The future Mrs. James, take notes!ABC named Matt James the season 25 Bachelor in June 2020. He was initially set to compete on season 16 of The Bachelorette after his BFF and Bachelorette season 15 runner-up Tyler Cameron’s mother nominated him.
Production was subsequently suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the network opted to take Matt out of the running for Clare Crawley’s heart and make him the lead.Matt grew up with his mother, Patty James, and older brother, John, in North Carolina.
After his parents split when he was little, his father was “absent” from their lives, per a 2019 Wake Forest Magazine article.“He was always drawn to families where the mom and dad were together,” Patty told ABC’s New York affiliate in June 2019
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