Okay, so he got $10,000 for keeping quiet, he made it to the final four and got more money. And he was told he could be edited to be shown in a negative light. He never has said in his interviews how much money he made being on the show?

And it’s not like some of us are anti-Wes, it’s just that we don’t care anymore. He got a bad edit, ABC milked it. We get it. As he is rehabilitating his image he’s getting far more pub than he would have had he turned Bachelorette down. Bad pub is good pub. He might have discussed this and I might have glossed over this but has ABC considered suing Wes for talking out like this?

A post at Astrochick broke down the contract in a post that makes it awfully difficult to have sympathy for ANY of these reality star wannabes – http://www.astrochicks.com/2009/07/11/the-bachelorette-updated-exclusive-what-the-abc-contract-says-that-guysgirls-have-to-sign/

I think Steve is strong enough to handle negative comments on his site. I also don’t think anyone appointed you to stand up and defend him. What makes a site like this interesting is discussion and reading different opinions. If everyone just said that they love Steve and everything that he writes, just cheerleading all the way, then what would be the point about having this place? The whole idea is to have an exchange of ideas and thoughts.

My advice to you is if it bothers you so much to read ANY criticism of Steve, then don’t read these comments.

Here’s the bottom line folks…most people who sign up for the show are doing it due to some sort of hidden agenda..maybe 2 or 3 out of the batch went on a casting on a “dare” or “just for fun” and ended up making it. I know during that Prince season, my roommate and I got handed a flyer at some street fest in Chicago for the casting call and joked about going just for fun and to get a free trip to Italy. We never actually went through with it as we didn’t feel like waiting in a line with about 5000 other women and didn’t care that much. So with that said, you have to have a lot of patience and desire to be on a television show to got through with the process.

Also, if you ask a random person on the street if they think they are a “good catch” or altogether kick butt human being–most people are going to answer yes. No one, especially someone who agrees to go on a TV show, thinks of themselves in a negative light. And no one is perfect–everyone has negative attributes. So when those negative attributes are magnified and broadcast on national television–of course they are going to cry foul. But it is a gamble you signed up for. Bottom line: guys with personalities like Wes and Dave and heck even Jake as I am not a fan of his, are single for a reason. I’m not saying they are bad people, I am just saying their overall attributes made it easier for ABC to portray them in a negative light then as the “dream guy” as that is ultimately what they are looking for. And I think someone else said it best-whether or not you believe “w” had a gf or not–he has never had much to say about Jillian–he hardly mentions her unless he is defending an edit. That’s what seems a little odd in my eyes….Regardless, he is not my type in any way shape or form so maybe that’s part of my dislike…

Anywho–that is my two cents–keep up with the comments folks—I love reading them all! Though I know RS and W are now BFFs I’m keeping my fingers crossed this new interview is the end of this man crush/obsession cause if wasn’t for this comments section—I’d be done with this site.

ashley1126 :
Has this blog become a lets bash reality steve and his opinion. It is his blog and if you don’t like what he writes, you do not have to read it.

The thing is…at least with me, I love half the blog and want to love most of it like I used it. Some readers probably have left, but if some of us don’t stay and express our displeasure with the turn the blog has taken RS doesn’t have the opportunity to make changes if he sees the need. Right now it appears he doesn’t and that is clearly his right. If the season wasn’t almost over the negative comments would probably decrease as more people leave.

This blog is funny and I have enjoyed the latest news. I personally think this season of the bachlorette has been so BORING. Instead of asking one of the bounced girls from the bachelor season, get some new blood and find someone from the outside like you used too.

Thanks for the information Steve, I enjoy everything you write and I still laugh. Also, if Wes were to come to my area, I would go see him play.

julia :I am so sick and tired of Wes..maybe he should hire you as his PR guy..you seem to be doing an awesome job promoting him. Whether he was edited or not, who fricken cares anymore? This guy got more publicity than anyone else on that show!!
We get it, this show is fake..you are not telling us anything new that we don’t already know..in fact, you have been telling us this ever since the whole Jason and Molly thing happened..jeez we get it!!
Can we stop with the bashing ABC and kissing Wes’s ass 24/7 and return to those hilarious recaps we all love??

Totally agree!!! Wes is Wes, I don’t know why you are making him out to be something else. Get over it already!!
Looks like you found a new friend through all of this!

Like the poster above me, please pay attention to your fans. Lately you seem to be showing as much disgust for us as you do ABC, Chris Harrison, Jillian and any of the bachelors whose names don’t start with Wes…

I don’t know know what your future writing goals are, but you used to be entertaining enough to write for paid sites like TVGuide, EW, etc. Now you are like the manager who is sleeping with one of his employees and can no longer make impartial judgments regarding that person. Your work is suffering and you just won’t see it. I guess man-love is also blind.

Even if Wes is the nicest guy in the world (more perfect than Jake according to you!) and he was edited to make him the villain (because they didn’t have Dave who they could have forced Jill to keep around), we are sick of you telling us about him and how stupid we are for not wanting to hear about it for months.

As far as Wes’s catchy “They say love, it don’t come eeeeeeasssy” song. Every time I hear that phrase I think of Stevie Nick’s far superior “Love is Like a River”.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_36094.aspx

Many years agao there was a comedian named Lenny Bruce. He was a comic genius until he was censored from using profanity. After that his “comedy” routines became rants against the censors…and he stopped being funny. Then when his fans told Lenny he wasn’t funny any more he ranted against them!

Eventually Lenny Bruce died an angry lonely man.

Steve, please listen to your fans. We all get that the show is scripted and that they edit people to create characters. You have made your point about that.

Now PLEASE go back to being funny.