BISHOP'S STORTFORD: Matthew looks for love on US reality show

2:44pm Friday 15th February 2008

A BISHOPS Stortford man is set to make hearts flutter stateside as he becomes the star of reality TV romance show The Bachelor.

Matthew Grant, 27, a global financier is set to woo 25 American women as the 12th series of the ABC reality show begins on March 17.

In the show the girls will go on various dates with Matthew and compete with each other for his affections, with Matthew giving one the boot every week, until he finds his ideal partner.

Matthew - 6ft 5ins tall and blue-eyed - is the youngest of five brothers, all of whom are married. He says he is desperate to settle down.

A family man, Matthew is said to be very close to his siblings and his father Tony, 71, who still lives in the area.

Matthew attended Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in Modern History and Politics, and was captain of the university rowing club.

However local women who fancy their chances with Matthew may be disappointed as Matthew says he prefers American women as he finds them "extroverted and gregarious", adding that his ideal mate will be funny, self-deprecating and outgoing.

Do you know Matthew? Do you have pictures of him?

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