Digging Deeper | Golden Bachelor EXPOSED: Mel Owens Sparks Backlash with Ageist Demands

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

BachelorClues and PaceCase break down one of the most shocking pre-season Golden Bachelor clips to date. Mel Owens, recently announced as the lead for Season 2, appeared on a Michigan sports podcast and made a string of ageist and ableist remarks about the women he hopes to date — setting the tone for what could be a chaotic season. The hosts dissect the implications of his comments, question how the appearance was even allowed, and explore how this could impact casting, night one dynamics, and the franchise’s already shaky reputation. Plus, they review new interviews from Wells Adams and Jesse Palmer hyping the upcoming Bachelor in Paradise season and weigh in on whether production changes will be enough to compete with juggernauts like Love Island.

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0:00.0	It's the game of roses. Welcome to the game of roses.
0:06.4	This is the game of roses.
0:09.3	Welcome to the game of roses.
0:13.4	Welcome to Game of Roses.
0:15.9	This is Pace case.
0:17.8	This is Bachelor Clothes. It's Monday.
0:19.2	That means this is digging deeper and what a digging deeper it
0:22.2	is we've got i don't even know how to describe this first clip you'll just have to wait and see what
0:27.9	it is enjoy or don't at your leisure we have a bunch of clips from wells adams on bachelor happy
0:35.6	hour hyping up uh upcoming BIP season.
0:39.3	We have a bunch of clips from Dark Lord Palmer on Bachelor Happy Hour doing the same thing.
0:43.4	We have some clips from the Jeremiah and Nick Vial interview that just happened a couple
0:49.8	days ago, at least as we record this on Friday, it comes out Monday.
0:53.1	I believe that happened earlier this week.
0:55.6	Viall is violing and all of these clips, of course.
0:58.2	Get ready for that.
0:59.7	But yeah, this first clip is a real doozy.
1:02.2	Are you ready to dive in?
1:04.3	Yeah, I'm nervous.
1:05.6	Okay, here we go.
1:06.9	Oh, God.
1:08.1	This comes to us from a podcast that I don't think we've ever had in a digging deeper ever.
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