Why Emmanuel Acho Never Wants To Be The Bachelor
Cindy Ord/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/March 2, 2021 12:44 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Emmanuel Acho may be joining Bachelor Nation as the host of the After the Final Rose special, but hosting is probably going to be the extent of his involvement with the franchise. Acho has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be the Bachelor.
He’s even turned down not one but two opportunities to compete on The Bachelorette after catching the attention of producers first in 2017 and again in 2020 after the success of his video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. “I don’t think I could do it,” he said on the Talking It Out podcast (via Us Weekly). As for being the Bachelor, Acho is worried “people would judge” him for taking on the role, explaining, “Like, ‘You were just kissing her and now you’re kissing her? Why are you so grimy? I thought you were about uncomfortable conversations, not uncomfortable makeouts.”
Why Emmanuel Acho Never Wants To Be The Bachelor
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/March 2, 2021 12:44 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Emmanuel Acho may be joining Bachelor Nation as the host of the After the Final Rose special, but hosting is probably going to be the extent of his involvement with the franchise. Acho has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be the Bachelor.
He’s even turned down not one but two opportunities to compete on The Bachelorette after catching the attention of producers first in 2017 and again in 2020 after the success of his video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. “I don’t think I could do it,” he said on the Talking It Out podcast (via Us Weekly). As for being the Bachelor, Acho is worried “people would judge” him for taking on the role, explaining, “Like, ‘You were just kissing her and now you’re kissing her? Why are you so grimy? I thought you were about uncomfortable conversations, not uncomfortable makeouts.”
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
He’s even turned down not one but two opportunities to compete on The Bachelorette after catching the attention of producers first in 2017 and again in 2020 after the success of his video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. “I don’t think I could do it,” he said on the Talking It Out podcast (via Us Weekly).
As for being the Bachelor, Acho is worried “people would judge” him for taking on the role, explaining, “Like, ‘You were just kissing her and now you’re kissing her? Why are you so grimy? I thought you were about uncomfortable conversations, not uncomfortable makeouts.”
Emmanuel Acho is already famous without being the Bachelor
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Acho’s career doesn’t need the boost that Bachelor Nation would give him, either. The former NFL player made it to Forbes’ 30 under 30 in 2019, which noted that, after hanging up his cleats, Acho joined ESPN “as the youngest national football analyst” for the network.
