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Monday, March 5, 2018
The Bachelor Secrets Exposed: Affairs, Herpes & More!
The Bachelor has been on for 22 seasons… and counting.
It"s the rare network show that continues to rise in the ratings every season, despite practically every couple breaking up long before they ever make it down the aisle.
What is the secret to its success? That"s hard to say.
But what are the secrets behind The Bachelor itself?
Reporter Amy Kaufman has penned a book titled "Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America"s Favorite Guilty Pleasure Hardcover" that aims to answer this question.
Here"s a look at some of the more unexpected tidbits and stories we learned from the memoir…
1. Sharing Her Experience
Kaufman is a journalist for The Los Angeles Times, who was actually once banned by ABC for her coverage because she uncovered one too many secrets from backstage. In this book, she relies on that experience to shape her narrative, while also conducting interviews with countless staff members.
2. Help from… Heidi Fleiss?
Did you know that Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss is cousins with the infamous Hollywood madam, who ran prostituion rings that included clients such as Charlie Sheen? Kaufman writes that Mike learned from his cousin just how hard people would fight for love… or companionship.
3. High on… Ideas
“If you go into his office or you were brought in for a meeting, you were probably going to smoke,” ex-production coordinator Brad Isenberg told Kaufman of Mike Fleiss and his penchant for marijuna. Who says stoners are lazy?!?
4. Hatred for Harrison
“He was the dullest guy I’ve ever seen,” Fleiss famously said years ago about host Chris Harrison, following their first meeting. It took a second meeting for Fleiss to reverse course… and the rest is rose ceremony history.
5. A Real-Life Affair
Kaufman writes about an affair between Fleiss and executive producer Lisa Levenson, with one casting associate saying the flirting between the pair was pretty apparent to everyone on set. (They were both married at the time.)
6. More Real-Life Affairs!
And then there was Elan Gale, the current executive producer. Kaufman alleges that she dated Casey Shteamer after the contestant was eliminated from Ben Flajnik’s season. (Gale is now dating actress Molly Quinn, the author adds.)
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KUWTK Recap: Kim Kardashian Brings Her Surrogate to Meet Her Family
Keeping Up With The Kardashians fans got to watch Khloe learn what gender baby she"s expecting and got to watch Kourtney deal with her endless boy drama despite being a grown mother of three.
But Kim"s storyline — aside from reacting to Kourtney"s situation — had to do with her surrogate.
Before Chicago West was born, Kim brought out her surrogate to meet her family, and you can see that beautiful moment in the video below.
Sunday"s Keeping Up With The Kardashians was a busy episode.
Kourtney Kardashian was preoccupied with Scott Disick drama to the point where she didn"t seem "present" in the eyes of her sisters.
Kim addressed it to the confessional while Khloe confronted Kourtney about it.
This led Kourtney and Khloe to get into a spat, which resulted in Kourtney calling Khloe a "pregnant whore." Yikes.
Khloe, in the meantime, seemed visibly bummed out when she got the news that she was expecting a daughter. Apparently she didn"t "feel like" she was having a daughter.
While the idea of one of the Kardashians having a trans son would be neat representation, this sounds like a case of Khloe just wanting to have a boy to be a little different from her sisters.
The big moment, however, was when Kim invited her surrogate, Lorena, to meet her family.
This was an extra big deal because Lorena was still pregnant — so we get to see her baby bump (hi, Chicago!) while Kyie and Khloe both sport their baby bumps.
And Kris was there to take in all three of her grandbumps and, one imagines, run the numbers on how much she can make by managing the little ones" brands and careers.
(Of course Kris is a loving grandmother but, come on, folks, it had to be on her mind)
Take a look at Lorena"s baby bump.
Lorena admits that she is enjoying the surrogacy.
"I like being pregnant. I know it sounds really weird. The pregnancy itself, you know, it just feels natural, like I’m supposed to do it."
If the Kardashians were actually soap opera characters, that"s the sort of line that would cause Kim — who chose surrogacy because it"s unsafe for her to get pregnant again — to either weep or plot her surrogate"s murder.
(Also, if this were a soap opera, Kanye would be inexplicably in love with the surrogate)
Instead, Kim just calmly snacks while leaning against the fridge and watches Lorena meet her family.
Honestly? The best part of all of that is the idea of introducing Lorena to the Kardashians by name.
It"s good manners but, like, it"s a safe bet that Lorena knows who Khloe is.
Lorena bonds with Kylie and Khloe in particular, of course, because they"re all pregnant.
They"re pregnant with three cousins who are each due within a few months of each other, in fact. That"s a huge deal.
Also, it"s kind of a reminder of how great Kylie looks without makeup.
(Obviously, Kylie can wear as much or as little makeup as she likes, but her preferred makeup style has always aged her and when she sports a more natural look, she looks younger and prettier and more like Kendall)
You know, it"s always possible that Kim had some weird feelings when Lorena met her family.
Maybe she felt that she should be the one bonding with Kylie and Khloe during their first pregnancies.
But … she has been bonding with them. All throughout this experience. She"s expecting, she just isn"t pregnant.
As for Lorena, viewers never got a real look at her face — which is good, because she deserves peace — but she seemed absolutely charming.
Watch the video below!
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