The Bachelor's , it seems someone forgot to tell Clare Crawley that would no longer be a contestant on her season of .The 28-year-old real estate broker was originally cast as a contestant on Crawley's upcoming season, but after widespread criticism over the franchise's , as well as the coronavirus pandemic of Crawley's season, ABC decided to skip ahead and announce James as the dating show's leading man for Season 25.However, Crawley reportedly "wasn’t given any heads up" and found out the big news like the rest of us did, according to a source who spoke to . "Clare didn’t know about Matt becoming the Bachelor until ,” the source said.