Next Monday, Ali is going to find out that one of the remaining bachelors has a girlfriend! I’m as giddy as a schoolgirl!!!!
If you have NO IDEA what I’m talking about then you clearly do not share my guilty, GUILTY pleasure watching The Bachelorette.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: Seriously? You actually watch that “Reality” show crap?
My answer: YES, SERIOUSLY!!!
I’ve watched my share of Reality Shows over the past few years. There are those I’m not ashamed of: American Idol, Survivor, Dancing With The Stars, The Apprentice (the first season), Amazing Race, Project Runway, The Bachelor (this one is on the fence, embarrassment-wise) …hold on…
Sorry, I had to turn off Young & the Restless. It was so distracting, I couldn’t remember the names of the crap I’ve watched over the years. Where were we? On to the shows that no one except my husband knows I watched: The Girls Next Door, Paradise Hotel, My Super Sweet 16, Love Cruise, Temptation Island. My god, the list does go on. (Just to let you know how aware I am, those items in bold required me showering after watching. They were completely lurid and disgusting… yet I watched them all the same.)
Now don’t get me wrong, I DO know where to draw the line. I have never had any interest in For the Love of Ray J, The Hills (god I hate that I even typed that one), Cribs, Celebrity Rehab, America’s Next Top Model, or Hell’s Kitchen.
I’ve never watched Cops or Big Brother and I have absolutely no interest tuning in to America’s Got Talent or So, You Think You Can Dance. I’m not saying these are “bad” shows. They just haven’t touched me. But, The Bachelorette has.
Maybe it’s because I know Ali. Not personally, of course. She was on the last installment of The Bachelor and me and millions others watched as she rolled away in her limo, crying “I think I made the wrong decision.” Ali had left The Bachelor of her own accord, when she was allegedly given the ultimatum from work: ‘Leave the show or you won’t have a job waiting for you when you get back.’ Or something of the sort.
Honestly, when I found out that Ali was going to be the next Bachelorette, I was more than a bit disappointed. Anyone but her, I thought. How about Gia? Gia would have made a LOVELY Bachelorette! In fact, I remember saying to myself “you couldn’t pay me to watch that show”. Turns out, you didn’t have to.
All ABC had to do was show the promos for this season and I was in. ALL IN! There’s a crazy guy who gets a tattoo. There’s the “entertainment wrestler” that the rest of the guys HATE. And then there is what I have been on the edge of my seat waiting for all along: the guy who has a girlfriend back home!
One word…YUM!!!
Before we judge me any more than we already have, let me tell you I’m no fool. I realize that these shows are productions and with that undoubtedly comes light scripting, if not full on suggestions from the producers to make things juicy. And I’ve got to tell you, I LOVE IT! I love it all!!!!
Wow, I’m so heady from the prospect of next week’s show… I definitely need some grounding. I think I’ll just return to my episode of Y&R and settle back into “real life”. Have you watched Y&R? By golly, it’s the BEST daytime drama on the air and I’ve seen my share of daytime drama, let me tell you…