--- title: Bachelor Sean Lowe Talks Celibacy, Being the 'Virgin Bachelor' description: "From that moment forward, it was just a firestorm." canonical: https://time.com/12831/bachelor-sean-lowe-celibacy-virgin-bachelor/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-05T18:02:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:29.569Z og:title: Bachelor Sean Lowe Talks Celibacy, Being the 'Virgin Bachelor' og:description: "From that moment forward, it was just a firestorm." og:url: https://time.com/12831/bachelor-sean-lowe-celibacy-virgin-bachelor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ff43659cbade342/698683f0e53aba52b34d14dc/970_abc_sean_0219.jpg?branch=production&width=970&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 970 og:image:height: 546 og:image:alt: 970_abc_sean_0219 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bachelor Sean Lowe Talks Celibacy, Being the 'Virgin Bachelor' twitter:description: "From that moment forward, it was just a firestorm." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ff43659cbade342/698683f0e53aba52b34d14dc/970_abc_sean_0219.jpg?branch=production&width=970&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bachelor Sean Lowe Discusses His Six Years of Celibacy, Being Labeled the 'Virgin Bachelor' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 5, 2014 6:02 PM UTC  ABC 2012 by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 5, 2014 6:02 PM UTC Sean Lowe, the first _Bachelor_ contestant in the reality show’s 17 seasons to actually _marry_ the woman he proposed to, recently [gave testimony to the evangelical site ](http://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/sean-lowe/)[_I am Second_](http://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/sean-lowe/) revealing details about his sex life, behind-the-scene moments in the series, and the religious conflicts he felt when starring in a show that revolves around courting (and kissing) dozens of women. “It’s unnatural to date 25 women at one time,” Lowe said. “And it felt wrong. A lot of the time it felt wrong.” Lowe wasn’t like many of the other men that go on _The Bachelor:_ The 30-year-old told _I am Second_ that his religious convictions led to his decision to stay celibate after the age of 24. --- > “” --- When Lowe told reporters that he and then-fiance Catherine Giudici were waiting to have sex until their January wedding, he says: “From that moment forward, it was just a firestorm… I mean every tabloid had me on the cover and labeled me as the ‘Virgin Bachelor’… I was labeled as an outsider.” Of course, _Bachelor_ producers helped fan the flames. During the broadcast of Lowe’s wedding, the couple was asked about their sex life (or lack thereof) ad nauseum. Sean was shown picking out lingerie for Catherine for their wedding night, and ABC went so far as to have a livestreaming video thumbnail on the bottom corner of the screen that showed the Honeymoon Suite throughout the wedding ceremony — lest viewers forget that that was where the couple would finally have sex. Lowe discussed other interesting and previously unheard bits of his life, both in and out of the show, including leaving unreturned voicemails to _Bachelorette_ contestant (and ex-girlfriend) Emily Maynard. 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