Coming Up Roses: The Bachelor

Full Transcript of Interview with 'Bachelor Pad' Winner Nick Peterson

Here is the full transcript of the interview with Nick Peterson, the big winner of "Bachelor Pad" 3!

Question:         So, Nick, what's the status of your relationship with Rachel now?  Did you guys end up talking things out and becoming friends again or do you kind of have no intention to fix things?

 

Nick Peterson: No.  I – we haven't talked at all.  And would I like to?  Yes, absolutely.  But I figured I'd let it settle down a little bit for a while because I know especially, you know, with the finale airing last night that she's going to be bombarded with a lot of questions.

 

            She's going to stand up for herself, I'm sure, you know, and I would assume she's, you know, not going to say some nice things about me.

 

            So I'm going to let it settle down for a little while and then – and then hopefully maybe we can patch things up.

 

New Interview with 'Bachelor Pad' Winner Nick Peterson

Fresh off of his big "Bachelor Pad" win, Nick Peterson took some time to talk about his strategy, why he decided to keep the money for himself and what he plans to do with the $250k now that he has it.

Nick said that he and Rachel have yet to talk about what happened the night of the finale and that he thinks he needs to “let it settle down a bit” since the finale just aired.  He said he knows that she is really angry with him, but that he would like to patch things up with her in the future.

 

He said, “Was it tough sitting next to her crying, yes, but then after seeing what she said, I didn’t feel that bad.”  Nick is referring to two of the episodes that aired once they became partners.  He said that he saw that Rachel didn’t want to be his partner and several times jeopardized their time there by saying she wanted to go home and secretly calling Michael.

Deceit Wins Over Loyalty on 'Bachelor Pad' Finale

This shocking, most disturbing “Bachelor Pad” finale ever, was that and even more.  Let’s recap on how Rachel really got the short end of the stick this season in basically every way.

 

 

It came down to Nick and Rachel and then Chris and Sarah in the finals.  They brought back all of the contestants to rehash everything that happened on the show this season in a “tell all” kind of format.

 

 

Michael was in the hot seat first and he said that what Erica said when he was eliminated by her was uncalled for.  Erica says that she stands behind what she said.  He added that he and Rachel had a great time but it just didn’t “you know”.  He said he thought things were amicable, and Jaclyn said that she is still very hurt.  He didn’t think there was enough there for a long term relationship.  Michael said that Rachel was falling in love with him and he just wasn’t with her.  The consensus among the other women in the house is that he pretty much led Rachel on.  We’ll hear from Rachel on this topic later.

 

Full Transcript of Interview with Chris Harrison

Here is the full transcript of the interview with Chris Harrison about "Bachelor Pad", the upcoming season of "The Bachelor", and even some details on how Emily and Jef from "The Bachelorette" are doing.

Jennifer Matarese:       So at the end of Monday's episode, you said that something in the finale was disturbing, and I was wondering if you could elaborate at all on that. 

 

Chris Harrison:            Not too much without the kind of giving away what's the serving.  But yes, it's a little different.  And it's funny that I've heard several times that that is the worst.  It kind of resonated with fans.  And the people on Twitter and everything, they're like, “Oh my gosh, he said dramatic before, but he'd never said the word disturbing.”  So it's funny how kind of something has caught everyone's attention. 

 

            But it is a – it's very different.  And we're trying to think like, “OK, how do we say this is very different than just the garden variety drama that we bring, you know, every season and every week, year in and year out?”  And it's a very different event that happens in particular that we've never seen before, so that was the – we had to bring something new to the game. 

 

Chris Harrison Dishes on the 'Bachelor Pad' Finale and the Upcoming 'Bachelor'

Chris Harrison, the Rosemaster himself, acknowledged that in the promo for this coming week’s “Bachelor Pad” finale, calling it “disturbing” really resonated with the fans.  He said that he couldn’t really elaborate much more on what he meant when he said that because it would give it away, but that “it’s different than the garden variety drama” that the show is known for each week and each year and it’s something we’ve never seen before.  Sounds juicy!

 

Also, I know there has been A LOT of speculation as to who the next “Bachelor” is going to be and he said that the decision has still not been made although the field has been narrowed down considerably.  Whenever he mentioned Roberto, he would always say “was” being considered and I asked him about that but he seemed to mean that he was being considered and not that it was past tense.  I don’t know if I totally buy that.  I think we are looking at Sean Lowe, Ryan Lochte (I hope not!) and possibly someone new!  Harrison said that they are always going through the applications of guys wanting to be the next “Bachelor” and the possibility that it is someone we haven’t seen before does remain!  That would be exciting.

The Final Four Couples Turn into the Final Four Contestants on 'Bachelor Pad'

We’re down to the final four and things are going to get wild and intense.  The housemates can now practically feel their wallets getting fatter with the $250k.  Nick and Rachel feel like they could be next on the chopping block because they are not “romantic” partners and everyone else is.

 

Chris Harrison announces that the winner of the competition will have a lot of power in their hands, but he doesn’t completely explain what that means.  He does say that they all need to pack and that one couple will be leaving once the competition is over.  The very astute Chris says that he thinks it means the winner will get to choose who goes home.  I’m guessing he’s right.

 

 

The competition is called “Hanging by a Thread”.  One person has to sit up on a platform and hang on to a bar while the other team member answers “Bachelor” trivia.  Wrong answers means that the ropes holding the platform up start to disappear.  The couple who wins does select who will have to leave.

 

Full Transcript of Interview with Kalon McMahon from 'Bachelor Pad'

Here is the full transcript of the interview with Kalon McMahon from "Bachelor Pad"!  If you didn't like him on "The Bachelorette" I think your opinion of him may change after the combination of watching "Bachelor Pad" and this interview!  He was very candid, open and honest.

Question:            OK, so during your season of “The Bachlorette”, obviously a lot of people had a strong reaction to you and did like you very much, but you were extremely likable on Bachelor Pad.  So I'm wondering if you wanted to change your strategy coming in or do you think Lindzi brought out the best in you?

 

Kalon McMahon:              Well, to be completely honest I don't know if it was necessarily either.  I can't say that I had a specific strategy going to either show.  We filmed them very, very close so I was still the same person.  It was just a very different environment.  I was much more comfortable, much happier, much more outgoing on The Bachelor Pad just because simply of the dynamics.

 

Kalon Talks About Falling in Love on 'Bachelor Pad' with Lindzi

Kalon gave an interview to reporters today and he had the nicest things to say about his new lady Lindzi and his experience on "Bachelor Pad".

Kalon said that he didn’t have a specific strategy for “Bachelor Pad” or for “The Bachelorette” but that the reason he seemed different is because he was in a different environment each time.  He said that he just naturally had a better connection with Lindzi than he did with Emily.

 

Spelling Out Your Feelings on 'Bachelor Pad'

10 people now remain inside the “Bachelor Pad”.  Chris Harrison said that now people would have to compete as couples and vote together as couples and get voted out as couples.  That’s crazy!  I love how the game keeps changing.  Nick and Rachel now have to team up as a couple because Michael was eliminated last week. 

 

 

Sarah and Chris decided to go and gloat about how they are still in the house.  Ed, Blakeley and Jaclyn all want Chris out of the house.  He’s going to have to win this week’s challenge to stay in the game I think.

 

 

The next day, the competitors all get on a yellow school bus and drive to a performing arts center.  Inside, they learn that they will be competing in a spelling bee!  This is going to be hilarious!  They have to spell the words by alternating letters with their partners.  That’s crazy hard!  The top kid spellers in California were there to judge and the bell ringer kid was disgusted with how bad they all were, it was so funny!  Believe it or not it was down to Chris and Sarah and Ed and  Jaclyn.  The winners were Chris and Sarah!  I have to admit, I’m really glad they won…I love to hate Chris!

Full Transcript of Interview with Erica Rose

Here is the full transcript of the interview from last week's conference call with Erica Rose!

Question:            So, we wanted to sort of start by asking how – when did you suspect that Michael was lying to you and had you trusted him up to that point?

 

Erica Rose:          Yes.  I started suspecting that Michael was lying to me based on his reaction when – well, first of all, when he told me that Chris voted for me and then, Chris came up and he was like, "I haven't voted yet.  And I'll take you into the voting room right now, you know, and to show you that I'm not voting for you."

 

                And you know, I was like, OK, Michael is probably lying.  And then, when I came out to the voting room with Chris, I could tell Michael was really upset about it.  And so, then I knew something was up because, you know, if you hadn’t voted for me and you didn’t want me to leave then he wouldn’t care that Chris took me in the voting room.