Bachelor Australia - Season 8 - Locky Gilbert - Episodes - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Saw a new ad on HYBPA. Look like someone didn't accept the rose and left. They made it look like Bella but we know it is not

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Every time I see this photo I just want to gag. So fake. Woe is me. Pool innocent little Bella.

I feel the same! Give that girl a role on Home & Away - that is a Logie award winning performance.

I reckon she’s probably furious at her edit. Bet she didn’t think they’d do her dirty like that.

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IMO nothing suggests that Steph and Izzy are childish. We have barely seen Steph. She seems level headed. She is a special needs teacher, which IMO provides her with skills to effectively deal  with these situations without becoming too invested. IMO all our opinions are subjective, we don't have facts, so I try to be careful when talking about contestants, although I know I can be judgemental too. Frankly, the only people I like this season are Steph and Ezz, Bec seems nice too and so did Nicole but I don't care for them. The only one that I truly like is Steph will be eliminated today so I will stop watching. I think Steph and I have things in common so I am clearly biased.

I don't care for Bella but IMO there is far more behind this drama than what we saw. I never really liked Irina. I saw her as bitchy, yet subtly, and clearly, she and Locky won't last. If someone is manipulating others, IMO, is Irina, because the girls saw things that we as audiende did not and they have to edit the winner, positively. Last year I was not convinced by Chelsie's maturity and I only liked Helena...I feel the same about Irina, she was given a better edit but she still created drama and they covered that.  Moreover, as some of you have already expressed here, I don't understand why people posting on social media (i.e. Instagram) are so bitchy and are making these statements about people they don't know. I may be completely indifferent to Bella but IMO the sudden reaction towards her, as I see it in social media, is excessive. I concur with @DirtyStreetPie in thatt to me,  people going there and bashing Bella and abusing her posting vicious comments on her instagram (which I believe is now restricted) and Facebook, based  over a few minutes on TV is crazy! IMO those people are  either super bitchy people or overly invested, emotionally unstable fans. Honestly,  I have no reasons to believe that Bella is worse than most of the contestants who have been in this franchise all over the world, Irena included. Finally, IMO, it is very rich of Osher to criticise Bella (I don't care for his podcast with Alisha, anyway), especially considering the fact that he is the face of a tacky show which exploits people's vulnerabilities. He is complicit in all that. IMO Osher should look back to some of the choices he made when he was in his 20s and 30s. I have read his book, I know. He does not hold the moral ground. In Australia, Osher is another Chris Harrison. He is the franchise's puppet, period. @HawaiianGirl probably knows what I mean.

Frankly, I cannoy help but wonder...why is Steph on this show? She is way out of Locky's league. Locky is an utter bogan, just like most of the girls of this season, and mostly bogans join the show, IMO that has been well established in Australia.  How is Steph fitting there?  Steph could do much much better. It seems that James (from Sophie's season) likes her..Steph, take a look at James (Sophie's season)...he doesn't stop liking your posts

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@Genevieve Australia  I agree 100%. Each season people target one girl and out of the blue she is hated and whatever she does or say is disturbingly twisted. This season, Bella. Probably because she was already an influencer. I wonder if she was a nurse she would have received the same hate because for me there is a lot of hypocrisy as nobody know them.... as usual. All IMO.

SNEAK PEEK: A revealing group date gets under the Bella's skin... #TheBachelorAU, 7.30 Wednesday on 10 pic.twitter.com/i51j8lJzvu

— The Bachelor Australia (@TheBachelorAU) September 15, 2020

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Well that's one way to put your foot in it! She's clearly clutching at straws must be obvious she's not the one

Her acting is worse than Carlin's IMO and that's saying something.

@HEA IMO I think Bella is the master of her own demise. She could have any job and probably still not be liked atm. Nobody put those words in her mouth she said them to Irena calling her a manipulative bitch and "friendship over". I mean seriously what adult talks like that? A big drama queen if you ask me IMO she probably has the wrong personality type to be in that pressure cooker and doesn't like that it's not just about her. She's being a princess and that doesn't go down well with many Australians. Good TV though!

I find it interesting that the few comments on SM defending Bella refer to some vague sense of manipulation or betrayal that Irena is supposed to have inflicted upon her - none of which we've actually seen unless I slept through it.

Makes me think they are mostly friends & family blindly defending her IMO.  The vast majority of people commenting on what's actually been aired on the show are stating the obvious - that Bella is acting like a spoiled brat, IMO.

e.g. What mean comments or "immaturity" from Irena?   I'm sure a lot of stuff was said and done off-camera - but these Bella Defenders are referring to things we simply haven't seen, so their arguments lose all credibility IMO.



















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And dare I say... note the Greek surname.  

Well, that preview isn’t doing Bella any favours. Maybe she’s not as much of a Bach expert as we thought she was, everyone knows that the girl who bad mouths the other girls to the lead never wins

Bella seems to be suffering from a severe case of Abbie Syndrome, in which a girl who is used to being the most beautiful and desired in the room is suddenly in an environment where that isn’t the case, and they don’t like it ONE LITTLE BIT!

Production has really turned on her now though, I wonder if she saw it coming, or if she was (incoming Survivor reference) blindsided?