Nick Viall's Next Act? Becoming Bachelor Nation's Resident Relationship Guru

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found himself getting a bit teary in front of the crowd. “A little bit more than teary," he admits. "I sobbed slightly for moments.

At first it was like I saw a sad commercial. They weren't sure if I was sweating or crying. And then I started talking and it was pretty obvious after that, but they were very sweet.

It was a very vulnerable moment for me, and they made me feel better.”In —his take on the early aughts breakup bible He's Just Not That Into You—Viall strives to serve up the kind of advice he likes to receive from his inner circle: empathetic but tough and truthful, “even if it stings a little in the moment.” It's an approach he continues to refine through hundreds of conversations with lovelorn listeners on his call-in sex and dating advice podcast “," which airs triweekly.

Even so, you might be tempted to write him off. Perpetually unlucky in love, his public dating history has been reduced to a string of short-lived and dramatic .