Fans of The Bachelor franchise continue to wait for any official update on when the reality dating show might return (it seems unlikely we’ll get anything on the 2026 TV schedule, despite persistent hope that Taylor Frankie Paul’s Bachelorette season will air). In the meantime, however, we’ve gotten a different kind of update on fan-favorite Joe Amabile — better known as Grocery Store Joe — and Bachelor Nation is sending their love after he revealed he has what appears to be a brain tumor.
Joe Amabile looked a bit shaken as he took to Instagram to share the news of his impending brain surgery with Bachelor Nation. The caption that accompanied the video said doctors found a lesion they suspect to be an “early stage brain tumor,” and while he debated whether or not to share this publicly, he said, “ultimately this is now part of my life.” Check out his message below:
