July 31, 2024 • bachelor insider
Bachelor Nation Fans Call for Rugby Star Ilona Maher to Be Next Bachelorette: ‘She Would Slay’
Collecting Olympic medals and handing out roses?!
Bachelor Nation fans are watching Jenn Tran’s season of “The Bachelorette” unfold each week and we’re all also watching the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
Amid the Olympic excitement, rugby star and Olympic medalist Ilona Maher has been going viral as she’s looking for love in the Olympic village.
She has been cracking fans up on social media as she’s picking out wedding colors after “a man just talked” to her in line for food in the village.
Ilona’s videos have been garnering millions of views, and now Bachelor Nation fans are calling for her to be the next Bachelorette.
A fan named Taylor took to her TikTok page to share a video saying, “ABC, you need to make Ilona Maher the next Bachelorette. We just know that she would slay. She loves a good fit, she loves dressing up, she loves being feminine, she’s also funny and smart, and an Olympic medalist. She would absolutely rock as the Bachelorette. Please make this happen!”
Taylor went on to share some ideas, saying, “Just imagine on one of the dates she makes all the guys play rugby for her and she gets to critique and decide. Or maybe, the guy who beats her can win the date. I’m sold! ABC, she’s going to be a star regardless, so hop on it now!”
The video quickly raked in hundreds of thousands of views and fans filled the comments with their support for this idea.
One person wrote, “100% agree!!! She’s literally an Olympian Goddess!” and another said, “I would watch every. single. episode.”
We love ideas like this — keep them coming! We’re so proud of Ilona and all the other athletes competing at the Olympics and achieving their dreams!
