My mother called me ranting and raving that she had just seen Kacie B on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today. She is a huge Kacie B fan (as am I) and said she looked absolutely adorable in her pink dress and how she was very heartbroken. I love that Ellen asks the questions that everyone is thinking (like was she shocked when she saw Ben and Courtney skinny dipping together).
Most shocking about this clip is the exclusive preview we see of next week’s Women Tell All. The shock: Courtney takes the hot seat! I can’t remember another time where either of the two finalist appeared on the WTA. The producers probably figured they had nothing else to talk about other than Monica’s attraction to Blakeley so if they couldn’t bend some rules and get Courtney, it would be a pretty boring show. Not anymore! Holy cow am I excited to see Courtney do some explaining. That’s a tough seat to be in. NUTS!
I just came home from work and despite all efforts to stay away from it, just had two huge slices of the birthday cake I made for The Husband last night that’s in the fridge. It was ridiculously amazing. Duncan Hines yellow cake mix with basic chocolate frosting and rainbow sprinkles. Just thinking about it makes me want to go back and get another slice. I am a weak person.
Ok, Bach fans: enjoy the clip. And what do you think of the fact that Court is coming back for the WTA??!! Does this mean that Lindzi comes back too????
Taylor says
I found your blog a few weeks ago when I was snooping around for the spoilers haha! And I love it! Anyway I heard lindzi doesn't come back and that be wta is basically a Courtney hate fest… Ahh can't wait!
Anonymous says
Courtney's makeup looks really good at the WTA…. just sayin'
Anonymous says
I don't think anyone can deny that Courtney has an attractive shell but her insides are foul and ugly.
Nittany Ken VB says
OOOO Courtney at the WTA? Do they do this? The final two ladies don't usually attend this do they? Clearly the Fleiss-monster wants the pyrotechnics that Courtney would bring to the WTA. It would be boring if the main evil one wasn't there. Hmmmmmm. Usually the evil one is sorted out of the pack before the final show and doesn’t get the proposal. Michelle Money was eventually kicked to the curb.
Nittany Ken VB says
Speaking of .. anyone else think Michael Fleiss is a misogynist?
Anonymous says
I am so excited! You made my day with this news. I am really curious to see how Courtney explains herself, although from the clip it looks like she wont be doing much of the talking. The other girls look pissed! Ah I cant wait!
Meagan A, WA
Anonymous says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bom-kd2VaiU
He seems so defensive of the things Ellen was saying about Courtney. His demeanor was very stand-offish, I think its clear by viewing this that he picks her.
Anonymous says
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Clearly, Ben has not yet become a man. He and Courtney are probably brought closer together by that whole immature “the two of us against the world” attitude that most people shed around age 19 or 20.
Anonymous says
Yikes. I hope the women don't get dragged down to Courtney's level and start ripping her to pieces. Emily's tone at the end of this clip was a bit scary. Kacie B loses a bit of her sweetness I think. I can understand it because Courtney was such a bitch to them, but I think if the women retaliate too much it's not going to make them look good.
It'll be interesting to see if Courtney ends up looking like a victim.
Anonymous says
My co-worker just forwarded me this link of Ben behind the scenes at the WTA!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVpBlF5kIPQ
Anonymous says
Good point Anonymous 10:17
Anonymous says
Yeah…he totally just defended Court. big time in that video 11:33 am. No doubt in my mind he chose her.
Some comments on that:
1. Did you see him pick his nose about 5 seconds in? I'm sure Courtney's loving that now.
2. He specifically stated that he asked the girls who were warning him about Courtney for specific examples, and they couldn't give him any.
Then he says that he took their comments and concerns and asked Courtney very direct, specific questions about what was being said.
If the girls were lying to him? What fodder would he have to bring up to Courtney? If they couldn't give him any examples, he'd have nothing to bring up to her.
3. He's lying about #2! We specifically heard both Emily and Kacie B. give him detailed warnings, or at least when they tried (Emily), they were shut down and disregarded.
I bet they are glad he didn't choose them now. He's made his bed – it's time to lie in it.
Anonymous says
YES. TOTALLY. After watching the 20/20 special on Bach, I was appalled by him… and yet, I watch… I know, it's terrible.
Anonymous says
The more I see of this guy the less I like him. It goes to show just how much Americans are suckers for an underdog, myself included. I think most of us thought he was SUCH and nice guy and HATED that Ashley let him get down on one knee before she dropped the bomb on him. But remember his reaction to her rejection? He was a class A butt munch when he didn't get his way. At the time, I blew it off as humiliation and hurt feelings but now I think that was a window into the true Ben Flapjack! Did you notice how he “dismissed” the reporter's question about being dismissive?? And c'mon, being a model was a deterrent… Geez, he really does think we are stupid!
Anonymous says
Here's my theory – the franchise is dying. They strike a deal with Ben (the latest AW, poor guy), who has no REAL job as far as I can tell (yeah, I know, winemaker, whatever), to play the patsy one more time – because he does it so well. He is to pretend to fall for the evil witch on the show. ABC knows everyone will watch because we are all invested in hating this girl to whom Ben will ultimately “propose.” Courtney is a flailing actress/model who will do anything to shock her career back to life. She agrees to be said evil witch with the understanding that she will ultimately become the Bachelorette. Ben gets to be famous for awhile longer & earns $, Courtney gets noticed and earns $, ABC keeps our interest with constant controversy this season & earns $ AND eventually earns even more $ from the set-up because, despite what we may say, we would all tune in to a Courtney as the Bachelorette season because after dull, dull Ashley and prim, proper Emily, we will gladly welcome the spice that is Courtney. My prediction is ABC will play Bachelorette Courtney as a women who has regrets about her previous nastiness but is now striving to be a better person and she is dying to find true love. She will fall for the most hated guy on the show, we will feel sorry for her and ABC has a set up for yet another season of the Bachelor.
Anonymous says
Fascinating scenario…..I had thought along simpler lines: that Ben and Courtney made a deal that he'd take her to the end and they'd just have fun with it. He'd get the benefit of the wine publicity (although he sure is doing a poor job of promoting his label – who can remember him ever mentioning the brand?) and she'd get the huge publicity to catapult her to some new reality show, or whatever else she's after. It would all be a big “wink, wink” on ABC and all the rest of us.
Anonymous says
Check out the photos of Ben with the ladies on Reality Steve – proposing to one and dispatching one back to USA!
M~
Anonymous says
If you held a gun to my head, I couldn't tell you the name of Ben's wine. I don't know if they are not allowed to mention it much because of alcohol advertising laws or what. I can totally see this scenario though. I think they are both attention who#@s and they will both take any kind of publicity, good or bad.
Anonymous says
I thought this actually showed some good things about Ben. I do believe that he has gotten a bit of a bad wrap with this whole Courtney thing…..
Anonymous says
I agree with you!
Anonymous says
I like how he states that the girls are all drop dead gorgeous in response to the question about whether he just cared about looks. If he seems defensive at all, can you really blame him, based on how he's been treated?
Anonymous says
That was a great interview. Thanks for sharing! I don't dislike Ben, but I do think he was a jerk to Emily when she tried to tell him about Courtney. I also don't buy his defense of Courtney – or that the fact that she is a model wasn't exciting or attractive to him. I think that Ben believes what he is saying, but that he's downplaying other, more subliminal influences on his behavior. I don't think he really knows himself that well. Perceptive?!
Still, I agree that Ben is probably more interesting than was shown. That was the potential of this season — they had this quirky, cute-dorky guy, who is probably a touch smarter than some bachelors of seasons past. But they didn't cast appropriate women to make it interesting as anything more than time bomb. Except for Emily (and, I thought, Lyndsie J.), no one come across as particularly smart, and only a few were the hipster types I would expect him to date, most of whom are in the final four. I would have enjoyed a different, hipper vibe for the Bachelor this season.
Anonymous says
I was 100% with you until the part about Courtney being the next bachelorette. If that was ABC's plan, they may have underestimated how much people hate her or dislike her. Personally, I don't like her — not because of the mean things she said or how she played the game — but because she is so darn boring. Insincerity, immaturity, and her apparent lack of intelligence (apparent because I don't actually know that she's not smart) seem to contribute equally to make her unwatchable. To top it off, she has habits that become irritating for TV viewers: hair twirling, lip twisting, baby talking and simpering. The bachelorettes I am excited to watch are likable and interesting, like Meredith, Jillian, Ali and Ashley. Still the execs may have just miscalculated.
Anonymous says
I think it will be another Michelle Money situation and in the end the viewers will be left feeling sorry for her.
If Ben ends up picking Courtney, the producers need to clean up her image – so I'm sure that's how it will go down.
Not fair.
-Kate
SuperTeachR says
I heard on the radio “sleaze” this morning (Elvis Duran Show) that Ben has said doing the Bachelor has been the worst experience of his life and he hated every minute of it. I can see how that could be true. He doesn't seem like a particularly nice guy anymore. I totally agree with Anonymous Mar 1, 2012 12:04 PM. He was jerk when Ashley let him go, and this is all I see of him this season too.
Anonymous says
I feel bad for him.
Anonymous says
Jimmy Kimmel funny clip. Watch til end
http://www.hulu.com/watch/334458/jimmy-kimmel-live-bachelor-bens-break-up-lines
Anonymous says
No it doesnt. She is not attractive no matter how the makeup is applied!
Anonymous says
Used to be a die hard bachelor/bachelorette fan. This season – totally uninterested. Total turnoff. Boring, ridiculous and made me question why anyone would ever consider putting themselves in such a humiliating position and/or tune in to such stupid television programming. Vulnerable – hell, more like the pure core essence of stupidity. What stupid people! I'll never watch again! Rather watch paint dry.
jezzy wezzy says
I think everyone is greatly overestimating all involved parties. Ben is dumb, Lindzi is dumber (and what in the hell is up with her voice?), the producers are freaking retarded. I'm starting to think Courtney is the smartest one around (which isn't saying much), but she's so damn unlikeable it doesn't even matter. The whole season has been like watching a slow motion trainwreck. Does Ben ever say a freaking word? All he can say is that he wants the girls to open up, but he hasn't said anything about himself at all ever! Every single girl that I was even remotely invested in was systematically executed. What in the hell happened to Rachel, Emily, Kacie B., and that super cute girl who worked for a non-profit and didn't make it passed the first night? Even Jenna had a little edge. Truth is I didn't give a rat's booty about Nicki, and actually loathe watching all footage with Lindzi (the voice and makeup are way too much for me). Ben you are a toolish, foolish, idiot! I hope Courtney dumped your ass. Worst bachelor ever!
Susan Yvonne Wood says
Why?
Susan Yvonne Wood says
Some of the women were so beautiful inside and out. They were the light of the show. Then darkness took over. Ben and Courtney were dark characters. Is there any wonder they chose each other?