The Bachelorette's Peter Weber - better known to Bachelorette fans as Pilot Pete - competed
for love on Hannah Brown's dramatic season.
He's certainly had fans swooning, but unfortunately, even he isn't immune to scandal.
Here's the untold truth of Pilot Pete.
Warning - spoilers ahead!
In Weber's introduction video for The Bachelorette, the California native revealed that he's not
the only one in his family with a love for flying.
"I've always wanted to be a pilot, ever since I was a little kid growing up in an aviation
family.
My dad's a pilot, my mom is a flight attendant."
There's no question that Weber's parents have been instrumental in shaping their son's passion.
In April 2015, Weber posted a photo to Instagram featuring his father and himself in uniform,
captioning it,
"Happy Birthday [Captain]!!
Can't wait to be flying in the same cockpit as you one day."
Apparently, Weber's younger brother Jack caught the aviation bug as well.
According to Jack's Instagram bio, he's currently a Certified Flight Instructor in Camarillo,
California.
And if the Webers all working within the same field isn't adorable enough for you: Pilot
Pete's brother also has an aviation-based nickname - Jettin' Jack.
In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Tonight, Calee Lutes, a woman who claims to
be Weber's ex-girlfriend, alleged that the pilot blindsided her with a breakup after
five months of dating.
According to her, Weber reportedly dumped her over FaceTime two days before Christmas,
prompting her to search his Instagram for clues as to why.
As screenshots of messages between Weber and Lutes allegedly prove, Weber had expressed
his desire to live with Lutes only weeks before breaking up with her.
Lutes revealed,
"I thought there was another girl, so I looked at his recent followers on Instagram, and
noticed that a Bachelorette producer had recently followed him.
I didn't think much of it at the time, but I knew there was something he wasn't telling
me."
While many Pilot Pete fans have rushed to his defense - praising him for breaking off
the relationship instead of having a secret girlfriend while on The Bachelorette - Lutes
doesn't quite see it that way, telling Entertainment Tonight,
"He absolutely betrayed me.
He interviewed for a reality dating show while simultaneously planning a future with me."
With the ghost of an alleged past relationship coming back to haunt him, some viewers are
concerned that Weber's chances of getting a second shot at finding love on national
television have flown out the window.
However, Bachelor Nation has his back.
Former Bachelor Nick Viall took to Twitter to reveal that the alleged timeline of Weber's
breakup with Lutes doesn't point to the pilot having ulterior motives.
He tweeted,
"Final round of casting doesn't happen until late [January], so at best, all Peter knew
was the show was a possibility when he ended the relationship."
"I don't know some of the other details, it seems like a lot of hearsay, I think also
the timing's in poor taste, I mean why wait this long if you were that upset about it,
so I'm Team Peter."
Former contestant Tanner Tolbert revealed to Entertainment Tonight's Lauren Zima that
he doesn't think Weber did anything wrong.
"Do I think he was a good boyfriend to this girl?
Probably not.
But do I think he's okay to break up with her for whatever reason he wants?
Yes."
Season 15 of The Bachelorette managed to deliver one of the greatest, most hilarious mysteries
in all of reality TV history - who did Brown get busy with in the windmill?
This was the million dollar question after ABC aired a promo on July 1st, 2019, which
featured Brown confidently declaring to contestant Luke P. that she'd had a close encounter with
another contestant in a windmill.
"From obviously the way you feel, me f---ing in a windmill, you probably wanna leave."
Luckily, fans didn't have to wonder for very long.
The windmill in which Weber and Brown had their overnight date continues to be a hot
topic of conversation, as well as the subject of many jokes.
And considering Weber hid a windmill GIF in the background of a photo posted to his Instagram
story, it seems the pilot is keeping a good sense of humor about the big reveal.
While most seasons of The Bachelorette have one or two standout contestants, Brown's season
boasts multiple fan favorites - something that will almost certainly make naming the
next Bachelor more difficult than usual for producers.
Warning: spoiler ahead!
According to longtime Bachelor franchise spoiler/blogger Reality Steve, Weber isn't the man Brown chooses
in the end, meaning the pilot is likely a contender for The Bachelor.
And if the response on Twitter is any indication, fans would absolutely love a Pilot Pete Bachelor
season.
One fan joked,
"Can't wait to make a windmill reference when I walk out of the limo for Peter's season
of The Bachelor."
Another tweeted, in part,
"Peter is the best boy and I do not care about other opinions.
#PeteForBachelor."
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