Make Page Six a Preferred Source New “Bachelor” lead Sam Hartman spilled his brother’s engagement plans live on “Good Morning America” Friday.
When asked whether his parents are pushing him to have kids, the NFL player predicted his sibling, Joe Hartman, would “be first” to start a family.
“My brother’s about to get engaged,” the Washington Commanders quarterback, 27, declared before pausing.
“Hopefully I didn’t just spoil that,” he told viewers. “Oh, shoot.”
The athlete, however, quickly backtracked on his panic, saying, “No, I think they know it’s coming.”
Sam’s brother, who is a med school graduate currently completing a “residency at Vanderbilt,” has yet to publicly respond to the viral mention.
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He did, however, roast his sibling via Instagram Stories after news broke that Sam will helm the reality show’s 30th season.
“So I guess they just let anyone do this show,” Joe joked to his followers.
Sam, notably, was drafted into the NFL in 2024 after playing college football at Wake Forest University and the University of Notre Dame.
While Sam does not have ties to “The Bachelor” as a previous contestant, he is loosely linked to former Bachelor Nation members Tyler Cameron and Matt James.
Cameron, 33, was Wake Forest University’s quarterback between 2013 and 2014 — and he competed on Hannah Brown’s “Bachelorette” season in 2019.
His college roommate, Matt James, was cast as the Season 25 “Bachelor” lead two years later after also having played for the North Carolina college’s football team, the Demon Deacons.
James, 34, posted a throwback photo with Sam via social media on Friday to celebrate Sam’s casting, captioned, “Two Deacs.”
Cameron, for his part, gushed that “Prince Charming is our bachelor!”
New episodes of “The Bachelor” have not aired since 2025 when Grant Ellis proposed to Juliana Pasquarosa, whom he split from mere months after the finale.
While Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette” was slated to premiere in March, it was canceled days beforehand over a resurfaced video of the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star.
Paul, 32, gave her own two cents on Hartman’s casting via Instagram Friday, dubbing him “cute.”
“The Bachelor” premieres Sunday, March 21, 2027, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, with episodes streaming the following day on Hulu.
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