Bachelor in Paradise Season 4, Week 1
I’ve been a ghost to tumblr the last few years, but what has brought me back is because I wanted to write a blog to get out some feelings I have towards the recent Bachelor in Paradise episode that aired 8/15/2017. Anyone who knows me knows that the entire bachelor series (The Bachelor, Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad, Bachelor in Paradise) anything involving the bachelor is totally my guilty pleasure and I love talking about the show. Even if no one cares, at least on tumblr I can speak my mind about the show and not get the same judgement as if I was talking to someone face-to-face who has no interest in the show.
Wow...I can’t believe my last blog post was in 2013..four years ago.
With that being said onto my blog about this episode...
Let me start off by listing the cast below by seasons they were previously on...
Bachelor Season 21 (Nick Viall)
Raven Gates, Corinne Olympios, Alexis Waters, Lacy Mark, Kristina Schulman, Danielle Maltby, Taylor Nolan, Jasmine Goode.
Bachelor Season 20 (Ben Higgins)
Bachelorette Season 13 (Rachel Lindsay)
DeMario Jackson, Dean Unglert, Matt Munson, Diggy Moreland, Jack Stone
Bachelorette Season 12 (JoJo Fletcher)
Derek Peth, Nick Benvenutti, Robby Hayes, Alex Woytkiw, Vinny Vintiera
Bachelorette Season 11 (Kaitlyn Bristowe)
...so far I have to say not much variety in the girls...all being from the same season except for one. Hopefully there will be more diversity as more people come into the show. If you don’t know how the show works here’s a quick description; there’s essentially a starter group of people who first come into paradise, every week the girls and guys alternate between giving roses out and every week new people enter paradise. So say the girls have the roses new guys will come in and vice versa. The show is about relationships, if you don’t find one you’re eliminated because you won’t be receiving a rose from anyone...so whenever new people come in either they find a relationship and stay or they don’t find one and go...usually when a new person comes in they tend to disrupt current relationships and if a new person stays usually a current person will end up leaving.
I promise I’m getting to the actual episode.
So if anyone is a bachelor series fan, bachelor in paradise (BIP) season 4 was in production of filming when suddenly filming and production shut down due to allegations that Corinne was too drunk to consent to sexual activities with DeMario. The entire cast was sent home and there was uncertainty if season 4 would continue. After a twelve day halt and after an investigation the cast was brought back to Mexico to resume filming minus the two who were involved in the incidents that occurred. From watching the first episode to hearing what the cast had to say it seems like this entire situation was blown out of proportions (but I wasn’t there so I have no room to say what was or wasn’t appropriate actions to take)... before production came to a halt you see producers grab both Corinne and DeMario which both of them were having conversations with other people and seemed to be going about their days as any other day. In my personal opinion if I had felt sexually “victimized” by someone I wouldn’t be going about my day in a normal fashion...but again it’s not my place to say what and was not appropriate action to take because I was not apart of the situation. 100% if for any reason someone feels victimized in anyway to sexual misconduct absolutely report it and take action. The season 4 “scandal” of BIP might finally be the truth to Chris Harrison’s saying, “the most dramatic season in bachelor history” ...but that actually isn’t what made me wanna blog, there were more than enough blogs, magazines and news stations talking about the scandal. What bothers me is what happened the days after the cast returned to paradise.
So before paradise production shut down it seemed to be who was getting whose rose...
Dean was getting Kristina’s rose.
Derek was getting Taylor’s rose.
Alex was getting Amanda’s rose.
Ben was getting Raven’s rose.
Matt was getting Jasmine’s rose.
Jack was getting Danielle’s rose.
Corinne was shown telling Vinny that he was gonna get a friendship rose.
Alexis was unsure, but was talking to DeMario possibly.
Lacy left due to her grandfather passing away so her rose was not included at this time.
...leaving Robby, Iggy, Diggy and Nick possibly without roses.
Alright so returning to resuming production in paradise...
Dean was pushing Kristina to go on other dates and not just commit to him even though he did go traveling with her to Kentucky during the production shut down. Raven hadn’t talked to either Ben or Robby since production shut down. Danielle was now saying that Jack was perfect on paper but just not for her. Matt was now concerned about getting too involved with Jasmine right from the start and possibly not being able to get to know other people (considering Jasmine was telling him how to decline other women, valid concern for him). Amanda now flipped a switch and was annoyed by Alex contrary to even being friends with him. Lacy now back you would think she wanted to give her rose to Iggy still, but things changed and she said he wasn’t as interested in her but now more interested in hanging with his bros. With Corinne not returning that left Vinny without even a friendship rose and with DeMario gone that left Alexis back at square one, but for Diggy and Nick it’s another chance to possibly get a rose considering they were probably not getting roses before production stopped. Taylor and Derek seem to be the only couple still going as strong as they were before the production shut down.
Here’s my opinion on everyone so far...
Dean and Kristina have to be my first mention because I totally support them, I love them together contrary to my friend who’s totally in love with Kristina and thinks this is the worst pairing ever because he (my friend) should be with Kristina... I think Dean isn’t sure about committing so soon to one person (rumors have it that Danielle lombard comes to stir up that relationship though, teaser trailers for the upcoming season looks to be true) and is trying to push Kristina in the direction of let’s be together but also not rule out the possibility to meet new people. After all meeting new people for possible relationships is what BIP is about (unless you’re like Jade and Tanner from season 2 who instantly hit it off, stayed together the entire season, got married and now have a baby). They also just look like the perfect boy next door/girl next door kind of couple which makes them more adorable together.
So Ben and Raven, some people think it’s weird how much Ben talks about his dog (which Raven didn’t see as a great conversation mostly talking about his dog), but I have no room to talk, I’m completely obsessed with my dog too (lol) so I’d be all for a dude who loves dogs and is obsessed with his dog as much as Ben is. Plus have you seen his adorable rottie, Zeus? So if Raven goes for Robby over Ben I’m gonna be a little sad for Ben.
Just adding for viewing pleasures whether you like the looks of Zeus or Ben ;)
Taylor and Derek are cute, hopefully they’ll stick together and we’ll have at least one outstanding couple that makes it through the season (although I’d much rather that couple be Kristina and Dean).
Jasmine and Matt, I don’t know really how I feel about them. Jasmine isn’t my favorite considering she likes to choke people being funny which I think is creepy. Even though Matt is pretty willing to be outrageous and funny (coming in a penguin suit and dressing in drag for his date with Jasmine) I still think he should explore his options and more women come into paradise.
Here is the “couple”, set of friends or just people that really get to me... Alex and Amanda. I’m a little bias to Alex, in my opinion he’s the best looking guy and two he’s a marine (my husband is also a marine). When Amanda came back to paradise she should have just told Alex straight up that she was not interested in anything more...instead she just keeps talking behind his back, to the cameras and to others, but NOT to him. I can see how it would be annoying that Alex was coming on a little too strong and aggressive, but again just put a stop to it by saying you’re not interested in anything more. Alex is a marine, marines are used to direct confrontation. Stop trying to avoid him and then go talk about him behind his back... When Danielle and Raven gave Alex advice to stop pursuing her and get to know others he then pulled her aside to get on the same page with her that he wasn’t meaning to come on too aggressive and was reassuring their friendship. Others seemed to think that he was taking Raven and Danielle’s advice and doing the opposite but it seemed as if he was hearing them out and then wanted to let Amanda know that he didn’t mean to be coming off the way he was. I don’t think that Alex deserved all the snide remarks made by the cast because he genuinely seemed to be unaware of the way he was coming off and when he was told he tried to clear the air and be sure things were alright with him and Amanda as friends.
To be honest, everyone else so far doesn’t interest me so I’m going to stop with those people and move on. I was a little disappointed that Corinne decided not to return to paradise, although I understand...but I do think she is a fun person to watch on TV and it would have been interesting if we got to see her attempt to find love in paradise. It’s also a little sad that Wells is strictly in paradise just to bartend, don’t deny we all miss Jorge a little too. I am excited to see who else is coming on the show, according to the previews everybody’s favorite Canadian, Daniel will be joining...the twins will be there, they’re always fun tv...and hopefully the couples will get better as more people show up in paradise otherwise so far this season isn’t looking good for the current people in paradise.
Hopefully it won’t be another four years before something sparks my interest enough to blog about it.
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