50 secrets only true Bachelor fanatics know

By Sundi Rose | Mar 8, 2017

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/Drew Cason)RAVEN, NICK VIALL /

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JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE: HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS – On Monday, January 2, following the premiere of the new season of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” Jimmy Kimmel hosts a “Bachelor”-themed primetime special called “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Here for the Right Reasons” at 10|9c. The guests included Joel McHale (“The Great Outdoors” and “2017 People’s Choice Awards”) and Nick Viall (ABC’s “The Bachelor”). (ABC/Randy Holmes)NICK VIALL, ANDI DORFMAN, KAITLYN BRISTOWE, JIMMY KIMMEL /

16. Those Interviews Are Sometimes Filmed Months Later

It would be completely impossible to follow the action of the story without all those in the moment interviews. You know the ones. They cut away from the action to hear the contestants or the bachelor/bachelorette talk about what they were thinking or feeling in that moment. It’s like having our very own little narrator.

But here’s the thing. Those interviews aren’t always filmed in the same moment as the action. Sometimes they take place months after. This can be for a handful of reasons. Sometimes there’s just not enough time in the moment to stop and conduct interviews, and other times they have to rework the story to fit how it happened in real life.

Sean Lowe says that they even kept a record of the clothes he work so they could re-create the scenes after-the-fact. Sean says, “I’d say things like, “I’m having a blast with Des tonight, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.” It wasn’t disingenuous, because I expressed what my true feelings were at the time. Mainly, it was boring.”

Sorry to disappoint, folks. This is just further proof that so much of what we see is completely constructed. Sean may have had those feelings at the time, but hearing he would say things like, “I think I’m falling for her” months after he’d already made his pick just feels kinda gross.

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