Golden Bachelor fans didn’t hold back as they tuned in to the season finale of Mel Owens’ journey to find love again–quickly branding the season as one of the most boring and “worst” in franchise history.
The ABC show, which became shrouded in controversy before the season aired due to Owens’ previous comments about the ages of the women cast, came to a close on Nov. 12, as fans tuned in to see if the former NFL star, 66, would propose to either Cindy Cullers, 60, or Peg Munson, 62.
And though things took a “wild” turn during his final date with Cindy, fans couldn’t help but find themselves yawning over the way things played out.
Fans watched as Cindy ultimately chose to self-eliminate and leave Antigua ahead of her Fantasy Suite date with Mel, following a conversation that had disturbed her.
In their chat, Mel suggested he wouldn’t want to propose to her or marry her–leaving her with no choice but to leave as she was seeking a new marriage.
However, despite the turn of events, fans couldn’t help but reveal that they were less than impressed by the way things were going, taking to social media to share that they were still “bored” and excited the show was finally coming to an end.
“Here we go, thank goodness this season is over after tonight cause I have never been so bored,” one said on X (formerly Twitter).
“Thank goodness that this season is finally over, for now,” a second wrote.
“It’s the golden bachelor finale and twitter is crickets. Nobody cares, this is the worst bachelor or bachelorette ever,” a third added.
Others questioned the franchise as a whole, wondering how anyone still watched considering the show’s history of not finding lasting connections for many, and its questionable choice in male leads, specifically for the Golden shows.
“How anyone watches The Bachelor or The Golden Bachelor is beyond me. Just stupid TV. Manufactured “love” never works,” one wrote.
“So far the golden bachelor has a wonderful track record of finding awful men,” another said.
“My word, Mel Owens is even worse than I ever imagine! So glad I didn’t watch this season (and I loved the previous Golden Bachelor & Golden Bachelorette seasons!),” a third added.
Fans also pointed out that after Owens’ comments on the podcast that he had to apologize for on the first episode, ABC should have just pulled the plug on his season as a whole.
“After what Mel said on the podcast, abc and golden bachelor should’ve pulled the plug on his season. what a waste of time,” they wrote.
In the end, the show did not conclude with the traditional proposal, as Mel gave Peg a commitment ring instead.
Prior to doing the show, Owens was previously married to Brazilian hospitality expert Fabiana Pimentel Owens.
The pair married in 2002 and separated in 2020 before finalizing their divorce in December 2024 following a lengthy legal battle.
It’s the last person anyone would expect.
General Hospital keeps throwing suspects at us in the Who Shot Drew mystery. Was it Willow? Michael? Portia? Nina? Jacinda? They all have good reasons to do it. (Most of the audience feels the same.) But there is one person who has the best reason to want Drew gone. And, so far, no one has considered them….
Key Takeaways
You’d think, what with gaslighting Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), taunting Michael (Rory Gibson), harassing Portia (Brook Kerr), and trying to steal Monica’s (Leslie Charleson) house — not to mention swiping Tracy’s (Jane Elliot) luggage (SO mature) — Drew (Cameron Mathison) would have no time to be making his daughter Scout’s (Cosette Abinante) life miserable. And if you ask Drew, it’s not Scout he’s trying to make miserable, it’s her brothers, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr). And her grandmother, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn).
Drew is throwing out restraining orders, right and left, to keep them all away from his little girl. For her own good, of course.
Well, Scout isn’t appreciating his efforts. She hasn’t said much about it to Drew. Probably because the poor girl has already lost her mother, Sam (Kelly Monaco).
Drew has isolated her from most of her family. Scout doesn’t want to risk losing her father’s life, too. While he’s alive, that is. If Scout is forced to live with only Drew, it would be nice if he didn’t hate her. On the other hand…
On the other hand… if Scout didn’t have to live with Drew… if he were, say, dead… why, that would be a whole other story! If Drew were out of the way, Scout could see her brothers. And her grandma. And her aunts. And basically anyone she wanted, without fear that Drew might remember that they snubbed him in an elevator once by letting the door shut in his face, and now he has a score to settle.
Could Scout have been the one to shoot Drew? Maybe because she heard about this girl in Salem, who shot her uncle… and got away with it, scot-free.