Pascal Ibgui from the Golden Bachelor would ask younger women if he was the Golden Bachelor

If Pascal Ibgui were to get the role of the Golden Bachelor, he would have one big request.

“They will have to lower the age,” says the Golden bachelorette star, 69, told exclusively We weekly at the show Men tell everything record episode. “The age (must be) lower. Yes, I’m old, but I’m not dating a 72-year-old woman.”

Pascal’s reasoning for wanting younger contestants on the ABC reality dating series comes from a practical point of view. “When you’re in your twenties, for example Joey (Graziadei) And Kelsey (Anderson) …you don’t have a pot to pee in,” he explained. “You don’t have a mortgage, you don’t have a house, you’re renting, you don’t have a car, you’re taking Uber, you’re between jobs, you’re trying to find an identity.”

Unlike Bachelor nation‘s younger stars, it can be harder for the men and women of the Golden shows to uplift their lives for love, Pascal said. “When you’re my age, I have my business, I have my house, I have my real estate, I have my friends, I have my kids, I have my connection to my health club, to my restaurant. I am involved in a lot of charitable organizations,” said the Chicago native. “So for me to pack. My stuff and moving (somewhere else) isn’t going to happen. …I want to wake up in the morning with someone. I want to sleep with someone. I want to be able to walk down the street with her and get coffee in the morning.”

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Fortunately, Pascal came up with a possible solution to the location problem. “I think the concept of The golden bachelor needs to be adjusted and created Chicago’s golden bachelor, New York’s golden bachelor, Golden Bachelor of LA, Golden Bachelor of Miamiof Dallas,” he said Us. “(In) Chicago you get 15 million people between the area and the suburb. You can’t tell me you can’t find 25 widows or divorcees.”

For now, Pascal said he “doesn’t reject the idea of ​​getting into it.” Gerry Turner‘shoes for The golden bachelor season 2. “I’m semi-retired, so I have a lot of time. I don’t have to be at work, but I want to see how much involvement is involved,” he shared, adding that he would also like to see some of his work. Golden bachelorette season 1 castmates win the Golden Bachelor title.

“I know some of them would like to become bachelors. I mean, I’m dying for it,” he said. “If I know what time I have to spend, what is involved and whether it fits into my schedule, then yes, why not?”

Pascal was one of them Joan Vassossuitors The Golden Bacheloretteseason 1. He quickly cemented himself as one of her frontrunners, scoring a glitzy one-on-one date in Las Vegas in episode 3 and working his way into Joan’s final three men with Chock Chapple And Guy Gansert.

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After his fantasy suite date in Episode 7 on October 30, during which he took part in a heartfelt Tahitian bonding ceremony, Pascal began to feel overwhelmed and realized that his feelings for Joan, 61, were not as strong as her feelings for him.

Pascal eliminated himself during his post-date dinner with Joan and told her, “I care about you very much and the last thing I want to do is hurt you.” And I just don’t think I could get to the place you want me to be. The news came as a surprise to Joan, who began to wonder how her journey on the show would end.

“I had 24 people here in the beginning and I’m down to the last three now, and I might not leave with anyone. It could happen,” she tearfully stated in a confessional. “I was scared of getting into this, and then my fears started to get better. And now I’m scared again.”

The Golden Bachelorette finale airs on ABC Wednesday, November 13 at 8pm ET.

With reporting by Mariel Turner