Love Tim tender, love Tim true, never let Tim go.
With The Bachelor Canada set to debut its second season tonight
(Thursday) on City, I asked the Bachelor of the moment, Tim Warmels, a
few probing questions:
Q: You’re originally from Campbellville, Ont., so what’s the
difference between a typical date in Campbellville and a typical date on
The Bachelor Canada?
Warmels: “In terms of setting, there’s actually not
that much of a difference. There’s a beautiful sunset. You’re typically
on a nice vista. You might be out in nature a little bit, or at least
away from an enormous amount of people.”
Tim
Warmels is the lucky guy who gets to pick from 25 ladies on the new
season of The Bachelor Canada, premiering tonight on Citytv. (Photo
courtesy Citytv)
Q: What about the meal?
Warmels: “It is much more meal-focused in Campbellville
(laughing hard). There were some fantastic places that we got to go and
meals that we got to eat (as part of the show). But when you’re dating
that intensely, you are much less focused on the meal.”
Q: So it’s not, “Another round of poutines over here,” got it. What about budget and entertainment?
Warmels: “On the show there were some interesting forms
of entertainment, but I can’t give too much away. There certainly might
have been a difference in budget between the show and my teenage
years.”
Q: Do your buddies kid you about becoming The Bachelor Canada?
Warmels: “My very close guy pals will ceaselessly and
endlessly use this as fodder. That being said, they also understand my
true motivations in it. So they know that when they poke fun at it, it’s
really OK because they know I’m actually in it for the right reasons.
It allows them to poke fun without having to feel badly about it.”
Q: So it’s actually freeing for them, that’s dangerous. What about your parents?
Warmels: “They love me a lot, and I grew up very
traditionally with them. My mom is an elementary school principal and
she was a teacher for a long time before that, so they’re pretty
traditional people. Naturally when something like this comes along,
which is so vastly different from what they’re used to, they were a
little apprehensive. But then when they saw me going through it, and
they saw how happy I was, they really turned around.”
Q: What do you know about making this type of TV show now that you didn’t know prior to the experience?
Warmels: “I wasn’t actually privy to a lot of those
things (technical decisions, editing, etc.). I went on the dates, I got
to focus on what obviously was important to me and I sussed things out
that way. The cameras melt away really quickly when you realize that
you’re doing something so significant in your life.”
Q: Did you have any hopes and fears about how you might come across to TV viewers?
Warmels: “It crossed my mind. And then – and this is a
big reason why I felt so free to do this – you can’t worry about that
stuff. You can’t care about that stuff. You can’t think about it. You
really just have to be yourself and be OK with however it comes out and
however people perceive you. At the end of the day, if you know that
you’re happy with the decisions you made, that’s all that matters.”
Q: Did you discover anything about yourself, even from a rudimentary TV perspective?
Warmels: “I hate to say it, but I do swear more than I thought I did.”
Q: Do you see The Bachelor Canada as a one-time TV adventure
for you, or would you like to explore other avenues in the entertainment
world?
Warmels: “Right now, I’m very happy to be back working
on my startup (business) and working on my house. But I set some cameras
up in the corners nowadays, just to make myself feel better.”
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