So, while it makes sense that the show would want to focus on the root of this problem by having Matt talk to his dad, it seems like a real rough road to force that kind of thing to happen just so that we can all watch it unfold dramatically on TV.
Even if producers did tell him there was a possibility they could instigate a sit-down with him and his dad, I can certainly see where Matt wouldn't feel like he was able to say no to it had he wanted to.Ī large portion of Matt's story as Bachelor has focused on him acknowledging that he has a hard time opening up and letting in the women he dates, mostly because of how hard he says it was to grow up without a father and how having what he has called a "broken family and broken marriage" affected all of their lives.
Matt was likely blindsided on his season by an appearance from his dad, and, if that's what happened, The Bachelor is beyond shitty for doing such a thing. OK, I'm going to go ahead and say what (probably) most of us are thinking right now. We also don't know anything about what led the elder man to leave his children behind when the marriage to their mother soured.
Even though it's been strongly implied that neither sibling has much, if any, relationship with their dad, we haven't heard Matt confirm that so far. All that viewers have heard is that his dad is black and left the family when Matt and his brother were young. Matt has said very little about his father during the season so far.