The Bachelorette’s Zach Shallcross Reportedly 1st Choice for Next Bachelor

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Kronk’s nephew for Bachelor?! Zach Shallcross is reportedly in talks to be the next Bachelor.Variety reports that ABC is planning for the 26-year-old tech executive to lead season 27 after considering several contestants, including Nate Mitchell.Bachelor Nation met Zach on Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s season premiere in July.

He quickly formed a connection with the 26-year-old pilot, not hesitating to accept her rose when the two women divided their suitors during episode two.Zach, who made waves online during the hometown dates when fans learned his uncle is actor Patrick Warburton, left during the Tuesday, September 13, episode of The Bachelorette after an awkward fantasy suite date with Rachel.

Following their overnight date on the September 6 installment, Zach claimed that the flight instructor was different behind closed doors.“It was just her and I talking, and it felt like she was just, like, not showing her true self.

It was very inauthentic sometimes,” he alleged to host Jesse Palmer. Zach noted at the time that he felt “blindsided” by Rachel’s actions — which included harping on their six-month age difference and not believing he was ready to propose.During Tuesday’s episode, they officially said goodbye after Zach said he didn’t see “the real Rachel” but instead the “Bachelorette version” of Rachel on the overnight date.“Her response — it felt so cold.