India, July 14 -- Former 'Bachelor' franchise star Joe Amabile has revealed that he has been diagnosed with an early-stage brain tumor and is preparing to undergo surgery.

Amabile, known to fans as "Grocery Store Joe" from The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, shared the health update on Instagram, saying doctors discovered a "blueberry-sized" lesion on his brain following an MRI scan.

The 40-year-old reality star said the lesion "looks to be a glioma," a type of brain tumor. He added that the condition was detected at a "really early" stage and that he will undergo a craniotomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in two weeks to remove and test the tumor.

"It's been a wild couple weeks. Definitely wasn't expecting this," Am...