Olivia Caridi - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers*

Fingersandtoes wrote:IMO Olivia got out on top. TPBP may have tried to paint her as the villain, but she was a much better woman than I would have been. From the start she heard the other women were gossiping about her, and she just let it go and didn't trash them back. If Ben liked tweets making fun of her, that just shows lack of his character. Disappointing!

grace8136 wrote:

Jeepers wrote:She made her own statements about herself .. All for the sake of a tv show....... .. Thus tptb just cash in on it...not reckless at all

I disagree. She's only 23. I'm not 100% sure I would have been considering contracts and producer manipulation, etc. at her age. Just because TPTB can cash in on it, doesn't mean they should imo. Their own conscience won't stop them, but viewer sentiment could have an impact on how far they take it going forward. I'm seeing some changes this season on SM. There's been some backlash and more conversation about it in blogs like Sharleen's. Trista, I believe (CMIIW) started some anti-bullying campaign which Cat is supporting and I noticed Cat and Sean, are tweeting less harmful, (but still funny) stuff. Jillian has made some comments. Also, RS finally did something useful. He pointed out that Olivia's done nothing so horrible as to justify what's happening to her and that people who tag her with their insults on twitter are losers. There are actually people tagging her saying "I hate you." Blows my mind. If the producers don't tone it down, I honesty think this show could end the day that one of their villains victims commits suicide over the ridicule. Luckily, Olivia seems pretty strong, but the perfect storm of emotional instability, lack of resources/support with this over the top bullying is not going to end well at some point if they don't stop being completely reckless with these contestants lives. jmo.

Seabear wrote:

grace8136 wrote:

Jeepers wrote:She made her own statements about herself .. All for the sake of a tv show....... .. Thus tptb just cash in on it...not reckless at all

I disagree. She's only 23. I'm not 100% sure I would have been considering contracts and producer manipulation, etc. at her age. Just because TPTB can cash in on it, doesn't mean they should imo. Their own conscience won't stop them, but viewer sentiment could have an impact on how far they take it going forward. I'm seeing some changes this season on SM. There's been some backlash and more conversation about it in blogs like Sharleen's. Trista, I believe (CMIIW) started some anti-bullying campaign which Cat is supporting and I noticed Cat and Sean, are tweeting less harmful, (but still funny) stuff. Jillian has made some comments. Also, RS finally did something useful. He pointed out that Olivia's done nothing so horrible as to justify what's happening to her and that people who tag her with their insults on twitter are losers. There are actually people tagging her saying "I hate you." Blows my mind. If the producers don't tone it down, I honesty think this show could end the day that one of their villains victims commits suicide over the ridicule. Luckily, Olivia seems pretty strong, but the perfect storm of emotional instability, lack of resources/support with this over the top bullying is not going to end well at some point if they don't stop being completely reckless with these contestants lives. jmo.

Excellent post grace8136.    The Olivia bashing was sooo wrong on all levels.  I hope TPTB change their increasing reckless ways.  There is no excuse or justification for this sort of behavior from production.

My sincere hope for Olivia is that she moves forward with her life with her head held high and stays far away from the Bach/Ette/BIP Franchise.  Olivia please just say NO.

peggy0221 wrote:I've been in her corner too! And I like how she just focused on Ben and always handled the drama very well. When Ben asked if she was shocked some girls didn't like her, she said she knew it and never blamed anyone. And when Ben let her go, she was being calm and didn't cause further drama.

I feel bad for her edit due to her awful social skill, but I think she's a few of the decent girls this season.