Bachelorette 9 - General Media - Discussion

canyonvue wrote:

cfck2222 wrote:I was able to take to a peek at the Life & Style article. The article is, as per past seasons starting with Ashley Hebert's Bachelorette season, a deliberate production leak, and I would expect the basic information to be accurate, though no doubt exaggerated as tabloids tend to do. The article is a 4 page spread and more thin on details than usual. No reference to any drama of any kind, although the article does say Desiree was very torn between the F2 guys and ended up following her heart (please don't take this particular quote as a clue - I don't remember the exact words and am paraphrasing). Also no reference to rejecting anybody's proposal.

If this isn't already known, Life & Style IDs the F1's ring as one that looks like a square cut. Despite what the L&S online teaser says, the print article says the proposal took place atop a scenic fort on a mountain (without IDing the place, just saying it an very scenic location).

Life & Style only refers to a final 2 meeting Desiree's family. The LCDs appear to be swimming with stingrays one day, and walking on Antigua's Devil's Bridge on another. There were no paparazzi pics of LCDs or the rose ceremony but the article says Desiree and her F1 stayed at the Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua after the FRC before going to their respective homes.

The F3 guys are pictured with Desiree in close-up inside scenes that I assume are from earlier in the season. All 3 pictures are on one page. Brooks gets the picture on the left, running the full length of the page, while Drew gets the top half of the right side of the page and Chris gets the bottom half of the right side of the page. Positive quotes on Desiree's relationship with all 3 as captions. The quote on Brooks is from an anonymous insider, the quote on Chris is from CH, and I don't remember who the quote from Drew comes from, but I don't think it's an anonymous insider. The caption on Drew ends with a question of whether he has the spice that Desiree seeks.

I don't know how this all fits in with your sleuthing, but I don't feel like there's a whole lot in the article that's too helpful with clues. But I agree with those who say the cover heavily implies Brooks & Drew are the F2. The arrangement of the pictures inside does seem to imply that Brooks is F1, but maybe people who look more closely will be able to make an argument about the right side pictures of Drew and Chris being wider than the left side picture of Brooks to compensate for the Desiree/Brooks picture being full length.

There isn't much to add to the Desiree and her F1 are happy, been meeting up once a week secretly, and she's confident she made the right decision stuff that's already online.

Also: In Touch has an interview with Chris Harrison about his own personal life, that includes a page where he talks about Desiree's relationship with the F4 guys. Pictures are arranged in the following order: Brooks, Zak, Drew, Chris. CH has positive quotes on each. He says Brooks & Desiree have their own language, and she's totally fallen for him. I don't remember what he says about Zak (didn't read it that carefully since he's already out, but I think it had something to do with him making her laugh). CH says of Drew that Desiree says he's the best looking guy in the bunch and the best kisser, but she also knows he'd make a great husband and father. CH says of Chris S and Desiree that they're like an old married couple but they also have great chemistry and are very sexual (OK?).

I'd be surprised about In Touch running a positive Bach/ette story because it's normally about trolling the lead/F1 as a punishment to the franchise for its arrangement with Life & Style. But this is in the context of a Chris Harrison interview (he talks about the kind of woman he'd like to date and says he'd love a woman who combines the personalities of Trisha, Ashley, and Jillian, because they are all so down to earth), so that's why the slant is positive.

All I get out of this is HOW can Desiree think Drew is the best-looking of the bunch???

:Smiley: 

Aunties_Love wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

cfck2222 wrote:I was able to take to a peek at the Life & Style article. The article is, as per past seasons starting with Ashley Hebert's Bachelorette season, a deliberate production leak, and I would expect the basic information to be accurate, though no doubt exaggerated as tabloids tend to do. The article is a 4 page spread and more thin on details than usual. No reference to any drama of any kind, although the article does say Desiree was very torn between the F2 guys and ended up following her heart (please don't take this particular quote as a clue - I don't remember the exact words and am paraphrasing). Also no reference to rejecting anybody's proposal.

If this isn't already known, Life & Style IDs the F1's ring as one that looks like a square cut. Despite what the L&S online teaser says, the print article says the proposal took place atop a scenic fort on a mountain (without IDing the place, just saying it an very scenic location).

Life & Style only refers to a final 2 meeting Desiree's family. The LCDs appear to be swimming with stingrays one day, and walking on Antigua's Devil's Bridge on another. There were no paparazzi pics of LCDs or the rose ceremony but the article says Desiree and her F1 stayed at the Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua after the FRC before going to their respective homes.

The F3 guys are pictured with Desiree in close-up inside scenes that I assume are from earlier in the season. All 3 pictures are on one page. Brooks gets the picture on the left, running the full length of the page, while Drew gets the top half of the right side of the page and Chris gets the bottom half of the right side of the page. Positive quotes on Desiree's relationship with all 3 as captions. The quote on Brooks is from an anonymous insider, the quote on Chris is from CH, and I don't remember who the quote from Drew comes from, but I don't think it's an anonymous insider. The caption on Drew ends with a question of whether he has the spice that Desiree seeks.

I don't know how this all fits in with your sleuthing, but I don't feel like there's a whole lot in the article that's too helpful with clues. But I agree with those who say the cover heavily implies Brooks & Drew are the F2. The arrangement of the pictures inside does seem to imply that Brooks is F1, but maybe people who look more closely will be able to make an argument about the right side pictures of Drew and Chris being wider than the left side picture of Brooks to compensate for the Desiree/Brooks picture being full length.

There isn't much to add to the Desiree and her F1 are happy, been meeting up once a week secretly, and she's confident she made the right decision stuff that's already online.

Also: In Touch has an interview with Chris Harrison about his own personal life, that includes a page where he talks about Desiree's relationship with the F4 guys. Pictures are arranged in the following order: Brooks, Zak, Drew, Chris. CH has positive quotes on each. He says Brooks & Desiree have their own language, and she's totally fallen for him. I don't remember what he says about Zak (didn't read it that carefully since he's already out, but I think it had something to do with him making her laugh). CH says of Drew that Desiree says he's the best looking guy in the bunch and the best kisser, but she also knows he'd make a great husband and father. CH says of Chris S and Desiree that they're like an old married couple but they also have great chemistry and are very sexual (OK?).

I'd be surprised about In Touch running a positive Bach/ette story because it's normally about trolling the lead/F1 as a punishment to the franchise for its arrangement with Life & Style. But this is in the context of a Chris Harrison interview (he talks about the kind of woman he'd like to date and says he'd love a woman who combines the personalities of Trisha, Ashley, and Jillian, because they are all so down to earth), so that's why the slant is positive.

All I get out of this is HOW can Desiree think Drew is the best-looking of the bunch???

:Smiley: 

Good Grief!  Here we go again    I thought we were over making other contestants look bad or having digs at them to make our faves look good.  

Plus, he’s a seasoned pro. I couldn’t resist asking him how Desiree Hartsock is doing, you know, in case Chris does end up winning and is also terrible at keeping secrets. “She was really nice... on the show,” he hedged in response.

canyonvue wrote:

Aunties_Love wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

cfck2222 wrote:I was able to take to a peek at the Life & Style article. The article is, as per past seasons starting with Ashley Hebert's Bachelorette season, a deliberate production leak, and I would expect the basic information to be accurate, though no doubt exaggerated as tabloids tend to do. The article is a 4 page spread and more thin on details than usual. No reference to any drama of any kind, although the article does say Desiree was very torn between the F2 guys and ended up following her heart (please don't take this particular quote as a clue - I don't remember the exact words and am paraphrasing). Also no reference to rejecting anybody's proposal.

If this isn't already known, Life & Style IDs the F1's ring as one that looks like a square cut. Despite what the L&S online teaser says, the print article says the proposal took place atop a scenic fort on a mountain (without IDing the place, just saying it an very scenic location).

Life & Style only refers to a final 2 meeting Desiree's family. The LCDs appear to be swimming with stingrays one day, and walking on Antigua's Devil's Bridge on another. There were no paparazzi pics of LCDs or the rose ceremony but the article says Desiree and her F1 stayed at the Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua after the FRC before going to their respective homes.

The F3 guys are pictured with Desiree in close-up inside scenes that I assume are from earlier in the season. All 3 pictures are on one page. Brooks gets the picture on the left, running the full length of the page, while Drew gets the top half of the right side of the page and Chris gets the bottom half of the right side of the page. Positive quotes on Desiree's relationship with all 3 as captions. The quote on Brooks is from an anonymous insider, the quote on Chris is from CH, and I don't remember who the quote from Drew comes from, but I don't think it's an anonymous insider. The caption on Drew ends with a question of whether he has the spice that Desiree seeks.

I don't know how this all fits in with your sleuthing, but I don't feel like there's a whole lot in the article that's too helpful with clues. But I agree with those who say the cover heavily implies Brooks & Drew are the F2. The arrangement of the pictures inside does seem to imply that Brooks is F1, but maybe people who look more closely will be able to make an argument about the right side pictures of Drew and Chris being wider than the left side picture of Brooks to compensate for the Desiree/Brooks picture being full length.

There isn't much to add to the Desiree and her F1 are happy, been meeting up once a week secretly, and she's confident she made the right decision stuff that's already online.

Also: In Touch has an interview with Chris Harrison about his own personal life, that includes a page where he talks about Desiree's relationship with the F4 guys. Pictures are arranged in the following order: Brooks, Zak, Drew, Chris. CH has positive quotes on each. He says Brooks & Desiree have their own language, and she's totally fallen for him. I don't remember what he says about Zak (didn't read it that carefully since he's already out, but I think it had something to do with him making her laugh). CH says of Drew that Desiree says he's the best looking guy in the bunch and the best kisser, but she also knows he'd make a great husband and father. CH says of Chris S and Desiree that they're like an old married couple but they also have great chemistry and are very sexual (OK?).

I'd be surprised about In Touch running a positive Bach/ette story because it's normally about trolling the lead/F1 as a punishment to the franchise for its arrangement with Life & Style. But this is in the context of a Chris Harrison interview (he talks about the kind of woman he'd like to date and says he'd love a woman who combines the personalities of Trisha, Ashley, and Jillian, because they are all so down to earth), so that's why the slant is positive.

All I get out of this is HOW can Desiree think Drew is the best-looking of the bunch???

:Smiley: 

Good Grief!  Here we go again    I thought we were over making other contestants look bad or having digs at them to make our faves look good.  

Umm. How is that a dig? I think Brooks is the best-looking. Obviously, that's what I was meaning. Everyone thinks someone is the best-looking. I think Brooks is. I do have the right to think that. Right?

atem wrote:Anyone read that WetPaint encounter of Chris S on July 14th?  She asked him how Desiree was doing and he said

Plus, he’s a seasoned pro. I couldn’t resist asking him how Desiree Hartsock is doing, you know, in case Chris does end up winning and is also terrible at keeping secrets. “She was really nice...  on the show,” he hedged in response.

.  

Huh?  Really nice?  

Aunties_Love wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

Aunties_Love wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

cfck2222 wrote:I was able to take to a peek at the Life & Style article. The article is, as per past seasons starting with Ashley Hebert's Bachelorette season, a deliberate production leak, and I would expect the basic information to be accurate, though no doubt exaggerated as tabloids tend to do. The article is a 4 page spread and more thin on details than usual. No reference to any drama of any kind, although the article does say Desiree was very torn between the F2 guys and ended up following her heart (please don't take this particular quote as a clue - I don't remember the exact words and am paraphrasing). Also no reference to rejecting anybody's proposal.

If this isn't already known, Life & Style IDs the F1's ring as one that looks like a square cut. Despite what the L&S online teaser says, the print article says the proposal took place atop a scenic fort on a mountain (without IDing the place, just saying it an very scenic location).

Life & Style only refers to a final 2 meeting Desiree's family. The LCDs appear to be swimming with stingrays one day, and walking on Antigua's Devil's Bridge on another. There were no paparazzi pics of LCDs or the rose ceremony but the article says Desiree and her F1 stayed at the Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua after the FRC before going to their respective homes.

The F3 guys are pictured with Desiree in close-up inside scenes that I assume are from earlier in the season. All 3 pictures are on one page. Brooks gets the picture on the left, running the full length of the page, while Drew gets the top half of the right side of the page and Chris gets the bottom half of the right side of the page. Positive quotes on Desiree's relationship with all 3 as captions. The quote on Brooks is from an anonymous insider, the quote on Chris is from CH, and I don't remember who the quote from Drew comes from, but I don't think it's an anonymous insider. The caption on Drew ends with a question of whether he has the spice that Desiree seeks.

I don't know how this all fits in with your sleuthing, but I don't feel like there's a whole lot in the article that's too helpful with clues. But I agree with those who say the cover heavily implies Brooks & Drew are the F2. The arrangement of the pictures inside does seem to imply that Brooks is F1, but maybe people who look more closely will be able to make an argument about the right side pictures of Drew and Chris being wider than the left side picture of Brooks to compensate for the Desiree/Brooks picture being full length.

There isn't much to add to the Desiree and her F1 are happy, been meeting up once a week secretly, and she's confident she made the right decision stuff that's already online.

Also: In Touch has an interview with Chris Harrison about his own personal life, that includes a page where he talks about Desiree's relationship with the F4 guys. Pictures are arranged in the following order: Brooks, Zak, Drew, Chris. CH has positive quotes on each. He says Brooks & Desiree have their own language, and she's totally fallen for him. I don't remember what he says about Zak (didn't read it that carefully since he's already out, but I think it had something to do with him making her laugh). CH says of Drew that Desiree says he's the best looking guy in the bunch and the best kisser, but she also knows he'd make a great husband and father. CH says of Chris S and Desiree that they're like an old married couple but they also have great chemistry and are very sexual (OK?).

I'd be surprised about In Touch running a positive Bach/ette story because it's normally about trolling the lead/F1 as a punishment to the franchise for its arrangement with Life & Style. But this is in the context of a Chris Harrison interview (he talks about the kind of woman he'd like to date and says he'd love a woman who combines the personalities of Trisha, Ashley, and Jillian, because they are all so down to earth), so that's why the slant is positive.

All I get out of this is HOW can Desiree think Drew is the best-looking of the bunch???

:Smiley: 

Good Grief!  Here we go again    I thought we were over making other contestants look bad or having digs at them to make our faves look good.  

Umm. How is that a dig? I think Brooks is the best-looking. Obviously, that's what I was meaning. Everyone thinks someone is the best-looking. I think Brooks is. I do have the right to think that. Right?

It's just that you have been taking digs at Chris and Drew so how else is anyone suppose to take it??????????  I don't have a fave, I just get frustrated when someone takes a dig at another contestant to make theirs look better is all.

canyonvue wrote:

Aunties_Love wrote:

canyonvue wrote:

cfck2222 wrote:I was able to take to a peek at the Life & Style article. The article is, as per past seasons starting with Ashley Hebert's Bachelorette season, a deliberate production leak, and I would expect the basic information to be accurate, though no doubt exaggerated as tabloids tend to do. The article is a 4 page spread and more thin on details than usual. No reference to any drama of any kind, although the article does say Desiree was very torn between the F2 guys and ended up following her heart (please don't take this particular quote as a clue - I don't remember the exact words and am paraphrasing). Also no reference to rejecting anybody's proposal.

If this isn't already known, Life & Style IDs the F1's ring as one that looks like a square cut. Despite what the L&S online teaser says, the print article says the proposal took place atop a scenic fort on a mountain (without IDing the place, just saying it an very scenic location).

Life & Style only refers to a final 2 meeting Desiree's family. The LCDs appear to be swimming with stingrays one day, and walking on Antigua's Devil's Bridge on another. There were no paparazzi pics of LCDs or the rose ceremony but the article says Desiree and her F1 stayed at the Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua after the FRC before going to their respective homes.

The F3 guys are pictured with Desiree in close-up inside scenes that I assume are from earlier in the season. All 3 pictures are on one page. Brooks gets the picture on the left, running the full length of the page, while Drew gets the top half of the right side of the page and Chris gets the bottom half of the right side of the page. Positive quotes on Desiree's relationship with all 3 as captions. The quote on Brooks is from an anonymous insider, the quote on Chris is from CH, and I don't remember who the quote from Drew comes from, but I don't think it's an anonymous insider. The caption on Drew ends with a question of whether he has the spice that Desiree seeks.

I don't know how this all fits in with your sleuthing, but I don't feel like there's a whole lot in the article that's too helpful with clues. But I agree with those who say the cover heavily implies Brooks & Drew are the F2. The arrangement of the pictures inside does seem to imply that Brooks is F1, but maybe people who look more closely will be able to make an argument about the right side pictures of Drew and Chris being wider than the left side picture of Brooks to compensate for the Desiree/Brooks picture being full length.

There isn't much to add to the Desiree and her F1 are happy, been meeting up once a week secretly, and she's confident she made the right decision stuff that's already online.

Also: In Touch has an interview with Chris Harrison about his own personal life, that includes a page where he talks about Desiree's relationship with the F4 guys. Pictures are arranged in the following order: Brooks, Zak, Drew, Chris. CH has positive quotes on each. He says Brooks & Desiree have their own language, and she's totally fallen for him. I don't remember what he says about Zak (didn't read it that carefully since he's already out, but I think it had something to do with him making her laugh). CH says of Drew that Desiree says he's the best looking guy in the bunch and the best kisser, but she also knows he'd make a great husband and father. CH says of Chris S and Desiree that they're like an old married couple but they also have great chemistry and are very sexual (OK?).

I'd be surprised about In Touch running a positive Bach/ette story because it's normally about trolling the lead/F1 as a punishment to the franchise for its arrangement with Life & Style. But this is in the context of a Chris Harrison interview (he talks about the kind of woman he'd like to date and says he'd love a woman who combines the personalities of Trisha, Ashley, and Jillian, because they are all so down to earth), so that's why the slant is positive.

All I get out of this is HOW can Desiree think Drew is the best-looking of the bunch???

:Smiley: 

Good Grief!  Here we go again    I thought we were over making other contestants look bad or having digs at them to make our faves look good.  

I think Brooks is the best-looking.

Jeepers wrote:I can see exactly what CH refers to .. And Brooks HTD is the key .. And his brothers question to him... Sets off the rest of the season.....

atem wrote:

relaxing wrote:I guess it's romantic but I'd still much rather see a Traditional FD, MTP and LCD for them than tears and drama.  I hope they get a little time together before the end otherwise we've already seen their last date.   If he just shows back up at the FRC, Then It's just a falling out and a reconciliation left to watch.   I'm majorly bummed if that's the case.

That's just it.  Nothing indicates it is any different in the episode description.  It pisses me the heck off that all these articles are skipping the FD issue and we have to wait until Tue for an answer.

ImeldaMarcos wrote:OK, so HOW exactly does Brooks feel she is out of his life and he has to do anything possible to get her back. Producer manipulation, misunderstanding? WHAT? Because to go from where they were on HTD to the next one? Color me confusilated and I want to KNOW!!!