reviews – Bless Your Heart

It’s week 3 BBs and we are neck deep in drama!!! But we’ll get to that later!

First up is a Group Date. It’s the Mrs. Right Pageant! (WHY does ABC constantly feel the need to have the contestants of these shows parade around on these pageant type “dates”??? It’s not like Joey and the girls get to know each other during them!) I digress. April, Susan, Kathy, and Nancy from the Golden Bachelor help with the pageant. There’s a fashion show element, a Q&A, and a talent portion. Edwina wrote a song for Joey that she sings a cappella, and she sounds great! Sydney, who’s been boasting about how she’s been in pageants before, does a cheerleading routine and there are CRICKETS afterward! Whomp whomp Syd! Lexi’s talent is … kissing. So she spends her talent segment making out with Joey. She must be pretty good though because Lexi wins the pageant!

At the After Party later, Maria makes a remark about how the pageant was a kissing contest when she’s chatting with Joey. Maria also says she’s an introvert! Could have fooled me! Then Joey asks Madina if there’s anything going on in the house that she’d like to talk about to him. She tells Joey she’s feeling bullied, but won’t say by who. Kelsey A. gets the group date rose. Then Joey addresses the group about the alleged bullying. Joey then leaves and Maria and Madina start talking about the situation. Sydney jumps in with “I’m feeling bullied too!” Sydney then states that Maria is catty but can’t provide examples. Syd says she needs to remove herself from this toxic situation and is going back to the house if anyone wants to join her. Again, CRICKETS! It’s hilarious! The next day everyone at the house is talking about the bullying situation. It’s all a non-situation though because this whole thing stems from last week when Madina made a comment about her age (31) and being the oldest in the house. Maria said “she’s not old”. That’s it. That’s all that happened. But Sydney doesn’t like Maria for some reason so Syd has latched on to this and is squeezing every drop of drama she can out of it!

Jenn 1-1

Jenn is so cute! Joey and Jenn go to a surf store and pick out wetsuits and surf boards. Then they spend the day at the beach having a wee picnic, making out, and surfing. That night over Fake Dinner, Jenn shares that her parents’ relationship was v v tumultuous and there was tons of fighting. Jenn didn’t feel like her father loved her and she felt very unwanted by him. He is no longer in her life. Afterward, Jenn and Joey go outside and there’s a super cool drone display that writes in the sky “Jenn will you accept this rose?” It’s v sweet!

The next Group Date is a tennis date- the Bachelor Open. But it’s not just regular tennis. All of the girls have to wear ridiculous costumes while playing. Think hotdog and bun, lobster and giant stick of butter, etc. It’s pretty funny and the girls are all great sports about it! That night at the after party, Rachel’s earring gets caught in Joey’s sweater when they hug. Daisy shows Joey her cochlear implant and let’s him touch it. He has a few questions about it and remains respectful and supportive while asking them. Daisy says “I know, it makes me different”. Joey says “NO. It makes you special.” OMG can we PLEASE just skip to their wedding already??? They are so cute I can hardly barely stand it!!! Katelyn gets the group date rose.

The next day Jesse announces that there will not be a cocktail party that night, that instead, Joey is coming over for a pool party sponsored by KFC. So all the girls run outside and chow down on some chicken while they wait for Joey to arrive. Sydney pulls Joey aside and tells him that Maria has been verbally attacking her. Joey pulls Maria aside to chat about the allegation and Maria gets v emotional talking about how she was bullied growing up and how she would never do that. Meanwhile Syd is running around the house talking to whoever will listen about what a Mean Girl Maria is and how Syd hates the drama and just wants a peaceful journey. Joey leaves the house and all the girls are gathered together. Every time Maria speaks Sydney tells everyone not to be manipulated by Maria, gaslighting everyone. Syd keeps saying “I’m trying to squash the drama.” and “let’s get the drama out of here”. GIRL!!! YOU are the drama!!!

Rose Ceremony

Sydney gets the last rose (which you KNOW Joey only gave it to her because the producers made him)! Going home tonight: Evalin, Chrissa, and Starr (who I swear I’ve never seen before in my life!!!).

Just in case y’all couldn’t predict it with all the drama, it looks like next week is a 2-1 date with Maria and Sydney! Eeeek! Gird your loins!!!

Until then BBs! xo 🌹

BBs! We are back for another season of the Bachelor! This season starts out a wee bit differently though, with a scene presumably from the proposal that’s to come in the future. Joey is crying and alone as we watch an SUV drive away. Mysterious!!!

Then we jump to the first night and limo entrances. There are 32 women tonight! Even if he talked to each one for only 10 minutes with no break, that would be over 5 hours of chatting!!! Whew!

Thoughts on the ladies’ limo entrances: lots of Canadians. Don’t they have their own Bachelor franchise up there? And why is ABC blurring Maria’s Canadian flag?? So weird. Lots of ladies from Atlanta too. There’s a set of 2 sisters from PA- Lauren and Allison. That would be soooo weird. I mean, I’d love for my sister to join me on the adventure, but I wouldn’t want to be kissing on the same boy! Lots of gimmicky entrances too. A voodoo doll! A boat! A GIANT bra! A go kart! A tennis umpire’s chair! Loads of tennis balls! Just be yourself, people. A standout for me is Madina from Charlotte! And Daisy from MN. She has a cochlear implant. She’s adorable!

Jess (the boat girl), gets the first kiss of the evening. Then she makes a dumb move and goes back into the living room where 90% of the women are and TELLS THEM ALL ABOUT THE KISS!!! How to make women angry 101!!! THEN, THEN! Jess goes and steals Joey away from Taylor!!! The ladies are NOT happy with Jess.

Joey is having 1-1 time with Allison, the younger sister, and he kisses her. Then the sisters reveal themselves as sisters to Joey. He’d already figured it out. Lauren is not thrilled that he didn’t kiss her.

Lea is the last lady out of the limos. She is the woman who met Joey at After the Final Rose. She was given a card to open once inside the Bachelor mansion. Curiosity gets the best of Lea and she opens the card on her own once she’s been in the mansion a couple of hours. The card says she is able to steal a 1-1 date from any other woman at any time before hometowns. She is not thrilled by this and talks it over with Joey. Then Lea throws the card into the fire after telling the ladies about it. Way to go! Says a lot about her character! Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so, because Joey then gives Lea the first impression rose. Yay!!!

Rose Ceremony

Evalin is VERY stressed and emotional, crying up a storm because she never got to talk to Joey. Allison (younger sister) gets the first rose and Lauren (older sister) gets the last rose. Going home: Chandler, Sandra, Kayla, Kyra, Lanie, Nat, Sam, Samantha, Talya, and Zoe. Y’all. I don’t even recognize half of those names! Gone are the days where each woman gets at least a minute of screen time!

ABC is definitely setting us up for (say it with me) THE MOST DRAMATIC SEASON EVER!!! I see you ABC! Until next week BBs!!! xo 🌹