ABC Exec Denies Claim That Clare Crawley Wasn't Told About Matt James Being 'Bachelor'

The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons aired last night, and apparently ABC dropped a commercial that featured a of The Bachelorette. Makes sense considering the show is going back into production after , but according to Reality Steve the timing is kinda suspicious.

Matt James is ready for his shot at love!

As if this upcoming season of The Bachelor starring Matt James, the first Black male lead in franchise history, didn’t already have an enormous amount of pressure about it!

honestly can't get here soon enough, but fans got a taste of what's to come during Monday night's , when Matt showed up for an interview with his best friend Tyler Cameron. "I've heard from a lot of my Black friends that aren't Bachelor Nation faithful that are excited about me and honored that I'm in the position I'm in," Matt told Chris Harrison.

If there’s anyone ready for Matt James to find love on “The Bachelor”, it’s his mom, Patty. During his appearance on Monday night’s episode of “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever!” James joked that his mom started a “grandkid counter” as soon as he was announced as “The Bachelor” on June 12.

Matt James‘ journey as the Bachelor won’t begin for at least a few months, but his mother is already planning for the future.“I think that the grandkid counter for my mom started when that announcement was made,” James, 28, told Chris Harrison via video-chat on the Monday, June 29, episode of The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever.

Matt James knows he's breaking new ground as thefirst Black Bachelor. The 28-year-old popped in during Monday's episode of to share a little about how life has changed since he was announced as the Bachelor franchise's first Black male lead earlier this month. As James told Chris Harrison, the support he's gotten from his Black friends has been particularly important.

Matt James to find love on, it's his mom, Patty. During his appearance on Monday night's episode of James joked that his mom started a «grandkid counter» as soon as he was announced as on June 12.    «How many does she want?» James' friend, alum Tyler Cameron, asked. «She wants a basketball team!» the 28-year-old replied. James and Cameron have been friends for years, after meeting as freshmen at Wake Forest University.

Clare Crawley is opening up about a painful and dark moment from her past.

Clare Crawley is opening up about a past relationship. The 39-year-old Bachelorette appeared on the latest episode of the podcast and revealed that she was in an abusive relationship before appearing on Juan Pablo Galavis' season of in 2014.«There's so much more background that I have never even talked about, even on that season of, that I had held inside, that I didn't share with the world,» she said.

Matt James, the newly named Bachelor, is looking hot hot hot!

Clare Crawley entered Bachelor Nation in 2014, she went through a very dark time. “There’s so much more background that I have never even talked about, even on that season of The Bachelor, that I held inside, that I didn’t share with the world,” the season 16 Bachelorette, 39, told hosts Rachel Lindsay and Becca Kufrin on the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast on June 23.

Clare Crawley may still be waiting to film her season of “The Bachelorette” but the drama is still raging on.

After 24 seasons Matt James will become the first Black “Bachelor” in franchise history.

Corinne Olympios, the ex-Bachelor contestant, is thrilled to see Matt James as the new Bachelor on the popular reality television series, but she thinks that it was a long time coming. This past week, the 28-year-old reality star was named as the first black lead on the show after weeks of fan-created petitions demanding ABC to cast a black lead.

Clare Crawley‘s season of The Bachelorette is definitely still happening — but it may take a while to get there.

Rachel Lindsay simply isn’t going to let ABC get away with doing the bare minimum when it comes to fostering diversity on The Bachelor.

Matt James’ peers have “nothing but nice things to say about” the new Bachelor, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.“He’s such a good guy,” the source tells Us, noting he was well-known at Wake Forest University, where he played football from 2011 to 2014. “Everyone knew who Matt was at Wake.