Tag: The Bachelor

  • The Bachelor: Season Finale

    The Bachelor: Season Finale

    On March 13, the Bachelor Nation eagerly awaited who Nick chose to give his final rose to and if he was going to propose.

    We were all hopeful that Nick would FINALLY find love on his fourth go around on reality TV. The finale was shown live when it was actually filmed a while ago, so whoever was actually proposed to had to keep it lowkey.

    The final date took place in Finland where the two final contestants, Vanessa Grimaldi and Raven Gates, officially met his family and got to have one-on-one time with them. Raven did so well with his family, she just fit in and it had nothing to do with the fact that she had already met them briefly. His parents said she seemed genuine, which I 1000% agree with.

    Raven is the sweetest and most deserving gal ever. Vanessa just seemed guarded and awkward the whole time. On Vanessa’s last date, they went horseback riding, then she got to meet Santa, and she voiced some of her concerns with Nick where she just annoyed me. She questioned if it would work while Raven was confident and sure of their relationship. I would kill for a date like Raven had. Nick and her went ice skating, then he brought her three, I repeat, THREE husky puppies. I wanted to snatch them right out of the screen.

    At last, the long anticipated decision time had come. Raven was positive that Nick was going to propose and Vanessa was weary and unsure. Nick had a tough decision to make, especially since he has felt three times how devastating it is to make it all the way to the end just to get turned down.

    He ended up choosing Vanessa, but it pisses me off that he led Raven on the way he did. He probably broke up with her in the worst way. He kept saying, “I’m not IN love with you” which probably ripped her to shreds. In all honesty, I’m glad to be done with this stupid season and excited to watch Rachel as the new Bachelorette and watch Raven have another chance at “love” at “Bachelor in Paradise.”

    At least Vanessa and Nick had adorable engagement photos together and I hope they do stay together, which is totally unrealistic for most Bachelor/Bachelorette couples with all but probably two exceptions.

  • The Bachelor: The Pros and Cons of Corinne

    The Bachelor: The Pros and Cons of Corinne

    Pro:

    This season of The Bachelor features Nick Viall, age 36, who has been on two seasons of the Bachelorette – twice as a runner up (how unfortunate) –  and a contestant of 2016’s Bachelor in Paradise. Now Nick is ready to find love as the Bachelor. But this is only the beginning.
    The first episode started with 30 women and the number has now dwindled down to a mere four. It’s so bizarre… each one of these women considers herself the Bachelor’s girlfriend. So many women have been sent home heartbroken and the tears are quite overwhelming. The show needs a theatrical factor, and that’s where Corinne Olympios comes in.
    Disregarding some of the things she does in her “relationship” with Nick, Corinne, who is a twenty-four year old co-owner of a billion dollar company, is hilarious.
    She naps after almost every time she talks with Nick because she’s completely over it, but can we blame her? She can be found eating and drinking as much as possible at the cocktail parties before the rose ceremonies and is, in my utmost opinion, the most honest contestant on the show.
    Corinne keeps it real and said she feels “like I’m not being myself, but I am trying really hard to be myself, but because I am trying really hard to be myself it’s making me even more not myself.” Yes, this is an actual quote from the twenty-four year old herself.
    Watching Corinne cry for sushi is what makes Bachelor 2017 memorable. Although it is a reality TV show where love is molded and synthetically created for an audience, Corinne is the actual entertainment, what would you really  expect more?

    Con:
    As I was scrolling through Hulu one night trying to find something new to watch, I noticed a new season of The Bachelor had started up. I figured I would pop my Bachelor cherry and I watched.
    I was shook by the fact that initially 30 women were all fighting for affection from one guy, granted Nick Viall is bomb fire delicious. I became super invested in the first couple women in the show, like both of the Danielles because they are just such pure beans,  because they seemed to have good intentions and were super likable, then Corinne Olympios popped up.
    She is the epitome of everything I hate. She thinks she is all that because she runs her own business and has a nanny. She is super disrespectful; she once slept through a rose ceremony because she had already received a rose (immunity). She is constantly napping at the most important time – I guess she really needed some beauty sleep.
    In one episode, a group date consisted of a wedding photo shoot. She was jealous of Brittany, who was chosen for the Adam and Eve wedding and her “wedding dress” was nothing but a leaf bikini bottom and her long hair covering her bare breasts. In order to catch Nick’s attention, she decided to take her top off and have Nick cover her boobs with his hands for her.
    She won the photo shoot and earned extra alone time with Nick, even though she already has plenty because she snatches him away from the other girls constantly to increase her alone time.
    I believe her winning was totally unfair and sends the wrong message about how to get a man to like you. She disgusts me in everything she does. She is making everything about sex and she’s SOO whiny and I just can’t deal with her. Her personality is your typical Regina George Mean Girl.
    It makes it seem like Nick just wants someone to fool around with when he is on The Bachelor for the third time because he wants to settle down. It’s unfair to all those women who are there to get into a serious relationship.
    I cannot believe Corinne has lasted and made it into the final four. Since the beginning I have been rooting for Raven, a sweet Southern girl who once walked in on a boyfriend cheating on her and who honestly deserves better. Corinne is the reason that people bash the Bachelor and is only there to be the butt of the joke.