There shouldn’t be any shortage of nightspots where the bachelorettes can drink on the 11th edition of ABC’s The Bachelor. That’s because the man that the gals will be fighting for is Brad Womack (pictured), 34, who co-owns four bars in Austin, Texas, with his brothers. (Brad’s got a twin named Chad, how cute, and another brother who ruins the rhyme scheme named Wesley, both of whom are married. Sorry, girls.) Now, I like the idea of a self-made entrepreneur Bachelor instead of the usual princes, heirs, and out-of-work actors; maybe he won’t come equipped with the usual sense of smug self-entitlement (though, when a couple dozen women are throwing themselves at you, maybe you can’t help but get a swelled, um, head). I just wish ABC would stop referring to him in press materials as "The Bachelor’s own ‘McSteamy.’" C’mon, ABC, that well’s run dry. Trying to hitch your aging reality show to the Grey’s Anatomy McBandwagon that way just smacks of desperation.
What do y’all think? Is this guy a keeper? Will you be tuning in to watch him generate a long list of exes in Texas when the show premieres on Sept. 24?
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He’s got beautiful blue eyes. I really can’t tell if I like him or not, I’ll have to see when the show premieres. I’m the type of person that likes to know about the vibes that another person sends me before I decide if I like them or not.
But as I said he’s got beautiful blue eyes!
I can’t wait for the new season! I love The Bachelor.
He looks so stiff and awkward in that pic. Like that guy in eighth grade who takes you to the dance and just showed up at the door. That aside, it doesn’t matter what he looks like, he and his bachelorette will be finished before the season finale airs.
Something about the facts that the guy has a scary mustache and that his bar is most famous for being the hangout of the Real World kids makes me think ew.
haha good point but maybe say ewww cuz for a moment I thought you meany entertainment weekly
um, ICK.
There is something very “1970’s porn star” about him. If he had curly hair or a mullet he’d be spot-on perfect!
Speaking of the well running dry, hadn’t everyone had enough of the fake dating shows?
Jesse, I agree with you, except I would have said “1970’s Gay Porn Star”.
Craptastic. Is that a picture of a humanoid? He’s a little stiff…
i’m sorry i have to disagree with most of the previous posts. i think he’s pretty hot. yes, he looks a little stiff, but maybe that’s because he’s a normal working, self-made man who is not used to being in front of a camera.
oh my god, he’s gorgeous!! i don’t even like blond men, but i am going to check it out when the show premiers!!
OK, I take back my “gay porn star” comment. But look what an ill fit his suit is. Look at the elbows of both arms. Even the arm that is not really bent. WTF?
yay!
Another bland, uninteresting, plastic-looking, handsome-in-a-very-inoffensive,non-edgy kinda way white Bachelor!
Seriously, there’s no fricking way that ABC can tell me that they haven’t been able to find hot, appealing, interesting men of color who would be perfect for The Bachelor.
Is it really that hard to have an Asian, Latino or Black Bachelor?
Darn!!!
Why oh why is this show still on the air?
I agree, why is this show still on? In fact, why is half the junk on tv still on? Let it go ABC – no one is watching The Bachelor anymore!
If these bachelors (or bacheloretes) were the catches they purport to be wouldn’t they already have been caught?
McBandwagon, McPriceless!
Don’t take it back Richard that seems pretty accurate to me.
Frankly, his eyebrows scare me. If you’re going to groom them into such perfect shape, dude, please make them smaller.
I’m with you, Telly. These guys are the whitest of the white bread. This latest one is only in it for the publicity as he and his brothers try to build a hotel.
He really needs to lose the mustache–it does nothing for him.
How airbrushed can that photo get?
I won’t be tuning in, but I’ll be hitting up popwatch for Michael Slezak’s recaps….
Yep 70’s gay porn star Jean Claude Van Deriere.
He has to lose the mustache. And if ABC is going to continue with this show (that 2 percent of the viewers are watching, hint, hint) they need to pull the average single person off the street, get them a makeover and THEN do the program.
FUG!
If you look at him long enough he looks like K-Fed after a good shave, facial, spray tan and highlights. It so totally creeps me out!
@Telly B. Unless its for comedic affect (See Flavor Of Love), some of the American viewing public doesn’t feel comfortable watching young pretty women chasing to get the hand of a minatory bachelor. I can’t see any other reason after 10 years it hasn’t been done.
When are they gonna have a Black, Latino or Asian/South Asian bachelor???
Could he BE any more airbrushed?
I mean, ABC made him look like friggin’ Ken!
I agree with the people who said they would like to see a bachelor of a different race, Latino/ Asian/ Black.
It would make the show better to have a change once in a while. I’m white and I would like to see someone of a different race have a chance at finding love, because I don’t think it’s fair.
Also, why don’t they ever have anyone who is a hard working, every day person. Instead of all of these rich people who think their lives are so perfect.
ABC, you need to change this show around a bit. But, I will still watch though.