Bachelorette 13 - Rachel Lindsay - SM Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers* Discussion - #13

was this interview live?

TheWrongReasons wrote:

btw has anyone listened to the Ben/AI podcast? Becca was sub co-hosting for Ben and JoJo called in. She was asked who she thought would win and (paraphrasing) said she thought B/R has great chemistry and she could see them together. I like that she was her usual sweetheart self and didn't say anything negative unlike a lot of Bach alums. IMO she probably empathises with Rachel re. all the questioning/negativity re. her projected F1.

That's so sweet of Jojo. It's always surprising to me to see so many Bachelor contestants believe everything that they see on an edited TV show and judge so harshly, when they themselves complained about viewers doing the same thing to them. And, the Bachelorettes should have each others' backs! Hopefully Rachel follows in Jojo's footsteps and doesn't fight back too much with all the haterz and just lets their relationship prove people wrong. IMO.

Jojo was absolutely her sweetheart self, she praised B and R and had only wonderful things to say about everyone on this season it would be nice if the girls were friends because she's a great friend to have I think

I knew the whole squad knew. I think at least a dozen or more of her friends know. Poor Astrid. Her phone is probably blowing up right now

Most people in bachelor nation always know the winner, because they are friends with producers, friends with the F1,F2 and it just spreads like a wild fire, some look at RS. Rachel does not necessarily have to tell them explicitly for them to know.

I wonder if it is possible for astrid to get out of this... but this is ET

is ET close to ABC (me ignorant)

Anyone read Rachel's blog? Pretty much confirms she broke up with the F2 the night before the FRC jmo

can someone please put rachel and bryan in contact with ashley/jp and des/chris, that way maybe they can move away from this squad fiasco and have a fighting chance? I hope i hope i hope they go back to lawyer rachel and chiropractor bryan living in the middle of nowhere texas, get as far away from bachelor nation as possible

So according to Rachel's people blog, before meeting Bryan, her family did look into the sloppy seconds thing and did look into his background! And she went so hard for him with that knowledge. So she made her decision outright. And those of you said, she was gone for Bryan early were right. It was really over a long time ago then.

IMO Rachel has started calling out Peter in her blogs. Was she reading here last night? @stuckinsc, the bolded is pretty much what you said last night IMO. I am glad Rachel sees it too and made the right decision IMO.

Even after an almost perfect day I still had doubts if he would be ready to start his own family in a matter of weeks. That was the struggle, the push and pull in my relationship with Peter, he was giving me just enough to stay around without taking a stance on his feelings. Leaving Dallas, I knew I needed a definitive outlook on what Peter wanted for himself and what he wanted with me.

Source: http://people.com/tv/bachelorette-rachel-lindsay-exclusive-blog-fantasy-suites-final-3/

All JMO

FashionLover wrote:can someone please put rachel and bryan in contact with ashley/jp and des/chris, that way maybe they can move away from this squad fiasco and have a fighting chance? I hope i hope i hope they go back to lawyer rachel and chiropractor bryan living in the middle of nowhere texas, get as far away from bachelor nation as possible

Maybe they'll make better friends in LA zoinks!! I'm with ya!! I want to see them adult without this whole nightmare and #squd crappola, unless they're okay being my laughing stocks, in which case, go forth and be merry

@HEA ABC has publicists and lawyers on hand that deal in this type of stuff daily. They routinely negotiate with the trades and entertainment shows and ask them to sort of ignore, or not cover certain things/spoilers/reports. Sometimes they flat out get an embargo date on when trades/show can talk about certain content/details. Who Rachel chooses may already be embargoed content that can't be discussed until a certain date for all we know, given the press is getting advanced screeners.

ABC can threaten to ice out certain media/show/trades and pull credentials to all ABC affiliated stuff and press releases and deny access to their talent if they need to, and just a slew of things they can leverage to try to keep this from being a major story all over the place. IF they even care to do so and IF embargoes aren't already in place anyway.

I'm sure they've probably made overtures to everyone not to let this be a mass media coverage thing-- if they're concerned. It only takes one person to ignore them, of course, but... I don't know. I'm not really panicked. It could blow up, but for lots of reasons, it doesn't have to be a disaster, either. We'll see. Lol.