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ABC’s ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Star Mel Owens Says He Will Cut Women Over 60: “This Is Not ‘The Silver Bachelor'”


Mel Owens signed up to star on the second season of ABC's The Golden Bachelor and shocked with his comments about the women he doesn't want on the show.

In the conversation with the producer, Owens said he had no say in who was cast on the show, but he specified that the women had “to be git, because I’m staying in shape and work out and stuff. Owens follows 72-year-old Gerry Turner, who was the first leading man in the inaugural season of The Golden Bachelor. However, the marriage didn’t last long, as three months after exchanging their vows, they announced they were divorcing following his cancer diagnosis.

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