From the very beginning of Maria George's solo journey, her father made a lasting impression on viewers by appearing in her introductory video. This week, he returns to the screen in the hometown episode of Season 28.
In the introductory video, Mariah said she was done with casual dating - which made viewers at home laugh. "Maria has overexerted casual dating and her dad really looks like he invented casual dating," one fan said after Nick smoked a cigar, sported long hair and wore a deep unbuttoned dress shirt. joked next to the camera.
Maria was in on the joke. "LMAOOO?" she replied on Instagram Stories.
While the user added that Mariah's father looks like a rock star, Nick Georgas' real job is quite different. Here's everything you need to know about the Georgias family as Joey Graziadei travels to Ontario, Canada to meet Maria's family.
He's a modern-day Willy Wonka
Nick Georgas owns a sprinkle company called Jubilee Candy, and as Maria recently shared on TikTok, her grandfather owned a chocolate factory. "Growing up, all I heard was 'my dad's Willy Wonka,'" Maria said. "It's so much fun, I love it."
It's clear that Mariah values her dad's opinion—she even consulted him for her Bachelor packing list. "My dad was against me for wanting to bring my Crocs to the mansion," she shared in the same TikTok.
In another case, she asked him to help deal with her Bachelor drama, so expect him to have some strong opinions about his daughter's potential partners. "Maria is 100 percent a daddy's girl," he says in the Hometown trailer. "If she gets hurt, that's a problem for Joey."
Maria's parents divorce
In her Bachelor introduction video, Mariah said she "tends to push people away" due to her parents' divorce. She later elaborated several episodes in, telling Joey that her mom was often "not around" growing up and that she had been struggling mentally after surviving a near-fatal car accident.
Today, Mariah and her mom are "a work in progress," she tells Joy. "It's better too, she thinks you're cute. So she'll be happy to see you."
For Joy, understanding Maria's family dynamics seemed to be a major turning point in their relationship. "Maria always chose to be a fun energy and not take things so seriously because she had very serious things going on in her life," he said. "It says a lot about Maria's thinking."
