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He must be laughing his ass off someplace.

After thinking about it, there was Elizabeth Hasselbeck, former Fox News Blonde, who was on Survivor in the early days when she was Elizabeth Filarski. I don't know how much leverage Survivor gave her to get into broadcasting. Survivor also gave us Brendan Synott, a co-founder of Bear Naked granola. He was on Survivor Tocantins but got dragonslayed. AGain, don't know if Survivor played into that.

Fair enough 🙂 You can't argue with biology. I just meant if any of these guys are interested in her as a 39-year-old, that shouldn't change in 5 months when the big 4-0 arrives. Has Clare said anything about wanting children?

Oh for sure. They probably stole a few towels and that's it

It would be interesting to know her in person just to get a sense of her motivations. I'm new to the franchise, so my first exposure to her was on Winter Games and I thought she was crazy. I have no doubt she gets a lot of attention day-to-day in her real life. But as one of my favorite Demotivator posters says, "The one constant in all your failed relationships is you." In any case, if she wants fame, running off with Dale less than two weeks into filming seems like bad tactics. (The question of how much fame you can get on a reality show is a larger question. How many people outside Bachelor Nation know who, say, Becca or Sean Lowe is? Or Boston Rob or Dr Will or any of the icons from specific shows? Which leads to another question -- how many people have leveraged their time on a reality shows for genuine fame? DIDN'T WORK FOR JED YET I SEE)) Sorry... babbling now 🙂

I don't know about the contracts. I thought if they broke up within two years of the end of filming, they had to give the Neil Lane ring back, but I don't know of any obligations to pretend to be together. Certainly previous couples have broken up very quickly. I might be gullible, but I do take Clare at her implication she wants a husband. The army of 23 year olds trooping through might be willing to role-play for awhile, but Clare turns 40 in March. Not that that matters in any real way, but these aren't adults -- they're reality show contestants.

Maybe we can start a pool for whether those two are still together by the ATFR? My guess is they announce their breakup after the season is completely done.

I had nearly forgotten that. Does she know yet?

As long as it is the last thing she ever does on my TV, I don't care who she picks.

So if the two of you were together in a bar and there were two guys there and one was dressed as a taco, you'd be golden!

This thread aged well.

Congrats to Mr. Pectacular, AFP for Season 22!

I think he mispronounced "burned." Was that thing suede?

If a bunch of naked dudes came in and sat down on my couch, I would commit to standing the rest of my time on the show. They make masks for your privates, guys -- they're called "underwear". Clare would be interesting to date for about a month. But that month would be one turbulent five years.

My guess is they had Tayshia on deck starting the moment they realized the coronavirus was going to cause a long-term scheduling problem. That might also be why Hannah Ann was hanging out on set. Knowing Clare liked they do, they could easily imagine her falling in love during the lockdown with some hapless dude who shoved a Q-Tip up her nose. And Tayshia already lives in SoCal. Or maybe it was insurance against COVID sniping the lead. We may never know for realsies.

Flag Day can really bring the Resting Felon Face. All that mug shot practice paid off!

So.... still doing the high-water pants and no socks, I see. Great. I guess modern ladies are super into ankles and blisters? I'm going to stop wearing socks until I meet a woman who likes my weird leg tan lines and how my feet smell like a burning locker room. Wicking is something old people do.

Over in Game 6, so it's academic now. Premiere on Tuesday!

WHOA. Okay, typo. I meant to say MEMPHIS but I said CODY. Total typo. MEMPHIS is boned.

Is Nicole actually cute or do I have a thing for squirrels? Cody is boned next week.

If Memphis is worried about the burden of being America's Favorite Player, he can probably relax... And he can probably also piss off.

That would be fun. "Congrats on winning the Power of Veto, Christmas -- pick who you will save, if anyone." "Aaaaaa! I.. uh... don't use it." "Great. Time to vote. Cody, you're up." Get the whole thing done in 30 minutes

I don't think "obsessed with chocolate" is a fair description of Charlie in either version. Xmas might be just a little.... d*mb...

It's a little bit of theater. It's like CBS knows they should be wearing masks and want to be shown wearing masks, but don't know exactly why. Julie isn't being sequestered, so she could show up sick at any time -- SHE should be wearing a damned mask. Or have her in a hermetically sealed booth somewhere. The houseguests might come out with that brain prion disease that clearly controls Christmas. There's not enough Purell in the world to protect from that.

Good for Kenny! I remember hoping he'd be the Bachelor so his daughter could come hang around the mansion. She was adorable.