This post contains spoilers from Monday’s season premiere ofThe Bachelorette.
Michael Alliomay not have found lasting love onThe Bachelorette, but his priorities never wavered.
Allio’s fateful choice to leave came after a heartbreaking phone call with his 4-year-old son James, in which the little boy wondered aloud whether his dad didn’t want to see him.
“When your child says that, you answer the call,” says Allio, who is raising James on his own after his wife Laura died of cancer in 2019. “And I think a lot of single parents probably have to deal with the fact that when they’re pursuing their own happiness, it does take a little bit from the time they’re spending with their child. It’s a constant balancing act that’s happening. But I would do it all over again and make the same decisions.”
And getting to sit down with Katie, 30, during theMen Tell Allspecial gave Allio the “closure” he was longing for.
“I’ve been waiting to have this conversation with Katie for a while — I mean, since the day I left New Mexico, it’s been on my mind,” he says. “She did provide clarity for me to be able to begin starting over and finding [love] all over again.”
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As for the unofficial social media campaign pushing for the 37-year-old business owner from Ohio to sign on as the next Bachelor?
Regardless, Allio hasn’t lost hope that he’ll find his special someone one day.
“I do think love is totally out there for me,” he says. “I’m getting a lot of messages from people who are resonating with my story and my message to any widower is that they can find it, too. It is possible — and they are worth it.”
The Bacheloretteairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
