The Bachelor won’t return for a live, three-hour special until Monday, January 7. So tide us over until then, ABC has generously revealed the 30 women who will be competing for Colton Underwood‘s love…and sponsored Instagram opportunities.
After combing through their bios, I’m sad/happy to report that it looks like we’re getting yet another season where beautiful, accomplished women bicker over the affections of an Axe-scented potato. To be fair, though, Underwood is a much better catch than last season’s near-villain Arie Luyendyk Jr. Still, Underwood has committed a major reality TV sin: He’s kind of normal and, therefore, boring. And these women are anything but boring. Meet them all, below.
It’s time to add another couple to the ever-growing list of major celebrity breakups this year. Cardi B took to her Instagram—because, of course she did—last night to announce that she and husband Offset have parted ways after a year of marriage. She posted a short video addressing the matter with the caption, “There you go…peace and love.”
“So, everybody been bugging me and everything. And you know, I been trying to work things out with my baby father for a hot minute now,” Cardi said. “We’re really good friends, and we’re really good business partners, but things just haven’t been working out between us for a long time.”
“And we’re really good friends, and, you know, we’re really good business partners, and, you know, he’s always somebody that I run to, to talk to, and we got a lot of love for each other, but things just haven’t been working out between us for a long time,” she continued. “And it’s nobody’s fault. It’s just like I guess we grew out of love. But we’re not together anymore. I don’t know, it might take time to get a divorce. And I’m going to always have a lot of love for him because he is my daughter’s father and yeah.”
Cardi B and Offset got married in September 2017 but managed to keep it a secret for months. “There are so many moments that I share with the world and then there are moments that I want to keep for myself,” she wrote on Twitter in June. “Getting married was one of those moments! Our relationship was so new breaking up and making up and we had a lot of growing up to do but we was so in love we didn’t want to lose each other.”
She gave birth to the couple’s daughter in July of this year and seemingly named her in honor of her father: Kulture Kiari Cephus. (Offset’s given name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, and his rap trio Migos released two successful albums titled Culture and Culture II.)
Offset has yet to make a statement about the breakup other than to comment on Cardi’s video with the somewhat cryptic, “Y’all won.”
You’ve probably heard that Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are getting married this weekend in India. I mean, we haven’t seen wedding hype quite this loud since Chopra’s BFF Meghan Markle was about to walk down the aisle with Prince Harry.
Sure, Meghan and Harry had a literal royal wedding, but Chopra and Jonas do have a lot in common with them: Both of their weddings include a celebrity-filled guest list, international travel, and a very romantic proposal story at the start. In a new interview with Vogue, Chopra and Jonas open up for the first time publicly about how it all went down.
It happened this July, when Chopra and Jonas took a vacation to the Greek island of Crete. She thought it was simply a birthday trip, but he had other plans in mind—in fact, Jonas had already shut down a Tiffany & Co. store in London weeks prior (with his brothers) to pick out a ring.
“I got down on one knee, again, and I said: Will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?” Jonas says of the moment. “No joke—she took about 45 seconds. Forty-five seconds of silence.” Chopra says she was speechless, hence the silence. But Jonas would not be deterred, saying, “I’m going to put this ring on your finger now unless you have any objections.”
As for how Chopra knew he was the one…she says it was a moment on a date in Los Angeles when he told her, “I love the way you look at the world. I love the drive you have.” She explains, “As a girl, I’ve never had a guy tell me, ‘I like your ambition.’ It’s always been the opposite.”
Once they were engaged, the couple continued the celebration with a traditional Hindu engagement ceremony called a roka in Mumbai in August. “It was such an incredible coming-together of two really ancient cultures and religions,” Chopra says. “Nick did the Hindu prayers. The prayers are in Sanskrit. Even I can’t say them. But he did it in Sanskrit. The Indians were so impressed with their National Jiju [Jonas’ nickname in the Indian press, meaning ‘brother-in-law’ or ‘sister’s husband’].”
Next up? Not one but two ceremonies this week honoring both their religious backgrounds. We can’t wait.
Kylie Jenner took to Snapchat on Saturday night with her BFF Jordyn Woods to benevolently answer a few fan questions—one of which, unsurprisingly enough, was if she was thinking about having more kids, and if so, when? Jenner’s been mom to Stormi Webster, whom she had with boyfriend Travis Scott, since early February. And after eight months of being a new mom, it seems like Jenner is taking to family life: During Scott’s SNL performance on Saturday night, she posted an Instagram Story that zooms into Scott performing on stage, and she captioned the whole shebang with the words “hubby” and three heart-eye emojis. What does this mean? We have no answers at this time, but feel free to scan the video below (sans sound, unfortunately) for evidence before we get back to the baby thing.
Ok, back to Jenner’s broody musings: After the fan asked if Jenner was thinking about having more kids, she answered in the affirmative—with a catch.
“I want another baby but when is the question and I’m definitely not ready right this second. And I don’t know when I will be,” she said. “But yeah when I do I would love to share more of that with you guys.”
The conversation between Jenner and her fans continued AMA-style, with another follower asking her what she was planning on naming the aforementioned potential offspring.
“I have [been thinking about names] but I haven’t found anything that I love love,” she said. “But I definitely want another girl, hopefully, but I want her to have a feminine name.”
Another fan asked her who Stormi reminds her most of out of all of her family members. “I think that her personality is just like Kendall and her dad, she is just like her dad, but she does look like me, so,” she said.
Well, it’s safe to say that whenever Kylie’s ready, the Internet will be there.
It seems like we’ve been waiting forever to find out what Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra‘s celebrity couple nickname is (Niyanka? Jopra?). Now, it’s finally been revealed by the couple themselves… and it’s just a little, uh, NSFW.
Jonas sat down with Jimmy Fallon for Friday night’s episode of The Tonight Show, and at one point in the interview, Fallon asked him the question we’ve all been wondering about: What is their couple nickname?
Before Nick could answer, Priyanka piped in from off-stage with a cheeky response: “Prick!”
“She likes ‘Prick,'” Jonas confirmed with a shrug—which Fallon was vehemently not on board with. “No, absolutely not,” the host joked.
Safe to say, that’s not the couple’s actual nickname—and although they might still be workshopping their portmanteau, Jonas revealed that some of the other milestones in their relationship are going decidedly well. He opened up about the Roka ceremony they shared with their families in India shortly after they got engaged.
“After we got engaged, we went to India, to her home country, to Mumbai, and my parents came along,” he said. “We did this beautiful Roka ceremony… It’s a confirmation from both sides of the family that they approve of the engagement. There’s some beautiful prayers and a connection just for the family to have a chance to meet and hang out. It’s really incredible.”
“We both left that ceremony so full of joy,” Jonas continued. “For she and I, I think it was just nice to have that time with the family first. Have that private moment then be able to share with the world afterwards.”
According to an interview Chopra’s mom, Madhu Chopra, gave to Daily News and Analysis India, Jonas and his family have been embraced by the Chopras. “Nick enjoyed the prayers during the puja,” she told DNA. “It was a new thing for him, and he took it seriously. He followed what our panditji said and chanted the Sanskrit mantras accurately. Both he and his parents did it beautifully. They are nice people.”
Jonas and Chopra were first linked romantically earlier this year, and news of their engagement broke in July (he reportedly shut down the entire Tiffany store—à la Sweet Home Alabama—to pop the question!). Though they haven’t confirmed any details about when or where the wedding will take place, you can be sure we’ll be keeping our eyes and ears out if the couple decides to share them. For those—and also for a slightly less NSFW couple nickname—stay tuned.
I’ll admit it was a little harder than usual to sit on my couch and snark about things like Blake’s dancing given that tonight’s episode of The Bachelorette was interrupted by President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination. Like, no big, this is a person who will influence our country for generations to come. But I’ll let our very intelligent and hard-working news and culture team tell you all about Brett Kavanaugh’s qualifications—read that here—and channel all of my feelings about it into this recap instead. Spoilers ahead.
We’re in the Bahamas this week, and Becca tells Chris Harrison she’s looking forward to “no drama.” LOL, we’ll see how that turns out. She also admits she’s starting to catch feelings for a few of the guys, though she’s afraid something will ruin it. Something like…a social media controversy coming to light right as the season airs? Maybe?
Anyway, Becca tells the guys that this week’s format is a little different: There will be three one-on-one dates with roses and a group date with one rose, and no rose ceremony. Colton gets the first solo date of the week, and the reaction from the other guys is awkward. “None of us can see her with Colton,” Blake confesses. Then we learn a bombshell: Colton’s a hiding a “big” secret from Becca. He’s a virgin.
Cut to a million soundbites from Becca about how hunky Colton is and how their relationship is full of “passion” and how he can “pick me up and do whatever he wants.” Editors, I thought you were supposed to be on Becca’s side? What gives? It gets worse: Right as Colton is about to tell Becca that he’s a virgin, a man rolls up in a yellow boat to tell Becca she needs more “conch” in her life. Yes, Colton and Becca are going diving for conchs solely so The Bachelorette can make a bunch of penis jokes.
“I’m hoping Colton dives deep for that conch.” – Becca
The two learn that the conch’s pistol is considered “Bahamian Viagra”; they try it but Becca, still ignorant about Colton’s sexual history, assures us they don’t need an aphrodisiac. That night, Colton finally—finally!—tells Becca he’s a virgin. She responds by excusing herself from the table, leaving him to sweat it out alone. When she eventually returns, Colton explains that he’s not waiting for marriage—he’s just waiting for “the right heart”—and Becca assures him she’s not one to judge. For her, the fact that it’s not a “marriage thing” but rather “a heart thing” is a good sign. TBD if Becca’s the “right heart” when it comes time for the fantasy suites, but Becca gives Colton a rose.
Garrett gets the next one-on-one date: a seaplane to a private island, but instead of looking out at the gorgeous views they just make out. When the plane lands, Becca yells “wooo!” and confirms something I’ve long suspected: She’s a total woo girl.
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On the beach, Becca and Garrett do that awkward pose where she stands in front of him and cranes her neck around to kiss. Just turn your body around!
They stop kissing long enough for Garrett to admit that it’s been tough seeing the other guys go out on dates with her. He opens up a little more about his divorce later that night. According to him, his ex was “hot-headed” and he felt like he had to change who he was to make her happy. Becca admits this makes her nervous—that he wouldn’t be his real self around her—but he claims he’s learned by now not to let a red flag linger. They do not talk about his social media history, which is a red flag I would like to not keep lingering. Anyway, he says he’s falling in love, and she gives him a rose and calls him a “stand-up man.” Hmm.
The next day, Becca takes Blake to a beach party where the Baha Men are performing. This is much more my speed—way better than conch jokes or spending more than 20 minutes with Garrett. They’re having a good time, until Blake confesses that he’s gotten in his head this week thinking about her with the other guys. Over dinner, he opens up about his parents—his mom had an affair with his basketball coach/English teacher when he was in high school—and how it’s made him realize he wants his family to be better at communicating. Then he tells Becca he’s in love with her. They kiss, and he gets a rose.
In the morning, Wills, Leo, and Jason meet Becca for the dreaded three-on-one date. Her time with Wills and Jason goes well, but when she sits down with Leo he admits that he feels like he needs more time with her to get to where some of the other guys are at in their feelings. She agrees and says it’s better if she doesn’t bring him to hometowns. So with that, Becca, Wills, and Jason get in the boat and leave poor Leo wandering around alone on the island. Luckily, if there’s anybody capable of swimming back to the Baha Mar, it’s Leo.
“I can’t freaking wait for you to come to freaking Buffalo.” – Jason
That evening, Becca calls Jason out for moving a little slower than the other guys, but he says he does feel strongly about what they have. Wills, meanwhile, gets emotional as he describes his love for Becca. Apparently that’s not enough though, because she dumps him moments later—in front of Jason, no less. So rude! Wills deserves better, and also his shirt is excellent tonight.
Next week: It’s hometown dates! “He’d be a hot dad.” “I don’t want you to pick him.”
