Question: Do you not find a bachelor type scenario a strange way to find love? Iām not criticizing it per se, but for someone that seems very intent on finding someone that is genuinely into him for authentic reasons, wouldnāt a show that emphasizes quick, often surface-level connections and interactions and necessitates relationships occurring at hyper-speed be an odd choice?
This is a good question and to be honest, yes. Itās really fucking weird to think that as one of the most eligible bachelors on the planet, Iām turning to reality TV to find someone.
I want someone authentic, I want someone real and I want someone that I can trust... is that going to happen on TV? Maybe. Maybe not. I think a lot of what is WRONG with reality dating shows is exactly what youāre saying: itās quick, itās shallow and itās about what makes good TV.
With my show, that wonāt be the case. I canāt tell you everything (obviously) but weāre trying to weed out the people that are in it for the wrong reasons before they get to the house. Weāre not starting with 30 women and giving me one night to cut it down to 20 - weāre (the producers) are going to narrow it down before anyone even steps foot into the house, because Iāve been very specific with them about what I expect and what I want.
This isnāt a game to me. This isnāt a way for me to gain popularity or start a career. I am a successful man. I have a company. I have a reputation. People know me - to an extent. And thatās why Iām going to go about this very differently than past contestants. We released that it would be me on the season in order to encourage people to apply, but also to give people a heads up. This isnāt women coming into this without any knowledge of the person theyāll meet - this is people with an advantage over me: theyāll know things about me, have an idea of what theyāre getting into... it gives them a competitive advantage and will likely take some of the pressure off. It wonāt be like cramming for a test and trying to learn for them - theyāll be supplementing what they already know, and asking about the things that are relevant to them.
I donāt need the world to like me, I donāt need their approval, and so Iām not going to be painted as a certain ātypeā of person. Iāll call people out. Iāll tell them when I donāt like them or how they act. Iāll be honest with them because that is who I am. I have nothing to hide and no reason to lie, and I hope that motivates them to do the same.
Will things move fast? Yes. Will it seem rushed? Yes. But Iāve never promised that someone was going to come out of this with a ring. The bottom line is that I need to meet people that I typically wouldnāt, because the choices that Iāve made in the past havenāt always been the best - but theyāve been what is convenient. Iām sure there will be people who apply for the chance to say that theyāve dated Logan Delos, but I can smell bullshit. I know when someone is lying. Everyone has a tell, and Iāve made it my business to figure out what they are. We wonāt need to waste as much time asking each other stupid questions about our pasts; Iāll need to get to know these women on a personal level, but me being well known makes it so they can focus on our interactions, not on an information overload.
Iām sick and tired of people trying to tell me what they think is best for me, so I decided to do this. Itās something different, something that gives me a chance to connect with people in a way that has nothing to do with business. Every relationship is superficial in some way, and at least this is a controlled superficial situation - it wonāt be a shock, and having a deadline is something Iām very familiar with... which will force me to be critical of what Iām presented with.
