Mike Johnson is getting really real about not being picked as the next Bachelor — and he’s doing it all with class!
As we’ve been reporting recently, the likable reality TV star certainly has a legitimate gripe about being passed over in favor of Peter Weber, AKA ‘Pilot Pete,’ for the next round of the reality show. But he’s choosing to do so the only way he knows how — with poise and grace — and it’s making him all the more likable as he goes!
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The 31-year-old, and Demi Lovato‘s new and current love interest (!) opened up more on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast late this week — and he ain’t just talkin’ Demi, like we’ve been reporting! During the interview, the handsome hunk of a leading man also got real about when he learned he wasn’t going to be the show’s next star, revealing (below):
“Right before going on stage, they told me I wasn’t going to be the Bachelor, and so, you got me out here, flew me to L.A. There was no need for me to be there, and you just told me I’m not gonna be the Bachelor. So I just didn’t want to be there at all. People probably didn’t think I was considered to be the next Bachelor because I was trying to be so respectful of the crew at Bachelor world, and I didn’t want to speak about it. Even when I went on TV, I thought that was being extremely respectful and a gentleman of me, to the Bachelor world. And I don’t think Peter did those interviews so he didn’t have to go through that.”
Very interesting!
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And as Johnson has stated in the past, a large part of this whole thing comes down to the fact that he would’ve been the first black Bachelor leading man ever — something he clearly would’ve been very proud of doing.
He spoke more (below):
“It was bigger than me and I wanted to represent for all people of color. And then also, talking about people of color, they need to have an Asian Bachelor, they need to have an Indian Bachelor, they need to have other people outside of just black and white and I wanted to speak on that as well. But I did audition to be the Bachelor, and I 100 percent did want to be the Bachelor. I found out in the trailers before you go on Bachelor in Paradise reunion. And, I knew it. I already knew in my head. Yes I wanted to be the Bachelor, yes I auditioned to be the Bachelor. I went in there with the right intentions of wanting to find love and wanting to be true to myself. You might have seen du-rag king come back. I had a list, a [Microsoft] Word document, of the type of women I wanted, what I was scared of and what I wasn’t scared of.”
Wow!!!
And even through all the disappointment, Johnson doesn’t hold any ill will against Pilot Pete — and he’s still optimistic that he’s going to find the right person for himself, too! The 31-year-old hunk summed it all up (below):
“[The show] chose the right person for what they want, and there’s nothing wrong with that at all. When I first found out, I’m not gonna lie — I was sad. I was annoyed when I very first found out. But then, I think by the end of the night, I wasn’t annoyed no more because I was appreciative and thankful that they told me ‘no’ right then and there, because now I can focus on myself. I’m just blessed because I know I’mma find my wife and find my queen.”
Amen to that last part!!!!
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