The Bachelorette debuted Monday, the 26th season of the franchise, and featured the usual parade of crazy people coached to do ridiculous things trying to woo someone from a previous season who the casting producers clearly hate based on the people they select as potential mates. Airing against The Voice and without Dancing with the …
The Bachelorette‘s most recently formed couple, Emily Maynard and Jef Holm, have broken up. Earlier this month, Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson broke up, which means we only have three couples out of 24 who have survived. The now-shattered couple released long statements to People. Emily, who was “scared to death” of the process pre-season, …
The Bachelorette has mercifully concluded, following the not-at-all shocking live finale that did not live up to Chris Harrison’s promises. Of course, Emily Maynard ended up with Jef Holm, and they’re engaged, and good for them. One question remains–besides the obvious “When will they break up?”–and that is this: Why did the show hide Jef’s …
Mike Fleiss, creator and executive producer of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, is horrified about reality shows that are fake and/or loosely scripted and/or heavily manipulated. I agree completely with what Fleiss told the Calgary Herald: “I think most of the shows are fake. I think there’s all kinds of bullshit going on behind the …
The Bachelorette star Emily Maynard had a $350,000 clothing budget that they exceeded, according to her stylist. In an interview with In Touch, Emily’s stylist, Cary Fetman, said the clothing budget “was bigger than any previous season — and we still went over!” Fetman views his work with her as playing with an object–“For me, …
The Bachelor host Chris Harrison is separating from his wife, Gwen Jones, after 18 years of marriage. They have two children together and, after In Touch broke the news, told People in a statement, “Though we have made this incredibly difficult decision to separate, our love and mutual respect remain, and we look forward to …
The single men who will compete for Emily Maynard’s attention on The Bachelorette 8 have been revealed by ABC, and remarkably, they are not all white. There’s at least one black man and one Latino man. That’s pretty much double the ethnic diversity that the show has had over an entire year (its 70 cast …