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She wants love or $20 for a table dance — whichever one she can get.
Are you excited about “The Bachelorette” Season 7? You should be. It’s going to be dramatic. It has no other choice. It may not end in love or a proposal — and there’s a very good chance we’ll see an ugly break-up down the road — but it’s going to be dramatic. It has no other choice. Check out Wetpaint’s Bachelorette site for tons of spoilers, intel on Ashley Hebert’s bachelors and other fine stuff.
And check out the May TV schedule, as copied wholesale from the lovely and amazing AOL TV Squad:
Sunday, May 1
8:00 – ‘America’s Next Great Restaurant’ (NBC) 1st season finale
8:00 – ‘Madagascar’ (Animal Planet) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’ (USA) 10th season premiere
9:00 – ‘Who Killed Chandra Levy?’ (TLC) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Undercover Boss’ (CBS) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘In Plain Sight’ (USA) 4th season premiere
10:30 – ‘Police POV’ (TruTV) 1st season finale
Monday, May 2
8:00 – ‘Love & Hip Hop’ (VH1) 1st season finale
8:00 – ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: Reunited!’ (Logo) special presentation
9:00 – ‘The Bad Girls Club: Reunion, Part 1’ (Oxygen) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Relapse’ (A&E) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘Taboo’ (National Geographic) 7th season premiere
10:20 – ‘James May’s Road Trip’ (BBC America) 2nd season premiere
Tuesday, May 3
7:30 – ‘Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc.’ (Cartoon Network) 1st season mid-season premiere
8:00 – ‘The Looney Tunes Show’ (Cartoon Network) series premiere
8:30 – ‘Rescue Renovation’ (DIY) 2nd season premiere
10:00 – ‘Chopped’ (Food) 7th season premiere
10:00 – ‘How the States Got Their Shapes’ (History) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Steel Divas’ (Lifetime) special presentation
Wednesday, May 4
8:30 – ‘Are We There Yet?’ (TBS) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘Custer’s Last Man: I Survived Little Big Horn’ (History) special presentation
10:00 – ‘Animal Fugitives’ (National Geographic Wild) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Justified’ (FX) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Spouse vs. House’ (TLC) series premiere
11:00 – ‘The Electric Barbarellas’ (MTV) series premiere
Thursday, May 5
8:00 – ‘DIY Dominator’ (DIY) 2nd season premiere
8:30 – ‘Precious Life’ (HBO) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Known Universe’ (National Geographic) 3rd season premiere
9:00 – ‘Smoking Gun Presents’ (TruTV) 10th season finale
10:00 – ’30 Rock’ (NBC) 5th season finale
10:00 – ‘Pawn Queens’ (TLC) series premiere
10:30 – ‘The Originals with Emeril’ (Cooking) series premiere
Friday, May 6
8:00 – ‘Flashpoint’ (CBS) 4th season premiere
8:30 – ‘Main Street Mysteries’ (ID) 2nd season finale
8:40 – ‘Ant Farm: Transplanted’ (Disney) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Fringe’ (Fox) 3rd season finale
10:00 – ‘American Loggers’ (Discovery) 3rd season finale
10:00 – ‘Four Weddings’ (TLC) 3rd season mid-season premiere
Saturday, May 7
7:00 – ‘NASCAR Racing: Darlington 500’ (Fox) special presentation
8:00 – ‘NBA Countdown’ (ABC) special presentation
8:00 – ‘Extraordinary Moms’ (OWN) special presentation
8:00 – ‘Pretty Hurts’ (Logo) series premiere
8:00 – ‘Sarah’s Summer House’ (HGTV) series premiere
8:15 – ‘2011 NBA Conference Semifinals’ (ABC) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Almighty Thor’ (Syfy) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden’ (HBO) special presentation
9:00 – ‘My Cat from Hell’ (Animal Planet) series premiere
9:00 – ‘Renovation Realities’ (DIY) 6th season finale
9:00 – ‘Three Weeks, Three Kids’ (Hallmark) special presentation
9:30 – ‘No Woman, No Cry’ (OWN) special presentation
10:00 – ‘The Graham Norton Show’ (BBC America) 9th season premiere
11:00 – ‘That Metal Show’ (VH1) 7th season finale
Sunday, May 8
8:00 – ‘The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business’ (CBS) 18th season finale
9:00 – ‘Jerseylicious: Wild and Untamed, Part 1’ (Style) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Last Cake Standing’ (Food) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Best in Smoke’ (Food) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Brothers & Sisters’ (ABC) 5th season finale
10:00 – ‘CSI: Miami’ (CBS) 9th season finale
10:00 – ‘The Judds’ (OWN) 1st season finale
11:00 – ‘Why Not? with Shania Twain’ (OWN) series premiere
Monday, May 9
7:30 – ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ (Cartoon Network) series premiere
8:00 – ‘Justice for Natalee Holloway’ (Lifetime) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Animal Mega Moves’ (Animal Planet) series premiere
9:00 – ‘The Bad Girls Club: Reunion, Part 2’ (Oxygen) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives’ (Food) 12th season premiere
9:00 – ‘Fabulous Cakes’ (TLC) 2nd season mid-season premiere
9:00 – ‘Stargate Universe’ (Syfy) series finale
10:00 – ‘Quints by Surprise’ (TLC) 2nd season premiere
10:00 – ‘Vanished with Beth Holloway’ (Lifetime) series premiere
10:30 – ‘Unleashed: K-9 Broward County’ (Discovery) 1st season finale
Tuesday, May 10
9:00 – ‘Becoming Chaz’ (OWN) special presentation
10:00 – ‘Animal Mega Moves’ (Animal Planet) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Worst. Prom. Ever.’ (MTV) special presentation
10:30 – ‘After the Doc with Rosie O’Donnell: Becoming Chaz’ (OWN) special presentation
Wednesday, May 11
8:30 – ‘Better With You’ (ABC) 1st season finale
Thursday, May 12
8:00 – ‘Community’ (NBC) 2nd season finale
8:00 – ‘Lost Land of the Tiger’ (National Geographic Wild) series premiere
8:00 – ‘Naked Science’ (National Geographic) 10th season premiere
8:00 – ‘Prince William & Catherine: A Royal Love Story, Part 2’ (OWN) special presentation
8:00 – ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (CW) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ (CBS) 11th season finale
9:00 – ‘Nikita’ (CW) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Swords: Life on the Line’ (Discovery) 3rd season premiere
10:30 – ‘Outsourced’ (NBC) 1st season finale
Friday, May 13
8:00 – ‘Shark Tank’ (ABC) 2nd season finale
8:00 – ‘Smallville’ (CW) series finale
9:00 – ‘CSI: New York’ (CBS) 7th season finale
9:00 – ‘Pig Farm’ (ID) special presentation
10:00 – ‘Blue Bloods’ (CBS) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘The Haunted’ (Animal Planet) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Swamp Brothers’ (Discovery) series premiere
11:00 – ‘VH1 Storytellers: Kings of Leon’ (VH1) special presentation
Saturday, May 14
12:00AM – ‘Lore: Deadly Obsession’ (ID) special presentation
7:00PM – ‘MLB Prime Time Special’ (Fox) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Edge of the Garden’ (Hallmark) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Nick Cannon: Mr. Showbiz’ (Showtime) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Off the Rez’ (TLC) special presentation
Sunday, May 15
7:00 – ‘Jerseylicious: Wild and Untamed, Part 2’ (Style) special presentation
8:00 – ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ (ABC) 8th season finale
8:00 – ‘Jerseylicious’ (Style) 3rd season premiere
8:00 – ‘Survivor: Redemption Island’ (CBS) 22nd season finale
8:00 – ‘Wild Animal Repo’ (Discovery) series premiere
9:00 – ‘Desperate Housewives’ (ABC) 7th season finale
9:30 – ‘The Cleveland Show’ (Fox) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Survivor: Redemption Island: The Reunion’ (CBS) special presentation
Monday, May 16
8:00 – ‘90210’ (CW) 3rd season finale
8:00 – ‘Chuck’ (NBC) 4th season finale
8:00 – ‘How I Met Your Mother’ (CBS) 6th season finale
8:30 – ‘Mad Love’ (CBS) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘Gossip Girl’ (CW) 4th season finale
9:00 – ‘Off Limits’ (Travel) series premiere
9:00 – ‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’ (Bravo) 3rd season premiere
9:30 – ‘Mike & Molly’ (CBS) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Castle’ (ABC) 3rd season finale
10:00 – ‘Hawaii Five-0’ (CBS) 1st season finale
Tuesday, May 17
8:00 – ‘NCIS’ (CBS) 8th season finale
8:00 – ‘One Tree Hill’ (CW) 8th season finale
9:00 – ‘Hellcats’ (CW) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ (CBS) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘Raising Hope’ (Fox) 1st season finale
9:30 – ‘Traffic Light’ (Fox) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘The Good Wife’ (CBS) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Sinbad: It’s Just Family’ (WE) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Tosh.0’ (Comedy Central) 3rd season mid-season premiere
Wednesday, May 18
8:00 – ‘Burma Soldier’ (HBO2) special presentation
9:00 – ‘America’s Next Top Model’ (CW) 16th season finale
9:00 – ‘Criminal Minds’ (CBS) 6th season finale
9:30 – ‘Breaking In’ (Fox) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ (NBC) 12th season finale
10:30 – ‘Animal Fugitives’ (National Geographic Wild) 1st season finale
Thursday, May 19
8:00 – ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (CBS) 3rd season finale
8:00 – ‘Wipeout’ (ABC) 4th season mid-season finale
8:30 – ‘Rules of Engagement’ (CBS) 5th season finale
9:00 – ‘Bones’ (Fox) 6th season finale
9:00 – ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (ABC) 7th season finale
9:00 – ‘The Mentalist’ (CBS) 3rd season finale
9:00 – ‘The Office’ (NBC) 7th season finale
10:00 – ‘Parks & Recreation’ (NBC) 3rd season finale
10:00 – ‘Private Practice’ (ABC) 4th season finale
10:00 – ‘Running Wilde’ (FX) series finale
Friday, May 20
8:00 – ‘Children of Promise: The Legacy of Robert F. Kennedy’ (ID) special presentation
8:00 – ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ (Fox) 3rd season finale
8:00 – ‘Supernatural’ (CW) 6th season finale
11:00 – ‘VH1 Storytellers: Cee Lo Green’ (VH1) special presentation
Saturday, May 21
7:00 – ‘MLB Prime Time Special’ (Fox) special presentation
8:00 – ‘Chase’ (NBC) 1st season finale
8:00 – ‘High Stakes Poker’ (GSN) 7th season finale
9:00 – ‘Sinbad & the Minotaur’ (Syfy) special presentation
11:30 – ‘Ben Bailey: Road Rage’ (Comedy Central) special presentation
11:30 – ‘Saturday Night Live’ (NBC) 36th season finale
Sunday, May 22
7:00 – ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ (ABC) 22nd season finale
7:00 – ‘Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom’ (Animal Planet) 9th season finale
7:30 – ‘American Dad’ (Fox) 6th season finale
8:00 – ‘The Simpsons’ (Fox) 22nd season finale
8:30 – ‘Bob’s Burgers’ (Fox) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ (NBC) 11th season finale
9:00 – ‘Family Guy’ (Fox) 9th season finale
9:00 – ‘Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost’ (CBS) special presentation
10:00 – ‘The Borgias’ (Showtime) 1st season finale
Monday, May 23
8:00 – ‘House’ (Fox) 7th season finale
9:00 – ‘The Bachelorette’ (ABC) 7th season premiere
9:00 – ‘The Chicago Code’ (Fox) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘The Event’ (NBC) 1st season finale
9:00 – ‘Too Big to Fail’ (HBO) special presentation
9:00 – ’50 Cent: The Origin of Me’ (VH1) special presentation
10:00 – ‘4th & Forever’ (Current) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Clash of the Commercials: USA vs. the World’ (CBS) special presentation
Tuesday, May 24
8:00 – ‘Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution’ (ABC) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘The Biggest Loser’ (NBC) 11th season finale
9:00 – ‘Dancing with the Stars’ (ABC) 12th season finale
9:00 – ‘Glee’ (Fox) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘All on the Line’ (Sundance) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Pregnant in Heels’ (Bravo) 1st season finale
Wednesday, May 25
8:00 – ‘American Idol’ (Fox) 10th season finale
8:00 – ‘The Middle’ (ABC) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘Modern Family’ (ABC) 2nd season finale
9:30 – ‘Cougar Town’ (ABC) 2nd season finale
10:00 – ‘Cold Blood’ (ID) 3rd season finale
10:00 – ‘Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior’ (CBS) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Law & Order: LA’ (NBC) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings’ (Oxygen) 1st season finale
Thursday, May 26
8:00 – ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ (Fox) 8th season premiere
10:30 – ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ (Showtime) series finale
11:00 – ‘Gigolos’ (Showtime) 1st season finale
Friday, May 27
9:00 – ‘From Spain with Love’ (Cooking) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Build It Bigger’ (Science) 5th season finale
11:00 – ‘VH1 Storytellers: Death Cab for Cutie’ (VH1) special presentation
Saturday, May 28
7:00 – ‘MLB Prime Time Special’ (Fox) special presentation
9:30 – ‘The Antonio Treatment’ (HGTV) 2nd season finale
Sunday, May 29
6:00 – ‘NASCAR Racing: Charlotte’ (Fox) special presentation
9:00 – ‘Best in Smoke’ (Food) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Amazing Wedding Cakes’ (WE) 4th season finale
10:00 – ‘Big Fat Gypsy Weddings’ (TLC) special presentation
10:00 – ‘Breakout Kings’ (A&E) 1st season finale
Monday, May 30
8:00 – ‘Basketball Wives’ (VH1) 3rd season premiere
9:00 – ‘Make It or Break It’ (ABC Family) 2nd season finale
9:00 – ‘Single Ladies’ (VH1) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition’ (ABC) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Man v. Monster’ (National Geographic Wild) series premiere
10:00 – ‘Platinum Hit’ (Bravo) series premiere
10:00 – ‘River Monsters’ (Animal Planet) 3rd season finale
Tuesday, May 31
9:00 – ‘America’s Got Talent’ (NBC) 6th season premiere
9:00 – ‘Have Cake Will Travel’ (Food) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Addicted to Food’ (OWN) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Hogs Gone Wild’ (Discovery) 1st season finale
10:00 – ‘Love Handles’ (Lifetime) special presentation
10:00 – ‘Million Dollar Decorators’ (Bravo) series premiere
Have they ever even discussed the idea of her moving to Austin? Where will Ricki go to school? Will the Hendrick family let Em take Ricki so far away? Was this subject broached at all or did they just decide "let's cross that bridge when we come to it?" (Photo Credit: Rick Rowell/ABC Television Group 2010 Disney )
Normally right about now — an hour before the finale of “The Bachelor” — I’m pumped. Excited. I spend weeks poking gentle fun of the show but I love a happy ending as much as the next sap. I know that right around 9:55 p.m. I’m going to squee like a Justin Bieber fan, because I always do. Even for Jake and Vienna.
But now I’m (slightly) sad. Because according to Reality Steve’s latest spoilers from “The After the Final Rose” special — to be taken with a grain of salt — Brad Womack and his fiancee Emily Maynard have already broken up. Sure, they got back together, but that’s a bad sign. A bad, bad sign. I have The Fear.
Ugh. Having said that, I do like her better as a blonde. So that's another problem with her as the (still rumored at this point) Bachelorette. (WENN photo)
It doesn’t help that Ashley Hebert is still the front-runner to be the Season 7 Bachelorette. Steve says she’s already shot some scenes for the season, which should start airing in late May, after “Dancing with the Stars.”
Blech.
Or is this OK? I don’t know how to feel anymore, but I definitely don’t feel the way I did for Ali and Roberto. Normally I look forward to “The Bachelorette” much more than “The Bachelor” (25 guys >1 guy) but now I don’t know. Ashley The Exhausting does not inspire confidence.
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I'm sad about it, too, Michelle. Having said that, it's not cool to try and cry your way out of a tough spot. You're not one of the little girls, right? (WENN.com photo)
There’s so much bitterness toward Michelle Money.
I can understand it from the women of “The Bachelor” Season 15. Michelle’s sarcasm may be funny to me at home, but I bet it is different when you’re on the receiving end.
But I think they went too far at “The Women Tell All,” especially Stacey (a fellow cheater!), who dissed Michelle as a mom for putting herself first — while ignoring the fact that Emily Maynard also left her daughter at home.
(Not to mention single dad Jason Mesnick, who left his son behind first on “The Bachelorette” Season 4 and then as “The Bachelor” on Season 13. And he had single mom Stephanie Hogan as one of his contestants.)
Ken & Barbie ... if Ken & Barbie had lots of skeletons in their closets. (WENN.com pic)
Fans seem to be mixed on Michelle, with the haters truly HATING her. Whatever.
I still marvel at the idea that Charlie Sheen has more than 2 million Twitter followers, supporters and defenders, but Michelle can’t catch a break for being aggressive on “The Bachelor.” And I believe she did talk about her daughter, Brielle, on the show and ABC decided they already had a mom talking about her kid, so they stuck with Michelle’s other, more humorous comments.
So I can see Ashley Hebert definitely being “The Bachelorette.” I don’t like her (especially as a brunette) and I don’t care to follow her “journey” through “the process,” but whatever. I’m resigned.
Reid Rosenthal tweeted this pic of himself with fellow Philly resident, Ashley Hebert. Ashley looks much better here than she did on the WTA.
Between Chantal O’Brien’s rumored new boyfriend and the fact that Brad said he wanted a sweet person who makes him want to be a better man, it looks like he’s really picking Emily Maynard. Fine.
I think it may be a lost cause, but Chris Harrison said earlier in the week that the Bachelorette had not yet been chosen, so go ahead and vote in this poll and support either Michelle, Shawntel Newton or one of the Ashleys. Reality Steve said the After the Final Rose is being filmed today, so it could be that they will announce the new lady right there.
• 5 Hints That Brad Womack Picks Emily Maynard
• 5 Hints That Brad Womack Picks Chantal O’Brien
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If this is true, will Chantal be the next Bachelorette? Or is Ashley H. still the one?
Have you read the Brad-picks-Emily-not-Chantal story? It’s the latest spoiler out of FORT.
Reality Steve is going to post something tomorrow that may or may not address this spoiler. It could be that he is (and by that I mean “his sources are”) right and Brad Womack is engaged to Chantal O’Brien. Or he could be wrong and Brad is engaged to Emily Maynard.
** UPDATE **
Steve just posted his column. “Brad is engaged to Emily.” He was wrong. Fleissed again! I need to stop believing him. I feel sorry for Chantal…
** END UPDATE **
If Steve is wrong, this will be his second finale Fleiss-ing in a row. If he’s right, he’s going to be ticked about everyone doubting him.
It’s probably safe to say Brad is not engaged to Ashley Hebert, who may or may not be the next Bachelorette. (Will it be Chantal, if Brad does pick Emily?)
Chantal is better off sticking with Boca, anyway. Boca > Brad!
Here’s the unnecessary backstory: I took a random day trip yesterday to Charleston, South Carolina. It was lovely, thanks.
When I came back, I saw that Reality Steve had posted stuff about the “The Bachelor: The Women Tell All,” which was filmed on Friday and will air a week from Monday.
That was expected. Not expected was his note about a big announcement coming, regarding Brad’s season. His Twitter added the detail that it would be coming on Monday.
I checked out the comments on his blog post and that’s where I saw the FORT news. Fans of Reality TV is doing a nice job, again, of sleuthing out stuff. Steve bashes them. They bash Steve. Rinse. Repeat.
The second I read BlondieGal’s thing about how Brad is really engaged to Emily, I wrote up something for Wetpaint. (I am a FORT lurker, but I’ve never posted anything there.)
I really hope it’s true. Emily is boring, but so is Brad. I thought Chantal would bring out his spark or something, but she seems to just be determined to fall in love. I think she’d tell herself she was in love with Joan Rivers if Joan were cast as The Bachelor.
I like this. It’s Ali/Roberto all over again. Or it seems like it is. Who knows. We have to wait until March 14 to find out.
The Ali-picks-no-one thing really felt wrong, especially after Frank left and it turns out he didn’t break her heart. After that, it seemed impossible that she would walk away alone. So she had to pick someone. Roberto made the most sense.
This time, I could see Brad with either Chantal or Emily. And I can see him with neither. Brad says he doesn’t want an emotional roller coaster, which would rule out Chantal. But Brad also wants a friend and someone he can be himself with, and he can’t even get one sentence out around Emily.
I still just want the big news to be that Emily is going on “Dancing with the Stars.”
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I just hope there's at least one juicy judge vs. pro fight this season.
It’s almost time for Len Goodman to break out his 10 paddle! (Or at least the 5.) The cast of Dancing with the Stars Season 12 will be announced on Monday during Episode 9 of The Bachelor.
DWTS Season 12 will hold its two-hour premiere from 8 to 10 p.m. on Monday, March 21, a week after The Bachelor finale. The first Results Show will air from 9 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29.
It won't happen, but it should. She'd be much better as a DWTS contestant than The Bachelorette. And the DWTS audience would LOVE her.
Pretty much everyone on the planet has been rumored to be in the cast this season, so check for your own name in this gallery of possible DWTS stars and return to Wetpaint’s DWTS site on Monday night for the actual list of contestants.
Will Christine O’Donnell be the new Kate Gosselin/Bristol Palin? Will the world end if that happens? What if she’s actually a good dancer?
And Bachelor spoiler fans, whaddya think about this wild theory: What if Emily Maynard dances this season?
She turned down The Bachelorette and it could just be because she was away from Ricki for so long, but it could be because she decided to do DWTS instead.
*** FEB 26 UPDATE ***
Is Emily not the Bachelorette because Brad actually picked her in the end? FORT says Steve got it wrong (again) and Brad is engaged to Emily, not Chantal. Emily is actually a much better match for Brad, since they are both vanilla bland. Michelle Money called them Ken & Barbie and I think that’s the truth. Maybe Brad & Emily should dance together?
*** END UPDATE ***
It’s probably not the case, but it’s my favorite wild theory of the day. Besides, she’s gorgeous and she’d be great paired with … Maks? she’s so sweet, he’d have to keep his temper around her.
I'm not feeling it.
Is Maks even coming back, or is he still busy being the Ukrainian Bachelor? If Maks doesn’t come back, and Derek Hough is still gone, who will we stare at?
By the way, I’m not into the Ashley Hebert idea. At all. She’s, like, 10th on my list of good Bachelorettes. Michelle Money is still #1. Then Shawntel Newton, Madison “fang girl” Garton, Gia Allemand, Jackie Gordon, Jillian Harris 2.0 … I’ll think of more…
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Please please please please make this happen. Vote in the Wetpaint poll (link below) to vote for Michelle as the next "Bachelorette." Can you imagine having an interesting person in the hot seat, for once?
Oh this made my day.
Reality Steve just wrote that Emily “Soporific Southern Barbie” Maynard will not be the next “Bachelorette.”
*** UPDATE ***
It’s only the day after the Emily news, but Steve just announced the new Bachelorette will be Ashley Hebert, pronounced Ay-bear, ’cause it’s all French-like. Si! I’m not happy with this choice. My choices are below. Sad face. Actually, more like resigned face. As long as they cast her well, it should be OK. “The Bachelorette” is all about the men. Find me some Robertos and Reids, ABC!
*** UPDATE PART 2 ***
Is Emily not the Bachelorette because Brad actually picked her in the end? FORT says Steve got it wrong (again) and Brad is engaged to Emily, not Chantal. True or false? We’ll find out soon!
*** END UPDATE ***
Did she turn down the show? (Likely.) Did they decide they didn’t want her? (Less likely.) Will they skip “The Bachelorette” and go straight into another season of “The Bachelor” or “Bachelor Pad” or “Something Else Entirely”? Hell if I know.
All I know is, I’m so happy when I get my way. I didn’t want Chris Lambton as “The Bachelor” and, more to the point, neither did he. He didn’t appreciate his saccharine edit and he found his own Southern Barbie in Peyton Wright.
I was happy to have Brad Womack as the Season 15 “Bachelor,” although I’m disappointed in how he’s handling this second chance. I don’t give a rat’s ass if he contacted Laurel Kagay before, during or after the show. I care that he’s boring. I care that he can’t get through a sentence without awkward stammering and unnecessary things like “Can I say this?” or “Can we be honest here?” I care that he’s completely owned by the emotional basket-cases around him. I care that he says he doesn’t want an emotional roller coaster, then buys a lifetime ticket for exactly that. And that’s without even getting into his on-air therapy sessions.
I’ve already written my case for Michelle Money to be the next “Bachelorette.” Please God, let someone from ABC see the value in the idea.
If women can put up with The Most Hated Bachelor Ever (now strongly in the running for The Most Boring Bachelor Ever) and let ratings do OK, they should be able to put up with The Most Controversial Bachelorette Ever and give her a chance to show the sides that ABC didn’t show on “The Bachelor.”
Because if Chris Lambton didn’t like how “nice” he was portrayed on the show, it’s fair to think they are going the same thing to people like Michelle Money. She said as much in her media interview and fans may not believe her, but only because they’re buying what ABC is selling. They sold Chris and Emily as the heroes and Michelle as the villain. Michelle is an actress, but I was on that media call with her and she proved she can be sane and reasonable and sweet for at least an hour and a half, which is more than I can say for some people.
Michelle is a single mom, just like Emily. She’s made mistakes in life, just like Emily. She’s gorgeous and very camera-ready, just like Emily. She just happens to be more interesting than Emily. A lot more interesting.
Michelle said she would only do the show if her daughter’s schedule would allow for it, or something. I don’t know how it would work, but my hopes are up now. Not that it’s likely to happen.
I appreciate you, Shawntel. You were a lovely dose of Dramamine on a season of emotional roller coasters.
The producers are more likely to cast cuties like the Ashleys, Hebert or Spivey. I would prefer Shawntel Newton, but look what they did to her — yes, she works as a funeral director, but Ashley Hebert works as a dentist and Ash didn’t get the creepy “Is it safe?” date. Why not? Are they grooming her for “more”?
That funeral director edit may have put the literal nail in Shawntel’s “Bachelorette” coffin because it just put a bad taste in viewers’ mouths. Besides, her freaking dad brought out the violins over the idea of Shawntel ever leaving Chico or the family business. She’s stuck, poor lass. (Run for your life, kid!)
If you’re into the idea of Michelle as the next “Bachelorette,” PLEASE vote in this Wetpaint poll. It may actually help her. You can vote several times, which is how Vienna got so many votes. (Is she voting over and over herself, or maybe her family members)
Prefer Shawntel? You can vote for her here. (Or you can vote for Michelle again.)
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It would be the most controversial season EV-AH!
It will never happen, but it would be so much fun.
Emily Maynard seems very sweet and genuine and she’s undeniably gorgeous. The camera — along with everyone and everything else on the planet — adores her. But she would not be fun to watch as “The Bachelorette.”
First of all, she has yet to show a personality on “The Bachelor.” She looks worried most of the time. When she’s not worried, she’s pining (understandably) for her daughter. When she’s not doing that, she’s crying and talking about how she sabotages relationships.
We should all be kissing her ring.
She has no romantic spark with Brad Womack at all and it’s pretty much understood that she is this season’s Chris Lambton. The job of choosing between 25-30 (better?) guys on “The Bachelorette” is hers if she wants it and I HOPE TO GOD she doesn’t want it.
On top of not having much personality, Emily is the third rail of this season. You can’t say anything about her without getting a lashing from her adoring fans. Chris Lambton at least had a sarcastic sense of humor. He would’ve been fun to watch as “The Bachelor.”
But you saw the fan (over)reaction to taking Emily on a NASCAR date, can you imagine what will happen when she’s faced with a Justin “Rated-R” Rego or a Wes Hayden?
And ABC would feel compelled to cast some crazy person — like Madison “Fang Girl” Garton or Michelle “I”m Even Crazier Than The Last Michelle” Money, because that drama is what gets people talking, aka ratings.
Another day, another serious sit-down with Emily.
If Emily is off-limits for drama, there is no season to be had. She’s not exciting enough to carry a season on her own and if all of her guys are as gosh darn sweet and vanilla it will be even worse than Brad’s therapy sessions.
On top of that — I hate double standards, but Emily has already spent a lot of time away from her daughter, Ricki, and if she becomes “The Bachelorette” it’s unlikely Ricki would be traveling the world with her. Jason Mesnick was a single dad “Bachelor” but his ex-wife is still among the living. I’m sure whoever is caring for Ricki now could continue to do so during “The Bachelorette,” but is that something Emily would want?
Am I alone here? I don’t care if I am.
Honestly, I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to watch Michelle as “The Bachelorette.“ Seriously. I love the way she tries to control and dominate Brad. She knows what she wants and she knows how crazy she needs to be to get it. No wishy-washy behavior.
It’d be refreshing to have an exciting, mildly insane person in the hot seat for once. And the one-liners she comes out with! I want more. I’m dreading the week after next when she’ll be gone.
(Of course, Michelle is a single mother, too, but I believe her ex-husband, Ryan Money, is still with us and should be able to care for Brielle during the show. … Not that ABC will cast her. They’d probably cast Vienna Girardi before Michelle.)
Is my Michelle a lock for “Bachelor Pad” Season 2? Probably, if she’s into it. Is that enough? No. No, I’ve decided it isn’t. I want her to either be “The Bachelorette” or get her own spinoff. I’m well aware that she’s an actress who has a (straight to video?) movie coming out. And I love the rumor that ABC has been paying her to play the villain. If they aren’t, they should be.
Who else would be good for “The Bachelorette” if not Michelle? Last year I would’ve said Gia Allemand, but not after “Bachelor Pad” Season 1 and certainly not after the online drama between Gia, Vienna and Wes. I want nothing from them anymore.
Maybe Shawntel Newton. I really like her. I like her more than the Ashleys and she’s much more sane than Michelle. I could compromise and go with Shawntel, but please not Emily.
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Catch up on tons of “Bachelor” stories at Wetpaint.com/the-bachelor — including my recap of Michelle’s not-so-dramatic departure on Episode 7.
Here’s the start:
Ding dong! The witch has fled! Which old witch? The wicked witch …
Yes, in a rare good decision, Brad Womack said goodbye to Michelle Money on The Bachelor Season 15, Episode 7. No more birthdays, ninjas, monkeys, black eyes and repellent rappelling dates. Maybe now she can go replace the “crazy” girl who looks and acts just like her in the Virgin Mobile commercials. (Read full recap here.)
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Here’s my previous recap of Episode 6: Michelle Needs to be Dumped in All’s Cave:
Knock Knock.
Who’s There?
Michelle.
Michelle Who?
Exactly what Brad should’ve said weeks ago!
(No good? Leave a better Michelle knock-knock joke in the comments. There’s gotta be a great one out there somewhere.)
When Michelle Money came a knockin’, Jackie Gordon and Alli Travis went a walkin’ on The Bachelor Season 15, Episode 6. Sanity seemed to check out of Costa Rica at the same time… (Read full recap here)
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And if you miss Michelle already, catch up on 15 of her best quotes from Season 15. Come back to us, luv!
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I really like Britt, but she's too good for Brad. Too shy, too. Michelle, on the other hand, is probably just right for him.
I was thinking about how much everyone seems to want Brad Womack to dump Michelle Money. It makes sense. She is crazy and there’s no way she’d be a healthy companion for anyone, dominating jealous control freak that she is.
But then I pictured “The Bachelor” Season 15 without her and I got scared.
I still have to watch this show. I don’t want to watch it without at least one interesting person. This season is very short on interesting people. Brad sure doesn’t fit the bill. Even Ashley Hebert can’t be relied on to be crazy week in and week out. Only Michelle is good for that.
So I’m glad she’s still around. She even got the first rose of the rose ceremony, right after Brad said his criteria is “Can I see you as my wife?” Ha!
On the flip side, I am so sick of this turning into “The Bachelor: Emily Maynard’s Warm Up To The Bachelorette.” She is being given The Chris Lambton Treatment and even Chris Lambton got annoyed with how many times ABC made him talk about his dead mother on “The Bachelorette.”
There’s a fine line between sensitivity and exploitation and ABC is always blind to it.
Check out my Recap of Episode 5: “Vegas Drives Us All To Heartbreak Hotel.”
And vote here for Which 3 Ladies YOU Would’ve Sent Home.
Would you have dumped Michelle? I would not have. I would’ve dumped Ashley H., Lisa M. and probably Alli since Alli wastes all of her alone time with Brad.
Catch up on all 170 of my Bachelor/Bachelorette/Bachelor Pad spoilers, news stories and other blather in this blog archive. No, you do have time.
Love how Ashley Spivey said she wished she'd done this. Chantal (Womack?) already has a history of slapping...
She’s a corker, our Michelle. Since she “woke up” with a black eye and she’s talking about it like it’s her 30th birthday all over again, I wouldn’t be surprised if she did give it to herself.
As crazy as Michelle is, is she the craziest lady in “Bachelor” history? Vote in this poll. I’m not sure. I’m still thinking it would be great to have a Michelle-off between Money and Kujawa.
By the way, are you now more curious about “The Slapper” Chantal O’Brien? (Aka the future Chantal Womack?) Here’s more:
Who Is Chantal O’Brien’s Ex-Husband?
15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bachelor Favorite Chantal O’Brien
And, check out my recap of tonight’s episode: Recap of The Bachelor Season 15, Episode 4: The Black-Eyed Peeved
I'm trying not to judge, but I know physical attraction is a big deal for Brad and he does seem to be singling out the women with, uh, augmentations.
By Gina Carbone
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Mostly I’m worried about Chantal.
Brad has told anyone who will listen — and anyone who won’t — that he’s in love with the woman he chooses at the end of “The Bachelor” Season 15.
Madly in love. Calls his special lady friend 20 times a day. In one interview he compared himself to a sophomore in high school, which is fitting for this season of 21-year-olds and 19-year-olds.
But Chantal O’Brien — the woman Spoiler King Reality Steve says Brad proposes to in the end — used her one-on-one time on Episode 3 to cry about how every time she feels special, someone else has the same experience with Brad.
It’s true.
What's with the leopard print dress? I thought Melissa the cougar left last week.
How is she going to handle watching Brad go from kissing her to kissing nemesis Michelle Money on the same date?
*** FEB 26 UPDATE ***
Unless Brad didn’t pick Chantal after all. FORT says Reality Steve got it wrong (again) and Brad is engaged to Emily, not Chantal. True or false? We’ll find out soon!
*** END UPDATE ***
Then watching Brad give the rose to Shawntel Newton, telling her he’s wildly attracted to her?
Then hearing Emily Maynard say Brad makes her feel special, like she’s the only one? (Sound familiar?) Then hear Brad tell the camera he feels like Emily could be the one?
Are they going to make it? I kind of need this season to end well. I like when they all end well, but I’ve been pulling for Brad from before Day 1 and now I feel on a personal level that this has to work or my time will have been wasted … and I’ll feel party to promoting 10 weeks of depressing therapy.
Read my recap of Episode 3 here: Recap of The Bachelor Season 15, Episode 3: Madison Rejects Brad’s Kiss from a Rose
Visit wetpaint.com/the-bachelor for all kinds of news stories, spoilers, rumors and other stuff. I’m also going to get more into the whole Chantal/Brad spoilers thing there tomorrow (Tuesday) so check that out, too.
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