The Bachelor Season 29 officially broke with tradition, announcing Grant Ellis as the newest lead just seconds after his elimination from Jenn Tran ’s season of The Bachelorette and well before her season ended–and now a producer is speaking up about the reason why. Grant was officially confirmed as the newest franchise lead after his televised goodbye to Jenn, just one week before she embarks on hometowns, and fans are already guessing about whether or not he will find true love on his season. His casting also came after producers opened up about mistakes they made in the past when casting the first Black Bachelor, Matt James, indicating they wanted to cast another Black lead as a result.
Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos gets 24 uitors, including Kelsey Anderson's dad Bachelorette 'villain' issues statement after elimination as fans 'warn' women Now, after also facing backlash on the casting for Jenn’s season, which was questioned again after Sam McKinney’s confession on the most recent episode that he had expected the Bachelorette to be either Daisy Kent or Maria Georgas , producers are opening up more about what led them to seemingly jump the gun with the casting announcement. Rob Mills shared a statement on X as he explained why Grant’s casting was announced so quickly. Sign up to The Bachelor newsletter HERE for the latest news and updates Taking to the social media platform, Mills explained that there wasn’t any kind of conspiracy behind announcing Grant’s .