The Next Bachelorette - JUNE 11 2012

Last year, as I was watching The Bachelor, I saw the advertisement telling me that if I wanted to be the next bachelorette, I should go online and apply.

So, you know what???? I DID.

I emailed in my profile with pictures, and the next week I got a call from the people in charge of the show.

THEY WERE INTERESTED IN MY PROFILE.

So a little surprised (and laughing with the phone on mute), I took the first call, answered questions, and heard the order in which things were done. At the end of the conversation, the gentleman on the phone told me that I sounded like a good match for the show (no doubt because of my dramatic stories and passion in my voice). He said that I would be getting a second call the following day from another person and they would be doing a further interview.

After I got off that call I was like, “What just happened?” When I turned in my information, it was mostly to be funny. I seriously did not think I would get a call. I mean let’s be honest, I am not tall or super skinny, and my hair is shorter. I am not cookie-cutter cute, and I do not drink, so I am not the typical type to be brought on the show.

I remember telling Willow, and it took me like an hour to convince him. Ha. But really, I pretended for about 10 minutes that I could drop my entire life to possibly join a show that is probably scripted most of the time anyway (and let’s be honest, the girls on that show usually get on my nerves, and I would probably find myself fist-fighting one in the hot tub).

So, the next morning I emailed the interviewer, thanking him for the opportunity, but it was not a good time for me to proceed. I later received an email back but never had the courage to read it, so it went unread and deleted. I sometimes wonder what his response was to my decline for the follow-up interview, but I will get past it.

I know that at the time I was mostly scraping for reasons to move on and let go from Willow, and The Bachelor show would have been an interesting way to do so, but I never made it there—and who knows if I ever would have made it very far.

One day I will find the lucky man to take me on (that I will allow to do so), in spite of all these things I talk of. We will have our own exciting show to create—but I will not be fighting off 25 other women to get to him…

(To this day I have not watched a full season of any of those reality shows) - June 5 2025