Mel Owens is correcting his recent fumble. The former NFL star, 66, revealed that while filming this season of “The Golden Bachelor,” some of the contestants confronted him for his ageist remarks. Owens had said in June that he refuses to date women over the age of 60.

New Golden Bachelor Mel Owens is addressing his remarks about only looking to date women between the ages of 45 and 60 on the dating show for the first time. After Mel, 66, said on a June episode of the “MGoBlue” podcast that he planned to cut any potential contestants who are either older than 60 or had an artificial hip,

The reality star says he didn't realize his comments were hurtful and that he apologized to the bachelorettes on the first night.The Golden Bachelor star Mel Owens is addressing the controversial comments he made about not wanting to date women over 60 on the reality dating show.