Meet The Golden Bachelor Season 2 Cast, Including [Spoiler’s] Twin Sister

From the start, Mel Owens has been a controversial Golden Bachelor, and no one knows that better than The Golden Bachelor Season 2 cast.

Mel, a 66-year-old lawyer and a retired NFL linebacker from Laguna Hills, California, was announced as the Season 2 Golden Bachelor on April 2025. However, less than two months later, he faced backlash for an interview he gave on the “MGoBlue Podcasts With Jon Jansen,” in which he claimed that the oldest woman he would date on The Golden Bachelor would be 60 years old when the producers asked, “What’s your preferences?” “I just said, ’45 to 60,’ just being honest,” Mel said on the podcast. “‘If they’re 60 or over, I’m cutting them.’ This is not The Silver Bachelor, this is The Golden Bachelor.”

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He continued, “[The executive producer] goes, ‘But they’re going to be hot, don’t worry about it, don’t worry about it.’ He goes, ‘You can’t use the word cut,’ I go, ‘That’s an NFL term…’ They’ve got to be fit, because I stay in shape and workout and stuff. And I told them to try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs.”

After his interview, Mel faced backlash from Bachelor Nation, with Reality Steve reporting that ABC was considering replacing him as the Golden Bachelor. Mel apologized for his comments in an interview with Glamour in August 2025, in which he recalled a conversation between him and a 65-year-old female friend who called him out. 

“She said, ‘What you said was insensitive, and it’s just not who you are.’ My reference of dating was 39, 40 years old. I hadn’t dated in 26, 27 years. That’s what I told her,” he said. “She goes, ‘It doesn’t matter. You’ve said some things that are just incredibly wrong.’ And I go, ‘I’ve got to apologize.'”

He continued, “I didn’t know anything about the Golden Bachelor ages. I didn’t know the age range because I wasn’t watching it. I’m thinking, to me, the age range was 45 to 60. That’s my age range. I’m thinking that’s the gold years for me. My reference, again, was when I was dating at 39, 40. I hadn’t dated in 26 years, so I had no clue. And that’s why I said that comment.”

Who’s in The Golden Bachelor Season 2 cast? 

Among those to call Mel out were The Golden Bachelor Season 2 cast who roasted him for his seemingly agist comments in an early episode of the season. As for who’s in the cast, the final lineup included 23 women. 

Notable contestants included Andra Wicks, the twin sister of The Golden Bachelor Season 1 contestant Sandra Mason; Carol Freeman-Branstine, the aunt and manager of professional baseball player FreddieFreeman and mother of professional tennis player Carson  Branstine; and Debbie Siebers who starred on the reality show The Swan in 2004. Meet the full Golden Bachelor Season 2 cast ahead.