'The Bachelorette' 2014 Spoilers: New Season Surrounded in Scandal
"The Bachelorette" has only just aired its first episode, but there is already plenty of controversy surrounding the rest of the season and the contestants. Opening night gate-crasher Chris Bukowski made the claim that his "entrance" was scripted by producers, and now claims have been made that there are several "Bachelorette" contestants who have signed on for a spin-off series, "Bachelor in Paradise."
During the season premiere, former "Bachelorette" contestant Chris Bukowski unexpectedly showed up and demanded to meet the bachelorette, Andi Dorfman. Host Chris Harrison said he would let her know that he was there, but she refused to meet with him. He was then escorted from the premises but left flowers behind for Dorfman. Now, Bukowski says that everything was planned out and scripted.
"They made it seem like they didn't know I was coming, but they knew," Bukowski told In Touch Weekly. He added that he had applied to be on Dorfman's season but did so too late, so producers encouraged him to do the "party-crashing" scene. It allowed Bukowski to still be "featured" on the show but in a much smaller way.
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Dorfman blogged about her reaction to Bukowski's appearance on the show and said that she turned him away "out of respect" for the other 25 contestants.
Another scandal surrounding this season of "The Bachelorette" is the fact that while many of the contestants stated that they are there purely to meet Dorfman, they have already signed on for a spin-off series, "Bachelor in Paradise."
"Andi's season just finished filming, and they are already off to another dating show!" an insider told Life & Style. "There are some bad seeds she will have to weed out."
"That was a huge fear of mine throughout this journey," Dorfman confessed to the magazine. "Even though I felt like I knew who they were, that fear was definitely in the back of my mind."
"The Bachelorette" airs Monday nights on ABC.
