it goes without saying that the men and
women on ABC's The Bachelor have their
fair share of secrets but they're not
the only ones trying to hide something
the producers of the show have things to
hide as well here are just some of the
things that they don't want viewers to
know every compelling story needs a hero
a villain a damsel in distress or
whatever other characters are needed to
make audiences keep coming back for more
apparently The Bachelor is no exception
as cosmopolitan reported once on the
show contestants are surrounded by what
Bachelor director Ken Fuchs calls his
army teams of cameramen
lighting text sound men and production
assistants staying vigilant for anything
approximating drama Kozma also revealed
that the juiciest storylines often only
become evident once the show's editors
start combing through months of footage
it's staring this editing process at the
powers-that-be assess who will capture
hearts who will be the villain and who
will provide comedic relief amid all the
made-for-tv drama in an interview with
The Daily Beast former contestant Leslie
Hughes observed from watching it from
day one there wasn't a lot of diversity
contestants were always Caucasian blond
blue eyes it was always the same though
Rachel Lindsay made history in 2017 when
she was cast as the show's first black
Bachelorette there has yet to be a black
bachelor in 2018 rumors began swirling
that wills read a contestant from Becca
kufran season of The Bachelorette would
be chosen for the role however former
football player Colton Underwood was
ultimately cast as the bachelor for the
23rd season hopefully the franchise will
diversify itself sooner rather than
later
those Rose ceremonies aren't nearly as
romantic as they appear according to
former bachelor Sean Lowe producers till
the leads who to pick first and who to
make sweated out in his book for the
right reasons Lowe revealed the bachelor
producers put the most obvious choices
first so that drama builds towards the
end of the ceremony with the rest of the
women who are unsure of their status as
if anticipation isn't exhausting enough
Lowe also revealed that actually filming
the Rose ceremony's takes forever while
they may last a total of five minutes on
TV Lowe wrote that one of his Rose
ceremonies didn't end until 6 o'clock in
the morning those long hours could
possibly explain this infamous bachelor
blunder Kati I accidentally called out
the wrong name but I would like to
extend to you the option of staying
staying
how things go sure thank you in the
reality-tv world tears equal drama and
drama equals good television so it
should come as no surprise that
producers will do anything to get the
tears to flow I know that the spirit of
my dog Lucy former bachelor producer
Sarah Gertrude Shapiro revealed in The
New Yorker that her job was to get the
contestants to open up to her and then
give them terrible advice a tactic she
referred to as complicated manipulation
through friendship Shapiro who went on
to create the Lifetime drama unreal
based on her bachelor experiences also
describes the lengths she would go to to
get a contestant to cry in the limo
after being eliminated I'd have arranged
with the driver to have a certain song
played just until I got a shot of her
crying then cut the music so I could
start the interview they'd often tell us
to drive up and down the 405 until the
girls cried and not to come home if we
didn't get tears because we'd be fired
if you thought the mansion where the
bachelor and bachelorette received their
suitors was a set created by ABC you
were wrong it turns out that the mansion
outside Los Angeles belongs to an actual
family who rents their home to Bachelor
producers twice a year for it to be
turned into a singles paradise when it
was reported that the famous mansion had
caught fire during the 2018 California
wildfires fans and contestants alike
warned the long-standing bachelor staple
however according to the mansion's owner
Marshall harridan the show will go on
paradin told Us Weekly we've already
talked and it's not going to interrupt
the show the damage up around the house
is minimal which we'll get back to shape
real quick with our crew if you're a
bachelor fan you know that Neil Lane has
been on hand for the majority of the
show's run to provide a bevy of
larger-than-life sparkling diamond
engagement rings it's very big
but what happens to the ring if the
couple decides to call it quits
according to Entertainment Tonight if a
bachelor couple splits before the
two-year mark of their engagement the
ring is required to be turned over to
production
apparently Neil Lane doesn't even have a
say in the matter the designer told
Style caster I make rings hoping that
people stay together forever but after
they get the ring I don't have a say in
it and what happens after that I don't
know where the ring goes I don't really
know I just say goes to ring heaven
audiences went bananas in 2015 when
Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe admitted
to sleeping with then contestant Nick
vile I you know everybody has their
opinions and no matter what I did
throughout the season people will have
their opinions so while it's safe to say
that Bristow and vile were not the first
contestants to sleep together the
revelation led to a slew of questions
about the show's attitude towards sex
like if precautions were being taken to
ensure any sex happening behind closed
doors on the show was safe though former
contestant Courtney Robertson alleged
that there were no condoms on her
fantasy suite date post Chris Harrison
told The Huffington Post in a 2015
interview that the show does encourage
safe sex always safe yes anything you
need to have safe sex
we definitely promote that