But three of Owens’ contestants on The Golden Bachelor exclusively told Parade during a set visit how his offensive comments affected them.
The lawyer also said that his contestants have “got to be fit” and that he wanted to “stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs.”
Backlash erupted on social media as fans felt Owens had totally dissed the entire Golden concept that they’d first embraced during Gerry Turner’s inaugural season.
Rumors flew that Owens might be replaced as the second Golden Bachelor. But he continued and his controversy took center stage during the show’s premiere episode on September 24.
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When asked about Owens’ misstep, yoga instructor Nicolle Kate, 64, exclusively told Parade, “Well, I consider myself an ageist activist. I really want to inspire women whose ages start with a 6 or a 7 or an 8 or a 9 to remain vital and beautiful and sexy—in fact, become more beautiful and sexy and vital than they ever were before. So of course, I was offended and I had a little bit of guard up around continuing this journey.”
Nicolle Kate on 'The Golden Bachelor' Season 2Retired firefighter and bomb tech Peg Munson said Owens’ podcast explosion also gave her pause, snapping, “I think it’s bullshit. I think he opened his mouth and inserted his foot. Are you kidding me?”
Peg Munson on 'The Golden Bachelor' Season 2"I had to really take a moment and suspend judgement," she continued. "And I said, ‘You know what? Let me just give this guy a chance to explain himself,’ because social media just ripped him a you know what — as well they should because what he said was extremely insensitive, extremely rude. I don’t want to date that. And if that’s who he is, I’m out, I’m done.”
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Debbie, 65, told Parade, “When I found out about that, my first thought, and I reached out to the producers [about it]. Being in the industry and understanding how social media works and how they can blow things out of proportion and take things out of context, before I really knew all the details, I asked producers, ‘How’s Mel handling this?’ And they said, ‘That’s really kind,’ And I said, ‘No, because he probably just was not thinking it through. He was talking to his buddy, and he said some really off-color comments. Of course he knew he was going to be meeting 60-plus women going into this.’ ”
Debbie Siebers on 'The Golden Bachelor' Season 2"That’s been my biggest concern coming in because every guy that I have been interested in, especially since moving to Denver, that’s my age and older. As much as they love my company, whatever the case may be, they want a younger woman. And so if he said those things, I thought, 'Why am I going to set myself up for this?' [But] I’m so glad I came because I did meet the real Mel.”
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