The future of the new Golden Bachelor Star in the show revealed in the midst of calls to dismiss him for age -like comments

The coming second season of the Golden Bachelor was struck for only a few weeks before filming was due to the beginning.

Rumors are going to swallow that leading man Mel Owens, 66, will be replaced in the show afterwards Back -backlook of bachelor fans for age fans he made In a recent interview.

Owens, a former NFL star, shocked old viewers of the show when he said he wouldn’t date with a woman over 60.

The fallout of his comments led to some fans threatening to boycott the new season.

Bachelor -Blogger Reality Steve Then it reported that the ‘negative publicity’ around Owens’ comments had led to the network removed him from the series and that his replacement would soon be announced.

However, DailyMail.com can confirm that Owens has not been replaced and the season will continue as planned.

The return started last week when Owens remembered his first meeting with bachelor producers during an interview on the Moglue Podcast.

There have been calls to replace Golden Bachelor Mel Owens, but Dailymail.com can confirm that the new season is still going with him as the protagonist

“They ask me:” What is your preference? “So I just said it [ages] 45 to 60, just being honest, “he said.

While lunching with the executive producer of the show, he thought better and said, “You know, if they are 60 or older, I cut them.”

When he was reminded that the name of the show was the Golden Bachelor, Owens told him: “You can’t use the word cut. ‘

“I’m going,” well, that’s an NFL term, “he said.

He then shared his other requirements for the women.

“They asked me:” What is my profile? ” Good, [the women] I have to be fit because I stay in shape and work out and so, “he said

“And I said to them:” Try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs, you know, things like that, right? ” ‘

Owens, 66, shocked old viewers of the show when he said he wouldn’t date with a woman older than 60

Countless fans of the franchise have made their feelings quite clear about what Owens said.

‘Based on his podcast interview, I will not look or support. We have to stop supporting men who think they are so great that they are not going out their own age with women. This guy has to go back home, “wrote one.

“This is so sad. I can’t believe [producers] Knowing that this man didn’t want a golden lady and still threw him, “wrote another.

Even the sale of sunset chrishell stause weighed on the drama.

“We love the golden bachelor because of how healthy it is,” she wrote on Instgram and added: “This kind of energy will ruin it.”