No one gets the tea like Andy Cohen! Matt James’ answers to questions about Clare Crawley — and Tyler Cameron and Rachael Kirkconnell’s friendship — from his appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen are raising eyebrows in Bachelor Nation.
Matt James’ Book Details the ‘Real S–t’ Cut From ‘The Bachelor,’ Explains ‘After the Final Rose’ Coldness With Rachael Kirkconnell
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More to the story. Matt James is opening up about his life in his new book, telling Us Weekly that he isn’t nervous to share details of his past hardships because — contrary to what Bachelor viewers saw — he already did.
“That’s the crazy part. I shared [this] stuff during the show, but it just never made it on air,” the 30-year-old First Impressions author said on an upcoming episode of Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast. James called opening up about the “real s–t that happened in my life” while filming season 25, adding, “I shared all those things so that the women who were pursuing me — as well as the viewers — to have context to why I was the way I was. And when they didn’t have that context, there are just a lot of things didn’t add up.”
In his memoir, First Impressions, which is available for pre-order and hits stands on Tuesday, May 3, James writes about race, being raised by a single mother, his complicated past with his father, his brother’s stint in jail and more.
“I’m not nervous about that because that process allowed me to dig into myself and be like, ‘If I’m gonna do this, it’s gotta be done one way’ — and that’s letting it all hang out, be vulnerable and just allow people to be pulled in,” the ABC Food Tours founders told Us. “And I’m hoping that as [readers] see how open and honest I am with my life, you know, it allows them to resonate and feel what I’ve been through and give them some hope in what they’re going through.“
The book also gives Bachelor viewers “more context” into his relationship with Rachael Kirkconnell. After leaving Nemacolin resort as a couple on the 2021 season, the twosome split when the Georgia native was accused of past racially insensitive actions, including attending a
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