Bachelor 25 - Matt James - Media SM - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Reunited with my best friend today @TylerJCameron3 .. #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/bTYwt2idac

— Matt James (@mattjames919) December 7, 2020

butterflylove wrote:The mannah fanpage and reddit all seem to think it's Heather, and she apparently had a social media break the first few weeks of October. I would thought they'd have been hinting and using it as fodder in the promo for sure.

"Reader Emails" now up at: https://t.co/TJKDkTHwB3 including (SPOILER) what former contestant from a recent past season shows up as a contestant on Matt's season? And, ummmm, why? Enjoy...

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) December 8, 2020

Ok, lets get to it. I know a lot of you were interested in my tweet from yesterday:

What girl from a past season shows up as a contestant on Matt’s season? I’ll tell you in tomorrow’s column. Hint: She’s from within the last 3 Bachelor seasons, so, Peter, Colton, or Arie’s season.

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) December 7, 2020

A lot of guesses yesterday after that. Most were wrong. Some were right because, well, that’s another story for another day. But anyway, it’s Heather Martin. You know, Hannah Brown’s best friend. Here’s what I know: she doesn’t show up the first night, it’s somewhere after filming is already started, and she’s literally there only a few hours as Matt sends her home the same day she arrives.

So in looking at this from the outside, it’s clear this was put together by Hannah Brown. I don’t know any other details of what I just shared, but Heather is Hannah’s BFF. They post all the time together on each other’s IG stories. Clearly Hannah told her this would be a good idea since she’s friends with Matt (you know, Quarantine Crew and all), and I guess convinced Heather she thought the two of them would get along. Or hell, maybe at some point Heather has met or at least spoken to Matt in the past. I’m not sure. But Heather showing up on Matt’s season and getting eliminated the same day, well, kinda embarrassing. Especially when Hannah was probably pushing her to do it. Why wouldn’t she? She’s friends with both. Knowing what the end result is now, clearly it was done for dramatic purposes and Heather never stood a chance of lasting.

I don’t know Matt’s reasoning for sending Heather home so quick, but knowing that Heather didn’t show up on the first night, I’m sure it was similar to when Shawntel showed up on Ben Flajnik’s season in episode 3 in San Francisco, and he basically gave her the ol’ “it wouldn’t be fair to the others” line. I gotta believe that’s at least part of Matt’s reasoning, because it’s pretty cold to send someone home right away who is a friend of your friend and who flew across the country and quarantined for a week before meeting you. I highly doubt it was because Heather got there and caused drama. So that was probably his out. Which makes sense. I don’t blame him. So while Matt met 32 women on night one, when the cast is released, Heather won’t be on it since she didn’t arrive til later, so technically he met 33. And possibly more? Dun, dun, dun…

Hawaii Girl wrote:I bet whoever it is, she was one of the 5 girls who was brought in at the third rose ceremony. If she showed up on the first night, we probably would’ve known about it before now.

Accept our first impression rose in the form of this exclusive look at Matt James’ emotional journey on #TheBachelor! https://t.co/UxpdKZPoy0

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) December 8, 2020