Mel Owens, a former NFL player — who was cast to follow Gerry Turner as the second Golden Bachelor — went on the In the Trenches podcast on June 4, where he was asked how much control he had over the women cast for his season.

Mel Owens signed up to star on the second season of ABC's The Golden Bachelor and shocked with his comments about the women he doesn't want on the show.

He relayed the message to producers, “If they’re 60 or over, I’m cutting them. This is not ‘The Silver Bachelor,’ this is ‘The Golden Bachelor.’”