BachelorNation shouldn’t expect to seePeter Weberback on any iteration of the ABC franchise in the future — because he hopes to find someone onChispa, the largest dating app for Latinx singles.
“Hopefully [there’s] no need for that moving forward,” Chispa partner Weber, 30, tells PEOPLE of returning to a reality dating show. “Ideally I’m going to say that, but hey, we’ll see what happens.”
The season 24 Bachelor, whosplit fromcontestantKelley Flanaganin late 2020, says he hopes to find a woman who “understands family and what that means, and someone that is just a sweet, good person.”
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Weber likes that using Chispa, the first app he’s tried since filmingThe Bachelor, will allow him “to get to know someone before possibly committing to something in person.”
“I’m curious to see if that can work for me,” adds Weber, whose mom is Cuban.
With the holidays and his brother’s wedding coming up, Weber says his family constantly asks about his love life.
“They’re always asking, ‘Who are you bringing to the wedding?'” the pilot says of the April affair. “With Chispa, it gives me an opportunity to meet someone that just really understands my background and my culture and what makes me, me. And that is just incredible.”
“I’m really hoping that this can work out and it can allow me to meet someone I can bring it to that wedding,” he adds. “I’m not hurrying into this at all, but I’m really excited about trying it out.”
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Speaking of family, Weber says what hismom Barbarathinks of who he dates will always be “extremely, extremely important.”
“My mom is my biggest fan, and I’m extremely close with my mom. I’m close with my whole family, so [their] opinions mean everything,” Weber says. “And I trust my family like crazy.”
And these days, planning dates without the help ofBachelorproducers means Weber likes to keep it simple.
“It doesn’t really matter what we’re doing, just an opportunity to allow us to see if we can connect,” he says. “Nothing over the top. The show is all about that, and it’s great and super fun, but just being able to take a blanket out, go to the beach and enjoy a beautiful day and not have to do anything else but just look them in the eyes and see if you feel that, that, I would say, is the ideal first date.”
source: people.com
