Mel Owens: The Journey Is Here!

Bachelor Happy Hour

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4.1 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Today on “Happy Hour,” we’re sitting down with our newest Golden Bachelor: Mel Owens! With his season officially kicking off tomorrow, there’s so much we want to know about Mel and what we can expect this season. We start by diving into all things Mel; how did he become the Golden Bachelor? What was his experience like in the NFL? From childhood to Golden, we’re getting all the deets! We also dive into his life as a father, how his children reacted to this brand-new chapter, and so much more. Plus, we find out how Mel prepared for this experience and what he was looking for at the end of the Golden road. Tune in now to hear all this and more and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to Bachelor Happy Hour. I'm Joe. And I'm Serena. And we are here today with the Golden Bachelor himself. Mel Owens. Mel, welcome to the podcast. Thank you for having me. How you doing?
0:13.9	Thanks for coming on. I'm doing great. Thank you. How do you feel you're you finished filming, correct?
0:23.6	Yes, we finished a couple weeks ago. How do you feel you're you finished filming correct? Yes, we finished a couple weeks ago. How do you feel?
0:24.6	Uh, feel good.
0:26.6	Feel very good.
0:27.6	Okay, all right, good. I love to hear it.
0:29.6	Let's, let's start from the beginning.
0:32.6	How did this come about?
0:35.6	Like, how did you even get approached to do it? Oh, it was sort of fortuitous.
0:41.3	One of my friends introduced me to some casting people, and then one thing led to another.
0:49.3	And I was interviewed and then cast it thereafter.
0:55.1	Okay.
0:55.6	Nice.
0:56.3	And going into it, had you ever watched the show, how familiar were you with The Bachelor
1:01.3	franchise?
1:02.5	I had, I think it started in 2002 or thereabouts.
1:09.0	So I had watched it from that point going forward for about maybe two,
1:15.3	three years. Then I had my boys, and then I didn't have as much time to watch. But I was in
1:25.0	and out of the Bachelor broadcast from time to time.
1:31.3	So I knew about how it worked and some of the people.
1:35.3	But I didn't really follow it that closely because I had my kids,
1:40.3	and they were playing and doing other things. So I mean, I know about it, of course, and I was you know they were playing and doing other things so I mean I
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