A Bachelor Nation falling out? Tyler Cameron and Matt James were friends for years before the latter got the gig as the season 25 Bachelor, but some fans are convinced his romance with Rachael Kirkconnell has put a strain on his bromance with Cameron.Prior to their time on reality TV, Cameron and James met while attending Wake Forest in North Carolina.“He was the older cool kid who took me under his wing,” the Bachelorette season 15 runner-up said of James in September 2020 on the “Bachelor Party” podcast. “We’ve just been boys ever since.
Super grateful for that friendship and what he’s shown me in the city.”The two former football players even moved in together in New York City after Cameron’s stint on Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette.“That’s my guy.
I was gonna get a one-bedroom, but I think it’s important to surround yourself with people that are doing good things, and that’s my partner with ABC Food Tours,” he continued. “I’ve been living on his couch for a while now, and he hasn’t gotten sick of me.”At the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, James was among Cameron’s friends who moved into his house in Jupiter, Florida, to quarantine.
That June, ABC opted to make James the next Bachelor after he nearly appeared on season 16 of The Bachelorette. The First Impressions author later revealed that Cameron’s late mother was the one who encouraged him to join Bachelor Nation.“I wouldn’t have gone on the show if it hadn’t been for Tyler’s mom,” James said on the “Almost Famous” podcast in February 2021. “She was so adamant about me having been a part of this experience because she saw what it did for Tyler and his relationship with Hannah … I felt like I owed it to her to see it through.”When James left to
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