‘The Bachelor’: Nick Viall on His ‘Journey’ From ‘Bad Boy’ to Bachelor

Kristen Baldwin
·Editor-in-Chief, Yahoo Entertainment

Many people were surprised when Nick Viall was chosen to star in The Bachelor — especially since all signs pointed to handsome, high-haired cowboy Luke Pell getting the gig. Though Viall has a long history with the Bachelor franchise, most of his time on the show — primarily his two seasons on The Bachelorette — was spent being the villain.

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Now as the Bachelor, Viall has to convince viewers — and the “ladies” vying to become his wife — that he really is a good guy. “I’m actually, in [real] life, known as a pretty nice guy,” Viall tells Yahoo TV, adding that his poor mom was “all flustered” to see that a tabloid magazine referred to him as a “bad boy” during a Bachelorette season.

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For Viall, the idea of being labeled a bad boy is “kind of cool,” though he admits, “I’m probably, unfortunately, more edgy on TV than I am in real life.”

The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.