Ever since The Bachelor franchise started selecting former contestants to lead new seasons, the Bachelor Nation fandom has grown increasingly impatient to find out who the new leads will be.
However, Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette has come and gone, and we’re halfway through Bachelor in Paradise with no word of who will lead Season 26 of The Bachelor.
It turns out there might be a good reason ABC is staying mum — we haven’t met him yet.
ABC has often rewarded our need for instant gratification, sometimes revealing the next Bachelor or Bachelorette as early as on the “After the Final Rose” portion of the season finale.