The Bachelor 20 - Ben Higgins - Potential Contestants - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

If he liked her, why didn't he contact her. Whether Cassandra initiated the supposed conversations with Ben, or not, he could have easily contacted Becca. Maybe when he heard Jared was meeting up with her, he passed.

Becca is close friends with Kaithlyn. Shawn is close friends with Ben. Becca could have easily met and gotten to know Ben off camera these past few months. IMO the only reason Becca is coming back is for more TV time. It's all about the Fame Game.

Exactly. It's a small community, as I'm sure many have moved past the random dating & limelight hogging and on to real lives. Those we keep seeing all seem to have loads of free time and want to remain in the spotlight as much as possible. If Becca shows up, she's just proved that she is exactly like all the other fame chasers.

GuardianAngel wrote:If he liked her, why didn't he contact her. Whether Cassandra initiated the supposed conversations with Ben, or not, he could have easily contacted Becca. Maybe when he heard Jared was meeting up with her, he passed.

Well it could get awkward if Ben knows Becca was to have a date with Jared much less stood him up. She'll have some explaining to do.....

Luvstruck wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:If he liked her, why didn't he contact her. Whether Cassandra initiated the supposed conversations with Ben, or not, he could have easily contacted Becca. Maybe when he heard Jared was meeting up with her, he passed.

Well it could get awkward if Ben knows Becca was to have a date with Jared much less stood him up. She'll have some explaining to do.....

And not just to Ben...one of the questions during the final casting was how they would feel if one or multiple girls from past seasons returned. The overwhelming majority said that they wouldn't be happy...not that that's surprising. They are definitely gonna grill her and bring up her not being ready last season and how she can all of a sudden be ready, the Jared situation will definitely come up, and Becca advertising products and question if she's there for "the right reasons" or just more exposure. Even if they aren't all aware of this, the producers will pull them aside and tell them in order to start drama, meaning good TV.

What kind of explanation could justify the rudeness?  "I had something better to do" or "I tried to contact him but couldn't", maybe "I was SO thinking about YOU that I forgot about him"?

I just don't see a scenario where what she did is excusable and anything other than immature and selfish.  Unless none of it happened and there was no date planned, or she DID contact Jared successfully and she cancelled successfully.  But neither one of them is saying anything about it.  So it's out there that she stood him up.

Luvstruck wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:If he liked her, why didn't he contact her. Whether Cassandra initiated the supposed conversations with Ben, or not, he could have easily contacted Becca. Maybe when he heard Jared was meeting up with her, he passed.

Well it could get awkward if Ben knows Becca was to have a date with Jared much less stood him up. She'll have some explaining to do.....

Becca had a date with Jared and stood him up?? Man, I've been gone too long! I'm surprised she would do that.

We don't know that it was a date but Ben would probably feel pretty awkward about that (if he knows). He and Jared are friends. I think he is going to pick a new girl anyway. Becca is just a storyline.

From what I know, it was a lunch date initiated by Becca. I'm beginning to think it was planned, to be cancelled, then fed to RS as Becca stood him up.

I'm sure Ben would know about this, everyone else does. If that's the case, she fell for it, and it will come back to bite her I'm sure.

^^^ I've thought it was a planned plant too GA to go with their impending new story line of Becca being on the show. It's just seems fairly odd to me that Becca has only recently reaching out to Jared to meet up when filming for K's season has been over since early spring!! JMO

rhondam wrote:^^^ I've thought it was a planned plant too GA to go with their impending new story line of Becca being on the show. It's just seems fairly odd to me that Becca has only recently reaching out to Jared to meet up when filming for K's season has been over since early spring!! JMO

I don't know...Jared left for BIP pretty soon after Bachelorette filming ended and according to RS, Jared and Becca had been texting for about a month, when they decided to meet up. That seems to make sense to me, as Jared probably stood out to her after she watched BIP and that was the first time Jared would be in that area (for After Paradise) since they started talking.

I personally don't think it was planted. I don't think it's much different than Kaitlyn making out with Zach at WTA, while having a sexting relationship with Nick at home, while planning for the Bachelorette gig. They all like to juggle things.

I didn't hear that they'd been texting for 1 month. She would've seen him on Kaitlyn's season before seeing him on BiP. She could've met up with him when he was at MTA or at BiP premiere!!

I wouldn't even bother with a guy that stood up my friend in order to pursue me instead. I suppose it's different in the bachelor dating world.