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jurystillout wrote:I could see Lesley, Des or Lindsey for sure. Selma can't kiss Sean how is she going to handle kissing 15+ men on live television I think Sarah is a sweetheart too but I just don't see her as a lead either. The other person I think might be able to handle the lead would be Ashlee. She seems very sweet and I really like her so far.

Sprite wrote:

jurystillout wrote:I could see Lesley, Des or Lindsey for sure. Selma can't kiss Sean how is she going to handle kissing 15+ men on live television I think Sarah is a sweetheart too but I just don't see her as a lead either. The other person I think might be able to handle the lead would be Ashlee. She seems very sweet and I really like her so far.

I really think that the only ones of this group (Sean's group of ladies, not just the above), who I see as possible Bettes are Des and Lesley. They are both very attractive, seem articulate, fun and can flirt.

While I like AshLee, I just see her as too serious (not like Sean last season, more in life in general) to carry the lead. Sean has a really fun goofy side and I'm not sure she does. She also seems too aware of how she is coming accross...if that makes sense. While Sean is very serious about somethings, be doesn't mind appearing silly...like in all those ABS spoofs. I think she would care very much about how she was presented and I can see her becoming very sensitive and upset about things. I think she has been through much in life and I would hate seeing her hurt and manipulated as MF is want to do...particularly of his Bettes.

As for Lindsey, I just find her too young and trying too hard. She seems a sweet girl and everyone has nice things to say about her, but I just wouldn't buy her as the lead.

I actually think that Catherine would make the best Bette...cute, bubbly, fun, game for anything....but I suspect she will be otherwise engaged.

Sean Lowe ‏@SeanLowe09
Just watched Monday's episode. They keep getting better!

sanlee088 wrote:

Sean Lowe ‏@SeanLowe09
Just watched Monday's episode. They keep getting better!

jcrbil wrote:

pavalygurl wrote:

sanlee088 wrote:

Sean Lowe ‏@SeanLowe09
This is what I get to look at for the next few hours. @theyearofelan http://instagr.am/p/VFnISLAkJc/

Poor guy. Elan is coming down from a three week cleanse and may not be in the best of moods.

Since CH tweeted that he was seeing him, too, I think they're filming that "shortly after we returned I sat down with..." portion of the WTA.

umngirl wrote:

jcrbil wrote:

pavalygurl wrote:

sanlee088 wrote:

Sean Lowe ‏@SeanLowe09
This is what I get to look at for the next few hours. @theyearofelan http://instagr.am/p/VFnISLAkJc/

Poor guy. Elan is coming down from a three week cleanse and may not be in the best of moods.

Since CH tweeted that he was seeing him, too, I think they're filming that "shortly after we returned I sat down with..." portion of the WTA.

You are spot on considering Sean's newest Instagram picture of him along with CH in front if the mansion fireplace.

'Bachelor' babe Selma backpeddles about kissing

She was born into a Muslim family and promised her mother she wouldn't "make out" on television.

On Monday's Bachelor episode, we saw Selma Alameri, 29, from San Diego, refuse to kiss Sean Lowe.

What!?

The real estate developer, who is vying for Sean with a dozen other women, explained that she was born in Baghdad as a Muslim and that "to kiss somebody on national television, I think my mom would literally have a heart attack!" She vowed that her lips wouldn't touch Sean's until she was the last "lady" standing.

Obviously, the declaration stirred up discussion, reaction, skeptism. After all, this is the show of hot tubs, overnight dates, booze and bikinis. Blogged former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky: "I just don't understand how she thought she could go on this show and get engaged without kissing Sean?"


Calling it "unrealistic," Fedotowsky continued, "I understand that her culture is strict (and I completely respect ALL cultures), but if she follows the strict rules of her culture, I would think she wouldn't be allowed to go on the show. She was basically lying on a bed with him under covers. That's OK but kissing isn't? ... It's just confusing to me."

On a press call today, Selma backtracked a bit from all of it.

First of all, she told reporters that she's not Muslim. "I was born into a Muslim family. My mom is a practicing Muslim," she said, but added, "I don't practice the religion at all. I'm spiritual ... but I don't practice any religion at all."

And as for not kissing Sean until she's the last "lady" standing, she said, "Well, I, honestly, at that moment, I was kind of saying what I thought I was going to do. I want to hold out. I was just rolling with the punches. I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know if I was going to or not. … For that moment, I really did mean it."

What does that mean?

"You'll have to wait and see what ended up happening," she said.

Selma went on to explain, again, that it was all due to her mom. "I really don't believe that showing affection in public is a bad thing. My mom does. At the end of the day, she is my mother and she had one simple request. She didn't mind that I was going to do the show," which, she says in itself was a "huge deal." Her mother's "one request was please just don't make out with him on television. Don't be that girl."

And for Selma it became a test. "I needed to test Sean to see if he would respect my culture." And, she says, "It was a huge test for me to see if I could resist."

The real question is: Why do the show at all, Selma? Isn't it a little weird to put yourself in that position? She says no, explaining, "My family didn't say don't show emotion and don't fall in love. They simply said don't make out with somebody on television. I don't need to make out with a man to know whether I like him … whether our lives are going on the same paths and I see a future with him. …That's really what matters at the end of the day. I can easily fall in love with this man without having to make out with him."

Besides, she says, Sean passed her test with flying colors. "He is, at the end of the day, just such a perfect human being."

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