Bachelor Australia - Season 4 - Richie Strahan - Social Media - Media - *Sleuthing - Spoilers* #2

Sundy wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I completely understand the rules and am ok with the rules and know any comments can stand I was just putting my feelings forward. Just thinking out aloud

BedHead wrote:

Idlemess wrote:Steph's interview also show a fun and daring side of Olena other than the "closed-off" persona. I'm just thinking these two hit it off because of similar ways, i.e. Not kissing on 1st date and questioning feelings. Kiera, a straight shooter and so is Steph IMO says Olena is who you see on camera.

Steph's interview also shed light on the 'persona' of the girls for example Nikki who she says is different on/off camera. That's interesting! I've wondered if she fell for Richie before the show much like the US Soules/Whitney all in.,
Something else mentioned is the producers asking her if she wants to kiss Richie. I can see this happening on most of Richie's kisses with the  girls and what is spontaneous or scripted. Something to think about

I now have mixed feelings about Nikki's personality. For example, her comments about her ex-partner placing a bet for her, are odd and completely unnecessary. Then, a few newspapers (including a Perth newspaper) have mentioned that she and her ex-partner are having issues with properties. The Perth paper even knows the value of those properties and apparently Nikki and Tim may have lost some money. I haven no issues with that. I know financial issues are normal when a relationship ends. Nonetheless, was I find sad is that Nikki hasn't returned the ring to Tim, her ex-partner. I assumed all the girls would do that; if a girl decides to break up an engament, the ethical and sensible thing to do is to return the ring. Why then is Nikk keeping the ring? Obviously, Tim did not want her to keep the ring or he would not have his lawyer discussing the 'terms of the ring'. IMO, the fact that Nikki is keeping the ring (and this is known by the public because of the lawyers, and she has not denied it) doesn't speak well of her attitude towards her ex-partner. IMO that shows greed. Her partner also said that before that ring, he gave her a cheaper one but they upgraded because she didn't think the first ring was big enough. I have decided to ignore that comment, because he may not be saying the whole truth.  What I can't ignore though, is that there is definitely a ring, and that Nikki doesn't seem to be willing to return it, that even though they broke up about a year ago. She had plenty of time to return the ring. In fact that is the first thing she should have done. Apparently, according to Nikki, that is something that the lawyers still have to resolve, but seriously, who needs a lawyer to return a ring?  This and a few things that Nikki has expressed during the show (i.e. 'no one has ever called me beautiful', 'I have never been on a date') make me feel that she is not completely honest, or genuine. JMHO

BedHead wrote:

Living wrote:

BedHead wrote:

Exactly, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], and in this other interview, Kiki elaborates:

"It was always between Alex and Nikki because I knew there were some strong bonds with Richie from what he showed at the cocktail parties," she said. "But now that I've been watching it at home and seeing things that happened on the single dates, I think Richie's really perplexed by Olena:".
Those are Kiki's words and the articles also mentioned that Kiki said Olena is the dark horse.  This is the link: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

This is similar to what Keira said after watching Olena and Richie on tv

Funny, most of the girls saw Nikki as confident or Alex with her white rose and confidence in the begining half as "they may know something we do not know".  IMO the women's confidence could have been producer driven.  I heard the producers pump up the F2 and F3 making them think the bach is interested in them and encourage doubt in the F1 for more impact.

On the other hand, Olena is smarter than we realize.  If she could spend time in the TV room with the girls without talking, she did not give tptb enough sound bites for them to splice and create words for her.  It takes a confident woman not to try to fill the space by talking.  If others are doing the talking filling in the time...I say let them.

Not only that, but one of the things that almost convinced me that Nikki is not F1 is the fact that she declared to the media that her ex-fiance placed money for her to win The Bachelor. Seriously? Even if she did win, saying that makes no sense at all. What was she trying to demonstrate? IMO, it was very unwise of her to do that. According to her partner, she hasn't even returned her ring, and they are not in good terms, yet, in spite of it, she goes and says that he placed money for her to win! . That is not the way I expect F1 to deal with things. IMO, that is just absurd. I can't see F1 doing that.

Also, the fact that Steph has been so honest and said she didn't see -and still doesn't see-a deep connection between Richie and Nikki makes me believe that Nikki won't even make it to the top 2. IF Steph knew that Nikki at least made it to the top 2, she wouldn't be that honest, and she would be a bit less straightforward, she would use different words. For Steph to speak this way, so directly, it means that she feels that time have proven her to be right. This is JMO.

mercieme wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], someone posted the actual article on one of the threads earlier but I checked the SM No Discussion thread and it's not there but a quick search on google brings up this Yahoo article....excerpt below verbatim of what Nikki said.

"Tim actually put $1000 on me to win when I was paying $9, so he stands to win $9000. So, if he’s backing me to win, he can’t think I’m that bad."

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