Invoice Maher thinks he is the proper man to revive the failing The Golden Bachelor, however he has a wholly totally different tackle the present’s format, together with bringing on a lot youthful rose recipients, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Maher turns 70 in January 2026, and famous he is “the proper age” for the ABC courting present that includes mature suitors searching for love later in life. Nonetheless, he desires “20-year-old” contestants whom he guarantees will “depart crying” as soon as he is via with them.
The subject arose after Maher’s Membership Random podcast visitor, John Stamos, revealed he’d introduced alongside a pal who directs ABC’s The Bachelor. That prompted the HBO star to perk up and pitch an concept of his personal.
“I’ve an important concept for The Bachelor. You already know, they do The Golden Bachelor. I’m the proper age. I need to be the Golden Bachelor. However none of this age-appropriate b—— ,” Maher warned.
“That is a humorous present. That is an important f—— present,” he claimed about his premise of solely having younger ladies on to compete for his consideration.
“Now, a few of these ladies will depart crying. No, they may. As a result of I will be actual with them,” Maher promised.
“Not imply, simply actual. I will f—— straighten out their lives as I’ve so many 20-year-old ladies in my actual life. Okay. I am superb at it,” he self-assuredly boasted.
Stamos, 62, jumped in with what he thought was the proper title: “‘Golden Bachelor Daddy Points.’ What do you say?”
Maher tweaked the thought, saying it might be extra “Daddy problem-solving. Not points. I’ll remedy their issues.”
“We have gotta get this factor going. Do not you assume the scores could be off the charts?” Maher requested about his concept for The Golden Bachelor.
Nonetheless, Stamos did not assume it might be a success among the many key feminine demographic, telling Maher, “I imply, ladies will not watch it.”
“Ladies,” Maher sneered, “Oh, you do not assume they’d have an interest simply to hate-watch it? That is like an final hate look ahead to them. I imply, what do individuals need lately? They only need to get stirred up about s— and be offended about s—. I believe I am giving them the product they’re asking for.”
“Individuals of their 20s do not know something,” the Actual Time host snarked in regards to the potential contestants, however made the shocking revelation that he did not need any hanky-panky with the younger ladies.
“That is The Golden Bachelor: Age Inappropriate. That is the identify of the present. That is the identify. Age-inappropriate Golden Bachelor, however you can not have s–,” he declared.
Maher demanded the present stay “chaste,” saying in any other case, “you’d lose the viewers utterly” if having s– with the a lot youthful ladies was a element of the sequence.
The primary season of ABC’s The Golden Bachelor was a scores smash, as retired restaurateur Gerry Turner, 74, discovered love and married Theresa Nist, 72, solely to file for divorce 4 months later when distance grew to become a difficulty.
The second season featured 66-year-old Mel Owens trying to find love in his later years, however he made open complaints earlier than filming started that he most well-liked up to now ladies within the 45-60-year-old vary and would “reduce” any contestant older than that.
His lack of connection together with his contestants harm the season’s scores. The previous NFL participant finally selected 62-year-old Peg Munson as his ultimate rose recipient, however did not suggest marriage.