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THE BACHELOR -“Episode 2108” – Corinne, Rachel, Raven and Vanessa are left in Bimini, still shocked that Nick sent Kristina home before the rose ceremony. They wonder if they still will get a coveted hometown date from the unpredictable Bachelor. But with the stakes being so high, Nick will go on an emotionally charged journey to visit these final four women’s hometowns. Raven meets him in Hoxie, Arkansas, and cute couple have some great, sexy fun, but Raven’s father reveals some serious news. Then, it is on to Dallas where Rachel and Nick confront the challenges that might meet an interracial couple. Corinne is waiting in Miami where her father waits with some tough questions. Finally, Nick travels to Montreal to reunite with Vanessa. Although her special needs adult students give him a big thumbs up, things don’t go quite so well with her big Italian family, especially after her father drops a bomb about Nick that has Vanessa questioning their relationship. Just as Nick gets ready to make the gut-wrenching decision to send one woman home, he gets a surprise visitor, who could change everything, on “The Bachelor,” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Phillippe Bosse)VANESSA, NICK VIALL /

38. Eating Was Forbidden On Dates Because Of The Noise

Of course they’re allowed to eat, but not where cameras can see or hear that disgusting human habit. All those elaborate dinner dates the couples attend is all for show. They usually just sit there, with a plate full of untouched food in front of them, and chat.

On those marathon dates, the folks get to eat, but its usually not on camera, and most times it’s not while they’re together. Sean Lowe remarks on this particular quirk. He says, “Nobody eats, and that’s primarily because nobody wants to watch you eat and the mikes will pick up the chewing. So between the two date portions, they would bring us to a hotel, where you can shower and change and get ready—and it’s during that time that you can eat.”

We know that so much of this show is contrived, and now it’s apparent that even the way they satisfy their basic human needs is supervised and controlled. I guess Sean’s right in that we don’t really want to hear all the chewing, gulping, and clinking, but it would be nice to know that the contestants aren’t robots.

As a pragmatist, I am totally preoccupied with all the waste. What happens to all the food? Do they just throw it away? Don’t the producers of this show know that there are millions of starving children in the world? How do they sleep at night?

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