Matt James, the first black protagonist of ABC The bachelor, said in Good Morning America today that meeting with his reality show costar and season winner Rachael Kirkconnell for the first time after his racial controversy “hit me like a ton of bricks”.
In his first interview since the end of the season last night and the post-show After the Final Rose special meeting, James said GMAMichael Strahan talks about his exciting meeting with Kirkconnell after learning about the farm party past of the woman he created.
“I felt the weight of everything I carried throughout the season and what we were dealing with as a country,” said James to Strahan, “and I had to explain that and why it was problematic for me and our relationship, which was extremely difficult. “
James avoided Strahan’s question about the seriousness of his brief relationship with Kirkconnell, explaining amply: “Whenever I’m in a relationship with someone, marriage is the ultimate goal.”
Asked by Strahan if he wasted an opportunity to find a relationship with other competitors by choosing Kirkconnell, James said: “I would say the kThe conversations that came from everything that happened are more important than anything that I could have left. “
see the GMA interview above.