The Bachelor's Victoria Fuller made her reality TV debut on Season 24 of the ABC series and
made a name for herself as one of the most controversial contestants in Bachelor Nation.
But there's a lot that fans don't know about her.
Here's the truth about Victoria F.
On October 28th, 2019, Bachelor blogger and longtime spoiler of the show Steve Carbone
took to his Reality Steve blog to report some shocking allegations regarding Victoria's
reputation.
He wrote,
"I can honestly say in all my years doing this, I have never had so many negative stories
and as many people contact me about one person than I have this season with Victoria Fuller."
The blogger told readers that he had started receiving emails in September 2019, allegedly
calling Victoria out for being romantically involved with married men.
He added,
"The info I was receiving was talking about her having done this three or four times."
Carbone explained that he'd looked into the situation himself, spoken to women accusing
Victoria of breaking up their marriages, and found it to be true.
In another bombshell revelation, Carbone even alleged that the wives of the men in question
had actually been friends with Victoria.
He wrote,
"If Victoria didn't do this, I wouldn't report it.
She did.
Ask the other women involved whose marriages were affected by Victoria's relationship with
their then husbands."
Of course, these claims have not been confirmed by Victoria herself.
While nearly every season of The Bachelor features at least one polarizing, controversial
contestant, the backlash against that contestant usually doesn't happen until the season's
underway.
However, in Victoria's case, pre-season spoilers and rumors regarding her reputation and previous
relationships resulted in the Virginia native feeling the need to make a case for herself
via social media.
On November 22nd, 2019, Victoria took to Instagram to defend herself against disparaging remarks,
posting a photo with her dog and writing, in part,
"The RUMORS you are hearing are FALSE.
There will be a time [and] place where I can defend myself, but for now I choose to wait."
Continuing with her caption, Victoria said the bullying she'd received online was neither
"okay" nor "fair," and alleged that the people speaking negatively of her reputation were:
"Casting judgement and basing opinions upon pure speculation, assumptions, [and] LIES."
In the fourth episode of Peter's Bachelor season, the pilot asked Victoria to join him
on a one-on-one date in Cleveland, Ohio with a date card that mentioned letting their love
"soar to new heights."
While she was excited for some alone time with Peter, Victoria expressed concern about
the possibility of having been chosen for a skydiving date.
In fact, she nearly refused to get out of the car once she arrived.
However, when Bachelor Nation sleuths unearthed a 2014 Instagram photo featuring Victoria
on an apparent skydiving excursion, some fans began to call the contestant's fear of heights
into question.
One viewer tweeted,
"If you're going to go on the show and say you're scared of heights, don't have a pic
of you skydiving on social media."
During the fifth episode, Victoria was chosen, along with several other contestants, to join
Peter in the Costa Rican jungle for a once-in-a-lifetime Cosmopolitan photoshoot.
After making a bold move and kissing him during the shoot, Victoria was chosen by Cosmopolitan
editor Jessica Pels to be featured on the digital cover of the magazine's March 2020
issue.
This wasn't Victoria's first time modeling.
In fact, as hardcore Bachelor fans discovered during a social media deep dive, she once
modeled for an ad campaign for a reported marlin conservation organization featuring
the slogan "White Lives Matter."
Not surprisingly, the controversial modeling gig ultimately cost Victoria her magazine
cover prize.
In a statement published on Monday, February 3rd, 2020, Pels wrote,
"Unequivocally, the White Lives Matter movement does not reflect the values of the Cosmo brand.
Ultimately what felt right was choosing not to publish the digital cover on our website
or social feeds, and simply being honest with you, the audience we respect, about what happened
and where we stand."
The Bachelor has never shied away from using former flames to spark some made-for-TV drama.
No one knows this better than Peter, whose season was nearly overshadowed by his lingering
feelings for his ex - former Bachelorette Hannah Brown - who appeared on his season
twice.
However, perhaps the most shocking of appearances happened during Peter's first one-on-one date
with Victoria, as the contestant just so happened to have a history with the date's surprise
musical guest, country star Chase Rice.
Explaining her connection to Rice, Victoria confessed to Peter that she had dated Rice
and broken up with him.
However, according to Rice, her description of their relationship was grossly exaggerated.
He told Entertainment Tonight,
"[She] was just a girl that I hung out with one time."
While Victoria told a Bachelor producer that Rice had asked her not to go on The Bachelor,
the country singer denied having any negative feelings about her relationship with Peter,
explaining,
"We knew going on there that she was going to be on the show."
While Victoria is undoubtedly a controversial figure within Bachelor Nation, her onscreen
chemistry with Peter is palpable.
There's no question the pilot had major feelings for her while filming Season 24 - and, according
to a post-Bachelor interview, Peter thinks very highly of the contestant.
During a BUILD Series interview on February 4th, Peter was asked to comment on the controversy
surrounding Victoria's scandalous modeling gig that led Cosmopolitan to pull her cover.
"All I can speak on is the time I was able to spend with Victoria throughout this experience,
and I truly enjoyed my experience with her."
Peter went on to call Victoria a "good person" with "a lot of endearing qualities," and hoped
viewers would be able to take it easy on her.
"I just hope that people can form their opinion on her based on what they see between the
two of us and her time on the show.
She's not perfect, I'm not perfect, no one's perfect."
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