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Post by FWS on Aug 27, 2014 10:07:51 GMT -6
Chris Soules, Iowa farmer, confirmed as next star of ‘The Bachelor’ The Iowa native was confirmed to be the new ‘Bachelor’ star in an appearance on ‘Good Morning America’ Wednesday. BY Chiderah Monde NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, August 27, 2014  A hunky Iowa farmer will be the next "Bachelor." ABC confirmed Wednesday that Chris Soules, 32, has been named as the next star of the long-running romance reality show. After making it to the final rose ceremony during Andi Dorfman's "Bachelorette" season, Soules, an Arlington, Iowa native, "absolutely" believes he can find love again on TV. "That's why I'm doing it," Soules said on "Good Morning America" Wednesday. "I believe in the process. I believe in what I went through on the previous show and that's why I'm doing it… I wouldn't do it if I didn't feel like that was a potential." The farming advocate said being eliminated by Dorfman just before the finale was "tough." "But that means it worked for me," he told People magazine. "I fell in love with Andi and got to a point where I really saw that potential. ... The fact that it worked makes me confident that being the bachelor will work for me." News of his new TV gig was apparently leaked — or hinted at — by another potential "Bachelor" a few days early. "I'm not the Bachelor," Arie Luyendyk Jr., another former contestant from Emily Maynard's "Bachelorette" season, tweeted Monday. "Have fun on the farm people." Fans quickly gathered he was talking about a particular Iowa farmer. Soules has been a fan favorite since his run on the show — and to more than just scores of potential bachelorettes. He has become the local face of farming in his home state, and even got a shoutout from Texas Gov. Rick Perry during a political visit. "Enjoyed meeting Chris from the bachelor at the Iowa State Fair today," Perry tweeted Aug. 12. Soules succeeds Juan Pablo Galavis, whose turn on the show ended in disappointment when he decided not to propose to his choice girl, Nikki Ferrell.
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Post by mmwb (Andrew Parker) on Aug 27, 2014 20:15:31 GMT -6
He looks awfully weathered for a 32 yr old.
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Post by FWS on Aug 27, 2014 22:16:22 GMT -6
Wait till you see him with his shirt off, strutting poolside in a speedo.
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Post by jim on Aug 28, 2014 2:41:51 GMT -6
Can't be the right image, goggle chris soules a much younger guy is shown. Jim
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Post by Jarhead620 on Aug 28, 2014 4:33:43 GMT -6
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. I'm still cracking up at the photo. That program still survives? There must be a lot of desparate and vacuous single women out there.
Jarhead
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Post by FWS on Aug 28, 2014 14:22:00 GMT -6
Come on, wouldn't it make the show a lot more interesting if it were a large group of 20-something gals all vying for the chance to marry a wealthy older fellow. It's not like that doesn't happen,   |
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Post by PamIsMe on Aug 28, 2014 17:18:37 GMT -6
Chris the farmer looked pretty cute to me:-) The obstacle is finding a young woman who wants to live in the middle of Iowa on a farm. The type of whiney, dramatic, self centered women they find for these shows don't strike me as the farm wife types. lol
I watch it, but record it so I can zoom through all the commercials and whining. The hour show takes about 35 minutes to see that way.
Cheers,
Pam
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Aug 28, 2014 18:07:08 GMT -6
Actually that farmer in the picture I bet has his ground bought and paid for along with all his tractors,combine and other implements and if he has cattle with the prices they are at we a long line of good genetics this ol' Iowa farmer might be worth a few million, the nice thing about many of these older farmed and ranchers by the way they talk and dress and live one would never know they have a few million in the bank or are worth such.
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Post by PamIsMe on Aug 28, 2014 23:56:03 GMT -6
The Soules Family farm is 6,000 acres in Arlington Iowa (pop 750). They grow corn and soy beans and raise hogs. Not too shabby lol
Chris Soules looks nothing like the picture above, nor does his Dad.
Cheers,
Pam
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Post by bblwi on Aug 30, 2014 18:05:09 GMT -6
6,000 acres of IA prime farmland may well be worth 60 million in today's world w/o the hogs, equipment etc. and any off-farm assets tucked away. May not be "hunky" but sure could be "dory" LOL
Bryce
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Post by PamIsMe on Aug 31, 2014 0:17:40 GMT -6
Shhhh Bryce, I don't think the dipstick girls on the show have figured that out yet.
I would assume an iron clad pre-nup would be in order just in case word gets out. lol
Pam
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Post by musher on Aug 31, 2014 5:02:42 GMT -6
Well, the gentleman in the photo still has his boyish good looks.
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