Matt Agnew - Bachelor Australia - Season 7 - Discussion

therealswahili wrote:Just want to say that I’m disappointed they didn’t last. I really felt Abbie was a better ‘fit’ for Matt, but he seemed unwilling to give it a go and thought Chelsie was a more appropriate match IMO. Really believed they’d last longer than 6 weeks or so though. I hope Chelsie finds someone wonderful soon- she seems very genuine and deserves a happy ending. As for Matt- I think he’s a player, disguised as a nerd. Strikes me as a guy who wasn’t popular in High School and is making up for that rejection now.

Zaynab wrote:

Just Looking wrote:I did like them together.  Maybe Matt just went on the show for exposure to do with his science talk on 14 Feb?

He’s done these science talks before he went on the show so I really don’t think this  show is going to help him in his science career significantly.

leavers wrote:

Genevieve Australia wrote:

Vjeff wrote:

Apologies, thought the quote was Matt's. Regardless, I do find it bitter and passive aggressive to add so many happy photos to a breakup post when the breakup obviously was not amicable as she was liking every negative comment in there. Seemed like a guilt trip to me, JMO of course.

I agree, @Vjeff it is weird to me to see that. Had I been Chelsea, the last thing I would have done is  to announce my break-up uploading a set of photos of a so-called 'love story' that didn't work; add to that the fact that  she is liking all those messages about Matt....   Obviously, she is entitled to feel that way; that may be her way to deal with pain, but IMO it is imprudent to do what she is doing. I remember that during the show Chelsea expressed negative opinions about her exes but she forgot that all her exes have something in common: they dated her, and she doesn't seem to have talked positively about any of her ex, IMO that is a bit strange. I am always cautious when contestants go to TV and blame their exes for their past experiences because the exes are not there to  refute those accusations and the contestants never seem to acknowledge the part they played in their break up so how do we know that what they say is true and not an exaggeration or just lies? In any story there are always two sides and most of the time -not always- the truth lies somewhere in between. It seems to me that by liking those posts Chelsie is solely blaming Matt. Who knows what really happened there! All JMO

I'm generally #teamChelsie in this breakup, but you raise some very good points that I've always thought about this show. On 1-on-1s, they encourage trauma disclosure as a way to "open up"; an inability to share traumatic stories from your past is a shortcut to being a problematic contestant who "can't open up" (the other way to "open up" is to prematurely tell the lead you're "starting to fall in love with them" ). It IMO leads to one-sided stories that involve other people who aren't there to defend themselves or tell their side of the story.  

During the airing of the show, on the dates when Chelsie was talking about her past relationships there were lots of twitter comments from people wanting Chelsie to name and shame her exes. I've always thought it pretty distasteful and also unnecessary that these people who have nothing to do with the show are brought up in this way as an unsuspecting plot point when, as you say, they might have a very different story.  There are loads of ways to "open up" without talking about your parents' divorce, your exes, or whatever imo.  Share hopes and dreams for the future, or just banter about other interesting stuff, or something like that, instead.  Who talks on a real-life first date about all the poop that's happened in their life without coming across as kinda sad and desperate? "Don't talk about your exes" is like, rule number one.

Anyways its an integral part of the show, but it's never sat right with me personally (the same way involving family/friends in hometowns and MTP has never really sat right with me either).

Jolena wrote:Anyone have any thoughts on Chelsie possibly being considered for the next bachelorette?

Jolena wrote:Anyone have any thoughts on Chelsie possibly being considered for the next bachelorette?