Matt JamesmadeBachelorhistory when he was cast as the franchise’s first-ever Black Bachelor.
The significance of his casting isn’t lost on Matt.
“I can’t speak for everybody.
My experience isn’t everybody else’s and they’re gonna see that.”
Matt added that he hopes that his casting will open doors.
“‘Oh Matt was a great Bachelor.’
It doesn’t have to be, ‘Oh he was a great Black Bachelor.'”
Matt spoke about feeling “anxious” on the premiere ofhisBachelorseason(viaPeople).
“I feel a load of responsibility,” he said.
“I felt a lot, I’m not going to lie,” he said.
It doesn’t mean that all Black or white people think that way."
Matt’sBachelorseason is also ground-breaking in that it features the most inclusive cast to date.
“It represented everybody.”
What he does want, as he said in the premiere, is someone who gets him.
