“I haven’t dated at all since DeAnna.” “I wanted to give myself time to heal so that when I got out there again I’d be ready to give whoever I am with the respect and attention she deserves.”

Mesnick, the 32-year-old single dad from Seattle, is looking forward to the opportunity of finding love on the 13th season of The Bachelor.He explained:

“I am ready. I am open to giving these girls everything I can to find the one that is right for me. All I am missing, really, is someone to share my life with. There’s no guarantee but 25 girls? It’s a real opportunity to find just one.”

Jason Mesnick says he was approached to do The Bachelor at the “After the Final Rose Special” by the long-running reality show’s producers.

“All I could think was, ‘Oh man, I am so excited’ - mostly because really I am just the most regular guy you could ever come across and for this to be happening to me is unbelievable,” he said. “It just leaves me completely speechless.”