Matt James is getting ready to hand out the roses. Good Morning America announced on Friday that James will star on season 25 of The Bachelor.
James is the first Black male lead in the nearly two-decade series. Rachel Lindsay, who starred on the 13th season of The Bachelorette, had been the only Black lead in the franchise's history up until this point.
Lindsay has spoken out about the show's lack of diversity before, and several members of Bachelor Nation recently signed a petition calling for ABC to cast a Black man as the lead in the upcoming season.
When asked if the casting decision was "too little, too late," James told GMA he doesn't think "it's ever the wrong time to do the right thing." "Too little too late for me is this happening.
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