Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Coming Up Roses: The Bachelor Blog

Welcome to the WABC's "Coming Up Roses: The Bachelor" blog. This blog is written by WABC employee, Jennifer Matarese, a loyal viewer of "The Bachelor", "The Bachelorette", and "Bachelor Pad" who has been a fan since season 1. We'll watch Ben get a second chance at love!

“The Bachelor” is back!  It’s great to be watching again, even if I thought this season might be little dull, but boy was I wrong!  These ladies make up for any missing charisma from Ben and speaking of Ben, you see his personality really come out!  He’s pretty charming and really seems to put forth a lot of effort when it comes to getting to know each of the ladies.

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The show begins with the usual recap.  We see Ben get dumped again by Ashley on last season’s “Bachelorette”.   Suddenly, we are taken to modern day and we see that Ben has picked himself back up and he’s doing better than ever!  His business is thriving, he’s having fun with friends, and most importantly, he’s ready to love again!

Continue reading "First Impressions are Everything on 'The Bachelor's' Big Premiere" »

It's finally time for the big premiere of the 16th season of "The Bachelor" with Ben Flajnik.  

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Ben was making the rounds today with appearances on "Good Morning America" and "Live with Kelly".  Right after that, he was nice enough to take some time to sit down and talk with me!  He talks all about the drama that first night in the house, his thoughts on his first night jitters, and what viewers will think of him.  Here's his full interview.

 

"The Bachelor" premieres tonight at 8 p.m. on ABC.  It's a two-hour episode.  I've seen some of it, and believe me, if you thought you might skip this one, don't!  There's enough drama from the ladies that you hardly even need Ben.  Let's hope he can find his match in that group!

Hugs, Kisses & Roses,

Jennifer Matarese

Here is the full transcript of the interview that Ben did the other day.  He talks about his nude scene on the beach where he does a little skinny dipping and tells you a little bit about the mysterious older woman we've been seeing in the previews.  The questions I asked him along with his answers are in PURPLE.

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Question:            Well, I’ll just get to my question.  So, did you find love?  I know you can’t reveal too much.  But tell us about – about that part of the show.

Ben Flajnik:         I, obviously can’t tell you that.  But, you know, I'm happy with my decision in doing – in doing the show.  You know, another good experience, another cathartic therapeutic adventure for me.

Continue reading "Full Transcript of Ben's Interview" »

At this point in the game, you're guess is as good as good as mine.  Ben Flajnik is being very elusive to whether he found love or not on this season of "The Bachelor".  As always I hope that he did, but you  never can tell!

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In a conference call interview today he said, "I’m happy with my decision in doing the show, another good experience, a therapeutic adventure for me."  When he was pressed later on, he said he was "happy with the experience".  Hmm.

Continue reading "Did Ben Find Love on 'The Bachelor'?" »

The big announcement has been made!  The 25 ladies vying for Ben's heart have officially been announced!

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Continue reading "Meet Ben's Ladies on 'The Bachelor'!" »

This is so sad!  I really thought these two were going to be a "Bachelorette" success story.  A representative for Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez confirm that the pair have called it quits: "Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez have ended their relationship.  As they go through this difficult time, we ask that you respect the couple’s privacy."

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Wow they really did give it a good solid try though.  They were living together in San Diego and had gotten engaged.  They did postpone their wedding that was supposed to take place in May because Ali got injured, but it appears their issues were more serious than anyone really knew.

In "Us Weekly" they quote some of their friends as saying that the couple was miserable, the relationship was either at an extreme high or extreme low, and that they bring out the worse in each other.  Ouch!  That's never a good thing.  Well, I wish them both lots of luck and hope that they do find their true love one day.

Hugs, Kisses & Roses,

Jennifer Matarese

It's official, Vienna Girardi and Kasey Kahl are back on the market!  They took to Twitter the other night to break the news to their fans:

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KaseyRKahl: "Yes vienna and I have split. It's been 5 weeks now. I can't fake it anymore. I will always love, be there for her, and wish her the best."

ViennaGirardi: "@KaseyRKahl will always be my best friend, but yes we have split. No idea what the future holds for us but we will always remain friends."

Something tells me they probably won't be best friends.  In fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised it Kasey and Jake struck up some kind of bromance in this aftermath!

Here is the full transcript of the conference call interview with Holly from yesterday.  I've highlighted my portion of the call in PURPLE.

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Question:         I guess we want to just start from the beginning and find out when you found out your – you and Michael were both going to be in the house and when you decided to become partners. 

Holly Durst:    Michael and I had been asked to be at Bachelor Pad when we were still together.  And then we broke up and then we were asked again and I had nothing to lose at that point, so I did it.  And we decided to be partners a week before going into the house, but that was the first time we had spoken in three months. 

Continue reading "Full Transcript of Interview with Holly Durst" »

Michael had a phone malfunction it turns out, so he rescheduled the conference call interview for a little later.  I got to talk to him first, and I asked him what he would do with his winnings.  He said that he plans on going on a vacation within the next month, maybe to the Caribbean, anywhere that Blake and Holly aren’t around, and taking some time to hit the reset button on himself.  He also said that he planned on giving 10% to his church as he always does with his money.

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I then asked him if he would ever be interested in becoming “The Bachelor” because, let’s face it, we want him to find love!  He said that while some people may hesitate and say that they don’t know, he said, “Yes, absolutely,” he thinks it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to travel the world and meet 25 amazing women.  Let’s start the campaign now “Michael for The Bachelor”!

Continue reading "Michael Stagliano Talks About Holly & Blake, and What's Next For Him" »

Holly Durst one of the winners of this year's "Bachelor Pad" spoke to reporters in a conference call today about her big win.  Michael Stagliano was supposed to take part in the second part of the call, but something happened and he was unavailable, so I hope to bring that to you at a later time!  Either they couldn't do the call together or they didn't want to, because they were each supposed to take their own separate turns with the call, instead of doing it together.

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Holly said that she and Michael were asked to be on the show when they were still together, and then they broke up, and the producers called and asked them again.  She says they decided to go on and about a week before taping began they decided they should partner up.

Continue reading "Holly Durst Talks About Big 'Bachelor Pad' Win and Engagement" »

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