Re: Brooks Forester - Bachelorette 9 - Fan Thread - Discussion #3

[sfrank]

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I agree Jillian....

Even the maid said that Desiree was sad on the FRC.

I keep forgetting what the maid said...she was crying and in no position "to be getting married"! It all makes sense.

[moonchild]

Wow...Not exactly a glow view of the future for the "happy couple" and reason Brooks is not the Bachelor...

Remember. Gun to head. Polygraph machine. Do you really believe that Des is in love with Chris?
CH: I do, yes.

Are you sure? Wasn't the proposal just for TV? Didn't you guys give them a little nudge?
CH: I have to tell you, when I saw what happened with Brooks, I was just as skeptical as everyone else. We said to each other, ‘We really don't even have a finale, much less a proposal!' That really wasn't on anybody's minds. We had fully embraced the fact that we were not going to have a proposal. Our show had never been predicated on the fact that it's always successful. We were thinking how to we soft land this plane that has no landing gear. And then a week later, we were standing in a room watching this proposal. Our producer turned to me and said ‘How did that happen?!' And I said, ‘I have no idea.' We were in shock. I can't tell you how unproduced it was. We were not expected it and that's why we had this crazy good proposal.

Don't you think Chris is crazy for staying with her after seeing how she felt about Brooks?
CH: It was a perfect storm I guess because any other man may have folded under jealousy or the pressure but he's not that man. It kind of empowered him I think to stand by her and that's true love I guess. He said, ‘I'm not going anywhere, I love you.' He just was that guy that said we're going to fix this and I'm not going to leave. And good on him.

Do you actually think Chris and Des will get married?
CH: I mean, let's be honest. What are the odds? Most relationships don't make it down the aisle. They just don't. We've been on a good run lately with Ashley and JP and I'm full convinced Sean and Catherine are going to get married soon. But married? I don't know. The odds are no but you never know. These past few weeks they have been phenomenal off camera, I've seen them. And what happened on the show has really only made them stronger. The fact that she's willing to leave Hollywood and chase him up to Seattle tells a lot. That is very telling.

When Brooks left, did you honestly think the show was over? And did Desiree stick around til the end because she had a commitment to the show and it was TV?
CH: Totally, 100 percent there was a chance it was over. Because as far as obligations and contracts, there really isn't one in that regard. It's just this honor code of "you'll go do your best" and she did. She fell in love. She thought she found the guy and he broke her heart. She fulfilled her obligation so we couldn't ask her for more. We had a talk and then we had a day to regroup and pull ourselves together. I just sat down and talked to her and let her guide me. The producer said, ‘Whichever way she goes, let her go. If she wants to go, we will embrace that.' Producing-wise, God knows what we would have done. But we were really going to embrace her saying goodbye. For our fans, everyone is so savvy now, everything gets out, they would have found out if we had forced her to do this. We can't get away with it, not on our show, anyway.

What about Brooks? He was obviously the most memorable as far as being a part of the drama.
CH: We did talk about Brooks. It would have been a hard sell. He's not ready. He's just not comfortable. There were a lot of red flags with him.

Like what? What is Brooks' problem?
CH: I still have questions for him. I didn't get enough time to do an in-depth interview with him. There were some things he said that I would have followed up with, ‘You're not really ready to commit are you?' There's just things that happened and things he said that made me believe he's not ready to actually settle down. I don't think it was just that he didn't feel strong enough for Des, it was his own issues. And the way he tried to explain it, that when I'm with you I feel one way and when I'm away from you I feel another way, it made no sense. He had a hard time articulating.

He did ask this question in Antigua and Brooks did answer him.

[Cecilia]

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Finally a blog without Brooks name in it.

[sfrank]

That's another reason why they don't like Brooks - he turned them down! I like that Elan said it best ..that Brooks was always himself and told it like it is. Love him!

[atem]

Drew said that he was never even in the running for The Bachelor. Wow.

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Finally a blog without Brooks name in it.

Thanks but I'm not into fiction...Des just rewrote history in that blog but I don't blame her! Time will tell...

[bilolo]

Agentcurls congrats ! so happy for you, hope all goes well for you  

[Piper61]

Glad he's not, but can you imagine the emotion, conversations and inevitable tears.  It'd be original for sure.  Another reason for CH's underhanded digs, if he had no interest in being Bach and they approached him to consider it.

Also,  I'd love to see what he's like when really in love.  Because if he wasn't at all in love with Des and melted me into a puddle, I can't even imagine!

Right?! That's why I selfishly would have wanted him to be the next bachelor.

[sfrank]

when are we getting the full transcript of their interviews! Geez!

[atem]

when are we getting the full transcript of their interviews! Geez!

Not until tomorrow.

[Piper61]

Wow...Not exactly a glow view of the future for the "happy couple" and reason Brooks is not the Bachelor...

Remember. Gun to head. Polygraph machine. Do you really believe that Des is in love with Chris?
CH: I do, yes.

Are you sure? Wasn't the proposal just for TV? Didn't you guys give them a little nudge?
CH: I have to tell you, when I saw what happened with Brooks, I was just as skeptical as everyone else. We said to each other, ‘We really don't even have a finale, much less a proposal!' That really wasn't on anybody's minds. We had fully embraced the fact that we were not going to have a proposal. Our show had never been predicated on the fact that it's always successful. We were thinking how to we soft land this plane that has no landing gear. And then a week later, we were standing in a room watching this proposal. Our producer turned to me and said ‘How did that happen?!' And I said, ‘I have no idea.' We were in shock. I can't tell you how unproduced it was. We were not expected it and that's why we had this crazy good proposal.

Don't you think Chris is crazy for staying with her after seeing how she felt about Brooks?
CH: It was a perfect storm I guess because any other man may have folded under jealousy or the pressure but he's not that man. It kind of empowered him I think to stand by her and that's true love I guess. He said, ‘I'm not going anywhere, I love you.' He just was that guy that said we're going to fix this and I'm not going to leave. And good on him.

Do you actually think Chris and Des will get married?
CH: I mean, let's be honest. What are the odds? Most relationships don't make it down the aisle. They just don't. We've been on a good run lately with Ashley and JP and I'm full convinced Sean and Catherine are going to get married soon. But married? I don't know. The odds are no but you never know. These past few weeks they have been phenomenal off camera, I've seen them. And what happened on the show has really only made them stronger. The fact that she's willing to leave Hollywood and chase him up to Seattle tells a lot. That is very telling.

When Brooks left, did you honestly think the show was over? And did Desiree stick around til the end because she had a commitment to the show and it was TV?
CH: Totally, 100 percent there was a chance it was over. Because as far as obligations and contracts, there really isn't one in that regard. It's just this honor code of "you'll go do your best" and she did. She fell in love. She thought she found the guy and he broke her heart. She fulfilled her obligation so we couldn't ask her for more. We had a talk and then we had a day to regroup and pull ourselves together. I just sat down and talked to her and let her guide me. The producer said, ‘Whichever way she goes, let her go. If she wants to go, we will embrace that.' Producing-wise, God knows what we would have done. But we were really going to embrace her saying goodbye. For our fans, everyone is so savvy now, everything gets out, they would have found out if we had forced her to do this. We can't get away with it, not on our show, anyway.

What about Brooks? He was obviously the most memorable as far as being a part of the drama.
CH: We did talk about Brooks. It would have been a hard sell. He's not ready. He's just not comfortable. There were a lot of red flags with him.

Like what? What is Brooks' problem?
CH: I still have questions for him. I didn't get enough time to do an in-depth interview with him. There were some things he said that I would have followed up with, ‘You're not really ready to commit are you?' There's just things that happened and things he said that made me believe he's not ready to actually settle down. I don't think it was just that he didn't feel strong enough for Des, it was his own issues. And the way he tried to explain it, that when I'm with you I feel one way and when I'm away from you I feel another way, it made no sense. He had a hard time articulating.

He did ask this question in Antigua and Brooks did answer him.

Yes he did. And it was not that he was afraid to commit or not ready to commit, after all, he'd been engage before. SMH.

[agentcurls]

Drew said that he was never even in the running for The Bachelor.  Wow.

 It's pretty obvious TP didn't care much for him. Esp Millsy.

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