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As Bachelor Nation eagerly awaits Jenn Tran’s upcoming season, which premieres July 8, ABC unveiled competing for her roses. The network released the suitors’ photos and bios on June 3. Among the men, whose listed occupations range from pet portrait entrepreneur to sommelier, there’s one contestant generating buzz among the fandom.

Some fans have singled out 28-year-old Brett Harris, a health and safety manager from Manheim, Pa., for defying the franchise’s rigid casting trend. On ABC’s Instagram post previewing the season’s men, commenters shared their excitement for Harris to make his franchise debut, with some already calling for him to be the next Bachelor.



“About time we got a bigger guy on these shows let’s go Brett,” one wrote. “Brett is going to be our season favorite,” another commented. “Now I wanna see some body inclusiveness on the Bachelor seasons for the women,” one person wrote.

While the franchise is a pillar in reality television, it has often been criticized for its among its leads and contestants. Roses for Every Body, an online campaign demanding body inclusion in the Bachelor universe, has long been critical of the franchise’s failure to include people with diverse body types in its shows. In 2022, the group launched its “Fat Bachelor Inclusion Campaign,” along with a petition that has , calling for the series’ creator and production companies to “stand against anti-fat bias in their show.

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