Jenn Tran is making TV history as the first Asian American to lead ABC's 'The Bachelor' franchise. Tran, who is of Vietnamese descent, says she is 'grateful and honored' by the opportunity.
Jenn Tran can't stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of"The Bachelor" franchise — not that she wants to.
Still, Tran — who made it to the final six in the last"Bachelor" season starring Joey Graziadei — is embracing her unconventional search for love as an opportunity to share her bicultural upbringing. Movies & TV Republicans turn their focus to Harris as talk of replacing Biden on Democratic ticket intensifies Non-white contestants and leads, including Black trailblazers Rachel Lindsay and Matt James, historically were met with hostility from the majority-white Bachelor Nation audience.
"Social media is like this platform for all these people just come at me all at once and it's a new feeling. It's overwhelming. And unfortunately, that's the world that we live in right now," Tran says."I hope that people are more open-minded and that they open their hearts up to this truly." Movies & TV How Shohei Ohtani has brought a new wave of Japanese tourists to LA Luong already received invites to watch parties in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Luong, whose boyfriend is white, wants to see how Tran and the show handle interracial dating and any culture clashes. She's also looking forward to how Tran's mother handles the boyfriend meet-and-greets.
Only a few of the 25 men vying for her affections appear to be of Asian descent, and only one is Vietnamese American.
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