@kaitlynbristowe has my total support if she wants to appear on DWTS!!! #TheBachelor— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) February 28, 2017
Thanks I'll get right on that opportunity 2 yrs ago. I wonder what changed your mind? 🙄 https://t.co/8QMr8XHsIO— Kaitlyn Bristowe (@kaitlynbristowe) March 1, 2017
Tuesday morning update: Mike Fleiss fires back:
When you can't spell someone's name correctly, that usually doesn't help. #thebachelor— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) February 28, 2017
Melissa R has a mirror ball. So quickly they forget! #thebachelor— Mike Fleiss (@fleissmeister) February 28, 2017
Looks like there's no love lost between Fleiss and Kaitlyn.
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... plus 100 times its weight in smoke and mirrors." I'm quoting from Sharleen Joynt's cool blog called All The Pretty Pandas. She frequently points out the "smoke and mirrors" in this show, also known as misleading editing, and this week I especially enjoyed her take on the scene in the Miami boutique. No, Corinne really didn't pay over $3,000 for Nick's clothes. You can read Sharleen's explanation here.
Did you notice that no one got sent home on Monday night's episode? (An historic first in Bachelor history, at least as far as I can remember.) The show stuck with its "To be continued" format, meaning the post-hometown dates rose ceremony is delayed until next week. We did see what should have been last week's rose ceremony, although it was distinctly casual, with Nick arriving at the ladies' hotel room and handing out roses while sitting on a couch. Then Nick set out to meet the parents. My response? Meh. Truth be told, I'm mostly over Nick and his season, although, yes, I am still watching.
photo: nydailynews.com
Before I talk about the episode, let's talk about me, because two of this week's locations brought back memories of days gone by. When I was 20-something, I lived in New York City for a year, in an apartment located at E 25th Street and FDR Drive in Manhatten, overlooking the East River to Brooklyn. At the end of the show, when Corinne was on the balcony of her hotel room in Brooklyn, looking back at Manhatten, voila, there was my former home, shown above. When I was 30-something I lived in a small town in Arkansas called Blytheville. It's just down the road from Hoxie and while I don't have a specific memory of visiting Hoxie, it's possible that I did. Now, let's talk Bachelor...
I almost always find the Hometown Dates episode to be boring; certainly that was true this time. Raven's father is cancer-free, which is wonderful, Rachel's father the federal judge can't participate in a silly reality show, Corinne's father marinates his own olives and Vanessa's father isn't sold on this whole get-engaged-to-a-man-his-daughter-met-on-television. Done.
Except we're not done, because once again a rose ceremony was pushed off to the beginning of the next episode. Before we get to that, however, Nick will have some kind of conversation with his former girlfriend, Andi Dorfman. This has happened occasionally before. I remember someone flew all the way to New Zealand to "confront" Jason Mesnick, and someone else flew to Switzerland to surprise Ben Flajnik. In both cases the big reunions were a whole lot of nothing and I'm sure Andi's conversation with Nick will be no different. And don't forget this didn't just happen, it had to have been completely producer-driven. Otherwise, as I always ask, how would Andi have known where Nick was? Anyway, eventually, the three remaining women and Nick will pack their bags and head for Finland.
We'll probably only see one of the Fantasy Suites dates tonight (after the from-four-to-three rose ceremony) because tonight's episode is only an hour, followed by the two-hour premiere of a new ABC show called When We Rise. The other half of the episode will air next Monday, followed by the two-hour Women Tell All show.
I'm ready to move on to Rachel's historic turn as the first black Bachelorette. Rachel's hometown date with Nick was almost entirely focused on the fact that they are an interracial couple and I'm so hoping that's not the case for the entirety of her season. As I said last week I'm interested to see the casting, i.e., what's the percentage of black men and white men? I'm also curious about the professional accomplishments of her potential husbands. On JoJo's season, the final four contestants were a former pro quarterback (Jordan,) a former competitive swimmer (Robby,) a medical sales rep (Chase) and a war veteran (Luke.) Nothing wrong with any of that but Rachel's an attorney. If the contestants ABC chooses for her are mostly 20-somethings who haven't figured out what they want to be when they grow up, other than reality TV star and Instagram pitchman, Rachel may have to pretend to "connect" with most of them for the cameras a whole lot more than she really does.
Finally, for now, it looks like Nick will be dancing the night away on Dancing With The Stars, which apparently he's been fervently hoping to do. Previous Bachelors Jake, Sean and Chris also put on their dancing shoes, but last year Ben H didn't and I'd read that ABC no longer wanted Bach alums to go on the show, because it dilutes the Bach brand. On one level Kaitlyn's tweet below appears to confirm that, saying Exec Producer Mike Fleiss nixed her chance to dance, but on another level, ha ha ha. He doesn't want people wanting fame after his show? As I've alluded to before, fame after the show, whether it's on DWTS or Instagram, is pretty much the main reason for going on the show in the first place.
@people why does a bachelorette never get this gig @BachelorABC?!? I wanted to see @kaitlynbristowe shake her tail feather!
— Whitney Bischoff (@whitbisch) February 27, 2017
Actually I was offered it, had the contract & Mike Fliess told me I wasn't allowed.He said he didnt want people wanting fame after his show🤔 https://t.co/nSzricohi4
— Kaitlyn Bristowe (@kaitlynbristowe) February 27, 2017
It's almost time for episode 9, Rosebuds, then meet me back here soon, same Bach time, same Bach channel!
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