Dale Moss is returning to Bachelor Nation as a contestant on season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise, airing tonight on ABC.

He’s now explaining why he decided to join the show. If you don’t know, the 36-year-old proposed to Clare Crawley during her 2020 season of The Bachelorette, but they did not work out. He then dated HGTV’s Galey Alix for over 2 years, but they split at the end of 2024.

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“Honestly, I’m in Paradise just to be open to the experience. Life has a lot of changes, and I think there’s so many times that we want to control everything, right? And this is, for me, kind of refreshing stepping into an environment that I might not have all the answers to, and honestly, showing up and being myself and hoping that’s enough,” Dale told People.

After his late 2024 breakup, he said, “I kind of want to just escape. And I also know at the end of the day, meeting someone is very important to me. So I’m just open.”

“I can definitely say that in the past, and this is where I’ve grown a lot, I would shut down for really long times after a relationship. I’ve realized that that is not always the healthiest of things. And I had a great relationship with a great woman and we just couldn’t close a gap. And [there is] so much respect there. So I think at some point, you’ve gotta take a step and see what’s there, and I think that’s what I’m doing,” he said about his participation in BiP.

See who else is competing on season 10.