Monday, July 13, 2026

TV: The Bachelor Blows Up as Matt James Picks The Wrong Girl, Doesn’t Get Engaged, and Regrets the Whole Thing

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“The Bachelor” is wrapping up a very bad season soon on ABC. Spoiler alert: Matt James chose the wrong girl, Rachael Kirkconnell, who turned out to have a racist past. Needless to say, they didn’t get engaged, and now Matt regrets the whole thing. Not only that, but host Chris Harrison has been almost wrecked by his response to the whole race thing. Most of the people who appear on “The Bachelor” are brain dead. I don’t know why Matt is surprised. The whole thing is a survey of stupidity.

Matt is clueless so far in the shows that are airing. Here’s Matt’s statement tonight in real time before the show airs:

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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