Posted on 02/14/2017 11:22:28 AM PST by drewh
Who's the next Bachelorette? Bachelor Nation's Chase McNary and Wells Adams were guests on Vinny Ventiera's Wrong Reasons podcast on Thursday, February 2, and the three Bachelorette season 12 alums discussed which of Nick Viall's Bachelor season 21 ladies might get picked, including such standouts as Rachel Lindsay and Corinne Olympios.
McNary said that while he thinks Lindsay could be the next Bachelorette, given that viewers have been calling for a more diverse choice as the show's lead, he's not sure if producers will go through with it. "[Producers] want everyone to think, Oh, this black girl is finishing pretty late on' and they've never had a black Bachelorette — that might be the direction they're going to go," the medical sales rep said. "It's the direction they have to go. But then, 'Holy s‑‑t, Donald Trump's the president, and Corinne's the Bachelorette? What's the world going to do?'"
McNary pointed out that the show's producers had picked Caila Quinn as the season 12 Bachelorette before switching to JoJo Fletcher at the last minute. He said he could see something similar happening this season, with producers potentially trying to "trick us again with, 'It's going to be Rachel,' and then have somebody lead on that it's going to be Vanessa — I don't know — and then surprise, it's actually crazy-ass Corinne."
Adams agreed that Olympios, the polarizing season 21 villain, might ultimately be the choice. "Remember, we all thought it was Caila, and that was exactly what they were trying to do — that was diversity being the forefront," the Bachelor in Paradise alum said. "And then they kind of took stock of how America felt about it, they kind of leaked that information, and they realized America wasn't superpumped about that choice. Regardless of the diversity issue, it might've just been they didn't really love her personality or persona. But when they found out it was JoJo, people were very excited about that."
"I think the franchise wants to so badly break out of its cookie-cutter, white-person shell, but I don't think that America will embrace it, sadly enough," Adams continued. "And I think what they're going to do is it will be misdirection. I think it's going to be … Rachel, and then at the last second, they'll have Corinne."
ABC president Channing Dungey told reporters at a press event in August that her goal is for the Bachelor franchise to start choosing more diverse leads. "I would very much like to see some changes there," she said.
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I couldn’t care less if I tried to care less.
How would we know if America "embraced" Rachel? Is she a transsexual? If not, "embracing" her would be cis-gendered and therefore homophobic, would it not?
SO if he doesn’t pick the black girl he is rassis, right?
Corrine would have been much more interesting...
so the abc black bosses are racist if they don’t pick Rachel?
Only women who watch these kind of shows.
And they love or hate the “contestants” for the usual female reasons.
This hateful black person is implying that all people of Caucasian ancestry are exactly alike.
Dat be rayciss, yo.
Well, he’s right in a sense. I wouldn’t embrace any of these morons regardless of color.
Cripes! Even Black men don’t want to date Black women. Wazzup wid dat!
This show is still on the air?
From what I understand, no one takes the show “seriously”. They know it’s heavily edited, full of people that auditioned, and the people that “fall in love” and “get married” are required to do so for a few months per their contract in order to get their check.
They then promptly break up.
For a second I thought this was a racist statement - but, of course, that is impossible.
There does seem to be a link between a black stripper starting her act and white men's need to pee, however.
I must admit I did watch My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.
Rachel Lindsay is quite the catch. She is a lawyer, she ain’t just a pretty face.
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