Just weeks after splitting up with his fiance Ian Jordan after 10 years together, Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown revealed he would be up for becoming the first gay Bachelor.
Brown, 39, who is known as a big fan of The Bachelor franchise, spoke with US Weekly on Tuesday, and was asked if he would consider trying The Bachelor.
‘Have they ever had a gay Bachelor?’ Brown inquired, and when told there hasn’t been, he indicated he would certainly give it a shot now that he’s single.
Gay Bachelor: Just weeks after splitting up with his fiance Ian Jordan after 10 years together, Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown revealed he would be up for becoming the first gay Bachelor
Single: ‘Have they ever had a gay Bachelor?’ Brown inquired, and when told there hasn’t been, he indicated he would certainly give it a shot now that he’s single
‘We can go for it. Let’s try it. I would … Why not?’ he said in the interview, promoting his Febreze partnership.
‘Let me tell you something: what I’ve learned right now — and I tweeted this the other day — is that dating is a mess.”
‘Not to be crude or anything, [but] sending inappropriate pics is not a way to ever engage with someone. That’s not universal for “hello,” Brown added.
Try it: ‘We can go for it. Let’s try it. I would … Why not?’ he said in the interview, promoting his Febreze partnership
‘I don’t know why guys think that’s an appropriate thing to do. So, it’s like, please keep it respectful. You know what I mean?’ Brown said.
He added that one fledgling suitor-to-be thought it would be best to send over Cardi B lyrics to get a date with him.
‘They literally sent me Cardi B lyrics for her new song and was like, “Hey, can we date?”‘ he said with a laugh.
Be respectful: ‘I don’t know why guys think that’s an appropriate thing to do. So, it’s like, please keep it respectful. You know what I mean?’ Brown said
‘And I was like, ‘Why do you think this would be me? Like, me? You think I’m going to be like, “Oh, great. Cardi B lyrics. Yes, let’s date,”‘ Brown joked.
Bringing it back to The Bachelor, Brown listed the perks, stating, ‘So, if I could just get a whole bunch of great guys in one room and just to, like, go through, sign me up.’
When asked if he’s gotten a lot of inappropriate messages since breaking it off with fiance Ian Jordan last month, Brown simply replied, ‘Oh my gosh, so many.’
No date: ‘And I was like, ‘Why do you think this would be me? Like, me? You think I’m going to be like, “Oh, great. Cardi B lyrics. Yes, let’s date,”‘ Brown joked
‘It’s been like out of order. It’s like, where are the gentlemen, you know what I mean,’ before adding he has gotten a lot of ‘really sweet people.’
‘But it’s a mess out there,’ he said, adding he ‘feels for everyone’ who is single in this day and age.
‘I was out of the game for like 10 years and I didn’t know about apps and these things and I was like, oh my gosh, dating in 2020 or 2021 is a mess.’
Out of the game: ‘I was out of the game for like 10 years and I didn’t know about apps and these things and I was like, oh my gosh, dating in 2020 or 2021 is a mess’