Who is the next bachelor 2020
Matt James is the next Bachelor! (And What You Need to Know)
we have our next Bachelor just this
morning on Good Morning America it was
announced that Matt James is going to be
the next franchise lead and the first
ever black bachelor very excited the new
bachelor Matt James joins us now Matt
congratulations now perhaps you don't
recognize him or know anything about him
and perhaps you're surprised to see this
announced when we haven't even had a
bachelorette season and likely won't for
at least a few months but with pressure
mounting from members of bachelor nation
saying enough is enough it's time for
this franchise to start representing the
diversity of America and a petition
created by the Batchelor diversity
campaign that at the time of the
announcement had almost eighty five
thousand signatures ABC made the
decision
Matt James a model and luxury realtor
from North Carolina is our next Bachelor
and while I'm delighted that ABC Warner
Bros and the team behind The Bachelor
have taken this much-needed first step
this decision would likely never have
happened without the countless members
of bachelor nation speaking up
especially former Bachelorette Rachel
Lindsay who has been a leading advocate
for diversity in the franchise a task
she's had to champion as the only person
of color to ever be a franchise lead now
many of you might not recognize Matt
simply because you've never seen him on
TV but if you follow tyler cameron on
instagram chances are you know a lot
about who he is
ever since tyler cameron shot two
bachelor nation stardom and won over the
hearts of countless bachelorette viewers
many flocked to his instagram page and
when
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this is Tyler's best friend and business
partner Matt James who together run a
charity organization called ABC Food
Tours which organizes food tours for
underserved and underprivileged kids in
the New York City area their goal to
inspire and motivate these children by
exposing them to restaurant tours
entrepreneurs and immigrant business
owners who've all overcome similar
hardships but before moving to New York
Matt came from Raleigh North Carolina
and went on to play football for Wake
Forest University after that he tried
out for the NFL with the Carolina
Panthers and New Orleans Saints before
eventually moving to New York and taking
a position as a research analyst at a
commercial real estate company called
CBR II and you may also recognize Matt
from the quote quarantine crew where
Tyler and Hannah Brown were self
isolating together back in March see
there's Matt James wearing what I hope
will be his night one outfit and matt
has been gaining a following ever since
Tyler season of The Bachelorette so much
so that Matt was cast to be on Claire
Crawley season that's right Matt was all
ready to head to California and vie for
Claire's heart that is until the
horribleness of 2020 happened and
everything was delayed which I suppose
turns out to have been ultimately a good
thing for both Matt and Claire as one
Matt is now the bachelor and two Claire
season has been recasting and you might
also remember some of the drama that
occurred with Matt and Claire before the
season even aired as Claire Crawley
tweeted out this if you are doing
interviews and creating cameo accounts
before you are even on my season you are
in it for the wrong reasons
respect the opportunity you've been
given respect the rules respect me and
many fans quickly gleamed that she could
be talking about Matt who had already
created a cameo account but Claire soon
received backlash for this tweet as Matt
James was actually pledging all of
earnings from cameo to the Robin Hood
Foundation an organization that provides
food for frontline workers and those in
need in the New York City area during
the pandemic after that Claire then
clarified in another tweet that she was
actually addressing multiple men now of
course with Matt now slated to be the
bachelor it means that he won't be on
Clair season at all at least as a
contestant does this mean I don't get me
I don't get to meet Claire you know I'm
sure they might find a way to throw Matt
into the mix for some extra TV time and
promo but hey think of this with the
next Bachelor already in place perhaps
that might weed out some of the men on
Clair season who aren't there for the
right reasons maybe and any potential
drama between the two will be coming out
now ABC has also come out and made this
statement on the announcement of Matt as
the next Bachelor saying we know we have
a responsibility to make sure the love
stories we're seeing on screen are
representative of the world we live in
and we are proudly in service to our
audience this is just the beginning and
we will continue to take action with
regard to diversity issues on this
franchise we feel so privileged to have
Matt as our first black bachelor and we
cannot wait to embark on this journey
with him
they've also stated that because of his
casting on Clair season and with the
amount of time that the delay has
created ABC has had enough time to get
to know Matt better which made them
confident in their selection of him as
the lead now in his interview with Good
Morning America the 28 year old
describes how he kept this a secret from
everyone including his mom your mom is
finding out with the rest of America
that you're the bachelor so what do you
think her reaction is going to be she's
gonna be excited which implies to me
that this was in the works for a few
days now and this has been the second
time the people at the bachelor have
announced a lead on Good Morning America
and that lead being someone different
than their typical choice we've had
Claire Crowley's announcement
Bachelorette in her late 30s and now
Matt James a black man
in both situations the call for the new
lead seems to have come suddenly and the
announcement made shortly afterwards and
on GMA which means the people at the
bachelor in some way are listening to us
when we called for a more mature cast
clar season came out and when we saw the
cast of men and went hmm still not
enough
they began recasting even if it was only
because the show got delayed and when we
came out saying we wanted more diversity
in the franchise a change has been made
even if it was way overdue so take note
if there's enough talk
ABC and Warner Bros do listen so let's
not take this as a win and walk away
from it let's keep our voices heard but
let's now talk about the other man who
many were calling including myself to be
the next Bachelor before Peter season
Mike Johnson and a lot of people have
been wondering before this and will
still wonder now why wasn't Mike
selected now Rachel in an interview with
ET which I'll post in the description
below has said she's talked to
production after Mike wasn't picked and
asked why why not him I'm told they have
a reason cuz I definitely was up in arms
and I found that it wasn't gonna be him
now Rachel was told there was a reason
what that reason maybe she doesn't know
but she wasn't given a specific answer
and she's also stated that she thinks if
they could tell us they would because it
just looks so bad that they didn't pick
Mike which I suppose means it looks like
until cast and crew contracts expire all
we can do for now is speculate alright
though to finish off this video Matt
James described in his interview with
Good Morning America what he was looking
for in a future partner and what he'll
be looking for in his future season of
The Bachelor a selfless honest caring
compassionate and those are qualities
found in women all shapes sizes and
races whoa whoa wait a minute
what is Matt wearing
is that what is that jacket where have I
seen this before what's happening here
Tyler
Dillon Jed Connor Matt James the salmon
jacket my goodness were barely even
announcing The Bachelor and we already
have a conspiracy on our hands could
wearing this jacket be a cheeky little
easter egg thrown in by a man with a
sense of humor or could it go deeper so
deep it goes all the way to the top I
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don't know what you are Sam and jacket
but I'm on to you and I will find you if
it's the last thing I do
so that's it for this video on our new
bachelor Matt James it's exciting to see
change in this franchise and a positive
step in the right direction I'm hopeful
for the future and from everything I've
read about Matt so far he seems like
really good people so here's to hoping
we finally have a season with a happy
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bachelor fan take out re excited the new
bachelor Matt James joins us now Matt
congratulations
