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

THIS WEEK ON “Tamron Hall”:

MON: @YaraShahidi, @trevorjackson5, @JamAndLewis and a performance with @KennyEdmonds. And, #Bridgerton author Julia Quinn
TUES: JonBenét Ramsey’s father and her half-brother, John Ramsey and John Andrew Ramsey
WED: @mattjames919

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— Tamron Hall Show (@TamronHallShow) January 24, 2021

Exclusive: #BachelorNation's Ben Higgins reveals what #Bachelor viewers won’t see during his chat with Matt James. https://t.co/bx6NfBWesw

— Us Weekly (@usweekly) January 25, 2021

Ahead of #TheBachelor tonight, I spoke to @Millsy11374 about expanded representation on the franchise, incl people with disabilities, & how religion became a hot button issue this season. (Matt praying "was in no way trying to force anything on anyone.") https://t.co/QyWAcuvrcY

— Elizabeth Wagmeister (@EWagmeister) January 26, 2021

Surprise! @mattjames919 helped some of Bachelor Nation get hyped for tonight's new episode of #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/1SrFCO3rvU

— The Bachelor (@BachelorABC) January 26, 2021

Your "Bachelor" recap now at: https://t.co/gEJfNAIiYT and is LOADED with new info. Spoilers about Matt's season, (EXCLUSIVE) next season's Bachelorette filming location, the irony behind Anna's accusations, Matt's off screen behavior, & more. Enjoy...

— RealitySteve (@RealitySteve) January 26, 2021

–The “Women Tell All” for this season films next Thursday in LA. Just like last season, they will have to quarantine for at least week. And there will probably only be about 10-12 women there. And again just like last season, I would expect those women who are attending, will start flying to LA this Wednesday or Thursday. I doubt many will be shy on their IG’s showing us they’re getting on a plane, so, you’ll probably be able to see who’s attending if you’re just following their stories since I doubt many will hide the fact they’re getting on a plane and/or packing, at an airport, etc.

–They are planning to have an ATFR this season, except, it will be pre-taped some time at the end of February. Normally in a non-COVID year, the “Bachelorette” starts filming later the same week that the “Bachelor” finale airs. The guys set to be on the show are already isolated in their LA hotels watching the “Bachelor” finale, the “Bachelorette” is named on the live ATFR, they bring out 5 guys on stage so she gets an early “start” then filming begins later that week. Well, because of COVID and quarantining, they can’t do a live ATFR this year, because even if they left for Canada the day after filming, due to having to quarantine for 2 weeks, that would push the start of filming back to beginning of April. I’ve been told cast & crew will leave for Canada (production/crew probably a week or so earlier than cast like they did for Matt’s season) at the end of February/beginning of March, quarantine for two weeks in Canada, so they can begin filming the week Matt’s finale airs, which looks to be March 15th or 16th, depending on if they’re gonna do a one or two night finale.

-A couple notes I found out about this season that happens later on. I don’t know at what point it happens, but I’ve recently found out the show brings Matt’s dad on this season. Matt doesn’t speak much about his dad publicly, and when he has, it’s to say the guy wasn’t around and that he and his brother were raised by their mom. So just like last season where I reported they were trying to get Kelsey’s dad to show up for her hometown date, I guess they succeeded with Matt’s. I don’t know the outcome. If it was contentious, if Matt got closure, if it’s a touching moment, etc. Not sure. But I think now that scene they’ve shown a few times of Matt sitting down outside on a curb and Chris Harrison asking if he’s ok and him saying “No, I’m not,” without knowing 100% for sure, I can probably guess now that scene has to do with Matt and his dad. Either he’d just met him or was just told his dad is there to speak with him.

I know immediately people will think this is a low blow by the show because clearly they didn’t consult Matt beforehand. Which is why I think that this meeting between Matt and his dad probably ends cordially at least. I just can’t see this being a complete disaster, because then the show looks horrible in the end for bringing him on without Matt’s consent, and they’re never going to openly say they never should’ve done something. I’m guessing it’s probably a tough conversation they have, probably very emotional, but when it’s over, Matt probably feels better. I can’t imagine for the life of me that Matt calls it a disaster/walks off set/f-bombs production for bringing him on, etc. So without knowing exactly what the final result is, I tend to think it ends up being on the more emotional but positive side. Just a guess.

-One final note that I found out regarding the ending. I’ve been told that Matt actually lets Michelle go before the final rose ceremony. Take that as you will, as they usually don’t let the “Bachelor” do that, that’s always been more of a thing on the “Bachelorette” where the lead will save the final 2 guy the embarrassment of “walking to the altar” only to get dumped. Colton I believe was the first guy to do it when he sent Tayshia and Hannah G. home early. Well, apparently it happens again and Matt eliminates Michelle before the final rose ceremony.

Whew. Five good nuggets for you today that haven’t been reported anywhere else. Anybody with a blog, podcast, Instagram account, access to the internet could’ve reported that at any point in the last 2 months since filming ended.

They didn’t.