Mel Owens’ Kids & Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Mel Owens is the new “Golden Bachelor” lead, and his season has been greatly anticipated and also controversial. We will learn a lot more about him when the season airs, but several
1. He Is a Father to Two Sons
Owens is a father to two adult sons, Lucas, 20, and Andre, 18. “They’ve been living primarily with me, and I cherish that great father-son relationship,” Owens told USA Today
His ABC bio shares more about his approach to fatherhood. “While life took an unexpected turn with the passing of his father and the end of his marriage, Owens channeled his energy into being the best father he could be, focusing on raising his sons and coaching their extracurricular sports teams,” the bio reads. He is also described as a “devoted dad.”
2. His Sons Support His ‘Golden Bachelor’ Journey
Owens is lucky to have the support of his sons on his journey to find love through “The Golden Bachelor.” They have also helped him with social media. “They got me on TikTok, and then on Instagram. I didn’t know how to do all of those things,” Owens told USA Today. “My boys were helping me. Two months ago, I had four followers. I think I have more than four now.”
3. Mel Owens Was Married Before
Owens’ ABC bio reveals that he was previously married to his “first love,” with whom he shares two sons. The woman he was previously married to has been revealed as Fabiana Pimental. The former couple was married for 18 years.
The pair married in 2002 and divorced in 2020. Although their divorce was finalized in 2024, USA Today reports. Owens reflected on their time together positively. “It was a long marriage, and it just didn’t work out,” he told USA Today. “I still wish her well. And I love being married.”
4. His Sons Were His Priority
Owens is a retired NFL athlete and now a sports injury lawyer. He discussed why he had not dated in an interview with Entertainment Weekly
His sons are also athletes and their father’s pride and joy. “There’s nothing like it when you have kids,” Owens said in a promotional video posted on the “The Golden Bachelor”
5. Mel Owens Is From a Close Family
Owens’ ABC bio reveals information about how he was brought up. “Born and raised in a close-knit Midwestern family in Detroit, Owens’ athleticism shone through from an early age,” the bio reads. His father, Walter Owens, played professional baseball for the Detroit Stars, USA Today reports.
'Fire Country' Season 4 Teaser Confirms 1 Major Character's Death and Previews Emotional Aftermath for Station 42
The dramatic teaser for Fire Country season 4 is here — and it brings with it some bad news.
CBS dropped a minute-long clip on Tuesday, Sept. 23, revealing that it was Vince (Billy Burke) who didn't survive the life-and-death cliffhanger of the Zabel Ridge fire from the season 3 finale.
"I'm going to spend the rest of my career protecting my father's town, my father's station, my father's mission,” Vince's son Bode (Max Thieriot) emotionally says during his father's funeral.
Vince's loss appears to have sent ripples throughout the community and left Station 42 looking for a new battalion chief — a job Bode believes is his for the taking.
"It's my birthright, and I'm coming for it," he vows.
Amid all the upheaval at Station 42, the firefighters may be looking at being suspended from active duty — "effective immediately," they're told — as the teaser comes to an end.
Before the clip is over, however, Bode vows one last time to carry on his father's mission.
As someone thanks him for showing that he cares, Bode replies, "It's what my dad would do."
Fire Country creator Tony Phelan — who created the series with Joan Rater and Thieriot — spoke to TVLine about Burke's exit and why the show revealed Vince's fate ahead of the season 4 premiere, titled "Goodbye for Now."
"We want to be respectful of what he means to our fans, what he means to us," Phelan said, adding that the character's death is "a big, huge, emotional loss to the show."
Thieriot previously teased to TV Insider that the season 3 finale cliffhanger would be a "game changer" for the show.
"I think it's shocking," he said in April. "It's going to make an impact for sure."
He teased that Bode has "gone on a pretty big journey this season and made a lot of progress towards his ultimate goal of this Leone legacy that he has finally embraced" and that the events he'll grapple with in the upcoming season leave him "at a big turning point in his life and his career, a real crossroads for sure."
Burke isn't the only one leaving Fire Country behind.
Morena Baccarin, who joined the show in season 2 as Mickey Fox, has departed to lead her own spinoff series, Sheriff Country
