Matty J shares what he thinks about current Bachelor Matt Agnew: 'It pains me to say this'

Matty J may share a first name and the role of The Bachelor Australia with Matt Agnew, but he's no hater!

On his breakfast radio show, Nova96.9's Weekend Breakfast with Matt, Sarah and Matty J, the former Bachelor Matty J was asked to rate how well 31-year-old banker Agnew was doing over the four episodes that have aired.

"Hand on heart if I'm going to rate him, it pains me to say this, but he's doing an incredible job — a 9 out of 10 — he is someone who genuinely wants to find love," said Matty J. 

"He ticks all the boxes! He's fun to watch and he seems like someone who is having a lot of fun."

Asked about the female contestants this season, the breakfast radio host noted that Agnew is "getting quite affectionate with the women so far," like Elly, Sogand, and Monique, with whom he's had three dates. 

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"All three have had kisses," he added.

As for who he thinks the current Bachelor Agnew will pick in the end, Matty J revealed his favourite so far.

"There's two engineers in there, so I thought, surely he would be going for them. Sogand, who had the first date, is an engineer. But my favourite so far is a girl called Elly," he said of the 24-year-old.

"She's a nurse from Newcastle and she's beautiful, down-to-earth, and, from the very beginning when they first met on their date down in the hometown of Melbourne, I just thought, gosh, these two have got something special."

In 2017, Matty J was on his own journey for love on Season 5 of the reality dating show, where he ultimately chose his current fiancée, accessories designer Laura Byrne.

The happy couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Marlie-Mae Rose Johnson, on June 19, 2019.