Thursday, March 6, 2014

Betchy Bachelor Monday: Episode 8, Episode 9, and The Women Tell All.. and EEESSS OKKAY?

Hey all! Let's celebrate Women's History Month with a kick ass...Bachelor blog...how far we've come.

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Sorry that I've been so absent with this the past week and a half, I've been a little pre-occupied. But here I am, ready to discuss Juan Pablo.

We have a lot to cover...like 6 hours, to be exact.
Because last week, The Bachelor decided to subject America to 4 entire hours of Bachelor 'Hometown' dates in which Bachelor Juan Pablo visits the hometowns of his four remaining lady friends. Some may say this is too long of a time for this crap, and those people are right. However, that allows me 4 entire hours to make fun of Juan Pablo.

Hot flashes? Must be early menopause.

So let us begin.

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PART 1

We start will All-American girl doll, Nikki the Nurse, as she brings Bachelor JP to her hometown of Kansas City. As she is trying to show him her city, all he seems to want to do is make out with her. No one should really be shocked by this, since he's a walking tongue and all.

Definitely voting for option C.

Nikki takes JP to a BBQ place to eat some good, old fashioned ribs. And not so shockingly, Juan Pablo has no idea what the hell BBQ is...even though he's lived in America for the past 10 years, at least...so whatever. Obviously, he and I can never date if he doesn't know what barbeque means.
Nikki decides that, while on this date, she will make him ride a mechanical bull. This provides many laughs for all as Juan Pablo struggles to stay on this thing and not look like a total moron. For once, it's his turn to be put out of his element, to which he repsonds, "If it's somefing that she liahkes, then it's somefing that ah liahke."
We get it, Juan Pablo, she's got "someeetttthiiiing that you liahke"
"Yee haw!" he yells...right before he falls off, and him falling off that mechanical bull may actually be my favorite moment of the entire season.
After their little BBQ date, Nikki takes JP home to finally meet her red-blooded, All-American family...who, by the way, have an almost unrealistically beautiful dining room.
They share stories of their "journey" thusfar with the family and Nikki pokes fun that JP always flies first class when they go to different countries and all that, while the other girls must all fly like US COMMONERS in coach. All he can say is "heheh, I slept like a babaay."
So that's nice.

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After dinner, Nikki has a heart to heart with her mother while JP and Nikki's dad have a little chat. Nikki's father is probably the least intimidating person, I've ever seen. Like on a Mr. Rogers level.
Her father asks JP what he sees in Nikki, and Juan Pablo simply says, "With Nikki, it is so EZ."
Nikki and her dad also have a moment together and when he asks HER what she likes about Juan Pablo she says, "Well, come on Dad, have you seen him?!"
And Nikki's parents are so supportive and accepting THAT IT IS ALMOST ALARMING. Like, do they care about their daughter at all?
The answer is probably, yes, but just get her married and out of the house, for the love of God.

Next, we go to Lawyer Andi's rough and tough family in Atlanta. I'm surprised to see that Atlanta is not consumed by walkers, but more frighteningly...it's consumed by Juan Pablo.

I literally just realized that I left my job and friends behind to follow a stranger around the world along with a pack of rabid women. Seriously, I just figured this out today!

Andi is almost a ridiculous level of excited to see Bachelor Juan when he arrives. They frolic in the streets, and Juan Pablo tell us that "Andi is just...mmmmmm."
CAN THIS MAN EVER ACTUALLY DESCRIBE ANYONE!?
Andi takes Juan Pablo to shoot guns, and I love because Andi could totally kill him because she hit the bulls-eye exactly on her first try. And poor Juan Pablo didn't even hit the paper in target practice until the very end of the date.
 



"MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR...KISS ME ANDI."
After they practiced how easily they could kill someone, Andi finally took him to meet her parents. He brings flowers, as he did for Nikki's family.
Andi's family is a little tougher on JP than Nikki's was, and rightfully so. Andi's father showed A LOT of concern over the fact that Juan Pablo only ever invited his smart and beautiful daughter on group dates up until the end. AS HE SHOULD BE. I think Andi's papa, Hy, was projecting every emotion on Juan Pablo that any actual normal human parent would and should.
Hy hits the nail right on the head when he says that "This is nothing but infatuation" (not to give anything away for later...but he ends up being totally correct).
Unlike Hy, Andi's mother is at least a little receptive of Juan Pablo, well...I mean, she wants him to teach her how to dance. That's about as deep as that connection will get. Andi also demonstrates some moves, and she is such a bad dancer that she just sort of stands there and sways.
The girl is a top prosecuter though, so we can cut here a break with the dancing.
Andi talks then to her sister and her sister says she just "doesn't know about this" and I think we can all relate to that and probably say the same exact thing if our sister brought that hooligan into our home.
Juan Pablo sweats it out under Hy's questioning, and can barely give the man a good answer of any kind.
JP asks Hy for his "blessing"...whatever the fuck that means...and Hy says straight up, "Don't even talk to me unless my daughter is the only woman you are with." Like, are you fucking kidding me Juan Pablo?!? You're asking for her father's BLESSING?! You've got some damn nerve, you crazy bastard.
OKAY, YES I give you my blessing to maybe, if you decide to choose her, propose to my daughter.
Juan Pablo is a lunatic.
BYE. NEXT!

Mama Renee is next and takes Bachelor JP to her hometown of Sarasota, Florida...which makes perfect sense because I can say from personal experience that Sarasota is beautiful...and it is very fitting that Renee, the beach goddess of sun is from there.

That isn’t normal. You should probably see a doctor.

And SORRY that I cried like a blubbering child when Renee finally got to see her nine year old son, Ben, and they hugged for solid minutes. It was totally beautiful.
Too bad Juan Pablo was there, RUINING EVERYTHING.
Renee is so happy to be home, that I am so happy that she is home.
Ben is really cute and precious and in his baseball uniform because they are about to watch one of his games. Ben sort of looks at JP like "Mom, who is this crazy man who is staring at you like you're his next meal?"
Juan Pablo talks about he can't wait to one day have a son so that he "can play baseball, soccer, football..etc. with him" because apparently he cannot do any of those things with his daughter. Just because she's a girl?
Me and my dad played catch all the time! I mean, like maybe three times, but it was awesome. Mostly, I just made him act out The Lion King with me when I was little when he had to babysit me. He played Mufasa. (don't tell him I told you, he'd kill me)
Anyways.
Renee then introduces JP to the rest of her family, including her parents and brother, who are all very beautiful, and tan Floridians.
It becomes very apparent, very quickly (as if it wasn't already before) that Renee is simply way too good for him. The only common denominator these two people have is that they are parents.
Renee's mom is like "Did you get a chance to meet Ben's new coach?" and there is a huge part of me that hopes the coach is an attractive, loving, single dad who will one day steal Renee's heart.
I SHIP IT!



Renee/Coach. <3
Bye, Juan Pablo.

Finally, we get to go to Sacramento with Crazy Clare and meet her family.
Bachelor Juan Pablo let's us know that he "has a good time every time he's with her"...yeah JP, maybe a little TOO much fun.

It&#8217;s usually just me and my Lip Smackers, chilin&#8217; at home.

They meet up and as per usual, Clare clings to him like a sloth. Like a sloth on crack, I tell you.
Because there is no letting up.
JP basically says he can't wait to meet her family because he can't wait to see what the fuck makes this girl the way she is.
Clare tells Juan Pablo an emotional story about her father and I get really teared up again. I don't know why I am so emotional during this episode, but whatever. Despite Clare being crazy, I feel for her in this moment..and any other moment she talks about her late father. I truly hope she's sharing these stories because of a genuine connection she is feeling...and not just to manipulate him for attention, but I don't know. I hate to accuse someone of something like that...but she DID show up with a fake pregnany stomach on day 1...let us never forget that. And I don't hate her, I just wish she wouldn't act the way she acts a majority of the time. (aka like Juan Pablo's puppy)
She take him home to meet her family...and this woman is the youngest of SIX sisters. So I'm starting to kind of get more a look into he family dynamic, and am not AS surprised anymore as to why she is the way she is. I mean...holy shit. No wonder, AMIRIGHT?
Not that all big family's are crazy, but you're bound to have one sibling that is a complete nutcase.
"He is doing well with all these women," Clare laughs to the camera as she talks about her mother and sisters...and yeah, like, no shit Clare. He's been surrounded by women for a month and a half straight, after all.
Some of the sisters are supportive, and some are not. It is hard to keep track of them all. One of the older sister's, Laura, decides to be the 'man of the house' and tells Clare that "they are not ready to give their blessing"...and apparently this is extremely upsetting to Clare.
Laura also accuses Clare of being manipulative to their mother. WHAT? CLARE? No.
Clare tells Laura, for lack of a better word, to fuck off and Laura goes and stands creepily in the corner like "Here I am Clare....Clare....I'm just over here...Clare...I don't want to say anything more...but I'll be back here....okay Clare?" It becomes very apparent that Laura cannot leave Mama alone for ONE SINGLE MOMENT in fear that Mama will actually tell Clare that marrying Juan Pablo is a good idea.
Clare is the perfect example of what happens when you have SISTERS THAT CARE ABOUT YOU, but actually cannot mind their own business because of it.



Ultimately, Juan Pablo comes out and flexes his muscles saying "eeeessss okay", charming everyone so that by the end of the date they are begging him to marry Clare.
Mama finally opens her mouth, too...and is very sweet and welcoming, unlike her neurotic daughters.

Finally, we reach the Rose Ceremony.
By this point, we have realized that all four women (except maybe Andi, we don't know..) have admitted that they are "in love" with Juan Pablo, but have no yet told him. Even though, Juan Pablo has stated several hundred times how much he values honesty.
And really...? You love him? Really?



"Ay yi yi! What to do?" JP proclaims before beginning the ceremony.
He gives Nikki the first rose, which I'm pretty sure he's done the past few weeks? I can't remember.
He then gives Clare the second rose (token Nikki death glare here)...and finally...

*INSERT CHRIS HARRISON: "Okay everyone, this is the final rose. Juan Pablo, when you're ready..." *DISAPPEARS AGAIN INTO THIN AIR

... he gives the last rose to Andi, sending Mama Renee home.
And whatever shred of a heart I have left after this grueling season has been broken because Renee just looks so unbelievably devastated. The girls try to act sad, and then Juan Pablo starts crying...
OH GOD, SPARE ME, JUAN.
"You are so special, Renee," he tells her....just not special to you, apparently?
"I can't force him to love me," Renee says. AND YEAH, you can't, dear.
Competing for love is not healthy, okay? Why are we just learning this now?
Renee also says, "I just...I can't believe there is someone who exists like him."
YEAH, ME EITHER, RENEE.

(Renee/Coach 4eva)

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PART 2

Oh boy, here we go.



It's night 2 of the Bachelor extravaganza. We arrive in yet another exotic and sexual location, Saint Lucia. Bachelor Juan Pablo is ready for a fun-filled three days to spend with his final three girlfriends, one of which will become his "wife", we think. Maybe.
OK, and this final date week is all about the Fantasy Suite. Which means Juan Pablo is going to be doing a lot of "talking" with his last three women, "talking" that will not be shown on screen.
So something more intimate and private.
And he'll be GETTING SOME.
"It's not easy, but I'm going to try to make the best decision," he says. And I really, really hope he is just saying that and he hasn't reached this point in the show and not know who he is actually going to choose to BE HIS POTENTIAL WIFE.
Come on.
He knows.
Right?



Crazy Clare is first this week, and gets a nice greeting from Juan Pablo: a pat on the booty.
And I realize that for a hair stylist, Clare's hair always looks exactly the same. Just an observation.
Clare cackles a lot and Juan Pablo takes off his shirt and they frolic in the sea.
Clare is having 'Nam flashbacks in which she recalls Juan Pablo slut shaming her for sneaking into his room in the middle of the night so they can go for a late night "swim."
So basically, ever since JP called Clare a slut, she's having a hard time deciding if she should accept the fantasy suite date, or not. There is a "big" part of her that is "hesitant", but the other part of her is spreading her legs apart, and ready to go.
I hate how she pretends throughout their entire date that she is not going to accept the fantasy date card...LIKE SISTER, PLEASE.
JP takes her cover up off before they go swimming and it's just way too sexual for my liking. Clare keeps talking about how fucking nervous she is.
They talk about Camila a lot, and let's not forget how scary of a step-mom Clare would be. Camila would be on the first bus to boarding school.
They have a 'deep' conversation in which Clare shares some of her doubts and observations...all he can manage to say is "you've been doing a lot of thinking here, I liahke that."
Yeah, well someone's got to, Juan Pablo.
They are delivered the fantasy suite date card, signed from Chris Harrison, which contains the key to JP's pantelones...I mean, room. His room key.
Clare responds a quick "Yes!" despite having talked about how hesitant she was throughout the entire damn episode thusfar.

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"Ever since he blindfolded me on that first date, I knew I loved him," is probably the first and only time that sentence will be uttered.
Juan Pablo is really, really happy that Clare said yes because she's sooo sexy. He keeps touching her ear, eyebrow, other weird places on her head. It's very predatory and makes me feel icky to watch.
"Why are you thinking so much?" he asks her.
UMMMM.
Will you stop touching my face for one fucking second?
They finally head in for the night and JP tells us how excited he is to "talk" with Clare alllll night long.
Clare tells JP, "You've melted me..."
And then we all collectively vomit.

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Next, they show Juan Pablo waking up, looking tired because of all the talking, and whatnot.
He says, "We talked and talked, and cuddled in bed...but now is my time with Andi."
lol. Okay.
Lawyer Andi comes and is really pleased to see him again. They hang out in town and make friends with the locals, they play steel drums (JP didn't know what they were), they play futbol with the children (but not before JP takes his shirt off), it's all very fun and hunky dory. JP even lets one of the little boys have a sip of his margarita.
He then takes Andi to yet another waterfall, which I guess is their thing.
He seems to be different with Andi when they talk, less sexual...more intellectual. No, that's definitely no the right word...
Well, as intellectual as he can possibly be...which isn't much, but you know.
Just a little rundown of their gripping convo:
Andi tells JP he's "easy" which makes us all laugh, collectively.
She asks him what he is thinking and he asks, "what do you mean: what am I thinking?"
"What do you think my head is made of air or something?" (he didn't actually say that, but imagine him saying it and try not to laugh)
Andi asks him if he thinks she will make a good mother, and he basically says "probably not, but you're gorgeous."
Ultimately, JP decides that Andi has a lot of qualities that he liahkes, he just can't tell you what they are. Because "his English..eesss not so good"
But I'm sure he knows how to say "fuck me, please, Andi" pretty well.
They get their invite to the suite from Chris Harrison and I'm pretty sure the key is different from the last one, which is kind of weird.
And Andi says yes...and they're going to talk...allllll night long.
He is going to talk her so good that she'll never want to talk another man again.
The next morning, JP let's us know just how much they talked. "For hours...and hours...HOURS, yeah we had a great time...so much fun, she's got funny cheeks (then he squeezes his own cheeks)...round," he says.
Meanwhile, Andi is walking alone, looking off into the distance with this sad, distraught look on her face. So obviously, he is lying or just really out of touch. Either way.


Apparently, she has had a complete 180 in her feelings since the night before. She claims that she has realized so much since the night before. All he did was talk about himself, he didn't show any interest in her, or take her seriously, she even pretended to fall asleep so he would leave her alone. OK, Andi, any of us could have told you that he was full of himself, week 1. What kind of man needs a reality show to find love? I'll tell you: one that needs attention.
In my opinion, I don't now how real Andi's feelings ever were, or what exactly happened...but I think they're teeing her up to be the next Bachelorette and not being so subtle about it (if I'm wrong, fine)...but it's kind of like we all know he's most likely going to pick Nikki. There's no way in hell they'd make Clare the next Bachelorette, she's too clingy/she'll probably never get over JP/she's annoying as hell. Plus, after his anti-gay comments in recent "news", the showrunners probably decided they needed to straighten this out (pun intended) and make him look like kind of a bad guy. Andi was the perfect one to deliver the punch, a good old southern girl with a kick ass career and good head on her shoulders? Just what America would want to see from their new Bachelorette.

But we'll talk more later.
For now, on to Nikki the Nurse.
JP talks about how great it was to stare at Clare in a bikini all day, and that he loved kissing Andi, and he can't wait to see what is in store for his date with Nikki (I'm not kidding. He said this.)
Then he...growled? It was weird.

See here:
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Nikki arrives and I don't now what the fuck she is wearing but she looks like some sort of Navajo-Hippie Princess. Directly after JP says, "she is so sexy...sooo sexy" he claims, "you look so happy, like a little girl!"
I just felt weird about that, and had to share.
They ride horses and whatnot and things got super creepy, super fast with Nikki.
"She is smiling, so I know she is very happy," Juan Pablo is really great at observational skills and he'd definitely be the guy at the bar who thinks that because you ordered a Sex on the Beach in front of him that that was your opening for him to molest your face with his greedy hands.
It's obvious Nikki has what he wants: she has the sex appeal Clare has (but without the crazy) and the quick wit that Andi has (but without the doubt of his character/the 'over'-thinking).
However, he cannot say that he is 100% for Nikki, because hello...this is a TV show and there is still another week. The world needs to see Clare get her heartbroken on national television (maybe, maybe he does send Nikki home..IDK)
They sit down to a nice dinner and I have no idea what they talk about, or if they talk at all. But when she tries to get emotional with him, he says "Oh, Nikki, Nikki, Nikki, you think so much."
He doesn't seem to like when they think.
So that's an issue.
He keeps touching her ear, as per usual, and they get the invite from Chris Harrison.
BTW...Does Chris Harrison actually write those..because his handwriting is fucking beautiful! Can we make a font on Microsoft Word called "Chris Harrison"??
She says yes, of course and then he gets really, really predatory.
She opens up and tells him that she is, indeed, falling in love with him. They kiss, and his repsonse? "I love...kissing you."
Oh, that's nice. And...also, no shit.



The next morning, JP wakes up and looks EXTREMELY tired. Who wouldn't be? After spending three sleepless nights in a row, "talking" to these beautiful women?
Chris Harrison sits Juan Pablo down for a chat and JP tells us, once again, how "horrrrrrible it is having three to choose from and not knowing." AWWWWEEE, JUAN :'( WEEPING FOR YOU.
Chris is kind of like "Listen, buddy, really...you have no idea? At this point? Come on...CAN YOU ACTUALLY TELL US WHAT YOU ARE THINKING FOR ONCE?"



Juan Pablo's exact response?
"Yeah, I like them. I feel good."

Whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.
OBVIOUSLY you like them...and obviously it feels good making out with three stunning women. Tell us something new, you prick.

Chris allows JP a few moments to collect whatever 'thoughts' are in his puny little brain. JP spends this time staring at the photographs of the three women, because looking at pictures will definitely help him in this decision for his future. Next, we watch the women's video messages to Juan Pablo. both Nikki and Clare leave him very generic messages (except Clare, who actually tells him that she is in love with him in her message...eek) and it is obvious that these two would be perfect for JP because they would worship the ground he walks on.
Andi leaves her video message basically saying "listen, we need to talk...face to face."
So she comes around the riverbend and sits him down.
She opens up to him and says "look, you don't know a damn thing about me, how can we go into the final rose and you don't even know my beliefs or values?"
And he just sits there, dumbfounded that someone wouldn't like him based on looks alone and keeps telling her "eeeesss okay."
EEESSS NOT OKAY, JUAN.
I don't blame Andi in the slightest for wanting to leave your weird, shallow, chauvinistic ass!
He is so nonchalant about her doubts, and acts like he doesn't take her the least bit seriously (not that any of us are surprised)
Andi begins to get more and more fired up and tells him to stop saying that "it's okay" that these are her feelings, and he needs to explain to her why he doesn't take her seriously. He blames their language barrier and that he doesn't know what the hell she's talking about.
OKAY, BULL SHIT.
Any words he does manage to say make zero sense. Andi tells him that she is going to die if he says "eess okay" one more time and I actually lol at that one because I was thinking the same thing. Or maybe she could just SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD like a walker.
Andi also brings up some jerky things he said in the fantasy suite about how he mentioned that Andi got through by "default."
Juan Pablo takes this as a HUGE attack because, I quote: "I would never use the word 'default'...'default' is not a word in my vocabuularie. I don't know that word. (which I actually kind of believe)...I said, 'You BARELY made it through'...not default."
OH OKAY.
Thanks for the clarification, you complete and total ASS HOLE.
Even if he didn't say 'default' and said that she 'barely' made it through, it's still probably the most hurtful thing you could say to someone in her position...who is competing with other women for a husband. I mean, is this guy for real? Is he really that out of touch with women?
I can believe it, but I also can't.
No wonder his ex left him. I would have used him for sperm, too, and then kicked him to the curb.
Andi asks JP if he has any idea of her values or beliefs, to which he responds "no"...she then goes on about something or another...and he has the nerve to ask her then, "what is my religion? do you know MINE?" and she responds easily, "Catholic" and he is struck dumb...unshockingly.
He then proceeds to blame her for having feelings and concerns, and that she should have told him that she wanted him to know more about her.
WHYYYY would she have to tell you "hey Juan, I would appreciate it if you wanted to know something about me"?!!?
He is so self-absorbed I want to murder myself.
By the end of the talk, it is clear she is exhausted of him because it's like having a conversation with a brick wall.
He then goes, "Andi, Andi..." and rubs her eyebrow...?


A re-enactment by Andi and Kelly, Dog Lover

She flicks his hand away like the bug he is and gets up, ready to get the hell out of Saint Lucia and far away from the fantasy suite from hell.
Her final statement: "He doesn't get it, and he will never get it."..."Are my standards so high that I just don't see it?" No, honey, you make complete sense. You can't go into marriage without the man knowing anything about you, really. And all he wants to do is kiss you and talk about his life.
His opinion on the matter, and I quote:
"I'm just maybe a little disappointed. That little argument to me? No. That's done. Even if she wanted to stay...that would have been it."

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He doesn't like arguments. He wants you to shut up and listen to him so he can stroke your ear and kiss you...and he is so stupid that he thinks this is okay.
I've never seen a man on television that I despise more.
It's so bad that I can't even imagine how any woman could find him attractive anymore. How can you like a guy like that, ladies?!
Come on!

The Rose Ceremony, you ask?
Nikki and Clare stand together, confused and Juan Pablo comes out and tells them, "She decided it wasn't feeling right. Obviously, I am so hurt by this." (even though he just said that he was only a 'little disappointed, maybe' that Andi was leaving like this)
So he places the blame on Andi and makes sure the other women know that it's still anyone's game.

And now I feel sick.



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THE WOMEN TELL ALL





I don't have a ton to say about the Women Tell All, to be honest...because the women sort of spoke for me. They spent an hour and a half talking with Chris Harrison, and basically ripping on Juan Pablo and how awful he is. The ladies put JP on blast, to which I say: YOU GOOOO.

Which is interesting because each and every one of those women cried like babies when they left the house...except for maybe Free Spirit Lucy, and Dog Lover Kelly.

It kind of seemed like everyone jumped on Andi's "let's hate on Juan" bandwagon.
Which, please, by all means.

However, they weren't doing it for the right reasons. They weren't really that mad at him for acting like a complete bastard (because let's face it, most bachelors do act like Juan, but are better at pretending to care), but moreso acting like sour grapes that they had to go home and got denied.
Let's not forget, they also had time to go back and watch the episodes and figure out just how demeaning and wishy-washy he was. Let's face it, his "no kissing because of my daughter rule" reallllly came back to bite him in the ass. These women are not pleased.



But first! Before any of that, Chris brings out last season's Bachelor Sean and his beautiful new wife, winner, Catherine. They talk awkwardly about their honeymoon and how great the show was for them blah blah blah blah. Sean says he thinks it is great that their children (which they plan on having within the next year...) will be able to watch the show and the wedding show and see how their parents' love progressed.
I'm sorry, but would I ever let my children watch me make out with multiple dudes and not be able to decide who I wanted to marry until the very last episode? Fuck no.
"Yeah, let's see how daddy made out with all these other women besides mommy! How romantic!" What a great lesson on what love is, Sean.
Chris then asks Catherine about the wedding night because everyone knows that Sean and Catherine were waiting until they were married to have sex because Sean is a born again virgin. I'm all for it, but I don't see the need to talk about it...?
Catherine simply says, "It was magical. There were fireworks. Quick fireworks, but still."
And oh goodness, I haven't laughed that hard in a while at this stupid show.

Anyways, back to the other ladies. Chris shows the ladies flashbacks from the season, and they all cringe (as they should) at the way they acted/the way JP acted. This is around the time everyone jumped on the Andi bandwagon, and the women who were most fiesty, you ask? The women sent home week 1/2/3...like, okay betch, no one takes you seriously.
Like Danielle and Lauren? PLEASE!
WHO EVEN ARE YOU?
I remember Lauren being the one who crumbled up on the ground basically and asked what was wrong with her and why she wasn't good enough when Juan Pablo sent her home.
Now she's all "he's a jerk, I would've left too if I were Andi!"
I enjoy that Kelly, the Dog Lover (as she is petting Molly) calls her out on it and is like "ummm come on Lauren, you're just a bitter betch"

Burrrrrrnnnn.

Kat, meanwhile, is all like "HOLD ON, LET ME TALK!" because we all really, really care what she has to say. She finds a way to sneak her way into almost every answer to Chris's questions.
Chris then calls Sharleen to the hot seat for them to talk about JP and why she "broke his heart" (basically implying that Sharleen would've had it in the bag if she hadn't walked out of the hotel that night). So Sharleen steps down with her strong eyebrow game and watches back on her journey with Juan Pablo...to which she says "oh no", especially when they show a clip of the two of them sucking face.
Sharleen then, surprisingly, defends Juan Pablo and says they actually did have really enlightening and intellectual conversations, and that he showed a lot of interest in what her life was like, what she had to say, etc. etc. (So...okay, where were those scenes then because I'm pretty sure we only ever saw you stick your tongue in and around his mouth, Sharleen)
"He wanted to know ME" she says, probably because she thinks she is so smart.

I only choose organic, grass-fed, sustainable, antibiotic-free love.

After that, Chris talks to Renee and asks her how she is coping. She is all smilely, and clearly fine. She then says she has a special someone in her life and I KNOW IT'S THE BASEBALL COACH, OKAY?!
Chris is clearly then on Andi's side because he claims, "we've never seen anything like this on the Bachelor before, ever."
They then bring Juan Pablo out and it seems like each of the girls, even ones that I'm pretty sure he doesn't remember at all, takes a turn hitting him with a stick like the pinata that he is.
Chris then asks him, "Would you do anything differently?" and JP responds, "No."
They immediately cut to Cassandra who is all "Reallllly, bitch?" and let's face it, she had a right to be upset. He tells Renee he won't kiss her because of her son...but then turns around and makes out with Cassandra. So in that sense, I can get why she's pissed.
She then basically calls him out for this and asks why he didn't send Renee home if he wasn't feeling it with her, asks him why he went to meet Ben if he knew he wasn't going to pick Renee to move forward. Juan Pablo proceeds to act like Cassandra is so CRAZY and out of line for asking such a thing...even though it makes total sense.
He is the one who makes no sense, with all of his empty justifications.

(the gist:)
Chris: You're being offensive about this kissing rule, you know that right?
JP: Eeeesss okay.
Chris: No.
JP: Look, I didn't come here to kiss 27 women, okay?....I came here to kiss 12.

Truthfully, all he needed to do was come on the show, apologize for being a jerk, and call it a day. It wouldn't have really helped anything...but he only made himself look like a bigger ass wipe on this Women Tell All special.

Kelly, the Dog Lover, then decides that this special is the time to bring up Juan's comments about how gay families are perverse. She gets really emotional about it, which we realize is because her father is gay. And what does Juan Pablo do? He dismisses her by saying that was taken out of context and they could talk about it later.
Alright. Cool.

So as if this season hasn't made him look bad enough, he just put the cherry on the sundae there.

Sharleen, of course, has to add her two cents by saying, "in his defense, WE DID talk about equality"
And JP goes "yeah, yeah! I have gay friends! Like two or three...!"

Hey Juan Pablo,
fuck you, Mila Kunis, Friends with Benefits

I couldn't have been more excited to turn this stupid show off.
I didn't gather much from the Women Tell All that I didn't already know, but I will say the most entertaining part of the entire program was whenever they panned to the audience.
Like what was with that audience?
Are they paid actresses? Or is this an SNL skit?
They were just soooo involved in this show. Like, this one crazy woman was tearing up over I don't even know what!
They were living their lives for this thing! Breathing it! Loving it! Knowing it!
It was very, very creepy.




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Alright y'all. I know this was a long one. And thanks for sticking with it.

I wouldn&#8217;t watch if that weren&#8217;t the case.

Also, if you can't tell, I don't spell check these and obviously the grammar is not always correct. I like to write my blogs like I am having an actual conversation with you. If you have an issue with that, you do not have to read it. I know there are lots of other Bachelor blogs that you can look up!



Until next time,
Kaitie

xo

Oh, and I found this today!






PS: Thanks to 'OMG THE BACHELOR' for providing some of these awesome pics. Follow: http://omgthebachelor.tumblr.com/





Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Betchy Bachelor Monday: Episode 7

"Why can't I stop kissing you?"
"I don't know. You tell me."

Photo: Haha #GameofThrones #TFLN #daenerys



Hey everyone! This week we're in Miami baby and Bachelor Juan Pablo tells us that "this is getting real." We kick off the episode with the ladies arriving at the very expensive hotel that Clare makes sure they all know they did NOT pay for, and waiting for them are packages of free string bikinis. Oh, goodie!

Sharleen sets the mood for the entire episode by being consistent in talking about her own "feelings."
Which is odd because I didn't know the women were allowed to have feelings for themselves. I thought this was all about Juan.

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Sharleen immediately gets the first one-on-one date card via hand delivery by Bachelor Juan Pablo himself. He says they are leaving now so Sharleen must go rush to get ready as he cuddles with the other women. And although Sharleen is rushing, she somehow makes time to stand on the balcony and let the Miami breeze flow through her as she contemplates her place in the world...or at least in Juan Pablo's heart. Which matters way more anyways.

Crazy Clare, meanwhile, is very salty that she didn't get the one-on-one date card despite her getting one last week.



As soon as they leave the girls waste no time in beginning to shit talk Sharleen and say how they are not sure that she is ready to be in a serious relationship, blah blah. They also mention that she usually is really into "intelligent and intellectual" men...so even they are well aware that Juan Pablo is neither of these things.



It becomes clear as they are on their date that Bachelor JP is really, really into Sharleen (or at least kissing Sharleen, not actually hearing her speak) and Sharleen just has subpar feelings towards him/is sexually attracted to him. AKA she wants to makeout with him and all that, but when it comes to actually marrying the guy she has to second guess herself. Which I completely understand.

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I would totally makeout with Juan Pablo, just to keep him from speaking. I would also make him take his shirt off.

An actual dialogue from last night's episode...
Sharleen: Do I seem uptight?
Juan Pablo: Today? Not so tight. Not like other days.
S: You're trouble
JP: Why am I trouble?
S: You know why you're trouble.
JP: Trouble?
S: Trouble.
JP: Trouble.
S: I wish I was dumber. Then this would be so much easier.
JP: You're good at not trying to impress me, but you impress me.
....

The stupidity writes itself. I feel like I am watching a horror movie every time they speak to one another.

Ultimately, they just make out a lot and call it chemistry. I feel like anyone could really makeout with Juan Pablo. He's a walking tongue.
Sharleen is clearly too smart for this show, and it becomes apparent this week when she actually starts considering her own feelings and stake in all of it. Realistically, it wouldn't work between them. She's a traveling, wordly, opera singer. He has a steady job and a daughter in Miami, and even though he sees something that he "liahkes" in her sexually, it doesn't mean they're going to actually work out.

Although, it would be nice if Sharleen even acted like she wanted to be there at all. Or pretended she was having some fun in Miami. I mean, it's a free trip to the beach, if nothing else.



Nikki the Nurse gets the next one-on-one date card and finds out there might be dancing involved again, which scares her. As she is sharing her fears of dancing, the girls look at her with murder in their eyes, because TBH they don't really want to hear her shit right now.



Nikki finds out soon that Juan Pablo is planning to take her to his daughter's dance recital. Which actually turns out to be a dating nightmare. Because not only is she meeting his daughter, but also his parents...and wait for it...his ex-wife.
All within the confined space of a child's dance studio.
Clearly, JP has no awareness at all.
Surprisingly, Nikki does fairly well when she meets the fam and ex. But it was just way, way too awkward still.
Can you imagine if he brought Sharleen to meet his family and Camila?
How hilarious would that have been?
After all that madness, Juan Pablo takes Nikki the Nurse to the Marlins stadium, which apparently also his place of employment. They have a picnic and an otherwise unextraordinary conversation.





However, I feel that Nikki the Nurse may go far..maybe even final two..because she has the meeting his family thing on her side.



That night after Nikki and JP's date, Sharleen makes her dramatic stage exeunt. She tells the other women she is leaving and they try to act sad. She then goes to JP and tells him. There is a lot of strange whispering and then a really long, really deathly looking embrace between the two of them in which he is clutching her neck as they sit on the couch.



"Look at me," he says to her...as he did to Clare a few weeks ago.
She tells him, "I just don't like making choices."

Well, you have to. So...

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After she (FINALLY) leaves, the producers say "Okay, Juan Pablo go sit on the balcony and cry."
Which he does. And TBH it feels kind of good to see him cry for once.

Next, we go on the group date.
Just some highlights:

Juan Pablo picks them up in some sort of airplane, naturally.
Clare, of course, is the first to hug him.

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Chelsie pulls JP aside and decides to read him all of her letters from home to which Bachelor JP is like "oh my! okayyy" (literally, he said that...but she still didn't take a hint)
Andi is nervous and upset, which is typical for her.
Clare and her teeth/mouth share emotional moments with Juan Pablo.


He ends up giving the rose to Andi, and they are able to then continue their date while the other girls must go back alone on the plane.
While on said plane, Clare shows her true feelings by saying "Let's fucking wrap this shit up and go home" (although they do bleep her out)...but she IS still smiling.

Like a serial killer.

She also says, "It's worse because I wanted it more."
OKAY, CRAZY CLARE.

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JP takes Andi to dance and no one is really that surprised. We are all a bit surprised at how ridiculously terrible she is at dancing though. I can't make fun of her too much because no one has seen me emulating Beyonce in my living room before.



Meanwhile back at the hotel...
the battle of the season comes to its peak
"Nikki the Nurse vs. Crazy Clare"
(watch only if you are in the mood to see two basic white girls fight over a guy)

No actually, they don't really fight over Juan Pablo.
They fight because while talking about their group date, Clare makes a comment about how "Andi probably needs the date for reassurance" which actually is true, but also a pretty bitchy thing to say.
And also...SPEAKING OF PEOPLE WHO CONSTANTLY NEED REASSURANCE...cough cough Clare...




Apparently Nikki and Andi are friends and Nikki abruptly leaves the room after Clare says that. Clare decides to confront her about how "rude" she is. They just argue back and forth for a few minutes about I'm not really sure what and then Clare goes, "You're a piece of work, Nikki" to which Nikki replies, "Yeah, and you're fucking crazy."



Finally. Someone says it.

But anyways, next we have the completely silent and overly heated Rose Ceremony.
Nikki reminds me a bit of Regina George as she sits there, ignoring that Clare is even in her presence. But at least she is blunt about what she wants. She says "I want to get this night over with so I can take my boyfriend home to meet my family."
So there ya go.
Nikki then refers to Clare as "Crazy Clare" which makes me pretty happy since I actually coined that name for Clare. Sort of.
At one point, somehow, Clare and Nikki are left alone together during this cocktail party. I don't know where the other girls are...but it seems like the longest five minutes of my life. Finally, the other women come back one by one...but it is till uncomfortably silent.

It kind of reminds me of seeing your ex's new girlfriend in the waiting room at your gyno, and the other women must unknowingly be awkward with you.

So this scene is very relatable. And really what we all want to see.

Chris Harrison, as usual, breaks the tension by coming in and using a fake accent (wtf?) while saying "Juan Pablo...it's time."

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I hate how Juan Pablo acts like he doesn't know who he's going to send home, like he has "a lot of thinking to do". PLEASE. That guy knows what he's doing. And he's definitely sending either Chelsie or Renee home.

The ceremony starts and the MUSIC GETS SO INTENSE. As usual.
He picks Nikki first, then Clare, and finally Renee...sending Chelsie back home to Ohio.
It's an emotional goodbye between the two of them, because I guess they had a really deep connection?

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"They always say 'you're a great girl...you'll meet a great guy' but hearing it gets old," Chelsie says.
I know honey, but you're only 24. I've said it before and I'll say it again...this is not it for you.
And you have to...in some sense...be prepared to go home/get broken up with/not receive a rose. That's apart of signing up for the show. Am I right? Or not?

Anyways.
Juan Pablo cries again, and he seems to be choking up a lot in this episode.
They show previews for next weeks 2 episode special (oh great) featuring the hometown dates...which look completely terrifying.
"This will shock America."
WHAT?! I CANNOT WAIT.

At the end of every episode and also during commercial breaks they always have a little thing asking us "Would you like to date our next Bachelor or Bachelorette?"
To which I say, if he is anything like this one...then no thanks.



Until next time,

Kaitie
xo

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Betchy Bachelor Monday: Episode 6

Hey all!

For those of you who care, I'm sorry for skipping last week's episode. I know it was a crazy episode with Clare drama/rich with material..but I'll try to make this week interesting despite it being a boring ass episode.



We kick off this week's episode in beautiful New Zealand aka The Land of Peter Jackson.
Bachelor Juan Pablo states New Zealand has "something that I liahke." Much like Clare has something that he "liahked" last week. If you know what I'm sayin'.

Enjoy...
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Bachelor Juan also lets us know that "this is getting harder" and we all feel very, very bad for him.

Love and Other Drugs

Anyways, Andi gets the first date card...and despite her being the only woman left who hasn't had a one-on-one date, Clare still thinks she deserves a one-on-one. I mean, maybe she does...considering the creators of this show made it look like they did it last week. So now she is very upset and paranoid that she is going home. She lets us know that she wishes she could "crawl back into her little turtle shell" (which is her favorite saying, I guess).

Before JP picks Andi up for their date, we get to watch Cassandra and Renee have a mommy heart to heart. I like Renee, and I'm sure Cassandra is a nice person...but when she talks, I hear nothing. I'm sorry. I know that's probably pretty mean...but that girl bores me to death.



Bachelor JP picks Andi up for their date wearing some really small scarf that I'm not sure men should wear. But whatever. They go on a boat through the rivers of New Zealand and are laughing and loving life, scarves blowing in the wind. Suddenly, things stop being fun and start getting real when the boat stops and Juan Pablo tells Andi to strip into her bathing suit because they are going swimming. Andi gives him a look like "really? must we?"...and yes, they must.



This is where the fiasco begins.

They start squeezing through these caverns in this cold ass water. I'm hoping they end up on some island with a violin quartet, lots of wine, and chocolate, and amazing things will happen. But they just end up at this shitty, little, cold waterfall that you could probably find in any town anywhere in the world.

BUT I will say Juan Pablo's back muscles really impressed me and it almost made me forget his idiocy, for a few moments anyway.



Nevermind it looking a scene from The Descent! Juan's back muscles make up for it!



After their cavern adventures, they finally are able to relax and drink champagne and eat food. BUT WAIT NOT REALLY because they're on top of geysers.

"Geysers! It's always been my dream to have dinner on top of geysers with a hot guy!" said every woman ever.

Andi and JP have an overall boring date and she ensures her safety and rose by sealing the deal with the phrase "I can't wait to start a family..."
DONE. ROSE.

So next we have the group date. Can you imagine being in a car with four other women that you know are going to be on the same date as you, with one guy? What...a nightmare.



The group date looks kind of fun actually. They have a picnic with cows and then go in these amazing hamster ball things that go downhill on a track and I would actually sign up for the Bachelor just for that.

Chelsie and Juan then spend a few moments together and Chelsie tells him that "This place is the most beautiful place I've ever been! New Zealand kind of reminds me of Ohio, but we have less hills!" Speaking from experience, I can vouch for the fact that Ohio looks nothing like New Zealand and Chelsie is wrong.



After the hamster balls they...WAIT FOR IT....

OMG OMG OMG THEY GO TO THE SHIRE!!!!! OMG OMG OMG shut the fuck up!
Now I would DEFINITELY go on this show just for that!
Obviously, Sharleen, being the huge nerd she is loves it...but Cassandra is all like "what's a hobbit?"



Juan uses his time in the house in the hill to make out with almost every single woman on the group date, and it's actually almost a little gross how he is able to exchange saliva with four different women.



Sharleen wastes no time attacking Juan with her mouth, but she does use the time to talk to Juan about how "inorganic" this all feels...and I'm pretty sure "organic" is her favorite fucking word ever. She opens up to him and tells him that she isn't so sure...and once again, he shuts her down and says "I understand. Just enjoy yourself. Live this with me," then proceeds to make out with her again.
Oh. Okay?

During the date, the clock turns midnight and all the girls celebrate Cassandra's 22nd birthday with her. They joke, laugh, and drink and Cassandra even uses the "my precious" joke in reference to the rose on the table, which I must admit is kind of funny.




It almost seems like these girls are having a fun hangout time, until Juan Pablo comes back into the picture AND RUINS IT ALL. He decides to give the rose to Sharleen in front of everyone and then takes Cassandra aside. We all think "oh, how nice, he's going to give her a bday surprise!"

Which, I guess, in some twisted way he does.

Because he sends her ass home.



"You're gorgeous. You're funny. You're so nice," he tells her. "But I need to send you home to your son."

Well, okay.

I definitely understand his promise to her that if he wasn't feeling it with her, he would send her home right away to be with her baby as opposed to making her wait it out any prolonged period of time. In a way, I guess I respect that..? But COME ON BRO, IT WAS HER FUCKING BIRTHDAY.

Like, worst birthday ever.

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Getting sent home from the Shire must be the worst feeling ever.

Once the group date is over, it's inevitable that Crazy Clare gets the one-on-one date. Obviously, she is thrilled to the point of needing sedation.
Although I will never forget Clare showing up on Day 1 with a fake, pregnant belly attachment like a fucking lunatic and her constant lip licking, I can appreciate the fact that she demanded answers from Juan Pablo about why he acted the way he did towards her. She didn't just pretend it was okay. And she put him a little under the heat for what happened.
Of course, JP came up with more bull shit and sort of, kind of, maybe apologized? I don't know.
Immediately after, Clare is back to her bubbly, totally fake self.
She basically tells him "Normally, I wouldn't deal with this kind of shit from guys...but since this is a reality show competition, I don't care because I obviously need to win."



Juan Pablo and Clare continue to talk and have an overall boring date. She talks about God knows what and he tells her "I like listening to you," which is actually what every woman wants to hear though. No matter how completely unentertaining she is.

Later, they spend more time in a hotel room or something? Which in retrospect probably isn't the safest space for a sexual predator like Clare, but whatev.

She puts on his pants and dances around "Adorably", I guess. A song comes on and she jumps up and down saying "I love this song!" I'm not sure what the song is, but I am pretty sure it was Track 7 on The Bachelor Soundtrack...meaning I've literally never heard it.
Once again, the music on this program pisses me off to no end.


^never forget.

He gives her the rose and no one is shocked.

Before the rose ceremony, Chris Harrison sits Juan Pablo down and they talk about "his journey" and basically waste five minutes of our time.
Like, can we just GET TO IT!?

The cocktail party comes around and all the girls who don't have roses once again thirst for Juan Pablo's attention. Nikki the Nurse, of course, grabs him first and kisses the crap out of him to ensure her spot for the week. I think she thinks that if she just keeps making out with him that he will continue to keep her. At the end of their "conversation" (or I guess whatever that was that somewhat resembled a conversation) he tells her "Nikki, watch out" LIKE A COMPLETE SERIAL KILLER!!! And he has this grin on his face, too...it's just...awful. And I'm getting the chills thinking about it.



Terrifying.

Next, Chelsie and Renee both share moments with JP and I'm pretty sure Chelsie is always ridiculously caffeinated. Kat, who I forgot about, takes her time with JP and sorry I'm not sorry that I totally fast-fowarded their entire conversation :\

We all know she was next to go home.

Which she was....

It would actually really suck to be the only girl who was leaving. Up until now, the women have all left two at a time. I feel like leaving by yourself would be more upsetting than anything else.

All Kat can seem to say to him as she's leaving is "good luck" with awkward hugging.
"GOOD LUCK, BASTARD" is what she wanted to say. "THANKS FOR RUINING MY ENTIRE LIFE!!"

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Kat says a few good lines:
"I thought it was a marathon, not a sprint. Apparently, I just didn't get up to speed."
Um yeah, because you didn't make out with him soon enough.
Good analogy though.
"I thought I was a good catch. But here I sit."
OKAY CALM DOWN.
You are still a catch. Just because you're not HIS catch doesn't mean you're not a catch. You do not need a television show to find love! This is not IT for you.
God, pull it TOGETHER.

So that's that.
Next week, I'm excited to see some cat fights between Crazy Clare and Nikki the Nurse (who, in my opinion, are probably his front runners at this point)

Until next time,

Kaitie
xo

PS: Also, some good one liners from my dad tonight that I wanted to share:
"What if he has VD or something?"
"He's making out with HER now, too?"
"That's not a man."