the bachelor

so i got sucked into watching this tonight at nellie's house and i had just a couple of random thoughts/questions. i have only seen two episodes this season. this episode was down to the final 3. he took them to barbados and had a day-long date with them. i wonder how much of this show is actually staged and scripted. my sister lindsey was sort of involved in a reality show a couple years ago in vegas. she said that it was hardly reality and very much scripted. granted, you could tell just by watching it that it was scripted, but i wonder how much. at the end of the show he eliminates 1 girl. there are three girls left. one is the blonde bimbo from malibu that isnt as attractive as the other girls and pretty much an idiot. she is 22 and im sure she has been on this show this long because she is sleeping with one of the producers. the other girl is a brown haired girl that he should be with only because she is the mature, respectable girl. she says 'like' like every other like word. but if he was really in it to find a legit marriage material girl, she is the one to pick. but he's a guy so he is going to pick the other girl that is also blonde and you can tell he really wants. its hard to say if she is even into him. probably not. it seems a little forced. just because he has picked all of these girls doesnt mean they are actually picking him. anyways, at the end of the show, he eliminated the brown haired girl. which made me wonder how scripted it really is. i wonder if he told them he already knew he was going to pick chelsea in the end so they said to have him eliminate the brown haired girl because the other one is a bimbo and creates more controversy because it will be so shocking if you pick her so you have to keep her because people will be dying to watch just to make sure you dont pick her....and she's sleeping with one of the producers.

speaking of sleeping, the other thing i was wondering is if he is actually shacking up with 3 different girls in 3 consecutive nights. at the end of each of their dates he gives them a card which 'is from the producer' that basically tells them that they have booked two different hotel rooms for them, but if they so desire and want to have any chance at winning, they can sleep in the luxury suite with him. they all went to the luxury suite of course and all acted like they were going to or willing to throw themselves at him once the cameras and lights went off. wouldnt it be funny if once the cameras went off they were just like, 'well, thats a wrap, im just going to head off to my own room now, ill see you tomorrow.'? is it purely naive and stupid to think that he isnt getting busy with 3 different women? i know this isnt something to lose sleep over and dwell on, but they definitely imply that he is, and if he is, is everyone alright with this? im sure he is, hopefully not, but are the ladies? he proposes to one of them at the end of the show. how does that go over?

him: will you marry me?

her: um, remember how last week you slept with two other women?

him: oh. right. yeah, vaguely i suppose. was that just last week? man, i swear that felt like it was so long ago.

her: no. it was just last week. you sure you love me?

him: what? love? you? oh yeah. totally. wanna just forget about that other girl stuff?

her: no. not really.

him: right. yeah. i can see why you wouldnt. wanna just put this engagement ring on anyways for sake of the show and then we will break up after the show is over?

her: (crying) yes.

producer: and...cut. great. thats a wrap. lets cut everything but that first and last line. thanks guys.