the lead of the next Bachelor season, and that The Bachelorette would basically be an audition for the starring role. However, soon after the announcement of Clare’s cast, the coronavirus pandemic halted production of The Bachelorette, and now, while Clare’s season is still set to happen, Matt will not be part of it.
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