The Bachelor producers “talking” about first-ever gay series
Could the original Bachelor finally be getting their first gay lead? It appears so. The beloved show made its on screen debut in 2002 and have since featured LGBTQIA+ contestants in the spinoff Bachelor in Paradise, yet there still hasn’t been an all-queer series in the US. “We hope to get the opportunity to do that,” Jason Ehrlich, executive producer, told Variety. “The most wonderful thing is that love is universal and so is the frustration of not finding love.
We’d love the opportunity to tell all kinds of people’s stories.” Fellow executive producer Bennett Graebner added, “during my tenure on the show, the two spinoffs that have been pitched to be the most frequently are a Bachelor for older people and a gay Bachelor.
We checked one of those boxes. We’re talking about checking out the other box.” The executive producers were discussing the future of the programme whilst season 28 is in post-production.
Casting for season 21 of The Bachelorette is underway and the first season of The Golden Bachelorette is slated for autumn. The show has had notable LGBTQIA+ alumni including Colton Underwood, who made his debut as a contestant in 2018’s The Bachelorette, before appearing on Bachelor in Paradise on the fifth season.
