Former ‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Lindsay Says Taylor Frankie Paul Controversy Has “Completely Destroyed” ‘Bachelor’ Franchise: “It’s Over”

It’s no M*** Island.

Oh yeah, Love is Blind is so much better I've never gone back. I think Bachelor in Paradise could still have some potential but not the Bachelor/Bachelorette

The entire concept is super dated, just like how American Idol eventually was cancelled

> No one wants to sit and watch as some random person chooses between 32 other people. Not when you have shows like Love is Blind and Love Island that are just far more entertaining.  I think people do , I think there’s just a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bachelor’s fanbase that ABC/the producers seem to be making. The fans who are super into it aren’t idiots, they know it’s fake and what not but they still want the pomp and circumstance of a more “prestigious” or “earnest” Love is Blind. Like it’s built up as a romantic movie or novel. The Bachelor comes riding in on horseback, the Bachelorette descends the stairs in a beautiful gown. That’s what the fanbase wants, the pretend factor of it included. I think recently they’ve tried harder to shift to a trashier thing, more arguments, a shoving match here or there (which is overdoing it for this franchise) and crazy twists. I don’t think you actually need any of that stuff to keep the core fanbase happy. The cliches, the boring stuff, they like that. And the further they get away from it, the more people they lose in an attempt to be more interesting.

I couldn’t disagree more.

At least a quiet, guilt-free dump of the entire season on Hulu. "Oh, wow, look at those all-time record streaming numbers! Whatever, I guess."

Like this is exactly what the bachelor nation is invested in hearing about!

It's definitely not lol. These companies love the drama and things that get them views, as long as it can't be proved. Since there is a video this season will never see the light of day

The House of Mouse may love ratings but they're allergic to legal action. Technically the prize was a chance to date Taylor but she was in an intimate relationship up until this February which opens them up to a claim of fraud, and her history of domestic violence was already on film in a different Disney show which opens them up to liability and endangerment. The fun stops when a production could potentially drag Mickey out to court.

*”Deb-orah, we…no longer wanna hit that. GET OFF M*** ISLAND”*

I didn't come here to make friends.

M*** Island is so great that they made it into [M*** Manor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILF_Manor)

There was actually a real show that was shockingly close to m*** island

Need to bring back M*** Hunter

“You’ve struck gold on Gold Case!”

Maybe, if God Cop is on before it.

New meaning to the daily double

Jesus Christ, reading what he did to her too go try and hide her body is disturbing.

It's the classic corporate move of alienating your fans to attract some hypothetical broader audience that isn't really there. And the bachelor fans that also watch the newer reality shows don't want the two to mix

Mm, those numbers don’t seem that bad at all given everything is artificial. The average relationship has a 70% chance of failing within the first year.

I thought the percentage was close to 0, so I'm astonished it's had that kind of success, frankly.

22% is super high imo. Think about people that date in real life, do you think 22% of tinder matches, that actually date, are still together?

A common saying in the Survivor fandom is "Survivor has made more succesful marriages than The Bachelor."

I’m kind of shocked that the rates for Bachelor in Paradise are that good. I wonder what their secret sauce is.

That number is actually pretty good and I’m surprised. Considering that the show is really just speed dating

Those numbers are astonishingly _high_

The guy from Jen’s season, another guy who is a registered sex offender, etc

These are the same people who will close down whole studios to save $10. Ok that was video games but same mentality