Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* - #3

Lauren looks great!

Diana wrote:
@madisonzgrablich Bungs and Bach

Looks like it was to celebrate her birthday. That's sweet that she invited Amanda along as well as her pre-Bachelor friends 

From Amanda's sc


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veg_out wrote:It is interesting to me that TPTB introduced this type of "bump" into the Ben-Ren love story: calling into question Lauren's authenticity and integrity. That's a tough one to swallow. It essentially aligns Lauren with Olivia, this season's antagonist and villain, as two sides of the same coin: they're not who they seem to be. In the past, when this dynamic has happened, the person who is not the villain in the pairing is the F1.

At the same time, this whole scenario could have blown up in TPTB's faces: It could push Ben towards JoJo rather than bond him to Lauren. Now we'll start to see the hurdles that this couple will overcome to end up together.

I think it's always interesting to see the machinations of the producers in action. I'm not surprised they took this opportunity to throw Ben two curve balls that looked very similar and indeed did paint Olivia and Lauren with the same brush. It was up to Ben to separate fact from fiction and figure out what he believes and what he doesn't - that's the kind of drama they thrive on. It could have pushed Ben towards JoJo but IMO they really aren't there to bond Ben to Lauren - they would have been just fine if it pushed Ben to JoJo as long as they have drama to film.

However it appears to me that Ben ended up sorting this out and determined that the stories he was hearing about Olivia were "accurate" and the story he heard about Lauren was not; thus an obstacle in the way of picking Lauren was resolved, and Olivia exits in what will probably be dramatic fashion.

I hope that we get two rose ceremonies tomorrow and not a to be continued again.

Lucas, good points Tomorrow will be interesting to watch to see the way that all of this plays out.

AllAboutLove wrote:From Amanda's sc


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These girls are beautiful. Makes me happy to see pics like this one. I do think Ben was attracted to Amanda but once he knew Lauren was the one, time to say goodbye to the best friend.

AllAboutLove wrote:Lauren looks great!

Diana wrote:
@madisonzgrablich Bungs and Bach

Oooooo....arms and shoulders! Now we just need hands.
This is a good picture when we are comparing arms. Interesting that both these girls are slim but one has arms that are definitely thinner than the other.

Sprite wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:Ben should just follow all the girls on SM and like all their pics. Keeps people guessing. That's what Art Green did - he followed all the girls and liked their pics - and it made all of us sleuthing so confused!!

I never understand why they just don't do so. Follow them all and like stuff from all. The only reason not to might be that the poor lead is overwhelmed by all the SM stuff from these contestants who seem to live their life on SM. I only have FB and about 40 friends and I seriously wish some of them would just stop posting. Where do they find the time?

But in the other hand, all these women, obviously to different degrees, are Ben's (or any leads) exes. Especially with the top 2/3, it's probably in his/their best interest not to follow on social media. For lots of reasons, but especially to help foster relationship with F1, and to make it harder to think about what ifs, or contacting others. Just not a good idea to follow exes on social media.... Just not.

Lucas15 wrote:

veg_out wrote:It is interesting to me that TPTB introduced this type of "bump" into the Ben-Ren love story: calling into question Lauren's authenticity and integrity. That's a tough one to swallow. It essentially aligns Lauren with Olivia, this season's antagonist and villain, as two sides of the same coin: they're not who they seem to be. In the past, when this dynamic has happened, the person who is not the villain in the pairing is the F1.

At the same time, this whole scenario could have blown up in TPTB's faces: It could push Ben towards JoJo rather than bond him to Lauren. Now we'll start to see the hurdles that this couple will overcome to end up together.

I think it's always interesting to see the machinations of the producers in action. I'm not surprised they took this opportunity to throw Ben two curve balls that looked very similar and indeed did paint Olivia and Lauren with the same brush. It was up to Ben to separate fact from fiction and figure out what he believes and what he doesn't - that's the kind of drama they thrive on. It could have pushed Ben towards JoJo but IMO they really aren't there to bond Ben to Lauren - they would have been just fine if it pushed Ben to JoJo as long as they have drama to film.

However it appears to me that Ben ended up sorting this out and determined that the stories he was hearing about Olivia were "accurate" and the story he heard about Lauren was not; thus an obstacle in the way of picking Lauren was resolved, and Olivia exits in what will probably be dramatic fashion.

It'll be interesting to see Ben's thought process. What makes him decide to trust Lauren to be genuine and not Olivia. Initially he was attracted to both, he's made effort to bond with both. 

For me, if I was in his position there's one huge red flag with Olivia, that would make me doubt Olivia's intentions. Her leaving her job for the 1 out of 25 women to 'compete' for a man doesn't sound like a real plan, I'd think there was some other intentions too. But Ben seemed to appreciate this in Olivia, so who knows what makes him do this decision. (And yes, he's really attracted to Lauren and likes likes her a lot, but he'll have to check that anyway.)

Diana - thanks for uploading the videos....I watch them way more than I am willing to admit

AllAboutLove wrote:Lauren looks great!

Diana wrote:
@madisonzgrablich Bungs and Bach

I think it was actually just some fans that wanted a pic with her and Amanda. Amanda commented "nice meeting you girls" they look a lot younger than Lauren and Amanda, more like high school girls so yea