Hallefreakinlujah!
Reality Steve just posted a mea culpa. Sort of. He says his sources failed him on the “Ali is single” thing. But he’s also claiming he has not been Fleissed (YOU SO HAVE, BUDDY) because he is telling us now what he just heard from his sources.
Yeah, but we only have five hours before East Coast finale showtime and plenty of us have already sleuthed out this “spoiler” the old-fashioned way.
(I’m talking to you, FORT posters. You did it!)
Sorry, Team Chris fans, but you had to see this coming…
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Anyway, here’s part of Steve’s missive:
So for the first time in a year, my sources failed me. They actually called to apologize for jumping the gun on the “Ali is single” stuff. They said that through all the information they had gathered and heard, the only conclusion they could come to was that Ali was single. They were wrong. They apologize, and I apologize. When they’re wrong, I’m wrong. But that’s ok. I’ve been wrong for the last six weeks in telling you that she’s single. As long as you know what’s gonna happen in the finale before it airs, that’s all I care about. They tried to keep this as hidden as they could, and I will give them credit, they were awfully good about it this season. It took me a month to even get to the “She’s either with Roberto or she’s single” conclusion, which I printed in June. Then three days later I went with “She’s single”. That is not the case.
You know this “shocking ending” and “something we’ve never seen before in the finale” they’ve been talking about? They were never talking about the actual outcome of the show – an engagement, single, dating, etc. What they’re talking about is Chris Lambton never makes it to the final rose ceremony. Hence the reason we’ve never seen footage of Roberto and/or Chris at the final rose ceremony standing there with Ali. They never had any footage of Chris, so if they only showed Roberto there with her, that would’ve given it away. Ali tells Chris during their last chance date that Roberto is the one she’s in love with. She doesn’t want to hurt him by having him go through all the pomp and circumstance of walking up there, possibly proposing, yada yada yada, so she eliminates him right then and there, and Chris is never part of the final rose ceremony. She basically puts all her eggs in one basket in hopes that Roberto reciprocates her feelings. That’s the “risk” she is talking about.
The rest is where it gets tricky. They’re going to make it seem like Roberto is indecisive, he doesn’t know what to do, he’s not sure of his feelings for Ali, etc. Basically all these “doom and gloom” promos ABC has been running the last week making you think it’s such a horrible ending for every party involved. However, in the end, Ali and Roberto are together, they are happy, and they are planning a life together – whatever that means. They left Bora Bora a couple and are still together right now. I am sorry for reporting for the last month she was single. I’m guessing if you’re planning your life together, you must be engaged, but on this show, anything’s possible. You know who else were planning a life together on this show? Every other couple that left this show engaged or happy. So once again, I will say what I say every season regarding the ending of this show and people will inevitably ask me, “Do you think Ali and Roberto will get married?” My answer: I’ll believe it when I see it. Two marriages out of twenty seasons tells me otherwise. But hey, good luck kids. I’ll set the over/under at six months for these two. And take the under.
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Read the rest of Steve’s post and his stuff on the “After the Final Rose” here.
Ha! Fleissed! I’m so happy.
Mike Fleiss is one creepy guy, but I gotta hand it to him. He and his minions get a standing ovation for this one. Well played.
Go ahead and let Steve give us the scoop on who goes home first, second, third… Let him give us “insider” tidbits on the dramas of the season. It’s all just great PR.
Then give him a false ending (I believe his sources thought it was real, but they were Fleissed too) so we’re expecting the worst. As a lifetime pessimist I know how much better good news is when you go in expecting the worst. And now this finale — which sounds like a pretty typical “they get engaged” ending — is happier for me than usual because I was expecting Ali to pick no one.
Maybe it’s true we all would’ve watched and been happy with this finale either way. But I know I feel better having come at this from the perspective that she chooses no one and finding out she IS happy.
Good job, Ali and Chris Harrison, in misleading us with those “satisfied” ending quotes. But Chris H. was right — the ending won’t be a fan favorite. Because bitter Team Chris L. fans are already insulting Roberto — calling him caterpillar eyebrows and other childish things.
Grow up.
I would’ve been happy for Ali and Chris L. together. As long as she found someone I would feel like it wasn’t a total waste of time. This was still a crazy and very troubled season and I would love to see some changes in the next round, but I also know ABC and the producers just care about ratings, not quality.
Anyway, I’m happy today. I hope Ali and Roberto are also happy tomorrow and in the future. Rainbows all around.
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August 2, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Gina
No, Reality Steve wasn’t “Fleissed.” He would have been “Fleissed” if he hadn’t gotten his information out before the finale aired. He always said his goal is to spoil the show’s ending BEFORE it airs, which he did. He admits that his sources were wrong and apologized, so I’m not sure why you’re even bothering to write this blog.
August 2, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Gina Carbone
Ha! Except for the part where he spent six weeks telling us with “absolute 100% confirmation that Ali is single. She chose no one.” Six weeks vs. five hours? FLEISSED. No need to be uptight about it. Steve won the Jason/Jillian/Jake rounds. This is the first time Fleiss/ABC have had anything on him. I’ll still read his blog for spoilers. This just makes the feud more fun.
August 2, 2010 at 7:52 pm
BlondieGal
Great point, Gina 😉
August 3, 2010 at 2:14 am
Julianna
I would really apperciate i you stopped making predictions because it ruins the show for me. Thanks for your time.
August 3, 2010 at 2:18 am
MacyMay247
Your spoilers are interesting, but they kind of ruin the show for me! They do leave me wondering with new thoughts, but
August 3, 2010 at 12:02 pm
ChicagoGal
The funniest part to me is that Steve waxes poetic about how his source was wrong, how his source let him down, how his source apologized. But he sure doesn’t give his source any credit when he’s right. Then Steve is awfully quick to tell the world how right he is.
Admit it Steve. You were wrong. You thumped your chest and spent six weeks telling the world Ali was single. You were wrong. Just plain wrong and stop blaming your source. You blew it! And finding out the real ending hours before it airs doesn’t count.
August 3, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Danika
He can blame his source all he wants. He wasn’t wrong; he was only reporting to us what he was told. It’s different if he’s the one who gets the spoilers first hand. But he’s not. I’m disappointed that he wasn’t right in the first place; Ali and Roberto won’t last. Albeit longer than Jake and Vienna did, but they won’t make it to the alter. Ali should have been smart (like that bar owning Bachelor) and sent both guys home.
And to those mad about spoilers: get the fck over it. If you don’t wanna know spoilers, then don’t go on the internet. It’s easy enough to stay away from them. There are those, like me, who want to know spoilers. It makes the show more interesting.
August 3, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Nancy
I love how all of reality steve’s fans are acting like it’s him spoiling the finale hours before that *really* mattered, when he spent the whole season running with wrong information. He was wrong and the whole “apology” doesn’t make up for the fact that his credibility has been hurt. I wonder if steve’s sources agreed to give him wrong information to take him down a notch…it’s clear that he’s gotten pretty full of himself. His columns were more readable when they were just snarky reviews, and not just him bragging about how he’s the only one with the scoop.
August 3, 2010 at 2:35 pm
KT
I don’t know if all of us watching last night were cheering louder that RS was “Fleissed” or that there was a “happy” cheesy ending. Way to go ABC! Lot’s of folks standing around the water cooler today laughing and cheering. Well played is right!
August 3, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Megan
I don’t understand the point of this blog at all. Who cares if he was wrong? He was right all season. I don’t see you coming up with the information he gets..
August 3, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Ty Jones
Seriously, why so smug? You’re so happy over this? Okay.
Reality Steve has been right 99% of the time so what is the big deal if his sources got it wrong once?! His blog is still hilarious. Your blog is rather pointless and childish. Maybe you’ve been brainwashed by Harrison and Fleiss. That makes more sense.
August 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Nancy
Yeah, it’s hilarious, if you’re willing to wade through pages and pages of steve bragging about how great his scoop is to get to the funny parts. Also, you’re acting as if he got one little detail wrong. He got the entire ending wrong. Now how are you going to know which of his spoilers are legit and which ones the sources got wrong? There’s always going to be that little kernel of doubt.
It’s funny to me that all of reality steve’s supporters don’t see what’s funny about this – it’s the cocky guy getting his comeuppance. People are excited about it because it’s a good story – better, i think, than the so-called fairytale ending – not because they’ve been brainwashed by fleiss.
August 4, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Jane
I read RS’s column & happen to enjoy the spoilers. I don’t feel the need to get on here & defend his honor for being wrong like some of his fans feel the need to do. Bottom line, he was wrong. I kind of thought he was wrong the entire time…just didn’t really believe that Ali chose no one.
But I think it’s hilarious all the people who clearly dislike him & are so excited that he got “Fleissed”. Yeah, he’s cocky, long-winded, has a ridiculous grudge against ABC…so why do you waste your time reading & talking about him? The fact that this many people are so worked up about him getting “Fleissed” just proves his blog isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
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