The Bachelor 17 - Speculation/Spoilers - Discussion

Kashathediva wrote:

ja1968 wrote:

goodgal wrote:

shannonmac wrote:

Kashathediva wrote:

shannonmac wrote:

Dr_Hottie wrote:

just logic wrote:

shannonmac wrote:

I think Arie has been it from day 1. Number 1 he is so dang popular. Number 2 he has great screen presence they know they will get a good season out of him. 3. BG had info a long time ago and then it was retracted and now it is back. It just tells me he has probably been their primary.
Maybe he has been hesitant so they have been going back and forth
or
Maybe MF is just trying to keep the interest high by leaking other names. Lochte was out of left field I thought

I do think they were interested in getting Roberto simply because he's a) a known quantity and b) the pending lawsuit. Given that it now seems as though Roberto is not interested I believe they are going back to their original choice of Arie (perhaps he's balking a bit because they left him hanging when Roberto entered the picture).

There was also some speculation that the delay might have to do with managing him being TB in addition to his racing career, which he seems to be resurrecting. Issues like his sponsors maybe having to view TB contract, trying to get certain concessions (for instance if he stays in the October race), etc. It might have gotten a little more complicated than a standard offer.

I can see that.
But Roberto filling the racial diversity gap is lame.. (not you- but MF). I think to fill that gap they need to go african american. Surely they can find some big hunky fella. :Smiley:

So glad you brought this up! This morning, I think it was on the Today Show, they showed the new Old Spice commercial with that hunky black guy. The commercial itself was a riot, but I could not help thinking what a great bachelor a great all around black man would be. I would enjoy that, alot.

Didn't see that- but yes I would enjoy it. Now if they did something stupid like have a african american bach and a majority of white women, they would be in for a world of pain... media wise..

ITA especially of his final 3 were white or the final two were black and white. All kinds of drama if he didn't stay true to his roots and choose the black girl. I don't see how this owuldn't be a world of pain!

That is probably true. But I still think MF is underestimating how fans many would embrace watching a black bachelor or bachelorette as the lead.

I would love the diversity, but as far as sleuthing goes, I could seriously see if the F2 were racially different seeing the machine photoshopping complexions. I'm surprised they haven't done hair color yet.

BlondieGal wrote:

kate123 wrote:
Blondie Gal -- If you had to give us odds on Arie being the Bachelor, where would you say we are right now. 50/50? Or are you more confident than that?

Oh boy I hate to guess, Kate. Lav had an incredible find with the Tweets yesterday, and other things found here and there make me think that Arie is our guy but darn it all I do not have 100% confirmation. Without that I cannot be certain.

Chacharo wrote:

kdubs_ca wrote:Arie's too shiny. Roberto's too sweaty. Sean has lizard tongue. Why not Lochte? Well, except for the whole peeing in the pool thing... and the mini-Wilt Chamberlain thing... and the room temperature IQ thing. But just think of the snarking possibilities!

I haven't heard the room temperature IQ thing.

Dr_Hottie wrote:

proudmommy50810 wrote:Wasn't Arie going to make some announcement yesterday? Did that ever happen?

He posted (on FB I think) that he had some good news, but I don't think he indicated he was ready to share. There was some back and forth about whether it was TB or racing related. The consensus was that if it were TB related, he'd have to wait until the official announcement was made before saying anything.

gurlbrit wrote:

Dr_Hottie wrote:

proudmommy50810 wrote:Wasn't Arie going to make some announcement yesterday? Did that ever happen?

He posted (on FB I think) that he had some good news, but I don't think he indicated he was ready to share. There was some back and forth about whether it was TB or racing related. The consensus was that if it were TB related, he'd have to wait until the official announcement was made before saying anything.

He put out a tweet that said he had some good news coming. Thought he said it was today. Maybe not.

LindaPete wrote:

gurlbrit wrote:

Dr_Hottie wrote:

proudmommy50810 wrote:Wasn't Arie going to make some announcement yesterday? Did that ever happen?

He posted (on FB I think) that he had some good news, but I don't think he indicated he was ready to share. There was some back and forth about whether it was TB or racing related. The consensus was that if it were TB related, he'd have to wait until the official announcement was made before saying anything.

He put out a tweet that said he had some good news coming. Thought he said it was today. Maybe not.

Could Arie's news been the launch of his website late last night/early this morning?

kate123 wrote:

LindaPete wrote:

gurlbrit wrote:

Dr_Hottie wrote:

proudmommy50810 wrote:Wasn't Arie going to make some announcement yesterday? Did that ever happen?

He posted (on FB I think) that he had some good news, but I don't think he indicated he was ready to share. There was some back and forth about whether it was TB or racing related. The consensus was that if it were TB related, he'd have to wait until the official announcement was made before saying anything.

He put out a tweet that said he had some good news coming. Thought he said it was today. Maybe not.

Could Arie's news been the launch of his website late last night/early this morning?

He's holding a press conference at the race this weekend. Either he'll announce that he has a team/sponsorship or he'll announce he's the Bachelor (pretty unlikely), maybe both? But I'm betting it will be a sponsorship. He was in meetings last weekend. The presser was announced on twitter by a PR agency. Either he's the client or Indy Car is. Don't know which. He already announced the new website on twitter last night, so that wouldn't be it.

ja1968 wrote:

BlondieGal wrote:

kate123 wrote:
Blondie Gal -- If you had to give us odds on Arie being the Bachelor, where would you say we are right now. 50/50? Or are you more confident than that?

Oh boy I hate to guess, Kate. Lav had an incredible find with the Tweets yesterday, and other things found here and there make me think that Arie is our guy but darn it all I do not have 100% confirmation. Without that I cannot be certain.

Have you seen or heard anything to make you think it could be Sean recently?

LindaPete wrote:

BG - didn't you tell us in late July, about the time that the finale of Bachelorette 8 was airing that the Bachelor would be Sean? I have not kept up on the board a lot since then, so please forgive me if I missed your retraction from that prediction, what happened to change the prediction from Sean to Arie? Just asking for clarification, not pointing fingers at all.