In case you somehow missed it, it’s been a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for ABC, Hulu, Disney, the Bachelor franchise, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and beyond.
If you’re a member of Bachelor Nation, love SLOMW, are a reality TV fan in general, or simply someone who was curious about Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette, you’ve likely been counting down the days until her highly-anticipated, heavily hyped Season 22 premiered.
After Jenn Tran’s train wreck of a Bachelorette finale in 2024, the franchise pressed pause on The Bachelor spinoff to regroup. Rather than steering clear of drama, however, after a promising hiatus the franchise shocked fans by doubling down on some of its worst impulses and casting the controversial reality TV star. As a result, the “most dramatic season in Bachelor history” ended before it even began.
In a previous article, Decider explained why
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