Former Bachelor Jake Pavelka, 38 is due to make a cameo on Jojo Fletcher’s season of The Bachelorette…… but he isn’t trying to date her. He’s a friend of her family’s and he is coming to offer some brotherly advice. The handsome Dallas pilot led one of the craziest and most popular seasons of the show in 2010 after being dumped by Bachelorette Jillian Harris. So in honor of Jake’s appearance we unearthed some interesting trivia on him.
1: He’s an Aquarius. Jake was born January 27, 1978 to mother Sallie Lanell Mack Pavelka and father James Lynn Pavelka. Jake has Czech ancestry.
2: He has 2 brothers: Jason Pavelka, Matthew Pavelka.
3: He is friends with Jojo’s brothers, Ben Patton and Matt Patton. They are all from Denton Texas.
4: He played high school football.
5: He worked as a pilot for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, and under the alias Jake Landrum
6: His cousin Jessie Pavelka is a famous fitness model, television presenter, actor and personal trainer.
7. He dated actress Kristen Chenoweth in 2012.
8: In July of 2011, Pavelka starred on the second season of Bachelor Pad…with his ex Vienna Girardi.
9: He has been on a number of reality shows in addition to The Bachelor and Bachelor Pad including a contestant on VH1’s 2011 reality series Famous Food, The CW’s reality show H8R and in 2014 he was a contestant on Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.
He even starred on the most amazing spoof ever Burning Love in 2012.
10. He’s a devout Christian.
Of course the idea of Jake offering Jojo relationship advice is sort of funny since his relationship with Vienna Girardi was an epic disaster, but it will be fun to see him again regardless.