<ul class="summary-list"><li>The next season of "<keyword id="11910908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelorette" source="Orion">The Bachelorette</keyword>" will focus on two women, Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia.</li><li>This is the first time since <keyword id="12063283" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kaitlyn-bristowe" source="Orion">Kaitlyn Bristowe</keyword>'s season that two women will be the leads.</li></ul><p>While soon-to-be-married couple <keyword id="13597002" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jason-tartick" source="Orion">Jason Tartick</keyword> and Kaitlyn Bristowe might not have actually met on-screen during "<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>" or "The Bachelorette," <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">the two can credit the ABC franchise for their relationship</a>. Both are still involved with the franchise today, with Bristowe co-hosting the last two seasons of "The Bachelorette" after being the lead herself in 2015.</p><p>During her season, Bristowe shared the role of "Bachelorette" for one night with Britt Nilsson. The contestants then voted on who was to continue as the lead and Bristowe emerged victorious.<a href="https://bachelor-nation.fandom.com/wiki/Britt_Nilsson"></a></p><p>Which is why, when it was announced that the <em>next </em>season of "The Bachelorette" would feature two leads, Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, for the first time since 2015, many fans were shocked that the host would once again be <keyword id="13597003" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesse-palmer" source="Orion">Jesse Palmer</keyword>, <em>not </em>Bristowe.</p><p>Palmer previously hosted <keyword id="12897985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clayton-echard" source="Orion">Clayton Echard</keyword>'s season of "The Bachelor," but Bristowe and Tayshia Adams had co-hosted Katie Thurston and Michelle Young's seasons of "The Bachelorette," leading some to believe that there would be split hosting duties for the two shows.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Nicole Arena  (@narenatweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1503920992854413314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote><p>Many fans have called for Bristowe's involvement, including Bristowe's fiancé and former "Bachelorette" contestant himself, Tartick. While discussing his book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Restart-Roadmap-Jason-Tartick/dp/1400226864">The Restart Roadmap: Rewire and Reset Your Career</a>," which was released on April 5, with Insider, Tartick shared his feelings on Bristowe, Palmer, and the new season.</p><p>"I think Kaitlyn should absolutely be involved in this next season. She's been there, she's done it. She knows what it's like to be one of the two 'Bachelorettes,' and she knows the challenges that come with it," Tartick told Insider.</p><p>"I think when you're looking at Kaitlyn's role within this franchise ... what's differentiating her, she's been there, she's done it, she's co-hosted, she's co-hosted live [the finale of Michelle Young's season]. But she's also one of two people ever in the entire franchise to ever have experienced what it's like to be on a two 'Bachelorette' season," he continued.</p><div type="image" title="kaitlyn bristowe jason tartick" height="1349" width="1800" msid="90786791" hostid="261"></div><p>Tartick emphasized that Bristowe is "uniquely qualified."</p><p>He said, "There's only two people in the world that have the exact résumé that she does when it comes to this and I think she would be positioned perfectly."</p><p>But while many fans <a href="https://twitter.com/rachlynnkraus/status/1501196817119207426">expressed their support of a Bristowe-hosted season</a> on Twitter, it's unclear why ABC opted for Palmer instead.</p><p>When asked what her involvement will be, and if ABC had come calling, Tartick said he wasn't sure. ABC has not responded to Insider's request for comment regarding Palmer or Bristowe.</p><p>"No, I'm not sure the details of her being involved in the season. I think they need to find a way to. I think it would be great to have her involved, but I don't know any of the details," he said.</p><p>Bristowe, for her part, tweeted a Taylor Swift lyric — "I think I've seen this film before" from the song "Exile" — in response to the announcement.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Kaitlyn Bristowe  (@kaitlynbristowe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1503931518736994304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2022</a></blockquote><p>It remains to be seen what Bristowe's involvement will be this season, which premieres on July 11.</p><p>You <em>can </em>however learn more about Bristowe and Tartick's relationship and their lives as influencers in "The Restart Roadmap," out now.</p>

Jason Tartick thinks fiancée Kaitlyn Bristowe should 'absolutely be involved' with the next season of 'The Bachelorette'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>A <keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword> user, Sasha Narang, accused <keyword id="12897985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clayton-echard" source="Orion">Clayton Echard</keyword> of cheating on his girlfriend, Susie Evans.</strong></li><li><strong>Clayton Echard responded to the claims Saturday on his Instagram Stories. </strong></li></ul><p>"<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>" star Clayton Echard responded to a TikTok user who said he cheated on his girlfriend. </p><p>The speculation surrounding Echard, who starred in season 26 of "The Bachelor," began after TikTok user Sasha Narang posted a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sashanarang/video/7084695747286846766?referer_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7084695747286846766&amp;refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> to her account on Saturday. The video, which has over 699,000 views at the time of writing, was captioned, "um so I think I just ended the bachelor's marriage last night (i had no idea) (wtf)." </p><p>In the video, Narang said that she met Echard in a bar on Friday night when he approached her. She told Insider that the alleged incident happened in New York City. </p><p>"So I'm responding, we're kind of flirting. Then he proceeds to ask me, 'Do you watch The Bachelor?' And I go 'No,' cause I've never seen it before," she said. She continued that they chatted and later hung out together. </p><p>"He was very, like, sneaky, meaning he was very adamant about being quiet. Right when it was time for me to go he made it very clear I couldn't stay over," she said in the video. Narang added that she messaged Echard's girlfriend, Susie Evans, and provided "evidence." </p><p>Later that day, Echard denied the accusations and shared two videos on his Instagram Stories. In the first video, Echard wrote, "People that make these false accusations should be held accountable. Trying to gain clout by ruining a relationship is embarrassing and extremely immature."</p><p>During the video, he said, "I can't believe I'm addressing this. This is ridiculous, but let's just make this as easy as possible."</p><div type="image" title="Clayton Echard Instagram Stories Screenshots (4/10/22)" height="2358" width="3264" msid="90767262" hostid="261"></div><p>Echard then went through his iPhone settings to his Significant Locations, which he said showed that he was at an Arizona-based gym on Friday night, the same day Narang claims he approached her.</p><p>Echard later shared screenshots of a purported conversation between him and Narang, in which she reasserted her claims and he continued to deny the accusations. </p><p>Echard did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. </p><p>Echard and Evans met during his season on "The Bachelor" before announcing their relationship at the show's finale last month, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bachelor-clayton-echard-susie-evans-interview-1235113220/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. Evans choose to leave during the season after learning Echard had been intimate with other contestants, and later turned down another chance to be with him, the outlet reports.</p><p>According to THR, the couple reconnected after the season ended and began dating ahead of the finale. </p><p>In a statement to Insider, Narang said she stands by her initial comments. </p><p>"I expected a response and was told to prepare for massive backlash from the fan base. I underestimated this. I'm just as confused as everyone and truly didn't understand the relevance of this guy. If I had, I would have gone about this differently," she wrote.</p><p>Narang continued: "However, that doesn't change my story. Again, I do not watch the show nor have I ever kept up with it and I had no idea who this guy was until two nights ago. The name that was revealed in the comments was not posted by me, I was out with my friends who are as shocked as me and they were feeding into the comments and responding for fun. All the comments they made have been deleted. I am doing my best to handle this." </p>

'The Bachelor' star Clayton Echard addresses cheating accusations from TikTok user: 'This is ridiculous'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Season 9 of ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" features former "Bachelor" contestant Sam Jeffries.</li><li>Sam appeared briefly on Clayton's season of "The Bachelor," but left night one.</li></ul><p>Samantha "Sam" Jeffries was an unexpected addition to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-in-paradise-cast-season-9-instagrams-2023-9">season 9 cast</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-in-paradise-season-9-cast-premiere-date-trailer-2023-8">"Bachelor in Paradise."</a></p><p>Unlike other contestants on this season of "Paradise," she didn't make much of an impression during her brief stint on Clayton Echard's season of "The Bachelor" — host Jesse Palmer even feigns confusion as to who Sam and is and why she's headed to the beach during her entrance on the spinoff's first episode.</p><p>Here's what happened between Sam and Clayton during his season of "The Bachelor."</p><h2>Sam left on the first night after making a memorable entrance</h2><p>For her entrance, Sam was wheeled in while sitting in a giant portable bubble bath, holding a flute of champagne and wearing a black bikini.</p><p>According to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/what-happened-samantha-jeffries-bachelor-self-eliminated">Elite Daily</a>, her pickup line for Clayton was: "Want some of this bubbly personality?"</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CX4FrXvuWkR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; 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"As much as I wanted to stay, it would not have been fair to try to take his heart, as well as take the opportunity away from a woman who was all in."</p><p>The current Instagram post features Sam in the bubble bath, with the caption: "Look what the handlers rolled in."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUCTIzlpm-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUCTIzlpm-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYUCTIzlpm-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Samantha Jeffries (@samcjeffries)</a></p></div></blockquote> <p>Clayton, for his part, later <a target="_blank" href="https://www.etonline.com/clayton-echard-reacts-to-3-women-rejecting-him-during-the-bachelor-premiere-exclusive-177257">told ET</a> that he didn't know why Sam left.</p><p>"I don't really fully know kind of what happened. As far as the reason, your guess is as good as mine," he told the outlet.</p><p>Sam appears to have bounced back from her "Bachelor" debacle, and will be featured on the upcoming season of "Bachelor in Paradise."</p><p>Unfortunately for her, producers don't seem to be finished with portraying her in a goofy light — the teaser for season 9 of "Paradise" shows Sam having to undergo medical treatment after she doesn't poop for nine days.</p>

'Bachelor in Paradise': Why did Sam leave Clayton's season of 'The Bachelor'? 

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11895757" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="kissing" source="Orion">Kissing</keyword> on night one of "<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>" is almost a foolproof strategy to make it to the next day.</li><li>According to the <keyword id="12007221" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="book" source="Orion">book</keyword> "<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Win-The-Bachelor/Chad-Kultgen/9781982172947">How to Win The Bachelor</a>," there's a 95% chance someone gets a rose after a kiss.</li></ul><p>Kissing on the first date is a normal <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-dating-tips-advice-year-according-to-dating-coach-therapist-2021-12">dating</a> practice ... but things can get a bit more complicated if the guy you're dating is simultaneously dating 29 other women and cameras are watching your every move.</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/the-bachelor">On "The Bachelor,"</a> contestants have to get used to kissing on camera pretty quickly, with some even making a move during the first night of the season. But is moving that quickly actually the best strategy?</p><p>Chad Kultgen and Lizzy Pace, hosts of the "Bachelor" podcast "<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-of-roses/id1469113217">Game of Roses</a>," found that it is.</p><p>According to their calculations, kissing the lead of "The Bachelor" on the first night results in a 95% chance of securing a rose at the end of the night and making it to the second episode.</p><div type="image" title="clayton eliza" height="1635" width="2180" msid="88743084" hostid="261"></div><p>The podcast hosts went on a "hyperbinge" of 25 seasons of "The Bachelor" to write their new book, "<a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Win-The-Bachelor/Chad-Kultgen/9781982172947">How to Win The Bachelor: The Secret to Finding Love and Fame on America's Favorite Reality Show</a>."</p><p>"Ever since Kelly Jo Kuharski made history as the first Night One kisser in season four (Bob Guiney), it gives players a 95% likelihood of making it through to the next round," they wrote. "Of the 20 Night One kissers featured in the edits, only one has been eliminated on Night One."</p><p>As Kultgen and Pace didn't have access to the latest season, which stars <keyword id="12897985" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="clayton-echard" source="Orion">Clayton Echard</keyword>, they were unable to see if this streak continued ... but it did. Echard was shown kissing five women: Kira Mengistu, Eliza Isichei, Cassidy Timbrooks, Rachel Recchia, and Teddi Wright — and all five received roses. Wright received the First Impression Rose to boot.</p><p>"<keyword id="12897984" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="how-to-win-the-bachelor" source="Orion">How to Win The Bachelor</keyword>" will be released on January 25.</p>

Kissing on night one of 'The Bachelor' gives you a 95% chance of getting a rose, according to show experts

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Clayton Echard is the star of the upcoming season of "<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>."</li><li><keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">Entertainment</keyword> Tonight shared an exclusive clip of the premiere, which will air on January 3. </li></ul><p>A contestant on the upcoming season of "The Bachelor" claims she brought the ghosts of boyfriends past with her on the show.</p><p><a href="https://abc.com/shows/the-bachelor/cast/bachelor-2022-clayton-echard">Clayton Echard</a>, 28, will star in season 26 of "The Bachelor" premiering on January 3. The<a href="https://abc.com/shows/the-bachelor/cast/bachelor-2022-clayton-echard"></a> former NFL player and current medical sales representative competed on Michelle Young's season of "The Bachelorette."</p><p>Young eventually gave her final rose to Nayte Olukoya, who <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-couples-still-together-2018-7">proposed to her</a> on the season finale. </p><p><a href="https://www.etonline.com/the-bachelor-one-woman-gives-clayton-her-exes-ashes-in-premiere-sneak-peek-exclusive-177118">Entertainment Tonight shared an exclusive clip</a> of the first episode ahead of its premiere, giving viewers a glimpse at how the contestants will try to win over Echard when they meet him. </p><p>It's traditional for contestants to take risks in an attempt to stand out to the bachelor or bachelorette, so it's no surprise that the clip shows one woman in a bathtub and another claiming to be Echard's wife from the future.</p><div type="image" title="Michelle Young and Clayton Echard pose on a red carpet." height="1499" width="1999" msid="88622618" hostid="261"></div>One contestant took things to a new level, however, by bringing an urn with her to meet Echard, according to the preview clip.<p>"These are the ashes of my ex-boyfriends," the contestant says in the video.</p><p>The camera then pans to Echard, whose jaw drops in shock. </p><p>"Oh my god," another contestant who is looking on at the encounter says after the urn reveal.</p><p>It was unclear at the time of writing if the urn actually contained ashes, or if the contestant was trying to grab Echard's attention in an outlandish way.</p><p>"The Bachelor" will air on Monday at 8 pm EST on ABC. </p>

'The Bachelor' contestant shows Clayton Echard an urn of ex-boyfriends' ashes in new clip

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13024528" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jojo-fletcher" source="Orion">JoJo Fletcher</keyword> reflected on her time on "<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>" at an event for The Knot on Tuesday.</li><li>She told Insider she doesn't regret that <keyword id="13741140" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ben-higgins" source="Orion">Ben Higgins</keyword> told her he loved her and Lauren Bushnell.</li></ul><p>JoJo Fletcher said she doesn't regret that Ben Higgins told her he loved her before dumping her on "The Bachelor."</p><p>Insider spoke to Fletcher and her soon-to-be husband <keyword id="13740388" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jordan-rogers" source="Orion">Jordan Rogers</keyword> on Tuesday as the couple celebrated the launch of their Invitation Suite with The Knot just a month before their wedding.</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/amandasavoryevents/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amanda Savory Events</a> planned the event, which spotlighted the "Romantic Setting" suite that was inspired by their own wedding invitations and <a href="https://www.insider.com/reviews/out?platform=browser&amp;postSource=in%7C62694cff2bdf181fec42371c&amp;sc=false&amp;type=LINK-WITH-REVIEW-SLASH-OUT&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theknot.com%2Fregistry%2Fstore%2Fcollections%2Fjojo-jordan%3Futm_campaign%3DJojojordan2022%26utm_content%3DJojoandjordan%26utm_medium%3DInfluencer_social%26utm_source%3DSocial&amp;sessionid=1651155164723lpof8jzd" rel="nofollow sponsored noindex">Registry collection</a> they created with The Knot.</p><p>Fletcher became the lead of season 12 of "<keyword id="11910908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelorette" source="Orion">The Bachelorette</keyword>" after making it to the final two of Higgins' season of "The Bachelor." Higgins famously told both Fletcher and Lauren Bushnell he loved them before ultimately proposing to Bushnell and sending Fletcher home.</p><div type="image" title="jojo ben break up" height="720" width="960" msid="91157830" hostid="261"></div><p>Bushnell and Higgins later broke up, with <a href="https://people.com/country/chris-lane-lauren-bushnell-wedding-memories/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bushnell marrying Chris Lane</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-star-ben-higgins-wont-have-sex-before-marriage-interview-2021-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Higgins tying the knot with Jessica Clarke</a>.</p><p>Higgins' multiple "I love yous" were controversial at the time, as he was the first "Bachelor" lead to say those words to more than one contestant.</p><p>A similar drama played out on Clayton Echard's season of "The Bachelor," as he said <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bachelor-clayton-echard-reflects-on-saying-i-love-you-to-3-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"I love you" to his final three contestants</a>.</p><p>Echard received backlash as a result of his declarations of love, but when discussing the controversy with Insider, Fletcher said she doesn't regret that Higgins shared his feelings with both her and Bushnell.</p><p>"I think it's super important to be genuine and honest with your feelings on that show," she said. "But I also see it and understand the other side of having been on the other side of hearing 'I love you' and then thinking I knew what that meant, how it affected me, and how that day ended."</p><div type="image" title="jojo fletcher jordan rodgers" height="675" width="900" msid="91157832" hostid="261"></div><p>"I still think saying 'I love you' to anyone is impactful, but I don't know what the right or wrong way to do it is," she said of saying "I love you" on "The Bachelor."</p><p>"I think at the end of the day, you have to just trust your gut, and try to live with no regrets," she said. "For me, I don't regret that that happened to me. I think that that was how it was supposed to happen."</p><p>"I think it taught me a lot, and I'm glad that Ben was honest with me in that moment," Fletcher said.</p><p>Rogers, of course, went on to win Fletcher's season of "The Bachelorette," and they left the series engaged in 2016.</p><div type="image" title="jojo fletcher jordan rodgers" height="600" width="800" msid="91157835" hostid="261"></div><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/jojo-fletcher-jordan-rodgers-the-bachelorette-relationship-timeline-2022-1#august-25-2019-rodgers-proposes-to-fletcher-again-with-a-new-ring-and-most-importantly-no-cameras-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rogers re-proposed</a> to Fletcher with a new ring privately in 2019, as the couple planned to get married in 2020. They had to <a href="https://www.insider.com/jojo-fletcher-jordan-rodgers-the-bachelorette-relationship-timeline-2022-1#may-19-2021-fletcher-and-rodgers-postpone-their-wedding-a-second-time-17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">postpone twice</a> because of the pandemic, but they're finally saying 'I do' in May.</p><p>"I really truly feel just so excited," Fletcher said of marrying Rogers.</p>

JoJo Fletcher doesn't regret that Ben Higgins said 'I love you' to her and Lauren Bushnell on 'The Bachelor'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>I was on season 26 of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-thats-wrong-with-the-bachelor-according-to-experts-2019-7">The Bachelor</a>," and Clayton Echard sent me home on night one.</li><li>Even though I was barely on the show, I still spent about $4,000 packing and preparing for it.</li></ul><p>People who say "love is priceless" have never competed on "<a href="https://www.insider.com/biggest-bachelor-bachelorette-controversies-2019-2">The Bachelor</a>."</p><p>I was a <keyword id="12778763" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="contestant" source="Orion">contestant</keyword> on season 26 of the dating show, which is airing on ABC, and I spent about $4,400 on dresses, shoes, makeup, and hair.</p><p>After Clayton Echard sent me home on the first night, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daria.rose/video/7050601365508328750?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en">I made a TikTok</a> video detailing how much I spent on dresses for the show, and my followers couldn't believe that contestants were required to pay their own way.</p><p>Here's a breakdown of what I bought and how much it <keyword id="11988746" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cost" source="Orion">cost</keyword>:</p><h2>I spent thousands of dollars on clothes for one night of fame</h2><div type="image" title="daria rose wearing a blue gown during her night-one entrance on the bachelor" height="3000" width="2033" msid="89929377" hostid="261"></div><p>Since the women competing on "<a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-contestants-dated-celebrities-2019-1">The Bachelor</a>" generally don't know when they'll be eliminated, it's recommended that we pack for the full six weeks. I was sent home on night one<em>, </em>which I always knew was a possibility during my pre-filming shopping spree.</p><p>For my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYU_i7CDDd9/">grand entrance</a>, I wore a blue <a href="https://lordandtaylor.com/products/sandra-gown-2?variant=39999579455664&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA0p2QBhDvARIsAACSOOMTLfHEgrc7u8MqMUVBh-0B7TMS00FnLKF-k_2MSjOW4rKSndwMv88aAsM1EALw_wcB">Sandra gown</a> by Dress the Population, which I purchased from Lord &amp; Taylor for $200. To complete the outfit, I bought a pair of white lace-up heels by the Black designer Kendall Miles for <a href="https://www.kendallmilesdesigns.com/products/copy-of-ibiza-kloud-sandal">$400</a>.</p><p>While I didn't get to wear anything else on <keyword id="11898468" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tv" source="Orion">TV</keyword>, I also bought and packed:</p><ul><li>Red illegal halter gown from <a href="https://www.revolve.com/nookie-illegal-halter-gown-in-red/dp/NKIE-WD394/?d=Womens&amp;code=NKIE-WD394&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=transactional&amp;utm_campaign=TRANS_REV_ORDERCONFIRMATION_ORDERCONFIRMATION_20210914&amp;utm_content=TRANS_REV_ORDERCONFIRMATION_ORDERCONFIRMATION&amp;userId=11720672&amp;cID=5a9c2e1d132f37e60e2cc45d">Revolve</a>: $220</li><li>Pink Elle Woods-inspired pantsuit from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolve.com%2Fnorma-kamali-x-revolve-single-breasted-jacket%2Fdp%2FNKAM-WO113%2F%3Fsid%3Dundefined%257C164573073661044pao59d%26AID%3D12527506%26PID%3D6415797%26utm_medium%3Daffiliate%26utm_source%3Dcj%26source%3Dcj%26utm_campaign%3Dglob_p_3861930%26cjevent%3D8b5e6dbc95a711ec81c305000a82b82c">Revolve</a>: $400</li><li>Emerald-green mermaid-cut gown from <a href="https://www.alamourthelabel.com/products/martina-emerald">Alamour the Label</a>: $420</li><li>Hot-pink Reno dress from Abyss by Abby: $350</li><li>Red off-the-shoulder Allure gown from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.revolve.com%2Fnookie-x-revolve-allure-gown-in-cherry%2Fdp%2FNKIE-WD456%2F%3Fd%3DWomens%26sectionURL%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F%26code%3DNKIE-WD456%26srcType%3Ddp_coloroption">Revolve</a>: $320</li></ul><p>Some of my TikTok followers said they would have bought all of their dresses from cheap fast-<keyword id="11893303" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fashion" source="Orion">fashion</keyword> companies like Shein to save <keyword id="11918408" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="money" source="Orion">money</keyword>. It's true that I definitely wasn't required to spend thousands of dollars, but it was important to me that my fashion choices highlighted a diverse group of designers.</p><p>One of my favorite buys was a stunning light-pink gown from the Black-owned brand <a href="https://lionneclothing.com/">Lionne Clothing</a> (designer: Latoia Fitzgerald), which cost $312.</p><p>I also spent an additional $800 on recommended packing items like miscellaneous tops, jeans, athleisure, and pajamas, <strong>which brought the wardrobe total to $3,408</strong>.</p><h2>I also got my hair done and stocked my makeup bag to get TV-ready</h2><p>In preparation for the show, I went to my favorite Brooklyn, New York, hairstylist, Briana (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/missbuffyp/">@missbuffyp</a> on Instagram). She made sure my locks were fresh, pressed, luscious, and ready for my journey to find love.</p><p>Between that service and the hair straighteners and tools I bought to bring with me, I spent about $600 on my hair.</p><p>For <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-and-worst-mascaras-from-someone-who-tried-200-tiktok-2022-1">makeup</a>, I took over a month's worth of supplies:</p><ul><li>Nars foundation: $50</li><li>Tarte concealer: $30</li><li>Kat Von D eyeliner: $23</li><li>Anastasia Beverly Hills brow pencils: $23 each</li><li>Charlotte Tilbury blush: $40</li><li>Beauty Blender sponges: $20 each</li><li>Laura Mercier setting powder: $40</li><li>Pat McGrath eye-shadow palettes: $125 each</li><li>Huda Beauty highlighter: $35</li><li>Fenty Beauty lip glosses: $20 each</li></ul><p><strong>Total: over $400</strong></p><p>The amount each "<keyword id="12205014" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bachelor" source="Orion">Bachelor</keyword>" contestant spends probably varies a lot, but I'm not letting my investments go to waste. I'll still make good use of the beauty products, and I plan on repurposing or donating the dazzling gowns.</p>

I spent $4,000 to be on 'The Bachelor,' and I got sent home the first night

<ul class="summary-list"><li>For the first time in Bachelor Nation history, two women are co-starring in "The Bachelorette."</li><li>Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia were cast as leads after leaving season 26 "Bachelor" heartbroken.</li></ul><p>Two leading ladies take on the role of <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-seasons-ranked-2021-6">"The Bachelorette"</a> for the first time ever, and it's causing new challenges for the production staff.  </p><p>The popular dating show put a spin on its latest season by casting two single women. Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia were invited to star as "Bachelorettes" after they found themselves among the last three contestants remaining on <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelor-star-clayton-echard-addresses-cheating-accusations-2022-4">Clayton Echard's season on "The Bachelor."</a> In the final episodes of the show, the women were seen dealing with their mutual heartbreak: Echard told the women that he'd been intimate with both of them, but decided to pursue a relationship with another contestant, Suzie Evans. </p><p>While the next bachelorette is typically a runner-up from a previous season, the show then made an unprecedented move by announcing that both Windey and Recchia would lead the current season. It began airing on July 11.</p><p>It's a decision that <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-looks-bachelorette-history-according-cary-fetman-stylist-2020-12">Cary Fetman</a>, the show's longtime stylist, told Insider that he hopes is never made again. </p><p>"I pray that we don't ever try to do this again," Fetman said. </p><div type="image" title="Gabby Windey, Rachel Recchia, and the men from season 19 of &quot;The Bachelorette.&quot;" height="4000" width="6000" msid="93351928" hostid="261" sizebytes="1079184"></div><p>Fetman, who has styled "The Bachelorette" since 2003, said that both women are easy to work with, but the hurdles stem from the amount of work and short notice. He said he and the rest of the crew had to double the amount they did to ensure Windey and Recchia were each given the opportunity to shine in the lead role. It was stressful, he said.</p><p>His other issue is how late the leads were announced. "It was so last second," he said.</p><p>Fetman explained that he can't fully prepare the women's outfits for the season until the starring lady is announced. He did, however, say he started pulling some clothing for both Windey and Recchia before the announcement as he suspected they were candidates for the next "Bachelorette." </p><p>"I was running out of time," he said. "I had to get orders in." </p><p>What he didn't expect is that they would both step into the role. When he found out about the dual leads, he said he had a week to finish shopping as well as do crucial fittings before filming began.</p><p>"It was insane," Fetman said of the rush to start filming. "They brought nothing. So one went home to pack up some of her things while the other one came to have a fitting with me." </p><h2>Windey and Recchia have different styles, but during filming, they sometimes selected the same outfits</h2><p>Working with two bachelorettes posed another challenge to Fetman. He had to provide both Windey and Recchia with a huge selection of clothing tailored to their respective styles. </p><p>Windey, Fetman said, prefers wearing sexier, more revealing clothing. "If Gabby can walk around naked on a date, that's her style," he said. "The less clothes she has on, the happier she is."</p><p>Meanwhile, Recchia is more conservative. "Rachel came to me with a statement that really kind of blew my mind: 'People describe me as the mother of the bride,'" he said. "Which just killed me that anybody would ever say that to her."</p><p>Fetman said she told him that she wanted to try something different while filming.</p><div type="image" title="The two women are the first join leads on &quot;The Bachelorette.&quot;" height="2249" width="3000" msid="93351930" hostid="261" sizebytes="548558"></div><p>Despite their differing approaches to fashion, there were times during fittings for eveningwear when both women picked the same gown. Fetman said Windey and Recchia easily resolved who got to wear what. "One would say, 'No. Please. It's not that important to me. I want her to feel good,''" Fetman said. "It was a great friendship."</p><p>Fetman added that both Recchia and Windey knew immediately what their <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-bachelorette-night-one-premiere-looks-ranked-2022-7">first and final gowns</a> would be, which he said has never happened before.</p><p>During the course of filming, the women received more outfits than past bachelorettes. Fetman said that he typically pulls 138 to 150 looks. Recchia and Windey had around 230 outfits each.</p><p>"There were so many more times where they would change a third, and sometimes fourth time, during the day," he said, noting that the women had to swap looks each time they filmed with a different contestant or the host, Jesse Palmer.</p><p>Despite hoping a dual-bachelorette style season never happens again, Fetman said he has a great relationship with Recchia and Windey, who he said were both a "blast to style."</p><p>"Fortunately the girls were amazing," he said, adding that overall, he has "gotten very lucky with most of the contestants." </p>

'The Bachelorette' stylist said he prays ABC never casts two leads again

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11931759" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="desiree-hartsock" source="Orion">Desiree Hartsock</keyword> was "<keyword id="11910908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelorette" source="Orion">The Bachelorette</keyword>" in 2013, but told Insider she wouldn't do the show today. </li><li>Hartsock believes she'd be "singled out for not having the right clothes, the right makeup, the right look."</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-desiree-hartsock-not-supported-by-show-brooks-breakup-2021-7">Desiree Hartsock</a> remains one of the few lasting success stories from "The Bachelorette," finding love with her winner, Chris Siegfried, on the show in 2013. </p><p>But <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelorette-star-desiree-hartsock-got-hate-for-dumping-juan-pablo-2021-8">Hartsock told Insider</a> that she wouldn't go on "<keyword id="11910910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-bachelor" source="Orion">The Bachelor</keyword>" today because of the pressure to look and dress a certain way to fit in with the other contestants. </p><p>"If I was 24, 25 now and I was watching the show, I don't think I would have gone at all," she said. "Because you know that you would then be singled out for not having the right clothes, the right makeup, the right look — and that's pretty unfortunate, to be honest." </p><div type="image" title="Desiree Hartsock, Chris Siegfried on &quot;The Bachelorette&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="90091251" hostid="261"></div><p>When Hartsock signed up for Sean Lowe's season of "The Bachelor," which aired in 2013, she was deep in credit card debt and couldn't afford to buy a new dress for the very first night, an experience she describes in her <keyword id="12223903" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="memoir" source="Orion">memoir</keyword> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Roses-Heartbreak-Finding-Strength/dp/031036194X">"The Road to Roses."</a> </p><p>"Poverty had been the backdrop of my life for so long that it was like the air I breathed," she writes in the book. </p><p>Hartsock, who now works as a wedding-dress designer, describes packing all the clothes she owned — some sundresses and "work slacks from the sale section of Ross Dress For Less and Marshalls" — in one large duffel bag for the show. </p><p>She also worked tirelessly to make her own evening dress for the first night, writing that she felt "like Cinderella getting ready to go to the ball — only without any seamstress mice and bird friends to help." </p><div type="image" title="Desiree Hartsock and Sean Lowe on &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="90091253" hostid="261"></div><p>Hartsock, who notes that nothing is provided to the show's contestants, also describes buying $20 worth of drugstore makeup before making her way to the famous "Bachelor" mansion. </p><p>The future "Bachelorette" star told Insider that she felt confident when she stepped out of the limo in her handmade dress to meet Lowe, even if it looked a little different from everyone else's gowns. </p><p>"I've always wanted to design dresses, and to have that opportunity to design my own was once in a lifetime," she said. "It didn't bother me when I stepped out and my dress was a little different, not as glam or sparkly. I still felt like me, and that was all that mattered." </p><div type="image" title="Sean Lowe's cast on &quot;The Bachelor&quot;" height="1333" width="1778" msid="90091256" hostid="261"></div><p>But <a href="https://www.insider.com/bachelor-contestants-want-to-be-influencers-now-says-desiree-hartsock-2021-8">Hartsock believes there's been a shift in the authenticity of the show</a> with the rise of social media and many Bachelor Nation alums now working as Instagram influencers — which is one of the reasons why she doesn't think she could appear on the franchise today. </p><p>"When you go on the show as a contestant, you don't get paid," she said. "And so a lot of times, that's why you're also seeing these girls who have money or they're bankrolled by parents because they can take that amount of time off work — if they work at all. So you're going to see people who can afford to be on the show." </p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-on-the-bachelor-2018-6#:~:text=Women%20will%20typically%20spend%20anywhere,appear%20on%20%22The%20Bachelor.%22">Past contestants have been candid about how much they spent</a> to appear on the series, with figures ranging everywhere from $1,800 to $8,000 in recent years. </p><div type="image" title="clayton sitting with all the women competing on the bachelor season 26" height="1996" width="3000" msid="90091257" hostid="261"></div><p>Daria Rose, who appeared on the most recent season of "The Bachelor," <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-much-it-cost-to-be-on-the-bachelor-2022-3">revealed to Insider that she spent about $4,400</a> on dresses, shoes, makeup, and hair to meet Clayton Echard. She was eliminated on the first night of the show.</p><p>Hartsock believes one of the main reasons there are so few successful couples from the "Bachelor" franchise is that it can now bring so much "notoriety and fame." </p><p>"A relationship can't last if one or both of them are seeking out that fame, because then it's all about them," she told Insider. "People aren't there for the right reasons, to put it frankly. It's too obvious that you can then become an influencer if that's what you want to do, which is sad."</p>

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