Meet the not-so-new kid on the block! Jesse Palmer was announced as the host of The Bachelor season 26, and longtime viewers might remember the athlete.Palmer, 42, was the Bachelor in 2004, and his arrival marked new territory for the show.
He was the first ever professional athlete to look for love on the ABC reality show, and he was the first non-American Bachelor.Though he and winner Jessica Bowlin weren’t a match made in heaven, Palmer has a famous rose ceremony moment in Bachelor history due to his bad memory.
The Canadian, who was 24 at the time, gave a rose to Katie Gehart before he stepped away to speak to then-host Chris Harrison.
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