-Jamie’s 1-on-1 was up next, and he immediately throws me off with this statement. “I have no intention of staying here if I don’t have that connection with her. That’s real life.” Jamie, I’m not sure if anyone has informed you of this before, but this show is not for thoughtful, rational thinking. You’re supposed to tell everyone how you can see Michelle as your wife after one date and gush about how you already know there’s a future between you two. Logical thinking gets thrown out the window the second you appear on this show, so, stop it with all that crazy mumbo jumbo talk and start gushing and over complimenting someone you barely know. You’ll fit right in.
-Jamie and Michelle go rock climbing in Joshua Tree which, in case you forgot, was the same exact date Sean Lowe had with Selma on his season. Ahhhh, we all remember Selma don’t we? You know, the one of two women from the franchise that dated Chris Harrison publicly after she was on the show. AshLee Frazier being the other one. Again, these are the only two that were even known publicly. Who knows if there were others. I can’t remember much else from Selma’s time with the franchise, so, that’s the only memory engrained in my head. I know she never did Bachelor Pad or BIP and kinda fell out of the spotlight after the show. I remember meeting her a looooong time ago at Michelle Money’s charity event and she was super nice. I believe she’s married now if I remember correctly. I remember thinking at the beginning of Sean’s season I thought she was gonna win or at least make it to final 4. I don’t even think she made top 6 or 8. Oh well.
-After the rock climbing and mini picnic they had, Jamie and Michelle have dinner that had a more serious tone to it. At first, Jamie cheers’d to “being each others rock.” Get it? They went rock climbing? You wordsmith you, Jamie. Jamie then tells the story of his upbringing which can easily be described as tragic. Mother had him at 18, she had mental health issues, he had to move into his grandparents home, missed a lot of school, saw his mom trying to slit her wrists when he was a teenager, didn’t end up graduating, and his mom committed suicide when he was 24. Brave of him to share that and Jamie addressed it on his IG stories last night as well. The social media reaction to it was the show should’ve given a trigger warning before the segment aired. Or gave out the Suicide Hotline number right after. It’s up on their @BacheloretteABC IG page, 800-273-TALK (8255), but it should’ve been addressed more before it aired. That was a heavy talk. And for those who have dealt with suicide in their inner circle, they probably do need a little heads up on a conversation like that before it happens.
-The positive in all of this is this isn’t a conversation this show really even touches probably 2 to 3 years ago. Yeah, for 40 seasons, this show pretty much never touched on any heavy issues, they were clueless when it came to racial diversity, and they’ve been awful helping contestants post show with any stress/anxiety/bullying. They’ve improved on the first two in the last couple of seasons, so at least that’s a start. The third one? Ehhh, not so much. You are a spoke on the wheel as a contestant on this show. Once you’re done, that wheel just keeps on spinning. The hell with you really. So in that aspect, they still fail miserably. It’s not like this show has turned into the moral police, because they certainly haven’t. But they do seem to be addressing heavier topics in the last few seasons with stories like this, Ben Smith, Zac, Ivan, etc. Gotta start somewhere, even if it did take them 40 seasons to do so.
