{"id":293432,"date":"2020-06-12T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1160602"},"modified":"2020-06-12T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:55:00","slug":"the-bachelor-casts-matt-james-as-its-first-black-male-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/the-bachelor-casts-matt-james-as-its-first-black-male-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bachelor Casts Matt James as Its First Black Male Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matt James<\/strong> has been announced as the new star of The Bachelor<\/em>!<\/p>\n

The ABC series shared the news with fans on Friday, making James the first Black male lead on the series. James was originally cast on Clare Crawley<\/a><\/strong>‘s season of The Bachelorette<\/em> just months ago, but production was put on hold due to the Coronavirus<\/a><\/strong> pandemic.<\/p>\n

“It’s official…your next Bachelor is @mattjames919!” the Bachelor<\/em> Twitter account shared.<\/p>\n

James’ casting on the series comes after a campaign was launched<\/a> urging The Bachelor<\/em> to cast a Black male lead. In 2017, Rachel Lindsay<\/a><\/strong> made history on The Bachelorette<\/em> as the first, and until now, only Black lead of the series.<\/p>\n

James, a 28-year-old real estate broker, appeared on Good Morning America<\/em> on Friday to speak about the news, calling his casting on the show, “A step in the right direction.”<\/p>\n

As James shared on GMA<\/em>, the news was so much of a secret, his mom didn’t even know until today!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“She’s going to be excited,” said James, who is a close friend of Bachelor Nation’s Tyler Cameron<\/strong>. “I’m sorry mom, but it’s hard for her to keep a secret, so I had to keep it super tight. She’s just now finding out, which is kind of a fun way for everyone to participate.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Matt James on becoming the @BachelorABC<\/a>\u2019s first-ever black leading man: \u201cI think it’s a step in the right direction.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/NNfmVuXLKI<\/a> #TheBachelor<\/a> #BachelorNation<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dvP5Qr3gfH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) June 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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James and Cameron work together with mentorship program, ABC Food Tours.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Story developing, more details to come!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABC Matt James has been announced as the new star of The Bachelor! The ABC series shared the news with fans on Friday, making James the first Black male lead on the series. James was originally cast on Clare Crawley‘s season of The Bachelorette just months ago, but production was put on hold due to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-18 08:32:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}