The Bachelor

[GoldenFleece]

"Prince Farming" Chris gets a three-hour premiere with a live viewing party, featuring interviews with Bachelor alums! Chris Harrison already talked up the virgin who makes the Fantasy Suite and one of the women having an "x-rated" past! Sounds like a hot mess waiting to happen, which is all you can ask for with this franchise.

[forever1267]

I can't tell the difference between the "stars" of this show, and the fans surrounding them. Who are the people standing in line behind Chris Harrison?

And I watch this show, and haven't recognized any of the people Harrison has interviewed. Does everyone who participates on this show also get a free Extreme Makeover as well?

I can't believe I can't find a single shirtless! photo of him. Be sleazier, Internet!

[prada]

Boring Chris gets a 3 hour premiere but Des can't get a televised wedding?! SMH!

[GoldenFleece]

Andi and Josh have split! Everyone was saying they looked "off" in their red carpet appearance on the LIVE! premiere Monday. Hope giving up the job in the DA's office to join Bachelor Nation was worth it!

[Hamatron]

No! Love it dead. Hopefully that creepy 2nd place dude isn't calling her.

Meanwhile, Clare from Juan's season drank so much during the premier that Michelle Money had to get her to the hospital. Link

Who does that outside of college? I mean, I didn't even drink that hard in college. So maybe I am naive.

[prada]

I am cackling at Andi and Josh breaking up. She is the worst so heh. And Nick was interviewed on E! and was actually really classy about the whole thing. Good for him, she ain't worth it. I really think Josh ended things, he looked like he wanted to be anywhere but there on Monday.

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Anyone else immediately peg Ashley S. as a producer plant? Her bad acting has been annoying me, but after watching this last episode I decided to look her up. Reality Steve, of course, knows everything there is to know about The Bachelor, but instead of going to his site and slogging through his detailed investigative notes on the matter, I'm limiting my research to an article from The Stir.

let's hope it takes Chris a few more weeks to notice the crazy train. She's way too entertaining to say goodbye to this early on in the show.

I disagree. She's basically mocking the mentally ill, and that combined with her lack of acting talent, makes her very hard to watch. I suppose the producers went this far with "the crazy chick" this time around because they knew what a dud this bachelor is. A guy with nothing interesting to say who giggles like a girl and lives out in the middle of nowhere. What a catch!

[Hamatron]

Yeah. I assumed she was either a plant/actor, legit low-IQ, or mentally ill. Her behavior is bizarre and unsettling, sometimes it's like she doesn't understand what is happening, and it makes me uncomfortable.

A lot of the women this year seem exceptionally not smart ("Death is so not romantic!"), but Iowa dude seems pretty stupid too, so maybe that's for the best.

This year, they are also not bothering to hide the fact that these women basically drink all day and night while filming.

[GoldenFleece]

Loved SNL's Farm Hunk skit; there must be some Bachelor watchers on the writing staff.

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This season is one of the worst. The producers are really screwing up with their Bachelor picks lately. Juan Pablo was terrible, but at least his douchebaggery was entertaining. Aside from that giggle that cracks me up every time, Chris is so boring and the scripted set-ups that try to make this season interesting are more transparent than usual with the crazy chick who is an obvious actress and the manufactured hot tub drama and the wedding crashing.

The wedding crashing was the worst. Nice try claiming some producers tagged along with cellphones to record the shenanigans, but nobody is buying that this wasn't staged (I'm sure Reality Steve is on the case and has presented all the evidence of fakery on his blog, this after explaining why all the evidence is valid). Pretending for a second that it was real, though, wedding crashing if fucking rude! But according to the show, the ability to lie on the spot is a wonderful quality that Chris admires in a woman. Well, I suppose it would be a helpful quality. How do like living out here in Nowhere, Iowa? Oh, I love it Chris. The endless fields. The smell of gasoline. The lack of entertainment options. The people I have nothing in common with. It's a dream come true!!