In an exclusive interview with Glamour, the 66-year-old opens up about the backlash to his ageist and sexist comments on a recent podcast. “It was unfair and insensitive, and I have to earn [the trust] back.

ABC's Golden Bachelor has apologized over his comments about age preferences. In a new interview with Glamour, Mel Owens addressed the drama of when he said he was looking for women of a certain age when getting on the show - now he's saying he "didn't know that it hit that hard."

The incoming "Golden Bachelor" Mel Owens, whose season begins Sept. 24, is breaking his silence about stirring controversy over an age cutoff.