Publish date: 2023-12-27
In 2002, ABC launched what would become the highly successful dating franchise, "The Bachelor." And while the first six seasons starred unknown single suitors, by season seven, producers shook things up by casting Charlie O'Connell in 2005. His older brother, Jerry O'Connell, joked about Charlie's bout with reality TV fame, telling PeopleTV's "Chatter" in 2018 that his brother was a star on the rose-filled reality show "back when 'The Bachelor' was in black and white." "It was good fun. We had a good time with it," he added. But Jerry did note that the final rose ceremonies were "stressful" for Charlie and that he has since distanced himself from the franchise.
Charlie did find love on "The Bachelor" with his final pick, Sarah Brice, although he stopped short of getting down on one knee with a Neil Lane diamond to propose to her. The on-and-off couple ended their relationship in 2010, per Pop Sugar, and Charlie married Playboy model Anna Sophia Berglund in 2018.
Perhaps, it was his past as an actor that twisted things for Charlie because it turns out he was the only "Bachelor" star with which former host Chris Harrison had an issue. "The only one I think I had a hard time getting along with was Charlie O'Connell back in the day," Harrison once told Us Weekly. "He admitted he was going through some issues with himself at the time ... It just didn't blend."
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