The Bachelor’s Grant Ellis is ready to kiss and tell about his celibacy journey.
Weeks after revealing on social media that he is abstaining from sex until he finds the right partner, Ellis, 31, shared insight into his decision.
“I’ve been in two [relationships] my whole life. When I do, I put my all into it,” he shared on the Friday, October 24, episode of PodcastOne’s “When Reality Hits” podcast. “I want it to be meaningful and I want it to last, so I’m trying the best I can to withhold until I find my right person.”
After being eliminated on Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette, Ellis was named the lead of season 29 of The Bachelor. Although he got engaged to Juliana Pasquarosa during the March finale, the duo split three months later.
“I’m doing my best, and I want my next relationship to be the one,” Ellis shared with podcast host Brittany Cartwright. “If you’re not it, I’m just not gonna.”
When cupid does strike, Ellis joked that he will be ready to connect with his forever partner.
“When we do have sex, it will be great,” he said with a laugh. “I’m very good, but I’m waiting.”
On October 12, Ellis surprised some followers when he posted a video to social media confirming he was celibate. In his message, the former professional basketball player opened up about his personal decision to wait for sex.
“Me being the most recent Bachelor, I feel like I have a little authority in the dating space being that the show is about dating,” he explained. “I think finding something serious — finding something that’s worth pursuing — is really hard, especially out here in LA and major cities like New York.”
While choosing to be celibate can be “hard,” Ellis believes he’s making the right decision for himself.
“I’m a man,” he shared. “I definitely have my urges, my desires, and I’m just being fully transparent. I have messed up in the past.”
According to Ellis, what keeps him on the journey is his relationship with God.
“Mainly it’s because of my faith. … God knows the desires of your heart and he knows what makes you happy,” he explained. “The same God that knows how to make you happy, He would know how to give you a partner without having to test drive things.”
This isn’t the first time Ellis has been open about his views on sex and intimacy.
During an interview with ABC’s former Bachelor Nick Viall, Ellis said he handled his fantasy suites with care and understanding.
“People are going to think I’m a player or this or that — or that I’m trying to get my rocks off,” Ellis said on a March episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “I wasn’t. I went in there with real intentions and prior to that, I was celibate for a year. I got out of a seven-year relationship and I was hurting, so, like, sex is great but I wanted to make sure it was with someone who was my person and then we could f*** all the time.”
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