Matt James Didn’t Realize He Was the First Black Bachelor
When looking back at his time on the show, Matt says he “wouldn’t have had it any other way,” but he calls out The Bachelor for failing to show an authentic version of his story and life on television, and urging them to do better in the future.
“I was preparing to see it and when I didn’t see it, I’m, like, ‘Dang, I guess it was too raw,'” he said. “I guess it was too raw for what they were looking for, which is unfortunate because when you’re vulnerable and you’re open about those things, hella people resonated with that. They’re like, ‘Yo, I felt that.’ I’m like, ‘It’s not that hard of a formula—how about y’all double down on the realness?'”
Matt’s book First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations with a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness, about his life and experience on the show, is out now.
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