The Bachelor 20 - Ben Higgins - Social Media - Vids - Media - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* - #2

nothatgirl wrote:

california90 wrote:

NashvilleBB wrote:I think they look very happy and cute, not sure about him picking a mom divorcee at 26 though she is prob a super sweet girl. She's gorgeous I don't think she is basic at all! I saw some Twitter comments saying the final girls were too basic, that's kind of mean imo.

I agree with whoever said that . They are pretty basic IMO. Just because they are pretty doesn't mean they are not ordinary white girls whom we haven't seen on the show before. The show casts basic girls (and guys too). There are very few that don't fit into the mold.  

I agree too! Basic definitely doesn't mean unattractive - I can guarantee that these girls have no trouble with men or anything like that. They just don't really stand out from every other lifestyle blogger or IG girl out there. At least, not to me. For me, girls like Sharleen, Catherine, and Whitney are a little bit more interesting, but they are definitely not the norm when it comes to bachelor girls. I think I was hoping that Ben would have picked girls a bit more "unique", especially since there seemed to be rumblings that this cast of girls was one of the best ever. It still doesn't mean that they won't all be sweet and lovely though! All, my opinion!

I agree.

I wanted to clarify my statement before people jump to conclusions when I call these girls "basic". I don't think these girls are mean or ugly. They are just very ordinary, typical, and just as viewers expect them to be looks wise. Part of the problem is the casting in general, which we all know that they aren't very diverse. The other part is that Ben probably has a type and its why the F6 are the F6. Different tastes for different people. But yeah, its really hard to cast girls who go far that are not white, have careers already set in stone, or someone that is not a blogger or IG girl out there.

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IMO, Ben is not into this girl at all. His hands are on her shoulders and in front so almost holding her away from him instead of closer. With Lauren his hand was pulling her closer by the back of her neck.

^ The way he kisses her is almost exactly how he kissed Kaitlyn after the hotel room incident and he switched off. The girls probably have realized at this point how invested he is in Lauren (much like how he did with Kaitlyn and Shawn) and are just sticking around for exposure/BIP/possible next lead.

Beagle wrote:

mindless wrote:Yeah, he just doesn't seem all there tonight in any of those pics. Like he knows he's just leading her on because he has to. Ben is pretty easy to read IMO. But JMOAA.

His smile is not reaching his eyes, he's acting. He was a completely different Ben with Lauren, he was stupid giddy out of his mind with her. Lauren definitely F1 IMO.

IA. Ben looks like his typical "spinning my wheels" Ben with Amanda like he did with K. jmo

I think Amanda's a beauty. She has very delicate features and photographs well from any angle, which is difficult. I don't know that it's Ben so much that has a type as the casting agents and producers who have a type.

A lot of guys are not willing to take on a ready-made family, but some are. I'm always surprised when it happens, but it does happen. It could be that Ben is one of those guys. Or it could be that he's not thinking about it a whole lot as yet. Or he could already be pretty much settled on his F1.

FYI,

I found more SM posts from the date last night and put them into the no discussion media thread if anyone wants to check them out.

When people said these were some of the "best" girls, I'm pretty sure they meant personality wise..not "unique" looks wise. And what does that even mean anyway? Non American girls? This show hardly casts non Americans..so how was that supposed to happen? At least Ben has a half Asian girl in his top 6 . That's more then most leads can say. But yeah, I personally never found Whitney as all that looks wise, she has very prominent features. Catherine and Sharleen are very pretty half Asian women, especially Sharleen, but I don't think they're models either. So it's all a matter of taste. Most of the people who go on this show, especially as of late, seem to like the Caucasian tall blonde girl (Nikki, Whitney, and probably Lauren), so that's just the way that goes, I guess. Maybe if they pick more diverse people, we wouldn't be so stuck in a bubble, but that seems likes it's never going to happen at the moment 20 seasons in. Even with Juan Pablo, the first non American guy, he still picked an American girl...but they only casted like two hispanic women on his season anyway, and I'm pretty sure they were blonde, so not even your "stereotypical" hispanic. So it's just a matter of a lot of factors that go into it. It can be unfortunate, but this show isn't known for making changes, so basic it shall be.

I thought Caila would definitely get a hometown date because she would bring some diversity to Bachelorette. The producers are looking for the one whom they think the audience will adore, and perhaps Amanda and Joelle are leading in that category.

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Mimi27 wrote:I thought Caila would definitely get a hometown date because she would bring some diversity to Bachelorette. The producers are looking for the one whom they think the audience will adore, and perhaps  Amanda and Joelle are leading in that category.

Who do we know she isn't for sure?

^^^We don't know who all the f4 are for sure at this point. I'm surprised that Amanda is in that group and am trying to figure out why. Either Ben has very strong feelings for her or TPTB believe everyone will adore her as next bachelorette.

Regardless of who he wants to pick, I can now see Becca making F2. I don't think production would want Becca as the bachelorette, so that means two other girls need to finish as the F4 and F3 because it's been pretty obvious in my opinion that production has a favorite for the lead and a back up and the F2 girl won't be the lead. All of this is my opinion.

It will definitely get interesting. I hope we get to see him interact with the other girls soon.