{"id":6808,"date":"2020-06-12T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/matt-james-to-become-first-black-lead-on-abcs-the-bachelor\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T12:44:00","slug":"matt-james-to-become-first-black-lead-on-abcs-the-bachelor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/matt-james-to-become-first-black-lead-on-abcs-the-bachelor\/","title":{"rendered":"#Matt James to Become First Black Lead on ABC’s The Bachelor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Matt James to Become First Black Lead on ABC’s The Bachelor<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Bachelor has chosen its first Black lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ABC has announced that Matt James will make history on the 2021 season of the series<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James was initially set to app<\/a>ear this summer on The Bachelorette as one of Claire Crawley’s suitors before the series was halted by the Covid-19 shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n His casting marks the first time in the show’s 18 years on the air that it will be anchored by a Black lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James is the second Black lead in the entire franchise, following Rachel Lindsay, who was The Bachelorette back in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n The news<\/a> was revealed on Good Morning America, and comes in the aftermath of Lindsay’s comments about the franchise needing to do better to “acknowledge their systemic racism” in a blog post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A petition was also created urging the series to diversify.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next season is set to air in 2021 on ABC, but there’s no telling whether it will return in January like previous seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The future of The Bachelorette, which was supposed to star Clare Crawley this summer, is still up in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n James is a 28-year-old real estate broker, entrepreneur and community organization founder.<\/p>\n

The North Carolina native went to Wake Forest University, where he majored in Economics and played wide receiver for the football team.<\/p>\n

He went on to play professional football, before moving to New York City, where he now resides.<\/p>\n

Karey Burke, President, ABC Entertainment, said, \u201cMatt has been on our radar since February, when producers first approached him to join Bachelor Nation, as part of Clare\u2019s season.”<\/p>\n

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\n “When filming couldn\u2019t move forward as planned, we were given the benefit of time to get to know Matt and all agreed he would make a perfect Bachelor.”<\/p>\n

“We know we have a responsibility to make sure the love stories we\u2019re seeing onscreen are representative of the world we live in and we are proudly in service to our audience.”<\/p>\n

“This is just the beginning and we will continue to take action with regard to diversity issues on this franchise.”<\/p>\n

“We feel so privileged to have Matt as our first Black Bachelor and we cannot wait to embark on this journey with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remember you can watch The Bachelor online right here via TV Fanatic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this casting news?<\/p>\n

Hit the comments below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paul Dailly<\/b> is the Associate Editor for TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n

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