
Which, honestly, is a very exciting switch up. Per Reality Steve, initial casting for Crawley’s season featured gents that skewed towards older, more mature men (though there may be some recasting due to COVID-and a new call-out by Crawley herself). Read this next: Bachelor Contestants Fall In Love In Two Months-How Realistic Is That?Ĭrawley-a hairstylist from Sacramento, California-also appeared on seasons 1 and 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, and season 1 of the short-lived Bachelor Winter Games (where she became briefly engaged to Canadian Benoit Beauséjour-Savard). Real talk, though: We’re seriously hoping this *isn’t* what the franchise was referring to when they put out a casting call for seniors looking for love-but we wouldn’t put it past them.

And, honestly, Jessica from Love is Blind must be *livid* right now. Because Crawley-who was first introduced to fans in 2014 on Juan Pablos Galavis’s season of The Bachelor, making it to the final two before telling him off-is a lovely 39 years old, making her the oldest lead in the franchise’s history. The announcement was made live on Good Morning Americaand was both a surprise (or as much of a surprise as anything can be with Reality Steve in the mix) and a welcome change. It’s official… your new Bachelorette is #TheBachelorette /ztWCQh88i9


On March 2 the franchise revealed the series’ next Bachelorette: Clare Crawley! The garbage fire that was Peter Weber’s season of The Bacheloris thankfully over, and now, Bach Nation fans have a lead to *actually* look forward to.
