The Bachelor. On Friday, ABC announced on Good Morning America that James, a 28-year-old real estate broker and community organizer, will lead Season 25.
James was already well known to Bachelor Nation fans as the best friend and business partner of Tyler Cameron from Hannah Brown's season of The Bachelorette, and he was originally expected to appear as a contestant on Clare Crawley's upcoming season of The Bachelorette.
James' casting makes him the first Bachelor since 2008's Matt Grant to be cast as the lead without having appeared as a contestant on The Bachelorette.James told Good Morning America that his "first reaction was, 'Does this mean I don't get to meet Clare?' because I was looking forward to meeting her." Production on.