Mel Owens has teased what awaits his winning bachelorette once they take their relationship outside of The Golden Bachelor bubble and date in the real world.

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"I'm a nice guy! You're going to have a lot of fun with me," Mel, a 66-year-old attorney and former NFL player, told Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt during the September 23 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast.

"I'm interested in them and what they do because it's got to be a two-way street. I'm choosing them, but they're also choosing me... So I want to learn from them as well, because that's why we're together."

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Mel, however, pointed out that he and his partner are going to have "a lot of similarities."

Mel noted that the relationship "can't be one-sided" either way if it's going to work in the real world.

"So I think, for me, they're going to get someone who is excited to live life and to keep learning and have personal growth," Mel shared.

But Mel is still working as an attorney in Orange County, and so it may be difficult to pack his bags and move for a woman.

"But you never know," he teased.

Mel is handing out roses on Season 2 of The Golden Bachelor, which began filming in July and premiered on ABC on September 24.

Mel gushed about how his time on The Golden Bachelor was "unreal" and one of the "greatest experiences" of his life.

ABC announced Mel's cast of 23 The Golden Bachelor bachelorettes in early September.

The 23 women range in age from 58 to 77 and include a former model, a full-time mom, a retired biomedical engineer, a librarian, a retired firefighter, a yoga instructor, and a cosmetic dentist.

Mel said on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast that he was looking for an energetic and adventurous woman who is a lifetime learner.

Earlier this summer, fans speculated Mel -- who was announced as The Golden Bachelor's Season 2 star in April -- was going to be replaced as Season 2's lead after he had made controversial comments about wanting his cast of women to be between the ages of 45 and 60.

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"I said [to an executive producer], 'You know, if they're 60 or over, I'm cutting them,'" Mel said during a June appearance on the "MGoBlue" podcast with Jon Jansen.

Many The Bachelor franchise viewers then expressed outrage about Mel's "ageist" and "superficial" remarks on social media.

However, ABC still decided to stick with Mel, who was previously married to a woman 20 years younger and has two children with her, and he filmed The Golden Bachelor in California this past summer.

After filming began, Mel did a media interview in which he attempted to do damage control for his earlier comments.

"Those [comments] were a mistake by me. It's unfair. It's insensitive," he told Glamour magazine.

"And I want to earn it back. I have to earn it back every single moment that I'm on the show... The spirit has no age. It's true. And also, you can change. That's the key. It is not too late to change."

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