Marcus Grodd - Lacy Faddoul - Bachelor in Paradise Season 1 - Discussion

albean99 wrote:But wasn't the "wedding" the next season, Kasha? That's plenty of time for any bubble to burst imo. I doubt we'll ever know what she was thinking unless Lacy decides to tell her side.

I think they had a year of lovey dove travel moon here, vacay moon there. Very little time of real life. Lacy's real life is so very different that what I have seen of Marcus. JMO

What I don't get is why pretend for so many months when it seemed so obvious they were over??  That just seems so pointless and bizarre.  And a lot of unnecessary subterfuge.

It must be so freeing to just move on in the open now.

JMO

Well Lacy did do some paid appearances during that time. GMA, Rose
Parade, Janner wedding come to mind. They were all under the pretext that she was a happy little bride.

I've never liked Marcus. Something about him just sent up red flags for me from the start. He totally IS throwing Lacy under the bus by blaming the whole breakup on her and acting oblivious. If he wanted to end the speculation then simply saying it was over and they never got around to making things official would've sufficed. This seems like nothing more than a rejected person lashing out after running out of hope they can turn things around. I'm sure there are reasons for Lacy falling out of love, and the fact that he kept mentioning her on SM lately when she'd apparently made it clear it was over, is just creepy to me. She probably tried to end things several times and finally had to cut off contact when it wasn't registering. I feel bad for her. She always seemed much more realistic than Marcus who was living in some lala land, first pining after Andi who couldn't have cared less about him and then falling madly in love with Lacy within days. She always seemed a bit hesitant to me but in the end got caught up in the whirlwind against her better judgment. I'm glad she had the good sense to put the breaks on once she realised this might not be her forever after all.

Seabear wrote:What I don't get is why pretend for so many months when it seemed so obvious they were over??  That just seems so pointless and bizarre.  And a lot of unnecessary subterfuge.

It must be so freeing to just move on in the open now.

JMO

IDK, except maybe they were "encouraged" not to say anything public until after a certain date/time, if you follow my drift.

@mindless I see what you're saying, but that doesn't explain the appearances she was doing and continuing to benefit from their status all the while not wanting anything to do with him? IDK. I think they both handled it poorly.

Kasha I get that for sure.  But when they were nowhere in sight or even mentioned at the Janner/20 event....it seems maybe the charade could have been up.  Maybe TPTB were making them stay quiet until the new filming of BIP.  So weird when it was Captain Obvious...they were over.

JMO

bleuberry wrote:@mindless I see what you're saying, but that doesn't explain the appearances she was doing and continuing to benefit from their status all the while not wanting anything to do with him? IDK. I think they both handled it poorly.

The GMA thing was last summer when Marcus had just started his training. They were still together then and their fake wedding hadn't even been shown on TV. The Rose Parade had nothing to do with her relationship with Marcus IMO. She's just a Bachelor alumnus like the rest of the people present. I actually wondered why she was there with the single girls. She wasn't at the Janner wedding and there was no mention of them even IIRC, which I found weird, since they were the original BIP success.

sosleepy wrote:Yeah, spill Lacy! Didn't she get a Neil Lane sparkler as well? Wonder if she has to turn it in. Probably unrelated, but JUST NOW they are at that magical 2 year mark where they get to keep the ring. I half wonder if this is why it's taken this long to make any kind of public announcement. Assuming that 2 year clause applies to them as well, like it does the normal Bach/ette couples. That's a chunk of change they can easily split.

I bet you are right about that.

Seabear wrote:Kasha I get that for sure.  But when they were nowhere in sight or even mentioned at the Janner/20 event....it seems maybe the charade could have been up.  Maybe TPTB were making them stay quiet until the new filming of BIP.  So weird when it was Captain Obvious...they were over.

JMO

My feeling is they needed a "green light" from TPTB. Maybe they were just recently given a green light. In the past for a long time, couples did not break up until TPTB gave an unofficial blessing.

lipsis wrote:Looks like Lacey deleted the above tweet in favor of this one.

@LacyFaddoul: Less Is Always More....

would that she follows what she sprouts in terms of tweeting . . .

Kashathediva wrote:

Seabear wrote:Kasha I get that for sure.  But when they were nowhere in sight or even mentioned at the Janner/20 event....it seems maybe the charade could have been up.  Maybe TPTB were making them stay quiet until the new filming of BIP.  So weird when it was Captain Obvious...they were over.

JMO

My feeling is they needed a "green light" from TPTB. Maybe they were just recently given a green light. In the past for a long time, couples did not break up until TPTB gave an unofficial blessing.

IDK, how long has it been obvious they were done? 6 months at least. That's a long time, even by TPTB standards, to wait for a green light. Especially for a forgettable spin off couple. Who knows, I guess.

ETA: although there was the fake wedding. Ok, clearly I'm giving this waaaaaay too much thought, but I can see maybe the "wedding" complicating things and making TPTB have Lacy/Marcus hold out. Maybe.