The Bachelor returns to ABC January 3.

On that night, and likely for some time after it, he'll have to answer for leaving two devastated women rose-less THE OTHER TIME HE WAS THE STAR OF THE BACHELOR.

Questionable as his motives - and the network's casting him as the star of the new season - might be, you gotta give the guy credit for facing an ugly situation head-on.

In this first promo, the obstacles he faces are evident from the moment the first woman steps out of the limo. Turns out she brought a gift ... from every woman in America:

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