Becca Tilly - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

GuardianAngel wrote:The joke you are referring to. On second thought, maybe it wasn't a tweet but periscope?

RammerJammer91 wrote:Becca felt bad about the "joke" and regretted what she said.

One thing I’ve constantly gotten asked about since telling you Becca was back on the show this season is about why I don’t think she’s gonna get picked or last that long. The emails are non stop about it so I figure it’s about time I address it. I was gonna wait until the season started, but might as well throw it out there now and then remind the majority of the readers when they come back in January. I can tell you with about as much confidence as I can without outing any sources is the reason Ben isn’t going to pick Becca is because before the season he TOLD her not to come on the show. Of course Ben had heard the rumors, and yes these two were in brief contact (nothing like Nick and Kaitlyn), but he told her not to come on the show. I was told Ben didn’t want any of Chris’ rejects and wanted his “own” season but, well, Ben doesn’t get to make those decisions.

Can I prove this conversation happened? Ummmm, without outing sources, no. But I think through 6 years of giving you inside information about this show and having a pretty good track record, I’d say that I have a good ear and reliable sources in terms of what goes on behind the scenes of this show. So if he told her not to come on, and we know she did, no matter how nice and charming of a girl she is and maybe they are a like two peas in a pod, I think Ben has way too much pride to pick her in the end, much less even take her to hometowns. I cannot see any way he picks a girl he told not to come on the show. Directly. She did it anyway because she obviously has an interest in him (and other factors like TV, promoting product, social media love, etc), but I can’t see him flipping on his stance at all from what I was told. We’ll see how it plays out but when I was told that from about as reliable sources as you can get, pretty much solidified to me he wouldn’t pick her in the end. Highly doubt this will get addressed on the show, and I’m sure Becca will deny this conversation happened. That’d be a lie. It did. I wouldn’t make something like this up, nor would I report it unless it came from a VERY reliable source. Take it for what it is. Now you know why I don’t think he’ll pick her.

chasingpavements wrote:Sorry for the triple post, but this is from RS's column today:

One thing I’ve constantly gotten asked about since telling you Becca was back on the show this season is about why I don’t think she’s gonna get picked or last that long. The emails are non stop about it so I figure it’s about time I address it. I was gonna wait until the season started, but might as well throw it out there now and then remind the majority of the readers when they come back in January. I can tell you with about as much confidence as I can without outing any sources is the reason Ben isn’t going to pick Becca is because before the season he TOLD her not to come on the show. Of course Ben had heard the rumors, and yes these two were in brief contact (nothing like Nick and Kaitlyn), but he told her not to come on the show. I was told Ben didn’t want any of Chris’ rejects and wanted his “own” season but, well, Ben doesn’t get to make those decisions.

Can I prove this conversation happened? Ummmm, without outing sources, no. But I think through 6 years of giving you inside information about this show and having a pretty good track record, I’d say that I have a good ear and reliable sources in terms of what goes on behind the scenes of this show. So if he told her not to come on, and we know she did, no matter how nice and charming of a girl she is and maybe they are a like two peas in a pod, I think Ben has way too much pride to pick her in the end, much less even take her to hometowns. I cannot see any way he picks a girl he told not to come on the show. Directly. She did it anyway because she obviously has an interest in him (and other factors like TV, promoting product, social media love, etc), but I can’t see him flipping on his stance at all from what I was told. We’ll see how it plays out but when I was told that from about as reliable sources as you can get, pretty much solidified to me he wouldn’t pick her in the end. Highly doubt this will get addressed on the show, and I’m sure Becca will deny this conversation happened. That’d be a lie. It did. I wouldn’t make something like this up, nor would I report it unless it came from a VERY reliable source. Take it for what it is. Now you know why I don’t think he’ll pick her.

chasingpavements wrote:Oh, wow, RJ. Thank for the confirmation (or at least support for his claims). It seems way too far-fetched for RS to make up and I can believe that Ben is the type of guy who would be honest and straight-up about his feelings and not want any unnecessary contrived drama.

RammerJammer91 wrote:

chasingpavements wrote:Oh, wow, RJ. Thank for the confirmation (or at least support for his claims). It seems way too far-fetched for RS to make up and I can believe that Ben is the type of guy who would be honest and straight-up about his feelings and not want any unnecessary contrived drama.

Ben also was aware of the Jared situation. He's no dummy, Jared is one of his friends. They had conversations about this...multiple.