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The Bachelor Season 23 Finale Recap: Cassie Makes Her Final Decision


Caution: Spoilers for the finale of The Bachelor, as well as The Bachelorette announcement, are ahead.

The action picks right back up with Colton knocking on Cassie’s door and asking to talk. He says it was so hard watching her leave that he’s “sacrificed everything” to be with her.

“Sorry…what?” she replies. This is off to a good start.

Colton reveals that he broke up with Tayshia and Hannah. Cassie smiles and puts her hand over her mouth to cover it. Colton pushes on, telling her he doesn’t need an engagement. He’s happy to take the relationship day-by-day, if that’s what she wants. “I’m so nervous right now,” she answers. “What? This is crazy. This is really crazy.”

Cassie repeats what she’s been saying, loud and clear, all along: She’s not on the same page as him, and he should pursue other women if he wants a serious commitment.

Nope, Colton says. “Sacrifice is what you do when you love somebody.” (Pause for a quick soap box: I know every relationship is different, and you can’t compare them, and blah blah blah. But the biggest thing I’ve ever had to sacrifice for my husband is the hours I lost going to a Phish concert for him. I’ll never get that Saturday back, but my point is this: Love doesn’t have to be hard, nor does that make it somehow greater or more passionate. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.)

Whatever, this seems to work for Cassie. Now secure, Colton tells her about the fence jump, but she just giggles and changes the conversation. Cassie, I don’t think you’re fully appreciating the Drama of this moment! They literally lost Colton. The Portuguese police were almost called!

Now that Cassie’s giving him a second chance, Colton has another bombshell: His family is waiting to meet them in Spain, if she’ll go. She agrees, adding, “This is so weird!”

Colton meets up with his family first, and right away—before anyone gets a chance to talk—he announces that he’s no longer a virgin. They all laugh. After a beat too long, Colton tells them he was just joking. Good one, Colton. Then he gives them the real breakdown: There’s only one woman here to meet them this week. Oh, and she broke up with me. Oh, and she’s not sure if she loves me or not.

Colton’s family is skeptical, to say the least. Cassie, meanwhile, is nervous to meet them because, hey, it turns out having to explain to a mom why you’re not in love with her son is pretty awkward.

All things considered, the visit goes OK. Colton’s mom does lightly suggest that maybe he should be with someone who reciprocates his feelings. Colton, however, is all, Nope. No doubts. Cassie is IT. I am IN LOVE. I stick by my DECISIONS. I am TOTALLY OK with her being ambivalent about her feelings. Man, all those Bird Box memes are right:

The next day, Colton and Cassie have a date. She keeps using words like “nervous” and “anxious” to describe how she’s feeling; that said, she finally admits she loves him. (Only to the camera, though, not to Colton.) They have a Serious Chat™, during which Cassie admits she’s not freaked out about Colton so much as the idea of commitment. Her last ex was controlling, and she doesn’t want to lose her freedom again. “I want us to do what’s best for us,” Colton replies. He says he wants them to have their own hobbies, interests, friends, etc. Basically, “I want you to live your life.” It’s amazing where we’re at in society that Colton saying the most basic thing—that he wants her to have friends and other interests—is presented as swoon-worthy.



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A Look Back at the Most Dramatic Fashion From *The Bachelor* Season 23


When it comes to fashion on The Bachelor, the looks tend to range from sparkly gowns to sparkly going-out tops—not exactly the pinnacle of high fashion, or even necessarily a reflection of the latest trends. To be fair, the contestants have to pack for unpredictable circumstances (and destinations), bringing along clothes that are as great for rose ceremonies as they are for “stealing you for a sec.” It can get pricey, with some admitting to spending thousands before the show in order to have an eye-grabbing wardrobe. This season they definitely got our attention, in spite of how hard producers wanted us to focus on Colton showering.

Ever wondered what gown to wear when seeing your ex for the first time, on national television or otherwise? What about the perfect swimsuit in which to look cute but also cause a scene at a pool party? Below, we round up the best, most dramatic fashion moments from this season of The Bachelor—from night one to the many, many breakups.

The gown so good two women wore it on the same night

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The most surprising bit of Bachelor history to come out of Colton’s season wasn’t the long-awaited fence jump, nor was it the sheer number of times the word virgin was uttered (though, that must’ve been a record). Rather, it was that, for the first time ever, two contestants showed up to the mansion on night one wearing the same dress.

That’s right, Heather (she who would go on to have her first kiss on air) and Laura the accountant picked out the very same red strapless Likely gown to make a first impression on Colton—only to inadvertently re-create that Spider-Man meme in the living room of the Bachelor Mansion. The two handled it well, though. Honestly? It’s not hard to see how that would happen. It’s a good dress! Oh, and it’s on sale and you can even buy it from Amazon.

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The dress that made for a memorable exit

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We were sad to see Elyse take herself out of the competition for Colton’s heart this season after such a good one-on-one date—but damn, what a way to go.

In an iconic self-elimination, Elyse did her best glam (she’s a professional makeup artist, after all), put on her most stunning white dress (so on the nose), and broke it off with Colton. She looked good.

According to Bachelor fashion fan accounts, Elyse was wearing Vici’s Antonia Maxidress, which features a velvet-burnout floral print over a sheer full skirt. Listen, if you’re going to make a grand exit during prime time, you’ve got to dress for it. The dress is currently available for preorder, so if you need a similar one ASAP consider this Yes Please maxi from Free People which we’re sure would also look good when you want to say, “Thank you, next.”

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The swimsuit that reminded you of all those stylish people you follow on Instagram

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Toward the end, Onyeka sort of lost us with her drama with Nicole, which ultimately got both contestants eliminated. Before then, though, when the conflict was still centered on the Caelynn and Hannah B. conflict, she was a source for funny commentary—and solid fashion. Onyeka wore the type of things you’d see on your favorite fashion influencer: plunging velvet minidresses with shoulder pads, low-cut gauzy maxidresses, and scalloped two-piece swimsuits. She even wore that one Marysia bikini every blogger and their squad owns for a poolside cocktail party.





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The Bachelor Season 23, Episode 11 Recap: Will Colton and Cassie End Up Together?


Let’s get right into The Bachelor recap, because there’s so much to discuss. Spoilers ahead, obviously.

Aside from a brief montage of the season’s biggest moments, tonight’s episode picks up with Colton’s famed fence jump. It’s hard to tell what’s going on, it’s so dark and the cameras are so shaky. It’s The Blair Witch Project—but instead of a Maryland witch exacting her revenge upon hapless campers, it’s Chris Harrison running around the Portuguese countryside yelling, “Colton?”

“Colton?”

“Colton!”

A van full of producers drives up. They’re on the case, giving play-by-play walkie talkie updates. It’s like Live PD, but instead of brave police men and women arresting criminals it’s a producer saying, “I think we should go back and look in the brush more?”

“It’s 11:40 at night!” Chris Harrison tells someone on the phone. At first I think maybe he’s complaining that it’s past his bedtime—those roses can’t hand themselves out—but then he adds that they’ll have to call the police if Colton doesn’t turn up in another 20 or 30 minutes.

Ooh, maybe this really is Live PD.

Never mind, the producers in the van found Colton walking on the side of the road. “Are you okay?” a producer asks as she grabs his arm to get him out of the way of an oncoming car. “Don’t touch me,” he snipes back. “No, I’m not okay.”

When Chris—out of breathe, aw—catches up with Colton, the Bachelor says he’s “done with this shit.” Chris, correctly, is like, Sir, you can’t just walk to the airport. At least get in the car. Colton repeats that he’s done with the whole thing. Done done. When he finally gets in the car, Colton cries because he’s been “reminded enough times” that he’s “not enough.”

“Every time I put myself out there I get rejected,” he says. Um, tell that to Tia. Or, I don’t know, all the women you’ve dumped this season. You want the one woman who rejected you—it doesn’t take a full 40-minute therapy session to figure that one out.

The next morning, Chris Harrison checks in with Colton. “Last night was wild,” he jokes. Colton says he needed time alone, because “any time something good happens to me, or for me, it’s followed by something bad.” (Again, can we get Tia’s thoughts on this?)

He thinks Cassie left because she’s confused about him still dating two other women, so he needs to fix that. “Do you really think that’s what it is?” Chris asks, correctly. “What if the bottom line is she’s just not that into you?”

Colton is all, Nahhh, she loves me. She’s just too scared to admit it. Sure, Colton. Sure.

Time to break up with Tayshia, I guess. He shows up at her room and makes her just sit there, confused, while he sighs and looks at the ground. “You’re incredible,” he finally says, before dropping the bomb that he loves Cassie. She replies with a pursed lip and a simple “mmhmm” that says it all. “Can we talk without all these cameras?” she asks. They go into her room, but the mics stay on. (Thank God. The inevitable closed-door-microphone-on conversation scene is always a highlight on any reality show.) Nothing too juicy though—they just cry. At one point, Colton opens the door just wide enough to allow the cameras to see him hugging her goodbye.

When we return from commercial, Tayshia’s in the studio with Chris looking ab-so-lutely fantastic. She says it hurt to hear he was in love with Cassie, but she knows it must have been hard for him to admit that. Chris points out that she was mainly taking care of him during the breakup, when it’s usually the other way around. “I know that I deserve a lot,” she says. If Colton loves someone else, well, that’s his journey.

When Colton joins her on stage, Tayshia asks what was missing. He says it’s not really something missing in their relationship, but rather what he had with Cassie. “I just wish the best for you,” she says. “I hope you’re happy.”



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The Bachelor Season 23, Episode 10 Recap: The Women Tell All


The Bachelor‘s Women Tell All special is a highlight every season. It’s like a Real Housewives reunion, but everyone talks about things like their “journey” and whether or not they’re down for Paradise instead of, like, bickering about where their sister-in-law is sitting on a couch. It’s thrilling. (Spoilers ahead.)

My favorite part is always right at the beginning, when Chris Harrison introduces all the women we forgot about. Remember Bri? Jane? Nina? That there was more than one woman named Alex? Who are these people???

We’ll never know, because CH moves right on to asking the women what they think about last night’s drama and Colton’s fence jump. “[If I were him,] I couldn’t look Tayshia and Hannah in the eyes after that,” Sydney says. Heather agrees, wondering how he could possibly finish the show after declaring his love for Cassie.

But what did the women think of Colton when they first met him? “I mean, he’s hot,” Hannah B. jokes. And what about that whole virginity thing? “I was excited to explore a man that’s a virgin.” Demi says. “Is it weird that I was kind of turned on?” Nobody gives her an answer.

Chris moves on, setting up a montage of the various drama and rivalries that plagued the season. Right away, as soon as the video ends, Courtney starts in on Demi. Chris pauses them to let Catherine the DJ, of all people, have her time to talk uninterrupted. Not much to unpack there, so we dig into Onyeka and Nicole’s feud. Nicole still feels like she was bullied by Onyeka, but Tracy speaks up and says that’s ridiculous. “You questioned whether I was emotionally stable…just because you had seen me crying,” Nicole says to Onyeka. Nina then chimes in, saying Nicole would talk shit all the time about the other women so she’s not totally innocent in this. Then Sydney stands up for Nicole, saying it seemed like Onyeka was acting out because she knew she was going to leave soon. “At least I didn’t leave like a coward, like you did,” Onyeka hits back. Basically, Onyeka says, Nicole was different on camera than she was off camera.

“Emotions are obviously running high,” Chris says, before kicking to a commercial break.

When we return, Chris asks Katie why she told Colton that some of the women weren’t ready for marriage. Caelynn says her warning put every relationship left, including her own, into question. At this, Katie finally reveals that, yup, she was talking about Caelynn and Cassie. It all stemmed from a conversation she heard the two have on a bus, during which she claims they talked about “winning” and potentially becoming the Bachelorette. Caelynn says she and Cassie were talking about their fears that one would get engaged and what that would mean for their friendship. According to Caelynn, she and Katie talked on the phone recently and confirmed this. Not true, Katie replies. “I hate this, actually,” she says. “I feel so mad I’m shaking. That’s the manipulation Hannah B. warned Colton about.”

Hannah B. asked to be left out of this drama, but if you must know, she remembers the bus conversation and she agrees with Katie’s version of events.

This leads Chris to ask Hannah B. where she and Caelynn stand. “We’re like oil and water,” she explains, but they’re on good terms now. Caelynn agrees—they’re never going to be best friends, but they can support each other and move on.

OK, time for Demi to explain why she shaded the “cougar club.” At this point I realize: Where is Elyse???? I paused to Google—turns out she’s at a friend’s wedding—so I didn’t hear Demi’s defense. Whatever it was, Tracy is clearly still not a fan. “Demi, you act like a child,” Courtney chimes in. Demi complains that Courtney wanted to “tone down Demi,” which made her upset. Demi admits that calling Courtney the cancer of the house was extreme and wrong. Because, “you’re more like bed bugs,” she says. “I only know how to do deal with mature adults,” Courtney replies, before getting up and stuffing a damn pacifier in Demi’s mouth. It’s…well, it’s really weird. (Read Demi’s thoughts on it here.)

Then Demi comes up on stage to talk to Chris. Being vulnerable is hard for her, she says, but she wanted to show Colton how serious she was. Demi reveals she never told any of the other women about her mom being in prison; she was also scared and embarrassed to tell Colton about it, but she appreciated how he responded once she did. She seems to be doing just fine post breakup, “I know who I am and I know that I’m a badass.” With that, Harrison teases that we’ll probably see her again (a.k.a. Paradise!).



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Chris Harrison Says Next Week's Bachelor Finale Is a 1,000 on a Scale From 1 to 10


It’s Chris Harrison’s job to play ringleader on The Bachelor, but you know even he was like, “This is way more than I signed up for,” after last night’s episode. He’s used to meltdowns and tantrums, but not runaway former football players. And since tonight’s Bachelor episode is devoted to the “Women Tell All,” it’s going to be another week before we find out just what went down.

Even when Colton returns, how will Tayshia and Hannah G. react? Will they even want to stick around after finding out that Colton is in love with Cassie? (My advice: Cut your losses and move on Bachelor in Paradise.) And will Chris forgive Colton for keeping him up past his bedtime?

Before tonight’s “Women Tell All” special, Chris sat down with Glamour to talk about Cassie’s departure, Kirpa’s warning, and more.

Did Cassie really need to call things off and go home? She kept saying she was wanted to be with Colton throughout the season?

Chris Harrison: Yeah, I don’t know. Maybe she just got to that crossroads, and when push came to shove she was just being honest and wasn’t ready for this. I think her family has a lot to do with that, as you saw with her dad. I think she got cold feet and shut it down. And then Colton shut down.

But what about the fact that Kirpa and Katie warned Colton that Cassie may not be ready for marriage?

Chris: I can’t say you’re wrong, because the proof is in the pudding. You have the proof. But I would say give him a little bit more credit than that from my perspective, because this is an extraordinary situation. Their lives are on the line, truly. Their lives will change exponentially. I felt like Caelynn and Cassie did put it out there. It didn’t end well, but I don’t know if it’s so easy to say [the other women] were right all along. I don’t know if that’s fair, but I can’t argue if you say that. [Laughs]

Let’s say Colton and Cassie somehow end up together and give it another shot. Do you think it can work?

Chris: Overall, there’s a lot to still unpack. Once we find Colton [after he jumped over the fence jump], we had to figure out as a team, with him included, where do we go from here? You’ll see that conversation, and you’ll see all of that unfold. There are still other women involved. Hannah G. and Tayshia are still here. What do we do? He thought he had it all figured out. Clearly he didn’t. It was a lot, it was very interesting, and we were dealing with what happened the best we could on the fly.

Colton said we’ve never seen a finale quite like this. But you’ve seen it all. Think he’s right?

Chris: Yeah, I don’t think that’s a crazy thing to say because of the nature of this show. You’re dealing with everybody’s fears and lives and emotions. Obviously that comes out in the most stressful of times. You saw it with Arie. You see it happen with Colton. We’re no stranger to that happening. How it unfolds is what’s new. On a scale of 1-10, it’s about a 1000.

Will we get an answer about whether Colton lost his virginity?

Chris: I think so. I think you’ll get a yes or a no. Or maybe we won’t. We want to know. It annoys us that we want to know, but we do. That’s the beauty of this.

Jessica Radloff is Glamour’s west coast editor. Follow her on Instagram @jessicaradloff14 and on Twitter at @JRadloff.





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The Bachelor Season 23, Episode 9 Recap: So That's Why Colton Jumped the Fence


There’s so much that happens this episode of The Bachelor—the much-anticipated fence jump, a surprise cameo from Cassie’s dad, Colton’s first overnight date, to name a few—so let’s just jump right in, shall we? Spoilers ahead, obviously.

Things kick off with Colton and Chris Harrison catching up. For a hot second, it seems like they’re going to have “the talk.”

“I have an idea of what happens in a fantasy suite,” Colton says, not at all convincingly.

“Thank God,” Chris answers, maybe a little too quickly.

Colton then assures Chris (and us viewers) that if the situation is right and everyone’s in love, he’s gonna do it this week. Or, as he puts it, “make love.”

“Enjoy your week,” Chris says as they part ways. “Congratulations!”

With that, they’re all off to Portugal. Cheers.

Once everyone lands in Europe, the women reveal their priorities for the week. Tayshia’s ready to “explore” being physical with Colton. Cassie wants to use this time to figure out her feelings. And the first thing on Hannah’s to-do list is the fantasy suite. As for Colton, he seems really, really excited about maybe-possibly losing his virginity.

That’s good news, I guess, for Tayshia, who has the first date of the week. “I hope today has in store a lot of new firsts for us,” she insinuates. Before they can get to that, though, they must get through the rest of the date which starts with a helicopter ride. During it, they talk about the super sexy topic of Portugal’s main exports. Colton jokes that it’s extra virgin olive oil, to which Tayshia quips, “That’s how I like ’em!”

The virgin innuendos don’t end there. After the helicopter takes them to a castle—or fort, maybe?—the two sip on champagne and talk about all the things they’ve done together. “What’s something you haven’t done yet?” Tayshia asks. Colton yells back, “Fantasy suites, baby!!!” To my amazement, she continues with the date. In all seriousness, though, Colton says he’s just excited to have intimate conversations with all the women this week, whether or not that involves losing his virginity. Sure.

Before the commercial break, Tayshia assures us viewers that she’s totally ready to “take that next step” with Colton. Then, when we return from the break, she reiterates that she’s only intimate with someone she loves, and she’s in love with Colton. I appreciate and yet am horrified by the amount of times the producers have asked this women to confirm that, yes, a sexual encounter with Colton would be consensual. At this point, I’m half expecting her to show up with a notarized statement stating, “I want to have sex with Colton.”

We finally get to the dinner portion of their date, to which Tayshia wears a dress that requires all the boob tape available in Portugal. It looks fantastic. Colton can’t keep his eyes off her chest, though that’s partially because she keeps fussing with her dress. She asks him to keep an eye out in case a boob pops out, and Colton is like, “YUP.”

They talk, yet again, about Colton’s virginity and the night ahead. Tayshia tells him that she waited to have sex—she lost her virginity to her ex-husband—so she understands the importance of the situation. Then she reveals that a year into her marriage her husband cheated, which she says taught her the value of intimacy even more. Colton promises that if they are endgame, he’ll never cheat. (I mean, dude, that should be a given—but a sweet sentiment.)

Colton presents Tayshia with a key to the fantasy suite, and she says yes. Cue some corny music as Colton talks about his sexual prowess. “As men, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to perform well,” Colton says. “….how hard can it be?” Don’t worry, Colton assures us, he’s experienced in other ways. He’s done basically everything but, lest we question his ability.



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