On the subject of controversial popular culture subjects, you understand the co-hosts over at The View are going to have an opinion. That’s actually the case concerning the drama that’s already circulating over the lead of The Golden Bachelor Season 2, which is ready to premiere on the 2025 TV schedule later this 12 months. Whoopi Goldberg, Pleasure Behar and the remainder of the panel had some fairly sturdy ideas about 66-year-old Mel Owens not wanting thus far ladies his age.
Mel Owens, a former NFL linebacker, mentioned on a podcast in June that earlier than he was forged on The Golden Bachelor, he instructed producers he would eradicate any ladies “60 or older” from his season and that he additionally didn’t need anybody with synthetic hips or wigs. Pleasure Behar took a psychological method to the remark, saying:
I imply, I perceive what he’s saying. You recognize, males are afraid to die. We’re too, no person likes to die. Males all the time like a youthful girl to provide them this sense that they’re going to reside endlessly.
Sara Haines countered that it actually wasn’t that deep, and males simply wished youthful ladies “due to their boobs.” Alyssa Farah Griffin appeared prepared to provide Mel Owens an opportunity, given the truth that we haven’t truly seen him do something within the ABC actuality courting franchise but, nevertheless it appears like she’s cautious of what’s to return, given what she’s seen to date:
I’ll give Mel somewhat little bit of time, we haven’t gotten to see him but, nevertheless it appears like a person could be a canine at 66 in addition to his 20s. … I’m undecided he’s right here for the best causes.
Pleasure Behar appeared to agree with that, saying it seemed like he simply wished “to get somewhat on the aspect,” in reference to his feedback about not wanting somebody with faux hips.
Sunny Hostin mentioned there could also be one facet that Mel Owens hasn’t thought-about about growing older ladies after which posed one query about his said choice of courting ladies as younger as 45. Hostin mentioned:
I take exception to the factitious hips, as a result of whenever you get your knees achieved or your hips achieved, you’re bionic, and you are able to do issues your different hips and knees couldn’t do earlier than. So he’s somewhat mistaken about that, and I additionally query, at 66 he’s slicing off folks at 60, however he’s open to folks at 45? What 45-year-old needs him? I don’t know. It’s ridiculous.
When Pleasure Behar identified that Mel Owens in all probability has cash, Sara Haines mentioned these arguments about age and cash and look are nothing new, and he or she echoed OG Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner’s recommendation to maintain an open thoughts. In Haines’ phrases:
These tropes have been occurring endlessly. Individuals have dated for cash. Plenty of time it’s blamed on the ladies courting for a sure earnings, after which you will have males courting for a sure age, or a dimension. So he mentioned that half out loud. I feel I might encourage him to be open to, oftentimes you suppose you understand what you need, and it hardly ever is available in that type, so simply hold your eyes open.
Whoopi Goldberg stayed largely quiet via the dialogue about The Golden Bachelor, however she put the interval on the finish of the sentence by invoking karma — and the Lord — as she mentioned:
I feel anyone who performed within the NFL shouldn’t be speaking about what he doesn’t need. Since you’ve been hit sufficient, your physique’s beat to poop. What you don’t need is what you’re gonna get. That’s how God works.
It’s going to actually be fascinating to see what occurs when The Golden Bachelor premieres. ABC has launched bios for 25 potential contestants on Mel Owens’ season, starting from age 58 to 77. Solely three ladies match Owens’ “45 to 60” standards, with one 58-year-old and two 60-year-olds. Eight of his 25 potential ladies are his age or older.
We’ll must see what the ultimate forged seems to be like, and what the women on The View suppose after The Golden Bachelor Season 2 premieres. If you wish to tune in, all of it begins at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, September 24, on ABC and streaming the following day with a Hulu subscription.