New ABC lead Joey Graziadei by no means were given used to being the fellow courting 32 ladies on the similar time — and it may well be the important thing to him being the most efficient Bachelor in fresh seasons.
“It 100 percent tested me. I wouldn’t be myself if it didn’t test me,” the 28-year-old truth megastar advised Us Weekly in an unique interview forward of the Monday, January 22, premiere. “It’s something that felt very unnatural early on. I felt unnatural through the whole process and people will see that. I tried to be as open and honest about that. I didn’t try to act like I was supposed to be in this role, or I had it figured out. That wouldn’t be me to do that, but the best thing I could do each time, what I kept trying to do, was do it to the best of my ability and just kind of trust that I was doing my best so I could kind of live with everything that comes out of it.”
He added: “I think people will feel that — that I kind of felt like it wasn’t the position for me at times — and also will feel that I really just tried to do everything I could to succeed through it.”
Bachelor Country met Joey on Charity Lawson‘s season of The Bachelorette. The tennis professional was once the runner-up, with Charity getting engaged to Dotun Olubeko.
Joey advised Us that his sisters have when put next him to Ben Higgins, the season 20 Bachelor who struggled with pondering he was once “unlovable.”
“I think they’re just nice to me, but I’ll take it,” Joey mentioned. “I’ve met Ben. He’s an absolute stud. If I am even in the same breath as him, I’m a lucky guy.”
Whilst Ben’s season didn’t figure out — he and winner Lauren Bushnell break up in 2017 after three hundred and sixty five days in combination — he's broadly considered one of the crucial standard Bachelors in franchise historical past. Ben’s self-doubt was once a theme all the way through the season, and Joey teased that his worry of emotions now not being reciprocated was once on show all through his personal adventure.
“When you get put in this position, your insecurities get magnified. I’ve had that issue my entire life where I’ve always questioned if I was going to be good enough for someone in their eyes — if I finally got to the point that I thought I found my forever person and they didn’t feel the same way,” he mentioned. “So, I mean, it’s going to come out throughout the season. I talk about it plenty because I’m in a position where my emotions are heightened and it’s a big fear of mine, and it’s something that I’ve lived with and I’ve tried to work through as much as I can. … I’m a normal dude, I’ll say it all day long.”
Joey’s season formally kicks off on Monday, and the trailer made it transparent that he has an emotional adventure forward. Within the tremendous tease, he may also be noticed breaking down at the day of the proposals.
“I can just tell you, obviously, you can see I’m very emotional on that day,” he advised Us. “I think that day is emotional no matter what happens and you’re just going to have to wait and see why it’s that emotional.”
The Bachelor airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.