S22.E12: After the Final Rose

[dbell1]

Would be amazing if tons of people donated to that fundraiser and Fleiss had to match a few million. 

[Stan39]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

She has the perfect set up to be the next Bachelorette but I hope she doesn't do it. Chris Harrison is so pumped about all the publicity she is getting.

Actually, I think CH is using her to justify what he did to her. You noticed he asked her and the other women if they thought he stepped out of line. I'm sure they were coached to say the filming was the right thing to do so that people would stop piling on him. CH is sleezier than Arie. 

[Armchair Critic]

1 minute ago, Stan39 said:

I hear he went to Juan Pablo for advice. "Es ok!"

Juan Pablo tweeted out his sympathies to Arie (eyeroll):

"Waow... Feel bad for HIM, People STILL don’t understand that we SPEND only like 40 hours total with EACH of the final 3 contestants."

[FlyingEgret]

Who the hell is clapping for him???

[EllenB]

Aw, Becca, don't HUG him.  Stick out your hand for a cold, formal handshake!

Edited March 7, 2018 by EllenB
Fat fingers

[b2H]

Just now, EllenB said:

Aw, Becca, don't HUG him.  Stick out hour hand for a cold, formal handshake!

You know they told her to make nice.

[Mabinogia]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

Juan Pablo tweeted out his sympathies to Arie (eyeroll):

"Waow... Feel bad for HIM, People STILL don’t understand that we SPEND only like 40 hours total with EACH of the final 3 contestants."

Sadly, I'm not surprised. But I also don't know what that has to do with anything. 

[bosawks]

You can almost see her run her questions through the Arie translator to dumb them down.

Edited March 7, 2018 by bosawks

[Armchair Critic]

Arie has the most feminine gestures, I can't believe I once found him hot. These people are usually better in small doses, once we see more of them we get turned off.

[saber5055]

3 minutes ago, Stan39 said:

Actually, I think CH is using her to justify what he did to her. You noticed he asked her and the other women if they thought he stepped out of line. I'm sure they were coached to say the filming was the right thing to do so that people would stop piling on him.

Yeah, what was up with one of them (Caroline? I still don't know WTH she is.) said that NEEDED to be shown. No it didn't. It was all for ratings and "breaking the Internet" promoting the show. Why don't they just leave the cameras rolling in the Fantasy Suites if we have to be subjected to everything.

Meanwhile, there is Arie on the couch saying blah blah blah and Becca asks him questions that he's not going to answer anyway, unless it's something he made up or was scripted for him. Waste of time.

Come to think of it, it's possible TPTB gave Becca questions and Arie answers. So there's that. Nothing real here folks, move along. (To This Is Us! It just came on ...)

[EllenB]

So Arie says "for those who have been through this".  Does this mean he pursued Emily after she and One-F Jef broke up?

[bosawks]

Eh, Lauren can tell Becca the first engagement is just a blip on the radar.

[Armchair Critic]

He needed more time is his excuse. Weak.

[econ07]

Translation:  the producers of the Bachelor pressure me and every contestant to propose to someone ... even if not ready.  The most real thing said by Arie.

[Witchz]

I have a question about Arie - not sure if its already been covered but does he live at home with his parents? Why not his own place? 

[Armchair Critic]

ACK there is going to be a lot of filler, they still have 1 hour to go and they could have wrapped this up already.

[EllenB]

1 minute ago, econ07 said:

Translation:  the producers of the Bachelor pressure me and every contestant to propose to someone ... even if not ready.  The most real thing said by Arie.

I wonder if they're told they won't get paid if they pull a Brad.

[bosawks]

If I was Lauren I’d be trying to tunnel my way out of the green room to safety with an empty K cup and a plastic swizzle stick right about now. 

[Stan39]

2 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

He needed more time is his excuse. Weak.

Did anyone else catch him say, "You let me make that phone call [to Lauren] because you knew I needed to see if there was something there"? Or something like that? He basically, A) blamed Becca for it/denied responsibility and B) COMPLETELY misrepresented that phone call! Becca thought the call was for closure. 

[dbell1]

I wonder if they people clapping for Arie were his and Lauren's family? Or paid staffers.

Why the hell was Kendall crying? Did she realize her chance of stuffing grandpa possum and his walking blonde board was over?

Becca is very classy. Too bad she didn't ask what we all wanted to know: why the hell didn't he just LEAVE?!?

[Stan39]

7 minutes ago, Armchair Critic said:

Arie has the most feminine gestures, I can't believe I once found him hot. These people are usually better in small doses, once we see more of them we get turned off.

Seriously, WHAT do women find attractive about him? He's such a limp wristed weasel who can't talk. 

[dbell1]

Lauren is no Molly! Nowhere close to her. Molly has a personality. 

[escatefromny]

5 minutes ago, bosawks said:

If I was Lauren I’d be trying to tunnel my way out of the green room to safety with an empty K cup and a plastic swizzle stick right about now. 

Yep.  I was annoyed that Bekah M. was interrupted by stupid Tia when she was giving her long winded advice to Lauren ... now that you’ve seen “the footage”, you have to drop this selfish, man child who has the attention span of a fruit fly.

If only she’d want to tunnel out of the green room. Somehow she is even more superficial and shallow than he is.  Pffft, no sympathy for her whatsoever for when the inevitable dumping occurs.

Edited March 7, 2018 by escatefromny

[Witchz]

2 minutes ago, Stan39 said:

Seriously, WHAT do women find attractive about him? He's such a limp wristed weasel who can't talk. 

And he makes his living selling real estate ?

[Stan39]

Soooooo, now they're trying to justify his behavior and will turn this into a happy love story between Lauren and Arie. I really hope they don't clap for this couple. 

[JD5166]

10 minutes ago, saber5055 said:

Yeah, what was up with one of them (Caroline? I still don't know WTH she is.) said that NEEDED to be shown. No it didn't. It was all for ratings and "breaking the Internet" promoting the show. Why don't they just leave the cameras rolling in the Fantasy Suites if we have to be subjected to everything.

Meanwhile, there is Arie on the couch saying blah blah blah and Becca asks him questions that he's not going to answer anyway, unless it's something he made up or was scripted for him. Waste of time.

Come to think of it, it's possible TPTB gave Becca questions and Arie answers. So there's that. Nothing real here folks, move along. (To This Is Us! It just came on ...)

I don’t know who she is either but was talking like she was either drunk or had a rough night last night! Du,b and WEIRD they chose her to represent!

Also, it’s a bra not a top. You’re on TV wear a fucking shirt Becka.

[Armchair Critic]

At least Mesnick was serious about commitment, I will be very surprised if Arie goes through with marriage. Fun fact, Molly's parents live by me.

[truthaboutluv]

5 minutes ago, EllenB said:

So Arie says "for those who have been through this".  Does this mean he pursued Emily after she and One-F Jef broke up?

He pursued her during their relationship and after the breakup. On the  AFTR, he said he didn't know whether or not she'd gotten engaged when he was pursuing her when the season was airing and eventually Jef was the one who called him to tell him to stop calling Emily because he and Emily were engaged. By the way, he and Jef were actually still friends at this point. As were they after Jef and Emily broke up, when Arie again pursued her. Courtney talks all about it in her book. How Emily and Jef also still hooked up multiple times after their break up before Emily finally closed the door entirely on that whole weird triangle and moved on to the guy she's currently married to. 

I'm disappointed. Becca seemed a bit tongued tied and still a little overwhelmed by the whole situation and so she didn't seem to really have her thoughts together to really put Arie on the spot. And so he got off easy in my opinion. I was imagining Rachel in that situation and the way she would have grilled Arie's ass. And Arie's shown he is barely adept at stringing a few sentences together so I feel like if he'd truly been challenged, he would have just sat there not knowing what to say. But instead Becca didn't seem to know how to ask what she wanted to and then she was clearly interested in being the bigger person which is great. But I wanted to see Arie's stupid ass dragged. 

And now we can look forward to his dull love affair with Lauren. Oh joy. Frankly, they should have had the audience grill him, namely Bekah. Because she is clearly not here for his lame ass. 

[b2H]

The only person that buys that is Lauren.  And that’s because she has to.

[Mu Shu]

Come on Lauren, dump this possum.  Girl power!

also, Baby Beckah is such a hot shit. I see a bright future for her. 

[econ07]

8 minutes ago, bosawks said:

If I was Lauren I’d be trying to tunnel my way out of the green room to safety with an empty K cup and a plastic swizzle stick right about now. 

You forgot the big ass poster (Andy from Shawshank).

[Mabinogia]

Becca is one class act. I love that she didn't give him the satisfaction of yelling or acting upset or being spiteful. He looks like an ass and she is the bigger person. Suck it Arie! haha

I stopped watching because I can't imagine what more there is to say and I will not watch Gramps try to make himself out to be a victim any longer. "oh, poor me, like every single bachelor so far I had to make a choice. waaaa waaaa" whatever dude, why didn't you just choose the right one to begin with? It was painfully obvious you wanted Lauren and only Lauren so just fucking pick her in the first place. 

 

I was one of the apparently rare folks who kind of loved Jason and Molly's love story. I hate Arie and Lauren's. 

[nutty1]

BEST TWEET EVER!

 

[Stan39]

Aaaaaand Lauren doesn't give two shits about Becca

[Armchair Critic]

They are the most vapid couple... I should have turned it to This Is Us but I am this franchise's fool.

[bosawks]

Why do I believe that Lauren can’t imagine the overwhelming thought going through her own head right now.

[b2H]

Cowards.  Didn’t watch it last night because you knew what you were doing and how much it would hurt.

Cowards.

[dbell1]

Is Harrison trolling us? His first question is what's in Lauren's mind? Classic.

[Superpole2000]

I don't know her enough to judge her character, and obviously her taste in men is really suspect, but I find Lauren quite visually attractive...and that's a great dress for her too.

[b2H]

Lauren WAS friends with Becca.  Not anymore.  Bet on it.

[Armchair Critic]

1 minute ago, dbell1 said:

Is Harrison trolling us? His first question is what's in Lauren's mind? Classic.

I wondered that too, my first thought was the wind!

[econ07]

ABC Executives in panic mode:  "We have to extract another hour out of these two duds !!!!  We're doomed !!!!"

[Stan39]

Lauren didn't watch the show but thinks Arie handled it well? And Arie, you didn't take a risk. Stop saying it!!

[Armchair Critic]

WHA?!!? "He went through it in the most respectful way and I'm proud of him". Oh honey, where are your girlfriends to talk some sense into you?

[EllenB]

"He couldn't have gone about it in a more respectful way"?  Are you shitting me?  FU, Lauren.

[Armchair Critic]

Just now, Stan39 said:

Arie, you didn't take a risk

He made sure Lauren was locked in before he dumped Becca. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[dbell1]

Lauren: Arie went about it in a respectable way.  Really? Way to rewrite history. They deserve each other. 

And yes, Arie, I'm totally judging you from my couch. It's what you signed up for. And I'll judge you when you dump Lauren. 

[bosawks]

Anyone else yell at the tv “Hell yeah” and take a swig of wine when Arie whined that it was easy to sit at home and judge?

Edited March 7, 2018 by bosawks

[emjohnson03]

What's everyone's bets before Lauren sees what a douchenozzle Arie is?

Five months? A Year? 

[b2H]

Just now, emjohnson03 said:

What's everyone's bets before Lauren sees what a douchenozzle Arie is?

Five months? A Year? 

Five weeks.  Tops.