Who is the new Bachelor? Everything we know about Joey Graziadei

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The Bachelor season 28 is proper round the nook, welcoming again former Bachelorette heartthrob Joey Graziadei.

Following his loss to Dotun Olubeko, Joey was introduced as the subsequent Bachelor throughout The Bachelorette’s 2023, season 20 finale.

With Jesse Palmer returning to host the new season, The Bachelor mansion will welcome 32 girls, all competing for Joey’s coronary heart.

Born on 24 May in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, the 28-year-old Gemini stole the hearts of viewers on season 20 of The Bachelorette with “his loyalty, thoughtfulness and compassion”, a press launch states.

“Before his emotional exit, audiences saw Joey open up about his family values and how those closest to him have influenced his desire to find lasting love.”

The 28-year-old tennis coach is fascinated about somebody who is outgoing, adventurous, caring and shares his love for the outside.

After graduating from West Chester University in 2017, he relocated to Kauai, Hawaii, the place he enjoys spending his spare time mountaineering, browsing and watching the sundown. Now, Joey’s prepared to seek out somebody to share his life with.

“I’m looking for someone that’s just themselves. Someone that challenges me. Someone to do life with,” he informed host Jesse throughout The Bachelorette finale.

In a current teaser for The Bachelor’s upcoming season, Joey added: “I’m lucky to meet so many amazing women. And I hope they feel lucky to meet me.”

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During his time on The Bachelorette, Joey was the season’s runner-up after competing towards 25 different males for the coronary heart of Charity Lawson. During hometown visits, he introduced Charity house to satisfy his mom, whom he stated had divorced his father, Nick Graziadei, who later got here out as homosexual.

“My parents split when I was pretty young. I wouldn’t say it was easy. But my family is just an extremely loving family,” he disclosed on an episode of The Bachelorette Happy Hour podcast. “And both my parents were amazing co-parents, so the fact that that didn’t work out doesn’t take away from romance for me.”

The Bachelor’s season 28 premieres on Monday (22 January) at 5pm PT/8pm ET on ABC, with new episodes releasing weekly. US viewers will have the ability to stream the episode the subsequent day on Hulu.

The new season comes on the heels of the wildly profitable Golden Bachelor spin-off, which noticed the franchise’s first septuagenarian, Gerry Turner, discover his second probability at love along with his new spouse Theresa Nist. The two lately tied the night time on reside tv.