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The next star of The Golden Bachelor has a warning for women on his upcoming season of the ABC dating show: If you’re over 60, you’re out. 

Former NFL player Mel Owens, who is 66, didn’t mince words when speaking about what he was looking for in a potential partner. 

“[The producers] asked me, ‘What’s your preferences?’ So I just said, 45 to 60. Just being honest, right?’” he said during an appearance on In The Trenches, a podcast focused on University of Michigan football. (Owens was a Wolverine from 1976 to 1980.) 

“If they’re 60 or over, I’m cutting them,” he declared.

In The Golden Bachelor Season 1, leading man Gerry Turner was 72, and the women ranged in age from 60 to 75.

Owens added that a producer reassured him that all the women were “gonna be hot,” while also urging him to avoid using terms like cut when talking about eliminating women from the show. 

The former linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams added that he was confident that The Golden Bachelor team would put together a solid — and attractive — group of women.    

“They’re going to be beautiful. I know they are,” said Owens, who now works as a lawyer specializing in cases involving sports injuries. 

Mel Owens told ‘The Golden Bachelor’ producers to ‘stay away from the artificial hips and wigs’

Aside from age, what else is Owens looking for in a partner? 

“They’ve got to be fit, because I stay in shape and work out and stuff,” the said. “And I told them to try to stay away from the artificial hips and the wigs.”

But looks aren’t everything, Owens said. He also wants to meet “someone who’s a lifetime learner.” 

“Someone who enjoys life and to work out and stay fit,” he said. “And eat and have fun and be energetic and live life.”

The Golden Bachelor airs Wednesdays this fall on ABC. Episodes will stream the next day on Hulu. 

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