Mike Johnson Sounds Off on Getting Snubbed as The Bachelor’s Subsequent Lead

Mike Johnson might not be the subsequent Bachelor, however he nonetheless is aware of how “great” he’s.

Viewers throughout the nation thought Mike was an absolute shoe-in for the position of The Bachelor. In spite of everything, the contestant from Hannah Brown‘s season is charming and enticing, plus he has the “various” issue, as Mike places it. So when Peter Weber was introduced as the brand new lead on the Bachelor in Paradise finale, folks have been outraged. “That they had Mike Johnson’s tremendous ass sitting proper there and so they picked another person to be The Bachelor,” one fan tweeted. 

However this wasn’t a shock to the star within the slightest. In an interview with Leisure Tonight, he stated, “I did [say I thought it was going to be him], however that wasn’t as a result of ABC informed me. I simply felt that approach, and I’ll at all times be sincere with the best way I really feel, and I felt that for what they have been searching for, that Peter could be a very good match.”

Whereas Mike did not explicitly say that he was handed over as a result of he’s black, one can surmise that he felt race was an element based mostly on his response. “I can solely communicate on my persona and the great man that I’m. I do know that Peter and I are two fully totally different folks—each good folks, kind-hearted folks. However I do really feel that I am a bit extra outspoken than Peter. I am a bit louder than Peter is,” he defined. “I’ve tattoos, and the plain, I am black, so we’re very various and totally different in that regard as properly.”

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The portfolio supervisor provides, “And we like totally different ladies. I need to be certain that the main focus is centered round love as a result of that is what this present is about. So, Peter and I are also attracted to 2 several types of ladies as properly.” Though, it should be famous that they each vied for the affections of Hannah Brown, so their varieties should not be that totally different. 

And in anticipation of the protection that Peter is part-Cuban, the Air Power vet, who just lately went on a date with Demi Lovato, said, “Sure, Peter has a Cuban mother, however let’s simply be sincere—he is white, proper? And that is simply being fully clear. I feel that there ought to be an Asian lead, an Indian lead… range is not only black and white. It is not simply salt and pepper.”

Furthermore, Mike appears to suppose that Peter’s “white”-ness will improve the chance that the subsequent Bachelorette is Caucasian. “If Peter likes one factor—not saying what he does like and he would not like—but when he likes Caucasian ladies for instance, then there could also be a better share of it being a Caucasian Bachelorette… On Peter’s season, he could have a better chance of selecting a lady who’s Caucasian.”

Mike additionally has some ideas on the rumor that producers did not select him for the lead as a result of he wasn’t “emotional” sufficient on Bachelor in Paradise. He stated, “I feel that is fairly truthfully ignorant for somebody to say, as a result of I’m an emotional particular person.”

Then again, some folks suppose that it is Peter’s intercourse attraction—keep in mind the windmill?—that induced producers to rule Mike out. To which the 31-year-old informed Additional, “I am in higher form and my stamina is longer and that is the place it lies.”

Did you hear that, Demi?

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