The Bachelor’s Grant Ellis Opens Up About His Celibacy Journey, Jokes He’s Still ‘Good’ at Sex

“Me being the most recent Bachelor, I feel like I have a little authority in the dating space being that the show is about dating,” he explained. “I think finding something serious — finding something that’s worth pursuing — is really hard, especially out here in LA and major cities like New York.”

While choosing to be celibate can be “hard,” Ellis believes he’s making the right decision for himself.

“I’m a man,” he shared. “I definitely have my urges, my desires, and I’m just being fully transparent. I have messed up in the past.”

According to Ellis, what keeps him on the journey is his relationship with God.

“Mainly it’s because of my faith. … God knows the desires of your heart and he knows what makes you happy,” he explained. “The same God that knows how to make you happy, He would know how to give you a partner without having to test drive things.”

This isn’t the first time Ellis has been open about his views on sex and intimacy.

During an interview with ABC’s former Bachelor Nick Viall, Ellis said he handled his fantasy suites with care and understanding.

“People are going to think I’m a player or this or that — or that I’m trying to get my rocks off,” Ellis said on a March episode of “The Viall Files” podcast. “I wasn’t. I went in there with real intentions and prior to that, I was celibate for a year. I got out of a seven-year relationship and I was hurting, so, like, sex is great but I wanted to make sure it was with someone who was my person and then we could f*** all the time.”