He may have broken everyone’s hearts on the 11th season of The Bachelor, but that doesn’t mean Brad Womack is a bad guy … right? ABC hopes so hopes not, which is why they have re-booked the mustachioed man for the 15th installment of the reality series.

Womack, who famously left DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft roseless back in 2007, apparently thinks love can be found the reality-stunt way. “I don’t care if people call me an idiot or don’t believe those words coming out of my mouth,” Brad tells Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday’s broadcast of her show.

“I truly believe that it can work. So here are 25 to 30 women that I never, ever would meet in regular life, and I’m clearly doing something wrong. I’m still single.  So why not? I really do believe that this can work,” he adds.

So if the 37-year-old is such a romantic, what couldn’t he find love the first time around? According to a source, Womack – who has since gone through a “painful journey of self-awareness” – did go into the program with the right intentions.

“Brad is very sincere and believes in the show,” an insider told Us Weekly earlier this month. “That’s why he didn’t pick someone last time. He was never in it for the publicity. He wants to find a wife.”