Spoiler alert! When you haven’t seen It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia’s August 20 episode “The Golden Bachelor Reside,” you’ll be able to stream it along with your Hulu subscription.
After a season of It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia that paid tribute to sequence like Is It Cake? and The Rehearsal — and gave us that wild Janine curse within the Abbott Elementary crossover — Season 17 ended on a excessive word with “The Golden Bachelor Reside.” The finale, which each made me cry and offered an superior traditional TV reunion, featured Frank occurring The Golden Bachelor, with a plot that felt shockingly just like the controversy the ABC courting present is definitely at present dealing with with Mel Owens. Did the Gang predict this?
Former NFL linebacker Mel Owens, the 66-year-old lead of the Golden Bachelor Season 2, got here below hearth this summer time for saying he most popular so far ladies ages 45 to 60 and that he deliberate on “slicing” any contestants older than that. Understanding this as a Bachelor Nation fan, my entire physique cringed into itself in the course of the All the time Sunny finale when Frank — standing with Jesse Palmer in entrance of Bachelor Mansion — began instantly dismissing the ladies of their 60s who exited the limos, finally exclaiming:
No, no, no. Cross! Cross! Are all these whores gonna be this previous?
My jaw was on the bottom. Not as a result of I couldn’t imagine Frank would say such a factor — Danny DeVito is at all times pushing the envelope together with his character — however as a result of it hit just a little too near residence, given the dialog that has surrounded the upcoming season of The Golden Bachelor.
In fact, Mel Owens’ feedback don’t rise even near the crude stage of Frank’s exaggerated actuality on It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia, however to me, the sentiment of immediately eliminating ladies as a result of they have been of their 60s felt uncomfortably related.
What the ex-NFL participant stated (partly) was:
They requested me, like, ‘What’s your preferences?’ So I simply stated 45 to 60, simply being sincere, proper? After which the method went and I used to be chosen. After which we had lunch with the chief producer. I stated, ‘In the event that they’re 60 or over, I’m slicing them.’ … They gotta be match, as a result of I keep in form, work out and stuff. And I instructed him, ‘Attempt to keep away from the unreal hips and the wigs,’ you realize, that sort of stuff.
The Golden Bachelor Season 2 forged has but to be confirmed by ABC, however the checklist of potential contestants included only one lady below 60. Mel Owens has since stated he apologized to the ladies on his season on the primary evening of filming.
So is that this like The Simpsons having the ability to predict future occasions? Season 17 of All the time Sunny wrapped filming in December 2024, months earlier than Mel Owens’ June 2025 look on the Within the Trenches podcast. With “The Golden Bachelor Reside” episode airing on the 2025 TV schedule on August 20, there’s actually no approach one may have impressed the opposite.
Possibly we’ll discover out Mel Owens has been working with Rob Mac and Charlie Day this entire time, and it’s a giant elaborate prank that gained’t be revealed till The Golden Bachelor premieres at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, September 24, on ABC. I’d nearly imagine it at this level.