The Bachelorette Season 22 hasn’t even premiered yet, but it’s already one of the franchise’s biggest disappointments to date. And if you’re well versed in decades of problematic, disappointing Bachelor Nation lore, you know that’s saying a lot…
In recent seasons, the franchise has come under fire for epically failing Bachelorette Jenn Tran in her train wreck of a finale, casting several Golden Bachelorette contestants with orders of protection filed against them, and proudly championing a Golden Guy who said he didn’t want to date women over 60. After so many missteps and so many chances to learn from past mistakes, fans sincerely hoped the franchise could hold itself accountable for the past, take viewer feedback, course-correct to make an epic comeback, and genuinely commit to being better. Instead, on the heels of a promising hiatus, it doubled down on some of its worst impulses by casting controversial Secret Lives
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