Bachelor Arie Luyendyk lls for show to fally st a gay lead after 27 seasons of heterosexual relatnships - Flick Price

BACHELOR Arie Luyendyk Jr. has lled for a change wh the show’s lead after 27 seasons. Married dad Arie, who starred on season 22 of the h ABC datg petn show, told The U.S. Sun exclively would be “amazg” to have a “gay Bachelor.” Instagram/@lrenluyendykLren and Arie Luyendyk spoke to The U.S. Sun exclively about how The Bachelor n be more diverse[/ptn] Jared Tyler/@thejarrbearThe uple were exced to also share tails of the new date planng app they lnched lled DUO[/ptn] The current season’s star is Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive om Anaheim Hills, California. Conttants of the anchise have long been llg for more diversy. For season 25, Matt Jam was st as the first Black bachelor – 19 years after the show first premiered. The prev Bachelors clud Clayton Echard, Peter Weber, Nick Viall, Ben Higgs and Chris Soul. Arie told The U.S. Sun: “I would love to be diverse. It’d be amazg if they had a gay bachelor. “I jt don’t know how that would work.” Arie’s wife Lren, who was on the ll wh The U.S. Sun to promote their new date planng app for upl lled DUO, add: “They’ve said that that would work.” A new versn of The Bachelor is already unrway. Last month, The Bachelor producer Mike Fleiss nfirmed via Twter that “The Goln Bachelor” is g – a versn of the show that’s for olr nttants their “goln years” lookg for love. Arie, 41, shared his thoughts: “I’m actually more exced about the senr show. I will fely be tung to the senr Bachelor. Lren, 31, add: “I n not wa… I want my grandma to go on .” THEIR TAKE ON ZACH The Luyendyks have ma clear that spe there needg to be change wh the anchise, they have nothg agast this season’s current bachelor, Zach. Patrick Warburton‘s nephew has been slammed by fans for beg “so borg” and his season has had low ratgs. “We haven’t been watchg , but I’ve heard good thgs about him om people that know him,” the mom of three shared. “They jt say he is a really genue guy and he’s very nice.” Arie explaed that he and his wife of four years have been by planng creative dat for their new app that lnched on March 1 and are by wh their ltle on, so they haven’t had time to watch on Monday nights. The Sttsdale, Arizona, uple are parents to dghter Alsi, 3, and one-year-old tws Senna and Lux. “It’s like so hard to wd down and and dite that time every week. And I thk for too, beg on the oppose end of , we n kd of see g through the edg,” Arie nfsed. “So for , you know, we’re like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna do this,’ or, ‘Oh, they’re gonna do that.’ “So ’s not as trigug bee we almost see g.” ‘A FAIRYTALE ENDING’ Although they’ve admted to beg good at spottg the realns and fakens of the show, they aren’t sure who Zach will be givg his fal rose to. At the end of the Febary 27th episo, seven women are left: Ariel Frenkel, Gabi Elnicki, Kay Biggar, Brooklyn Willie, Kat Izzo, Chary Lawson and Greer Blzer. Arie believ at this pot the datg show, Zach is “narrowg down.” “It’s really hard to tell. Every bachelor’s journey is I’m sure different. But yeah I’m sure now that he’s halfway through the season, he’s probably narrowg down. “But I hope ’s a fairytale endg,” he told The U.S. Sun. “I hope more back to the romantic, I gus, theme rather than dramatic. So hopefully ’s a smooth endg for Zach.” The former race r driver explaed that, for him, Lren “was a ontnner the whole time.” He dished: “I would say even the first night you kd of have, you know, I would say five ladi md who uld be ontnners. “I thk men are pretty quick to unrstand who they’re terted .” Arie, for his part, got down on one knee and proposed to Bec Ku. In one of the most dramatic moments ever, he broke up wh her on mera after nfsg he had been love wh nner-up – now his wife – Lren Burnham. LIFE POST-BACHELOR The uple recently celebrated their four-year weddg anniversary January 2019. They spice thgs up by ntug planng fun dat – like goat yoga and backyard movie night – which is what they ed as spiratn behd their new app. Lren explaed how works: “You fill out the qutnnaire, and then we don’t give you any tails bis what to wear when starts and what the addrs is. “So you show up not knowg anythg about what you’re dog. And then once you get through the first portn of the date, you have to unlock a qutn to see what the send part of the date is.” She ntued: “So the whole ncept is keepg surprisg and spenseful for the uple.” Arie and Lren’s new app, DUO: Dat Unlike Others, is available to download for ee the app store. ABCArie proposed to Lren durg the After the Fal Rose 2018[/ptn] InstagramThey now share three kids together: Alsi, Senna, and Lux[/ptn] Jared Tyler/@thejarrbearArie and Lren spent months puttg together DUO, a new app that plans creative dat for upl[/ptn]