Bachelorette contestant—. And while the timing may seem a *little* suspicious given the drama in the franchise rn, ABC executive Rob Mills claims that casting Matt had nothing to do with the diversity issue."It wasn’t a response to that.
We could have made this announcement earlier or later," Rob told . "Certainly no one is blind to what is happening in the world, so hopefully this announcement serves as a bit of optimism during a time that we can really use this, but I don’t want this to look like we’re patting ourselves on the back or taking a victory lap." Of course, casting Matt isn't going to fix everything—Rob also believes that the franchise has lots of room for improvement.
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