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Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s First 'Bachelor' Promo Is Here


ABC threw everyone for a loop last week when it announced Arie Luyendyk Jr., from Emily Maynard’s 2012 season of The Bachelorette, is the next Bachelor. Yes, you read that correctly: 2012. Five years ago. Why ABC thought this was a good choice is beyond me—and all of Bachelor Nation. These Twitter reactions prove it.

But since we’re moving forward with Luyendyk Jr., let me refresh your memory on this guy: The 35-year-old is a real estate agent from Arizona whose father is a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, something I’m told is a big deal to straight people. And to be fair to Luyendyk, he was actually great on Maynard’s Bachelorette season. No shade to him—it’s just so strange that ABC made such a from-the-vault choice, especially when there were so many options from Rachel Lindsay’s season (cough, Hot Peter, cough).

But, alas, here we are: Hot Peter-less and with an auto-racing Bachelor 50 percent of fans completely forgot about. If ABC has its way, though, Luyendyk Jr. will be your fave by the time The Bachelor airs in January 2018. The network, somehow, just unveiled the first promo for Luyendyk Jr.’s season, and it’s…well, it’s a lot of things. Watch it for yourself, here, and then let’s discuss.

ABC’s really trying to make this “sexy race car driver” thing work. “Hearts will race,” a throaty voice booms over shots of Luyendyk strutting his stuff in what looks like a car-themed spacesuit. Listen, I get that this is Luyendyk Jr.’s “thing,” but race car driving is a very un-sexy sport. You drive around in circles in a car with tinted windows. No one can even see you! Why didn’t they have him do, like, benchpresses in the middle of a race car track or something? That would be very on-brand for The Bachelor and with this new theme ABC’s aiming for.

The network also managed to find the only positive tweets about Luyendyk Jr.’s casting and used them as gushy fanfare, but my Peter-loving heart isn’t taking the bait. Again, Luyendyk Jr. is great—despite his affinity for cars and hair gel—but he’s not who fans wanted. That’s the truth.

Nevertheless, I remain optimistic about this season—and I’ll still watch—but I think I speak on behalf of all Bachelor Nation with this simple request: Please, ABC, no more car puns.

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So This Might Be Why Arie Luyendyk Jr. Is Our Next Bachelor


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By now, most of us have come to terms with the fact that Arie Luyendyk Jr. is going to be our next Bachelor. No shade to the racing-driver-turned-real-estate-professional who was runner-up on Emily Maynard‘s season of The Bachelorette five (five!) years ago. But until now, everyone’s been kind of asking why when there were more recent people like Hot Peter and giggly Dean Unglert to choose from. Well, Unglert himself is now shedding some light on the network’s decision.

As anyone who’s watched even two episodes of this season of Bachelor in Paradise can tell you, sweet little Deanie Baby showed himself to be far less endearing and commitment-ready than he appeared to be when he was on Rachel Lindsay‘s season of The Bachelorette. After quickly jumping into a relationship with Kristina Schulman from Nick Viall’s season, he soon dragged the former orphan into a love triangle with Danielle Lombard (a.k.a. D-Lo, also from Nick’s season) because, even though Unglert thinks Kristina is “smart and interesting,” D-Lo is “hot.” Not great.

Unglert admitted as much in a new interview with ET, where he conceded that his newfound “f-boy” label—which he finds “annoying” and doesn’t agree with even though he can “see how my actions reflect it”—is likely what prevented him from ever being seriously considered for the role of The Bachelor.

“I talked about it very informally with a few people, but there was never a formal offer extended or anything like that,” Unglert said in the interview. “If you watch two episodes of Paradise, you’ll see very quickly why I’m not the Bachelor this year.”

And honestly, it’s probably for the best that the 25-year-old is not going to be the franchise’s next leading man. The controversy surrounding Unglert has been there from the start: don’t let his blinding white teeth and beaming smile distract you from remembering that he famously made audiences cringe when he blurted out that he was “ready to go Black and never come back” upon meeting Lindsay for the first time. He then shaded her on social media a few months later when an Instagram user shared a photo of herself with Unglert and captioned it “went Black, but came back,” and he seemingly validated that ignorance by writing “Lololol at the caption” in the comments section of the post. Lindsay, for her part, was rightly not having it.

Maybe it’s time we all let go of what could have been and give Luyendyk a chance. He may not be Hot Peter, but Hot Peter also couldn’t commit (to Lindsay or to ABC, if the rumors are to be believed)! At least Luyendyk isn’t worried about putting himself out there. After all, he’s already gone on the record with vows of earnestness: “I’m not concerned what people think. I’m just focused on the outcome. I want to find my person and will do whatever it takes!”

Hey, a little blind faith definitely doesn’t hurt when it comes to matters of the heart.

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Arie Luyendyk Jr. Is Your Next 'Bachelor' and Honestly Who Asked for This?


Big news out of Bachelor Nation this morning: Arie Luyendyk Jr. is going to be your next Bachelor. If you’re asking, “Who?” that is an appropriate response because we haven’t seen much of Arie since he was the runner-up on Emily Maynard’s 2012 season of The Bachelorette. 2012. For context, that’s two full years before Bachelor in Paradise even started.

And get this: According to The Hollywood Reporter, Arie was the first pick for the 2015 season of The Bachelor, but ABC went with Chris Soules instead because Arie hadn’t been on the franchise in two years. If he was too far removed back then, why now, five years later? “The decision was very last minute,” a source told The Hollywood Reporter. Yeah, no shit.

I mean, the man has gray hair now it’s been so long. Just look at him discussing the announcement on Good Morning America this morning:

Now compare that with this photo, which was clearly taken from his 2012 season:

I vaguely remember liking Arie during Emily’s season, but this choice raises a lot of obvious questions: Is Mercury in retrograde? (No.) What’s wrong with Hot Peter? He’s very hot! Why not Kenny? He was a fan favorite, and his daughter would make a sweet co-star. Does this means the franchise is done pretending to address its diversity problem? Unfortunately, I think yes.

But, fine, we’re going with Arie, so let’s get to know a little about him: He’s 35, he lives in Arizona, and he’s a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner turned real estate agent (so expect a season filled with cars and racing and…oh God, I’m already bored). He also seems to be very aware how weird this is, but he’s not worried about the haters (like myself): “Now that I’ve had some time and distance away from it, it feels like the feeling I had before I went into it the first time,” he told People. “I’m not concerned what people think. I’m just focused on the outcome. I want to find my person and will do whatever it takes!”

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