Mike Johnson Speaks Out on His Mental Health After ‘The Bachelor’
The Bachelor fan-favorite Mike Johnson speaks out on his mental health and life after the show in a recent interview.
Season 15 wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for the bachelor alum Mike Johnson. Like many other contestants, he faced some ups and downs and dealt with heartbreak, but the real hardships didn’t emerge until after he left the show. In a recent interview, Johnson explained how being thrown into a new environment under the public eye impacted his mental health.
Johnson revealed that during the show he was around a lot of alpha males, but he didn’t mind it since being in the air force prepared him to be around a lot of different personalities. The busy schedule and constant travel also didn’t faze the contestant either, it wasn’t until after he returned home that things started to change.
He admitted that after he returned back to reality, certain friends of his treated him differently. He had friends telling him that he was acting differently, which brought frustration since Johnson viewed his personality and behaviors to be exactly the same. In addition to the comments made by people in his close circle of friends, there were also individuals calling him racial slurs on social media and commenting things such as “this is why you’re not the bachelor.”
Instead of letting the comments get to him, the reality star wrote the book “Making the Love You Want” about his journey to self-love and the steps he took on the path to self-acceptance. The book hits shelves on October 2. The star claimed, “it’s good that I actually went through it because now I have a different experience in dealing with mental health from the public eye aspect, from the military aspect, and from growing up.”
Johnson went on to share that what helped him the most during hard times was his extended family that would believe in him and share their life story and what they’re going through. Although Johnson was not asked to be the next bachelor, he showed his support for Matt James, the franchise’s first-ever black bachelor on Instagram.
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We’re happy Johnson spoke out about some of the hardships he faced after the show. Even though we won’t be watching him as the next bachelor, he supported and uplifted the franchise as well as the current bachelor, Matt James and we commend his positivity and good spirit.
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