According to an endless array of The Bachelor spoilers, the two-part Season 24 finale was going to be full of lots of tears and many emotions.
With one half of this concluding installment down, and another to go tonight, we can safely say these pre…
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Are we – to borrow the famous words of Chris Harrison – in the midst of the most dramatic season finale ever?!
Tough to say, but there’s no denying that Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor took us on a wild ride Monday night.
As longtime fans know, we’ve reached that point in the season where the show becomes a weird hybrid of live studio broadcast and taped final selection process.
So we got to see audience reactions to Peter’s stubborn insistence on pursuing Madison despite the fact that she was throwing up more red flags than the Outback’s got dingoes!
Suffice it to say, if those audience members were passengers on a plane Peter was flying, they’d be bailing out in droves
Things started off promisingly enough with Hannah Ann winning over Peter’s family with ease.
When we first learned that Peter’s mom was crying over Hannah, many fans were surprised.
But after seeing her wrap the entire Weber clan around her family with ease last night, it all made sense.
Then it was Madison’s turn — and the outcome was decidedly different.
Now, Peter’s mom has taken some major flak for allegedly “shaming” Madison for issuing an ultimatum to Peter during Fantasy Suite week.
And maybe it’s deserved.
But another way to interpret that scene is Barbara Weber attempting to warn Madi about potential compatibility issues.
In not so many words she’s trying to convey to the girl what so many already suspected:
Peter is not especially religious, and he’s a typical 28-year-old dude, who enjoys going out with friends, drinking, sleeping around and … line dancing?
Okay, maybe he’s not typical in every respect.
Anyway, if her goal was to break these two up, mission accomplished.
Now, maybe Madison went into these final days with the intention of cutting Peter loose.
After all, she seemed to have plenty of misgivings even before meeting his family.
Whatever the case, during their date in the Australian bush, Madison couldn’t have cut Peter loose any quicker if she’d had that giant knife from Crocodile Dundee.
Dude missed the the point, of course — as he’s been missing the point all season – but eventually even he came around.
Peter was getting dumped, and Madison seemed to have every intention of taking the next steaming back to Alabama.
(Man, this guy really has a thing for chicks from Alabama, doesn’t he?)
Of course, as we know from the preview above – Madison didn’t leave Australia.
Did she really have a change of heart about Peter, or did producers coax her to stick around just to squeeze two more hours of drama out of this season.
It might seem like the latter, but if you’ve been following our Bachelor spoilers all season, you know this season is far from over.
If, on the other hand, you’ve been judiciously avoiding spoilers, and you want to be surprised by what takes place on tonigh’s episode, then we bid you g’day, mate.
Go throw another shrimp on the barbie, while the rest of us get down to business.
So, as Chris keeps telling us, even Peter doesn’t know the outcome of this season, and in a sense, that’s true.
What he likely means is that Peter will propose to Madison on the live portion of Tuesday’s show.
You read that right:
Peter will propose to Madison.
Those in the know – most notably spoiler master Reality Steve – say that after all the drama and shakeups in Australia, Peter is dating Madison after kicking Hannah to the curb.
Steve’s latest intel indicates that Madison is a no-show at the final rose ceremony, and Peter proposes to Hannah for lack of other options.
Unreal.
The reality TV and celebrity gossip blogger believes that Peter then dumps Hannah and heads to Alabama to pursue Madison.
Needless to say, that’s a major yikes if things really play out that way, and Peter could wind up the most reviled Bachelor of all.
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Then buckle in and prepare for turbulence, because Pilot Pete is about to take us on wild ride that may well end in a crash landing.
What you are about to watch is something so different, so emotional, you really have to see it to believe it.
So intoned Chris Harrison early on the first part of last night’s The Bachelor season finale.
Was the host being overly dramatic? Or did the conclusion – not to mention The Bachelor spoilers – the hype for once?
The emotional installment picked up Peter Weber admitting his heart was “split between two women,” Madison Prewett and Hannah Ann Sluss.
How is a handsome, often-erect pilot to make such a difficult decision? By turning to his loved ones.
Mom Barbara dad Peter Sr., and Weber’s brother, Jack, all traveled on Monday eveniing to Alice Springs, Australia, to meet with their relative and his two finalists.
Weber filled them in on everything that had happened so far, including the rough patch he and Madison hit during Fantasy Suite week when the latter sort of sex-shamed the former.
Before meeting the proud virgin, however, Peter’s family were first introduced to Hannah Ann.
“I want you to know how much I do love your son,” she told Barbara through tears.
“And this has been the hardest process for me, to not exactly get that in return.
“This could be our last week together – but at the same time, I’d rather be all in, say how I feel, be completely present, than hold back and be closed off.”
Was she serious about their son? Heck yes, the 23-year old even alleged it was “love at first sight” with Peter, which would mean…
… she fell for him while he was courting Hannah Brown on television?
As you’ve likely read about via Bachelor spoilers, however, Weber was flattered, smitten – and torn.
“Somehow, in some way, I’ve been able to give my heart to two different people,” he said, reading perfectly from every Bachelor finale script and adding:
“And I have one that’s making it easier on me and one that’s making it not so easy. I don’t know how I’m going to do this.”
The followoing day, it was Madison’s turn to spend some time with the Webers, whom she’d already met during her first one-on-one with Peter.
Before she and Peter headed inside, they sat down for a challenging conversation, marking their first real chunk of alone time since she had walked away from their Fantasy Suite date because he had stuck it to other suitors.
“I walked away from our last conversation at dinner really frustrated and really hurt,” she explained to him.
“This is your journey and you are a big boy and you can make decisions for yourself, but I did want you to understand the weight and the gravity and the importance of that week for me, and what I was okay with and what I wasn’t okay with.”
“Up until that point, I hadn’t asked you for anything, I’d only focused on our relationship.”
“I had defended you and trusted you and been there for you and in that moment, I felt like you really just put your feelings and your needs and you wants way above mine.”
Peter said he was sorry for hurting her, but said he also had a concern.
“Maybe you’re not on the level that I’m at with you, and that’s okay,” he said, telling Madison she hadn’t actually expressed deep feelings for him.
“But I feel like [at] this point, with me being so close to this type of decision, that’s something that I should know,” he added.
Madison could barely handle it.
“I feel like I’m kind of hanging on by a thread, if I’m just being honest,” she said. “I need to feel confident and sure and at peace, and I don’t feel that right now.”
The two hugged, Peter urged Madison to stick around and she let her guard down at last.
“As mad as I was with you that night, I didn’t want to leave your arms,” she said.
With this, the pair went to talk to Peter’s family, prompting the most awkward conversation of the finale.
That’s what happens when you need to explain to your potential in-laws that you were mad at their son for having sex with other people.
“I think we have different expectations and I voiced to Peter that personally, it would be hard if he were to sleep with someone else, for me to feel good about continuing to move forward in our relationship,” she said, adding:
“It hasn’t been easy, but I love him, and I do see a future with him, and I could see myself loving him for the rest of my life.”
Peter’s penchant for just pounding away with his penis was also a topic of conversation with his sibling.
“Obviously, you’re very physical in relationships,” Jack told The Bachelor, giving him the following scenario to ponder:
“Let’s assume you go with Madi. So now you’re talking about this whole period of not actually having sex until you’re fully married. Do you think that’s something that you realistically see yourself doing?”
(Editor’s Note: Can Jack be the next Bachelor? This guy is now our hero.)
Peter told his brother it would be totally fine, but Jack emphasized how Madison is a faithful person and Peter likes to party.
Along these same lines…
“I understand that you’re very religious,” Peter’s mom told Madison, continuing:
“Peter, he’s very spiritual, like I’m spiritual. But I just wonder how important it would be for you to have someone that’s on your same level of faith — because [Peter] is completely different.
“And Peter’s lifestyle, I don’t know if you’re aware of it, but he socializes, he parties.”
Just amazing stuff all around here. Peter’s own family is like:
Madison, Pete a total hornball! Get away while you still can!!!!
Madison acknowledges the challenges she and Peter faced, but insisted he was worth fighting for.
Weber’s family, however? They confessed to “a lot of concerns and a lot of red flags” when it came to Madison.
“What an emotional, hard, long, exhausting day,” she said.
“But even though it was really hard, I think it really opened my eyes to a lot that I had kind of been running from. We are on different pages in what we want, what we need, what we expect, how we live — like, literally in every way.”
With Madison left to ponder her future, Peter’s mom was left to plead with her child.
“Madison is a sweet girl, a lovely girl,” she told weber. “But Hannah Ann is an angel on earth. And I want him to make the right choice.”
Cue the speech Bachelor Nation had been watching snippets of for weeks.
“You have a perfect girl right in front of you, and you’re going to risk that?” Barbara begged.
“Hannah Ann loves you with all of her heart. Don’t let her go. Bring her home. Bring her home to us. We will welcome her with open arms. We will welcome her with all the love in the world.
“She’s a dream come true, and God has placed her there for you.”
Peter was pretty pissed off by this speech.
“I don’t have their support with Madison. It sucks, it really sucks,” he said on camera of his family. “But if I can understand it, why does it matter? I’m the one that would spend the rest of my life with her, no one else.”
On a subsequent date with Madison, the brunette made the decision for Peter.
“It’s definitely hard for me to really be fully present in this moment,” she said.
“Because we’re at that place right now where we have fought, we haven’t given up, but I’ve just realized, you know, it’s kind of time to surrender.”
She continued:
“I think a lot of things have been brought more into focus over the past day or so — like how different we are, when it comes to marriage, when it comes to faith, when it comes to lifestyle.
“I want this so bad but I have to realistic. … I don’t know that we’re the best for each other.”
And, with that, the two hugged, Peter cried and MADISON LEFT THE SHOW.
Peter was crushed and “emotionally drained,” as he told Chris, but, hey: He was still in love with Hannah Ann!!!!
After spending the next morning at a kangaroo sanctuary, Peter thanked Hannah Ann for “never wavering” throughout the process.
But while Hannah Ann didn’t know Madison had left, she did sense that something with Peter was “off.”
That night, he met her in her hotel room and admitted his heart was “being pulled in two different directions.”
“It’s not what I want to hear,” she said, crying, explaining herself as follows:
“It just hurts when I’m so sure and you’re not. That’s what hurts to hear.”
“But I respect your honesty and I know from my standpoint I can’t do anything more.”
She and Peter then embraced and the camera cut to black.
And that’s what we’re left with, folks, with the conclusion to this ridiculous season set for Tuesday night.
What… will… Peter… do?!?
Folks, it’s really happening.
For years, venerable franchise host Chris Harrison has been promising us the most dramatic Bachelor season finale ever – and now it looks he might finally make good on his word.
The Bachelor spoilers have been circulating since late last year, and several sources claimed to have definitive knowledge of who receives Peter Weber’s final rose on this week’s two part-finale.
Some were correct. Most were wrong.
And no one predicted the insanity that would take place when Peter proposes to one of his finalists – and then dumps her for someone else.
You read that right. That really happened.
And you’re about to watch it all unfold.
Here’s everything we know so far:
For the past several years, a diligent TV blogger who goes by the name of “Reality Steve” has been digging deep and doing major legwork in order to give card-carrying members of Bachelor Nation what we want:
The most reliable Bachelor spoilers imaginable.
This season, though, something went wrong.
With the two-part finale of the ABC series just days away, The Bachelor spoilers are still inconclusive. We still have no idea if Peter’s final rose will go to Hannah Ann Sluss or Madison Prewett.
(From here on out, we will be discussing spoilers, so if you wish to go into finale week as pure as Ms. Prewett, read no further.)
With that warning, let’s get into it …
Earlier this week, Steve announced that he finally felt confident proclaiming a winner (usually his spoilers come toward the beginning of the season, or before it even begins … guy is a pro’s pro).
After months of rumors and anticipation, he revealed in a lengthy blog post that we finally know who Peter ends up with:
Madison Prewett.
Legions of Madison fans rejoiced in the streets of Auburn and beyond, while Hannah Ann supporters – well, to be honest, no one really seems to have any strong feelings about Hannah Ann.
That’s not to take anything away from her. She just hasn’t inspired the fervent loyalty of a devoted fan base like Madison’s … or, for that matter, the vitriolic hatred viewers hurled at Victoria Fuller.
Anyway, that’s not to say everyone was thrilled about Madison.
As you’re probably aware, Peter’s season has been regarded as something of a disappointment by many viewers, a lot of whom hoped that this journey could be redeemed by a surprise ending.
Fans dreamed up every wild theory from an 11th-hour return of Hannah Brown to a secret Kelley Flanagan pregnancy.
As such, reports that Peter is dating Madison seemed to deflate a lot of the anticipation fans were feeling. BUT …
Reality Steve is back with a new reveal … that even he isn’t sure what the hell is gonna happen in Peter’s finale.
“Just gonna put this out there. Since my post this morning, I’ve been on my phone non stop,” he tweeted.
“Plenty of things being said. The whole thing is a mess.”
“It’s madness!” Steve said of this annual March event, adding:
“Being told so many different things now. Original sources sticking by what they said. New sources saying that’s not it.”
If you’re not a longtime follower of his informative yet terribly-designed website, trust us – this is as rare as it gets.
The guy is usually in full command of the conversation surrounding Bachelor spoilers, and is almost always right in the end.
For him to admit he’s in the dark is virtually unprecedented. However, he’s sure that it’s the final two or bust for Pete:
“One thing that I can absolutely confirm again is that this ending does not involve anyone other than Madison and Hannah Ann.”
“It involves both of them and that’s it,” Steve said.
“No producer, no Hannah Brown, no Kelley – nothing like that. But there is definitely some weirdness going on.”
So it seems the most bonkers fan theories are officially out the window, but a lot of things are still on the table.
Nevertheless, some fans remain dejected. One tweeted:
“Any ending with Madison or Hannah Ann is a bust. We deserved better after suffering through this tragedy of a season.”
Another was similarly unimpressed by the suspense:
“Even with just the two of them… the ending is a snoozefest lol they have been saying it’s unpredictable but we all predicted it.”
“For Peter to even possibly be flip flopping even after the show is disgusting,” said one Bachelor Nation member.
“Play your games while you’re in show but afterwards make up your mind buddy,” added another disgruntled fan.
Perhaps the lesson we could all agree on is that there’s no point in making predictions about this season.
Although to be fair, Peter nailed that one!
Look folks, we understand your disappointment, especially if you were hoping for the return of Hannah Brown.
But even if it comes down to just Madison and Hannah, that doesn’t mean the finale will be totally drama-free.
From what we’ve heard, Madison self-eliminates, and Peter chases her from Australia to the U.S without dumping Hannah first!
Either that’s the stuff true love stories are made of, or it will give you even more reasons to dislike Pilot Pete.
Worth tuning in either way!
Well, folks, another season of The Bachelor is in the can.
After a lot of heartbreak, a freak accident, and some major shadiness involving a contestant who you could describe as something of a female Luke Parker, Peter Weber has made his final choice.
So is the beloved pilot and windmill sex god engaged?
Sadly, and somewhat incredibly, we don’t know yet.
Perhaps producers are doing a better job than usual keeping The Bachelor spoilers from leaking out, or perhaps there’s some highly unusual drama playing out behind the scenes … or both!
But on the eve of the hometown dates episode on ABC, we can reveal who makes it to Peter’s final three, and then the final two, and what prompts a situation like we’ve never seen before.
Grab a hat, hold the eff onto that piece, and take a look.
UPDATED, 3/5/20: Reliable sources say they know the identity of Peter’s final choice — but they also say there are plent of surprises yet to come.
In fact, there’s still an unprecedented twist in the offing.
Buckle up and scroll on down for the latest intel.
It didn’t come as much of a surprise when Victoria Fuller was eliminated from Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor.
After all, in a franchise that’s seen more than its fair share of pot-stirring eccentrics over the years, Victoria might reign supre…
Bachelor Nation, it’s time to breathe a deep sigh of relief.
After months of rumors, speculation, false starts, and dead ends, we finally know exactly how things play out in the final episodes of Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor.
Before we proceed any further, a few words of warning:
1. Yes, this article contains spoilers. In fact, that’s pretty much its entire reason for being. So if you wish to be surprised by what happens on Monday and Tuesday night, read no further.
2. There are some surprises in the season finale.
3. Sadly, the twists aren’t nearly as shocking as Chris Harrison led us to expect.
Anyway, with gratitude to Bachelor blogger Reality Steve for his annual intel, here are the spoilers you’ve been waiting for.
For starters, as so many have already predicted, Peter is dating Madison Prewett.
Note that we said “dating,” not engaged.
It seems that Madison and Peter are taking things slowly and attempting to build a relationship despite their differences in “values” (read: Peter is prone to thinking with his peter, and Madison is not a fan of this tendency).
At one point, Madi was so put off by Peter’s recent behavior that she took herself out of the running an entirely.
On Monday’s episode, Madison arrived fashionably late for the rose ceremony.
On next week’s episode, she won’t show up at all.
According to Reality Steve, Madison self-eliminates and returns to the States.
Peter chases after her, but get this — he doesn’t break up with Hannah Ann first!
No, Pilot Pete spins some BS about needing to listen to his heart and speak with both women before he makes a final decision.
Of course, he doesn’t learn that Madison bolted until just before the rose ceremony, where he had presumably already made up his mind.
So in all likelihood, the decision to drag Hannah Ann back to the US in a state of limbo was a strategic one.
Peter didn’t want to risk losing both women, and producers didn’t want to lose the rose ceremony climax where one woman gets proposed to and the other gets dumped.
After all, the entire season is pretty much built around that scene.
Anyway, we suppose it’s fitting that Pilot Pete’s season should feature so much intercontinental travel.
But for all the exotic locales, it seems the climax will play out in Madison’s home state of Alabama, where Peter will successfully convinces her to give him a second chance.
“In the end, Peter and Madison are together right now, but not engaged,” Steve wrote on his blog today.
“We will see footage of how it all came to be after filming in Australia ended, because that’s when his ‘courtship’ of Madison had to happen. From everything I was told, this happened in Alabama.”
So yeah, Hannah Ann basically gets dumped on two continents, which we guess is a Bachelor first.
As for Chris Harrison’s claim that even Peter doesn’t know how this season will end, well … here comes the twist you’ve been waiting for. Kinda …
“Peter is going to propose to her officially during the live show and he doesn’t know if she will accept,” Steve reports.
“Apparently he has no idea if she will say yes. Hell, maybe he’ll get cold feet and not go through with it.”
So to be fair to emcee Chris, it seems we do have soem twists and turns ahead of us.
For example, that scene of Peter’s mom crying and begging him to “bring her home to us”?
It seems that was filmed during WEEK ONE, when Madison met Peter’s parents at their vow renewal ceremony.
Jeez, Mom, way to get inside in the guy’s head right from the jump!
As for who Peter is tearfully apologizing to in the trailer, that’s unclear, but Steve says he can confirm the scene was shot in a California house that was rented by the show.
In other words, he’s almost certainly talking to Hannah Ann, who has every right to be very pissed off.
Anyway, some of those details remain a bit hazy.
But in the end, Steve says there’s one thing he’s certain of:
“Peter and Madison are together right now, but not engaged,” he writes.
Our premature congratulations go out to the happy couple!
Over the past two months, Bachelor fans have repeatedly been told that Peter Weber’s season will conclude with a wild twist ending.
And so, the theories and rumors are even crazier than ever this year, as viewers hold out hope that for once, Chris …
Every season, Chris Harrison promises Bachelor viewers that they’re soon to witness “the most dramatic season finale ever!”
It’s basically Chris’ catchphrase at this point, and no one really takes it seriously — but there’s reason to believe he mi…
Well, folks, we’re down to the final two.
As The Bachelor spoilers and just about everybody with a pulse predicted, Peter Weber said goodbye to Victoria Fuller on Monday’s episode of the ABC reality show.
Victoria wasn’t exactly a fan favo…
Well, that was awkward.
And emotional.
And suspenseful and interesting and chock full of revelations, drama and brutal honesty.
On The Bachelor Monday night, Peter Weber narrowed his field of potential wives down to two finalists — and then sat across from the suitor he eliminated as part of the Women Tell All special.
We started with a rose ceremony, to which Madison arrived late and confessed to Chris Harrison that she was confused after her last date with Peter.
“I was falling in love with him and then last night happened, and now I don’t really know,” she said, referring to Weber’s admission that he had been intimate with other ladies on the show.
Peter then gave his first rose to Hannah Ann Sluss… prior to choosing Madison Prewett for the second.
Through tears, he asked if she’d accept his flower.
She paused but ultimately said “Yeah” and then he asked, “You sure?” but she reassured him as they hugged.
As had been revealed by The Bachelor spoilers, this meant that Peter sent Victoria Fuller packing. He walked the polarizing contestant to her car and tried to explain why he arrived at such a decision.
“I just want you to know how real everything was for me. I swear to God, Victoria. And I was falling in love with you,” he said. “I just know that my heart is further along with the two other girls.”
When Fuller replied that she felt stupid, he tried to shoot this feeling down.
“You really put your heart out there,” he said, to which Victoria snapped back:
“I know and I don’t want to hear it. Truly, I don’t. I get it. I don’t know what to say. It is what it is.”
While in the car, Victoria began to cry and admitted she just wanted to find love: “Isn’t that what anyone’s hoping for?”
After Peter, Madison and Hannah Anne raised champagne glasses for a toast, we were taken to the Women Tell All special — and a reunion between Peter and Victoria.
The former sang a different tune on this stage, however.
“I just want to say thank you just for how patient you were with me this whole entire season,” she said to Peter. “That means so much. Watching back, it’s like, ‘How is he dealing with me?’”
Heck, Victoria even apologized.
“I put you through hell and you didn’t always deserve it,” she said with a laugh, concluding:
“I’m just glad there’s no animosity because I adore you and the love that was there was real to me. I know I’ve learned so much from you and our relationship and I’ll carry that into my next relationship.”
How mature and unexpected, right?
As for what else came out during this special?
REMEMBER CHAMPAGNEGATE?
Kelsey held back tears as she recalled ChampagneGate, admitting that she “overreacted” to Hannah Ann allegedly stealing her bottle of champagne.
However, she believed her emotions were “justified.”
Kelsey also pointed out that when she finally opened the beverage and it went up her nose, the bubbly burned.
Later, Ashley Iaconetti showed her support for Kelsey by gifting her with a giant bottle of champagne.
TAMMY VERSUS MYKENNA
“Every time a camera was around, you’d always spread your legs,” Tammy actually said to her foe on air, as Mykenna screamed: “How dare you!”
Mykenna then invited Tammy to come to her native Canada to learn about compassion.
ALAYAH MAKES A CONFESSION
Alayah said her biggest regret from her experience on The Bachelor was the “word vomit” that spewed out of her mouth, yet insisted that she was not acting a certain way for the sake of the camera.
She claimed to be just as obnoxious off-screen (LOL!) and said that she has been using her “princess voice” for 25 years.
VICTORIA DEFENDS HERSELF
Victoria Fuller hated the way she treated Peter, but she refused to cop to claims that she broke up multiple relationships.
“Absolutely not,” she said.
Of why Merissa Pence felt the need to warn Peter about her, Victoria could only guess:
“I think this is somebody who just didn’t like me. … I don’t really know why she did it. I just think maybe she wanted to come on the show.”
Maybe. We’ll never know for certain.
but Merissa is now gone and so is Victoria. We’re left with two women standing.
Who will be crying in the wake of a proposal next week? Check out the promo below to perhaps find out:
And then tune in for the two-night Bachelor finale, which airs on ABC Monday, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10, at 8 p.m. ET.
With Peter Weber’s time as The Bachelor winding down, it’s time again to talk about The Bachelor spoilers … but also this:
Which Bachelor is the #1 hottest of all time!?
After all, even if ABC does scour the Earth for eligible dudes who are the total package … not all hunks are created equal.
For those keeping score, Peter is the star of The Bachelor‘s 24th season on ABC, making him the 23rd Bachelor of all time.
(Brad Womack famously got two cracks at the main event … and yet didn’t get a happily ever, or even close, after either).
Obviously, not everyone in the Bachelor Nation is totally agreed on who’s hot and who’s not. Such things are subjective.
But hey, that’s why pointless debates are fun.
Take a look at the ghosts of Bachelors past and see for yourself who’s the hottest of the hot and where you’d rank Pete.
There are two episodes remaining in Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor, and fan theories about who will receive Pilot Pete’s final rose are bouncing around social media non-stop.
Usually, by this point in the proceedings, anyone who’s dying to kn…
If you’re a Bachelor fan, then by now, you’re likely aware that the show has been embroiled in yet another controversy surrounding a contestant’s virginity.
Madison Prewett certainly isn’t the first v-card holder to appear on TV’s most sexually-cha…
As if Peter didn’t have enough drama with his contestants, he has been spotted repeatedly with a Bachelor producer.
Chris Harrison is speaking about this “wild” rumor even as he admits that Peter and Julie LaPlaca have an “intimate” relationship.
In the video interview that we have included, Chris Harrison admits to Peter and Julie’s “intimate” bond.
“Julie is an amazing, talented producer,” he praises her while speaking to Entertainment Tonight.
He adds: “Far be it for me to ruin anything towards the end of the season.”
“But… seems much ado about nothing to me,” Chris opines.
“Unless I just don’t know,” Chris Harrison adds, “which is possible.”
He does suggest that, to him, the idea of a leading man ending up with a producer is “horrifying.”
“Clearly that’s not what we’re there to do,” he explains.
Right. They’re there to create captivating television so that ABC can sell add time for the people who still see commercials.
“That’s not the story we’re trying to create,” Chris reasons.
He comments: “I think it’s a wild story.”
“But maybe it’s just crazy enough to be true!” Chris teases.
Notably, reality TV producers have ended up with reality stars before. Like Andrew Glennon and Amber Portwood, much to Andrew’s chagrin.
Rob Mills is ABC’s Senior Vice President of Alternative Series, Specials, & Late-Night Programming.
“Well, I hate to get in the way of a good rumor,” Rob recently weighed in.
He condinued: “So I’m not going to confirm or deny about whether he ends up with a producer!”
“I don’t know how we’d ever top that though!” Rob admitted.
“But, it is crazy,” Rob Mills acknowledged.
And yet there is precedent of a sort, as you can see in the accompanying video.
“What we’ve seen about the finale over the years is that the ‘finale’ is really on that night when the show goes live,” he adds.
“There’s a lot of craziness,” Rob Mills acknowledges, “it’s a roller coaster,”
“But,” he notes, “I would say even now the roller coaster hasn’t ended.”
Rob concludes: “and it won’t end until after After the Final Rose.”
In fact, reports indicate that Peter’s fate may still be up in the air.
“He did [struggle this season],” Chris Harrison acknowledges.
“And, honestly, because I do love Peter — he’s a good man — I could tell he was struggling early on,” he admits.
“He had this propensity to kick the can down the road, so to speak,” Chris characterizes.
“And,” he adds, “he had a really tough time making decisions.”
“I know we’ve given him a hard time,” Chris admits.
“But those rose ceremonies,” he says, “those decisions were tough.”
“And so,” Chris continues, “when we got to the end, I knew this was going to be difficult.”
“He’s so emotional, and not only does he not want to hurt anybody, which is a normal human condition,” he notes.
Chris continues: “but he wanted to make the right decision.”
“And he was really struggling,” he points out.
Chris reasons that Peter had such a hard time “because, as you can tell, he really was falling for three women.”
“I know it sounds crazy,” Chris says, “but it absolutely can happen on our show.”
People fall in love with multiple people all of the time.
From love triangles to plural, polyamorous relationships to complicated feelings that are never acted upon due to one or more committed relationships.
“It’s an extraordinary situation,” Chris describes, “where you can compartmentalize these relationships.”
“I know it’s bizarre,” Chris says, “because none of us have this in our real lives, you shouldn’t,”
Does Chris Harrison have something against polyamorous relationships? Poor choice of words, buddy.
“[But] it’s real, it can happen,” he promises. “I see it all the time.”
