Brad Womack is possibly the best ‘Bachelor’ that ABC’s megahit franchise has ever had. He may not have found a bride on the show (although, to be fair, no Bachelor couple has ever gotten married), but his Kelly Taylor-esque “I Choose Me” in the finale was a moment of actual reality in an otherwise contrived reality show. He admitted that proposing to a woman he’d only known for a couple of weeks was absurd, and he refused to do it. The buzz that followed the finale of his season launched the show into a whole new stratosphere of pop culture water cooler discussion and injected new life into the stale series. When one of his unchosen prospects, DeAnna Pappas, was cast as the next Bachelorette, it led to a new series of Bachelors and Bachelorettes chosen from rejects of the previous season: DeAnna begat Jason, who begat Jillian, who begat Jake, who begat Ali. Now, a ridiculously juicy rumor is swirling that Womack will be returning to The Bachelor to try his luck finding his true love on reality TV. If it’s true, what will that mean for The Bachelor, and for the reality romance genre? More »