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Bachelor Week 2: What National Championship?

1.  I’ll say it: Kaitlyn’s right eyeball is pointing due east.  #seeyouonthebustohell

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2.  “Slow clap” …BAHAHHAHAHAHHA.  But I gotta give it to (I’ve already forgotten her name) for asking to stay… bold move sister.

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And I gotta give it to him for being sweet enough to give her another shot.  Plus the bit where he walked back in and re-introduced himself??  Adorable.

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3.  “When I went to sleep I was like, so daydreaming about Chris right now, and I was like, ‘are other girls like, lying in their beds daydreaming about him right now too?'” …I’m gonna pause to let everybody think about that one for a sec, and whether or not it makes a ^#%* lick of sense.  Nevermind the psych and STD tests they probably have to take before they come on the show – I just wanna know if she spelled her own name right on the SAT’s.

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4.  Now THAT is a man who can wear pink.

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….this is what I do at home when he wears stuff like that:

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5.  Did you catch the moment when Chris took a whiff of the fresh air and went all Mighty Dog on us?  Bless his heart.  He’s kinda nerdy.  But in the sweetest and most humble way anyone possibly could be.

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6.  I give Cody big hi-5’s long distance for whipping the Farmer into shape before production started…

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But the plunging V / unzipped sweatshirt with chest hair poking out *prolly* oughta stay in Cody’s playbook where it belongs.

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Slash, you tell me – whose pecks are bigger?  Chris’ or Jillian’s?  …my money’s on The Hulk Lube & Flex.

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7.  I hope for his sake he doesn’t drop the soap, cuz I bet there’s a crouching floozy / hidden skank in the bushes just waiting to pounce.

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8.  This is where I draw the line.

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9.  I lost at least 400 brain cells during Kelsey aka Melba Toast’s date.  She is a Natalie Portman-esque stunner, and I totally appreciate and respect the fact that she is raising a child as a mere kiddo herself, but c’maaahnn.  That doesn’t erase the cringe-worthy lunacy of the alien comment. Or the “I love your big nose!” business.  Or the fact that she was on a mission to see how many times she could cram the word “like” into every single sentence.

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10. Also.  GURL.  I know you just hit puberty last year, but instead of twirling your pigtails and gushing to the other girls aka vipers in the room about how many times he kissed you & such, maybe just go ahead and paint a GIANT bullseye on your back. (Face palm).  And she better watch out, cuz they’re about to hand Courtney Thorne Smith an oozie.

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11. HOW did Megan hold it together talking about how her dad passed away like, two weeks before filming started?  That is HEAVY stuff.  I think I really like her… for being a real chick, having some smarts, and for not being a stick insect.

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Though what was this??  …I’ll give her a pass, because maybe she was still criggity crunked from the rose ceremony.

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12.  DAMN.  That man can wear a blue shirt too.

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13.  I lied last week.  Courtney Thorne Smith’s not gonna boil a bunny – she’s gonna boil that poor cat.  What IS this nonsense?  This has gotta be a charade… right?  Slash, raise your hand if she reminded you of Jodie Foster in Nell for just a minute when she was speaking in tongues.

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14.  Seriously.  Who gave cuckoo for cocoa puffs a firearm?  #198sandwichesshortofapicnic

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15.  Dear Ashley: be a doll and pass your girl Lube & Flex some mascara.  Cuz we know you have 47 tubes of it stashed in your Louis Vuitton, as is evidenced by the tarantulas attached to your eyeballs.

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16.  Is he brushing his teeth between makeouts?  I feel like making out with Chris is a ride at the fair this week, and everyone’s just gettin’ in line.  Step right up, folks!

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17.  Is Erin Andrews on this season and I didn’t know it??

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18.  Hands-down the grossest makeout in Bachelor history.  And I knew it was gonna be all down hill from the moment she came at him with her mouth gaping open, like a large-mouth bass, then tried to mount him and swallow him whole.

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Sorry but I just don’t see this one goin’ anywhere.

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19.  Or this one.  I know they have to keep some chicks for ratings, but c’mon.  This makes me sad for ANY girl who genuinely wanted to have a shot with him and/or come on the show to do more than twerk, gyrate and get wasted on TV.

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20.  “Neh-nehneh-neh-neeehhhhh” = right up there with “nannah-nannah-boo-boo.”  And I hadn’t heard it since a game of tag at recess, when I was 8.  Until last night.

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She might be fun though this season.  I give her props for keepin’ it real with colorful commentary in all her interviews:

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21.  Jillian taking a nose-dive on the rug when she thought he called her name, followed by her getting up and pounding her chest and laughing a scary “MUUU-HA-HA-HA-HA” for an hour is still making me cringe over coffee this morning.

22.  He kept the Cuckoo Bird???????  FJKDSL:JKDFJOUueifjdlkjfklds;ajdlk;j&$*#(&$**(#@*)(#*@(*#@()#*@)(.  WWWWHHHAT?!  I got nothin’… except this is hard evidence that the producers must get at least 4 picks every week.

That’s all I got this week!  The floor is open.  Click here for last week’s in case you missed it.

Oh – wait…  I’ll keep with tradition, just to keep the playing field level.  Cuz it can’t be easy being under a microscope on national TV, while intoxicated.  PS: Kaycie Carr! Thanks for letting me tear a hole in the dance floor at your wedding, like a lunatic.

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*Shirtless Chris photo credit is from People.com by way of Michelle Money’s Twitter.

xoxo,

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Bachelor Week 1: Prince Farming, the Panty Dropper

Chris Soules | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

LAAAAAWD.  That is a fine a$$ man.  And gurl we will talk ALLLLL about that this season, and I will spell out what a growling noise sounds like… like a puma in heat. But anybody can be smokin’ hot… what makes this guy the best bachelor, ever, is that he’s an upstanding, endearingly sweet and humble guy.  With a good heart and a great fam.  Like an endangered species that we’ve never seen in real life; only read about in fairy tales, or seen on Animal Planet.

Now…  I hope for all of your sakes that you tuned into ABC last night for the big Bachelor Premiere.  Or better yet, that you hosted a gaggle of floozies like I did and served Pear & Thyme Mimosas.

Pear and Thyme Mimosas | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

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But if you missed it (!) then you’re in luck.  Cuz here’s what went down.  And remember – these recaps are all in good fun!!  Plus let’s be real: you know you’re thinking all the same things.  Fist bump.

RECAP: BACHELOR PREMIERE WEEK

1.  My only objection to the new red carpet bit is that somehow, someway, an invite accidentally got sent to Chris – aka Kermit the Frog.  And if I find out who did it, they’re in trouble.  This dude’s arrogance, grammar and general toddler tantrum-esque behavior – inappropriate for anyone out of diapers – never ceases to make my head want to explode every season…  And I say “every season” because somehow, he manages to inject himself into every Bachelor-based series.  It’s like Where’s Waldo. Can we call MERCY already?  I’ll call it: “MER-SAAAAAAAAAY!”

Chris | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

2.  Don’t get me wrong – I adore some Nikki Ferrell… *especially* for finally (praise sweet baby Jesus & hi-5’s the-world-over) telling Juan Pablo to go pound sand.  And I give BIG props to her stylist, because she looks stunning.

Nikk Ferrell | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

But why-oh-WHY were 59 minutes of the 1-hour red carpet special consumed by Chris Harrison & Nikki rapping about the demise of Nikki & Juan Pablo’s relationship?  It was like a broken record on repeat.  If ABC was going to subject us to it for that long, they at least could’ve had the courtesy to do a split screen – maybe with Chris plowing fields of gold while shirtless, gazing off into the distance all pensive & chewing on a piece of wheat.  Or something.  Anyhow.  Nikki’s best quotes included: “We in real life tried” and after what sounded like a lot of MUCH-rehearsed-with-her-publicist-diplomacy, the clouds parted and there was an unapologetic moment of candor: “It’s one thing to be someone’s 2nd priority, and it’s another thing to be their 7th.”  Amen, Sister Sledge.  PS did you see what she posted on Instagram when they broke up?  Get it girl.

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3.  Did Lacy borrow Julie Andrews’ Oscar dress?  And did she suck all the air out of a hot air balloon of helium backstage, or are her Spanx just super tight?  PS… rewind. Good catch, Beth: Did she for serious just say, “it’s about 80/40”???  …ehmahgah, there are no words.

Lacy | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

4. Erika.  Now representing the Richard Simmons Disco collection.  PS: where’s my girl Joan when I need her?? #ripjoan

Erika | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

5. Andi looks AMAZING.  And I’m happy for her cuz she seems so happy, but my jury’s still out on Josh.

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6. I can’t take it.  RAWR.

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7. Also, can we talk about how PRECIOUS his family is??  His mom was so sweet last season I wanted to curl up in her lap and have her bake me homemade blueberry muffins and tell me a story.

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8. This is HANDS-DOWN one of the best things ABC has ever done.  I die.

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Also – did she read my recaps of last season?  Cuz girlfriend stole my line.

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9. Did the Fertility Whisperer take a swig from Lacy’s helium tank?  Slash, what a sweetie she is.  I feel like she’ll go the distance.

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10. I cannot even talk about the flight attendant sketch.  The end.

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11.  Pocahontas the Widow is gorgeous.  And I would strongly suggest that she wash down 87 boxes of Girl Scout cookies with a gallon of half & half, stat.

Pochohontas | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

12.  Tara…  BAHAHAHHAHA.  Was it just me, or is she the spitting image of Kristen Johnson from SATC when she’s all wasted, just before she falls out of the window of that New York high rise?  Her wardrobe change / pop out of the bushes did make me cackle.  And why is the rose ceremony at daylight??  These poor girls!  As much as I’d love to knock her for being all leaning-tower-of-Piza-wasted and falling asleep standing up, let’s be honest.  I would’ve been peeing (or drowning) in the pool at that point.

Tara | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

13.  Is Britt a fawn from a Disney Bambi movie?  Is she a beautiful combination of every story book princess and story book animal that ever was?  Is that even REAL? &^$%.  Everyone else can go on home – thanks fer playin’.  I like boys, but even I might have a crush on her if I were him.  Though I will say: …isn’t “waitress in Hollywood” kind of synonymous with “actress“?  She seems so sweet and genuine and I want to believe that’s real.  But if it’s not, then girlfriend needs an Oscar nom. Hidejakeeds and ladies, DEFINITELY hidejahusbands.

Britt | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

14. The live organ thing freaked me out.  Also… it may not be the worst idea ever to inject some of that live tissue into her upper lip.  Now… If anyone needs me, I’ll be driving the bus to h*ll.

Organs | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

15. Calling it now: Courtney Thorne Smith’s doppelgänger is gonna boil a bunny in his kitchen by Week 3.  With a side of onions.

Courtney Thorne Smith | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

16. Prediction: The Incredible Hulk – the chick that kept kissing her flexed bicep – is going to crush him between her thighs by Week 2.

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17. “There 15 girls here, and that’s 14 more than I usually date at one time” = best thing he’s ever said.  God bless America, I love him.

Chris Soules | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

18. Kaitlin absolutely frightens me beyond belief.  Mostly because I think she might have a few people chopped up in the basement freezer.  And did she seriously say, “You can plow the ^$%# out of my field anytime?”  Oh, my.  My BFF aka Chris’ mom has to be blushing back on the farm.

Kaitlin | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

19. Love these gals.  And if the Midwest had a signature haircut, this would be it.

Midwest Hair | Covet Living Bachelor Recap

20. Did they pull ALL these girls from the Disney Princess Collection?  Good Lord, they’re all stunning.

Covet Living Bachelor Recap

21. I don’t even remember who said it, but “I would rather chew glass and wash it down with a bag of hair” = the best line in bachelor history.  EVER.

That’s all I got for this week!  What did I miss?  And who are you guys pulling for? Also.  Just to keep it real and level the playing field since I poked some fun at some of these chicks (who I’m certain are lovely people in real life), this is what I look like right when I wake up in the morning.  You’re welcome.

Judging in Sweats | Covet Living

PS: To catch up on last season’s shenanigans: Bachelor Candor Comes to Covet | Bachelorette Recap Week 2 | Boys II Men, B-Ball & Eric |  Bachelorette Recap: Venice | Bachelorette Recap: Hometowns

xoxo,

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