Joelle Fletcher - (JoJo) - Bachelor 20 - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* - #2

Lucas15 wrote:
Good memory! Yes it was Bettina and what made that HTD even worse than how her parents treated Brad was that Bettina ended up siding with them against Brad. IIRC years after Brad said he knew about 2 weeks before the end that the show was not going to "work" for him and he didn't find love. IMO that puts it right about the time of HTD and I always thought Bettina was his front runner until that disastrous HTD.

I was sure Bettina was the one he was going to choose in the end until that date. It just showed that a tight knit family will stick together.

Even though you are marrying a person, their family does come along with them. IMO there is no way Ben will ever feel comfortable with JoJo's family. Now Lauren's family is totally different. Her family was expressing the same doubts but did it in such a way that Ben didn't feel he was attacked. I also can see Lauren's family welcoming Ben's parents into the family and having them at family gatherings.

Maybe Ben calls Jojo's brothers at the end to show them he did care for Jojo and now wants to ask her to marry him? I don't want it to be so, but that would be something we least expect (As Ben hinted at the end of his blog). Like they are showing us they are mending fences... ?

If Jo isn't F1 (I'm still thinking on a few things between her and Lo's edits), I definitely see her as a Bette candidate. I think that Jo may not have been his original F2, but things unraveled with Caila and Becca, pushing her into that role.

Jo reminds me somewhat of Jillian. If she were Bette, she could easily transition, like Jill and even Chris L., into a role on HGTV considering her house flipping business.

I'm trying to understand all of the roadblocks thrown in the path of BenJo, esp. if they were the final couple. TBD.

Ha -- memories do inform the present, I agree.
1. Ben Patton probably thinks The Bachelor is like UnREAL the TV show. Ready for Love was Exec Produced by Jason Ehrlich who was the "Elan" type figure in early editions of this show. The RFL show concept was significantly his, IMO only, and the formula reflected a contorted (game show'ed!) version of exposing what happens off camera on The Bachelor it always seemed to me. Casting, matchmaking, psych counseling along the "journey", and then leave off camera the end of show incentives and manipulations for a Fairy Tale Storybook Ending. Jason himself soon married one of Travis Stork's F6 girls. So, it's possible the brothers were not 'put up' to this, but they wanted to instead make sure that they made it onto the air, etc. And possibly, had real world familial worries for their [half/step?] sister

2. Bettina has a very successful California bikini company selling "Bettinis". They are teeny tiny, and carried in high end shops. She and Brad were a hopeless match and would not have lasted 10 minutes past a finale, from her side. Some gaps were never going to be crossed, and IMO what really happened was Bachelor Bubble burst for Bettina when she saw Brad in her environment. You can call her Dad a snob ... or just a Dad that knew his daughter and sought to be as real as possible to end her folly right away.

3. I think JoJo is cute on TV -- she probably does have the "Tigger Bounce" to carry off a show like Jillian's.

I would love Jojo as bachelorette and I hope she does find love, just not with Ben because I like Lauren more. But, if Ben picks her, I wish them both well!

Personally I hope she is not the bette. I'm sure she could carry it off, but I just don't find her interesting and the whole family just turned me off....well, other than her mom. I'd prefer not to see her as the bette because I can just see MeAndi 2.0 happening all over again.

My prediction...JoJo is F2 and is not the next Bachelorette. Once the finale airs she starts dating another F2 Nick. Nick is way more her type than Ben JMO

^^^ I disagree and think she has a great chance of being the next bachelorette if TPTB start marketing her!! I don't see JoJo dating Nick. She seems like the type who would not take someone else's rejects. JMHO I think she might either be back with Chad or....."auditioning" for the bachelorette. ;)

Umm, technically , she tried to take Kaitlyn's reject.

jen689 wrote:My prediction...JoJo is F2 and is not the next Bachelorette. Once the finale airs she starts dating another F2 Nick. Nick is way more her type than Ben JMO

Last season I was like "Kaitlyn is more Nick's type.." then look how that turned out. LOL. But I'll still agree with you that he might be more her type then Ben.

I still think JoJo will stay far away from Nick. I believe she is with Chad or most likely, going to be the next bachelorette.

I don't think she's going back with her ex or dating Nick. I could see her wanting to go to Cali and see where things lead her. I'm not so sure about her being the Bachelorette ever since her HTD and her soon to be shown heartbreak after being told ILY. JMO