Reid’s Bachelor Blog: Episode 4
It seems pretty obvious to me that Ben is being duped by Courtney (AKA Wolf in sheep’s clothing). Everyone I speak to is praying that he doesn’t end up with her but it just seems to be heading in that direction unfortunately.
A few things really stood out to me in this episode.
1. AWKWARD first one-on-one date. Rachel and Ben have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever. This season, it seems like when Ben has nothing to talk about or nothing in common he just leans in and kisses his date. It’s kind of weird. I think he feels like he owes every girl a kiss at some point.
Rachel says she needs to open up quickly with Ben because that’s what was wrong with her past relationships–a lack of communication.
1a. “This fire is hot.” Those of you who watched this episode knows how weird that was.
1b: After a long, awkward and confusing rant about communication filled with lots of the large words such as “open” and “like” Ben decides that it was a sufficient conversation to give her the rose.
2. When Ben shows up on a horse and almost gets bucked off into the river at the beginning of his group date.
3. Section 3 we will focus on the two faced and manipulative Courtney.
3a: Courtney is one of the names read off on the group date card. The girls go on about how group dates are hard and of course Courtney chimes in with “I think group dates are really easy” just to annoy everyone…I think we’ve found the devil ladies and gents.
3b: Her contrived metaphor linking the art of fly-fishing to catching men.
3c: She wears one of those lame LA hats while fishing. You know, the ones people in LA wear when it’s too hot to be wearing a hat. It’s worn just for style just like she is there for looks and no other function.
3d: Lindzi and Kacie get pouty when Courtney catches a fish first. Come on girls. Courtney caught the fish and all I could imagine was Penelope from SNL saying “Actually…..I speak fish soooooo…really I’m a mermaid and Flounder is my best friend.”
3e: I’m convinced that Courtney is the strangest, scariest red wine drinker I’ve ever seen. Its almost like she read the book on how to sip red wine like Snow Whites evil stepmother right up to the evil laugh.
4. Who is Jamie, and why don’t I remember her? Well, she was on the group date.
5. We finally see more of Casey S. who I still think is cute but Nicki interrupts their one-on-one time.
5a: Nicki is upset because she hasn’t been invited on a one-on-one date yet. Ben says, “You thrive in a group setting.” I guess that means she won’t be getting a one-on-one date anytime soon.
5b: Casey lost all my respect when she sticks up for Courtney.
6. Samantha comes out next and Ben calls her out on being insincere. DAMN.
Ben says, “From what I’ve seen so far I don’t see this going much further. I don’t think that you take this seriously enough.” He also looks very angry while saying this. He actually had a vein coming out of his neck.
7. Courtney and Ben get some one-on-one time during the cocktail hour. She says she has been having a hard time lately. ACTRESS TIME. No you’re not. You just want to make Ben feel bad so he gives you the rose. Well, it’s working. God you are so evil it hurts. This is a perfect example of how girls play guys
8. Jennifer gets the last one-on-one date. He just likes kissing her. I think we’ll see her get cut after the fantasy suite.
9. One of the girls says during the thunderstorm, “Did you ladies see those dark black clouds coming in?” Courtney smiles. Devil.
10. Monica goes home
Finally the best scene of the show was during the toast after the rose ceremony when Ben announces that they are going to Puerto Rico. Courtney/Penelope chimes in with “I was just there two months ago.” Geez woman. Enough is enough. Let me guess. You are the princess of Puerto Rico…sooooo….actually you invented Puerto Rico in 7 days and 7 nights along with the world?
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Trista’s tweet
1 of 10Jan 25, 4:38pm
Rainy3952
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While Trista is busying tweeting (and giving the play by play about the show 2 days later) ripping Courtney apart, she tweeted,
” Courtney calls herself, “confident.” I’d say maybe uneducated because what u are is conceded…not confident.”
Maybe Courtney is uneducated but I bet she can spell conceited. : )
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2 of 10Jan 25, 4:56pm
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Last week ole goat Trista said that Courtney need’s to be b___ch-slapped….(xcat same words)
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3 of 10Jan 25, 7:52pm
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Her son is in the hospital and she is tweetering up a storm…afraid to fall behind of keeping in touch with The Bubble family…
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4 of 10Jan 25, 8:01pm
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I just saw that….unbelieveable! Now she is going off on the producer of TB because Trista is tearing Courtney to shreds and the producer dared to comment.
This takes the cake. Her son is in the hospital yet she isn’t missing a beat tweeting.
All I can say is that Ryan (and his parents) must be Saints to put up with her.
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5 of 10Jan 25, 8:30pm
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Picture Ben picking Courtney in the end and the current Bachelor franchise couples being brought in to give them advise at the ATFR. Molly can say to Courtney – “Don’t listen to the bloggers and the people posting behind their computers ripping you to shreds. You know, people like Trista sitting here next to me”.
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6 of 10Jan 25, 8:49pm
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from don’t listen to the bloggers…or just pretend you are on a cruise ship….to just think of yourself that you are in this bubble….The sextuplets looked like they just came from an endless koolaid pub crawl.
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7 of 10Today, 2:00am
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The twitter goat finally went to bed with her sick son….She will be twittering up a storm tomorrow…
Imagine yerselves living with that baby whine voice…she sounds like she should be in the crib with a pacifier…..mommy mommy why you so conceded come get me outta this crib
Comment by OneTwo — January 26, 2012 @ 2:09 pm
Love your humor. 1. I’m in S. CA and that hat was from over a year ago and even then I thought it was a goofy pretending to be a hipster look 2. Courtney’s def. the devil incarnate, but I love that she teaches people a great lesson as does Ben that thinking w/ your other head only is 99% going to lead to heartbreak & ending up alone if you don’t consider the other person’s character (not just how they act around you as they try to win you, but how they treat others presently and especially in the past – b/c after the infatuation wears off, they will eventually treat you that way as well).
Comment by Funny & True — January 26, 2012 @ 2:13 pm
Most girls and guys do NOT play other people (those types are called sociopaths), but that is how the gold diggers (male & femail) do it. Her dead eyes & lack of inflection in her voice should have tipped him off as signs of a sociopath, but he was not thinking clearly obviously and gets to now be humiliated on national TV. Quite the life lesson for Ben.
Comment by No Always True — January 26, 2012 @ 2:20 pm
First of all, who is the idiot that is dissing Trista? Get a life!
I think this blog is spot on.
Emily is more of a lady than Courtney can ever hope to become.
Editing can not excuse Courtney. I feel really sorry for Ben.
Comment by Jacquie — January 26, 2012 @ 2:46 pm
Excellent post! I think you are dead on about Courtney. Sad to see him falling for her/it
. I would bet anything that he picks her. He must be shuddering at what he is seeing.
Comment by Jenn — January 26, 2012 @ 2:48 pm
What is wrong with Courtney’s mouth? Is it congenital or has she been training it to look and move like something unnatural (a writer for a reality tv website called it sphincter-like)when she talks/smirks.
If the editing is making her just SEEM evil, the production team of The Bachelor needs to win an EMMY IMO.
Comment by SKae — January 26, 2012 @ 2:56 pm
I enjoyed your blog! Courtney is completely Penelope the one-upper! I thought about that a few times while watching the show. Did you catch her at the end saying “My champagne glass is higher than everyone else’s”? I hope Ben ends up with one of the nice girls, not her.
Comment by Bella — January 26, 2012 @ 3:24 pm
Ben was on the Ellen show this week and she blasted him about Courtney. It was obvious he was very uncomfortable. If he did pick her, I hope he’s getting a huge wake up call every Monday. That girl is a mean girl and it can’t be blamed on editing. Those words come out of her mouth. P.S. Reid, guys play girls MUCH more than girls play guys!
Comment by Sue — January 26, 2012 @ 3:29 pm
OMG, total one-upper!! Bwahahaha!
Comment by AMj — January 26, 2012 @ 4:07 pm
Also, anyone else notice Courtney saying, “I can go higher!” when doing the champagne toast at the end? Talk about 5th grade attitude!
Always one of my favorite blogs, Reid!
Comment by Tess — January 26, 2012 @ 4:16 pm
Geez, I ran into Bentley – and he asked me, “why does Courtney have to be so mean?”
Comment by Mary Jo — January 26, 2012 @ 5:47 pm
Who is the idiot posting about Trista? Are you kidding me? You really spend that much effort trying to put her down? I smell something bad. You my friend or friends have a major problem and should seek some help ASAP
Reid you are right on!!!!
Comment by Deb — January 26, 2012 @ 6:10 pm
okay…i’m DYING laughing!!!!! Penelope is our favorite on SNL. you hit the nail on the head with that one! seriously best blog. courtney is horrific. editing can only be taken so far. she is just a snake and casey s. is one of those girls who wants everyone to like her and visa versa. that is the only reason she took up for her, but yes, she lost major points for that. i hope if ben picked her he is HUMILIATED at what he is seeing
Comment by Dana — January 26, 2012 @ 6:29 pm
Reid….I was sooooo hoping you could’ve talked Ben out of signing on for this season, sharing with him your own happy ending IRL. (Much as I looooved you on the Bachette, I thought you were so wise to pass up TB when it was offered to you.) Ben was just not ready to deal with all this. I just hope he can extricate himself from this engagement and salvage some dignity….AND that those emotional walls he’d finally torn down aren’t rebuilt as he tries to weather the media backlash. Oy…
Comment by Lee — January 26, 2012 @ 7:55 pm
Hilarious about creating Puerto Rico. Courtney would find a way to one up the lord himself – she created the world in 6 days.
It’s not fair to insult the entire female gender to say what Courtney does is what women do – no that’s what sociopaths both MALE and female do. Kacie B was sincerely fearful – just as many of the men; JP was a wreck toward the end and needed reassurance. It’s completely understandable that a person who watches someone they like go out w/ a bunch of other people would need some reassurance to feel it’s worth going forward. This show is so unnatural and the rules in the real world do not always apply here.
Comment by Stacy — January 26, 2012 @ 9:07 pm
Your blogs are the best, they always make me laugh!
Comment by Deanna — January 26, 2012 @ 9:28 pm
The more I see how Ben is being reeled in by Courtney (no pun intended) the more annoyed I get with him. I though Jake was dumb but hasn’t Ben watched any previous seasons of the show or at least learned anything on Ashley’s time on The Bachelorette? Probably not. Kudos for Emily for trying to warn him which was a big risk and nearly got her evicted. Anyway I heard that Ben admitted that he was upset that some people’s behavior on the Ellen Degenares show. Is that a clue he chooses Penenlope in the end? She really reeled him in! Oh and not a defense for Courtney but yes she did go to Puerto Rico for a Fitness magazine photoshot so wasn’t lying about it at but anything to tick off the girls and viewers.
Comment by Maria C — January 26, 2012 @ 9:48 pm
Good blog Reid. I’m beginning to suspect, that Ben and Courtney deserve each other.
Could someone please delete the nasty Trista comments??
Comment by Judy — January 27, 2012 @ 5:01 am
Good blog Reid, love that you see right through Courtney.
It’s nice to see a man not be duped by looks and obvious manipulation.
PS. Any hope for you and Jillian??
Comment by Christine Chaos — January 27, 2012 @ 6:13 am
Christone Chaos,
Unfortunately, there is no hope for Jillian Harris.
Comment by FACT — January 27, 2012 @ 7:41 am
Blakeley, Jenna, Monica, Samantha, Kasey B, Nikki, Lindzi, and Courtney all have a great shot at being on The Bachelor Pad 3 just because they received so much more air time than the other women in the Bachelor mansion…..
Love reading your blog Reid….they’re entertaining and hilarious!
Comment by watching the bachelor for the first time — January 29, 2012 @ 4:57 pm
Hysterical! Keep it coming!
Comment by Carolyn — January 29, 2012 @ 7:39 pm