HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — ABC has selected Matt Grant, a 27-year old global financier and business development manager from London, to star in the 12th edition of "The Bachelor."
The 6'5" Grant was introduced live last night on ABC's "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann."
"It is ridiculously hard. It's ridiculously hard," Grant told "Dance War" host Drew Lachey about the challenge of choosing between so many different women. "I've been put in this very privileged position, with 25 amazingly beautiful American women. It's a combination of going with your heart and your head, just trying to get as much information about the individual, their lives, what makes them tick, what makes them laugh."
According to the network, Grant is "totally charming and [a] witty English gentleman [who] works with millionaire businessmen, but he has something on his mind that is more urgent than any business deal — he wants to find the love of his life and to start a family as soon as possible."
Amazingly, Grant says he's never seen "The Bachelor," but he tells OK! magazine that was a potential benefit.
"I was coming into this a little bit fresh and free from any constraints that might hit me from watching it," he says.
Grant is the youngest of five brothers. His 71-year-old father was an older man when Grant was born, and now the British hunk says he's ready to follow in those same footsteps.
"I'm ready to start a family," he tells OK! magazine. "Dad had a stroke at the end of 2006 and that really shook me. I want my kids to know my father, because he was a great father to me and I want him to be a grandfather to them. I wouldn't mind [having] three or four kids."
The next season of "The Bachelor" will premiere on March 17.
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