Fans are still flocking Matt James And Rachel Kirkconnelldivided, our Couldn't help but wonder if they might hand out (or receive) roses again one day.

"I think it's open," the host Jesse Palmer to say our weekly a time Exclusive interview About his partnership with Great Clips. "First of all, I was really saddened to read it and see it. And I certainly hope they're both OK. It's got to be a really, really hard time for both of them. And I know they want to (and) process everything that happened. It will take time."

James, 33, announced on Thursday, January 16 that he and Kirkconnell, 28, had split. He used a picture from season 25 bachelor - where they met four years ago - for her headline-making announcement post.

"I think the last thing they wanted to think about was getting back on the show," Palmer continued. “These decisions go over my head. I absolutely think, though, that the show will consider bringing one or both back at some point down the road if they're open to it. Absolutely.”

Although Kirkconnell and James recently split to rock Bachelor Nation, the show's most recent season — The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 — starred Joan Vasos - ended with an engagement.

"They're all over," Palmer said our When asked about Vasos and fiancee Chuck Chapple. “They're in New York and then they're visiting his family and they're back in Kansas and they're all over the place. They're a very solid Bachelor couple, in all honesty."

Vassos, 62, and Chapple, 61, said they are in no rush to walk down the aisle.

"But I know they're both very excited," Palmer continued. “They are enjoying each other's company. And listen, I certainly hope wedding bells are on the horizon soon, but they've earned the right to take their time to enjoy each other, and if they need an officiant, I know the guy."

Meanwhile, Palmer is gearing up for the premiere Grant Ellis's 29th season bachelor

"I don't want to speak for Grant, but I think he's very, very happy with how things ended," Palmer teased. our. “I know he's really excited for everyone to see this whole thing unfold. Grant is a very easy guy to root for. I'm a fan of his and I know he's a guy who's been successful in everything he's done in life (so far) outside of love."

Fans who have been waiting for the ABC show to return have seen plenty of Palmer through the network Its great clip commercial, which aired throughout the College Football Playoff and promotes the brand's $9.99 haircut.

"I'm sorry, I'm not sorry," he joked our About how often the ad is aired. “I had a lot of fun doing it. It was great. It's the best time of the year — the national championship, the playoffs. We all want to look and feel our best. It's great.”

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