Some 'Bachelor' contestants, like Clayton and Chelsea, end up desperate for therapy. Others praise production. Here's how the show impacts its stars.
He felt like he’d lost himself over the course of filming"The Bachelor" and realized he was in desperate need of therapy afterward, he said.
Echard and Chelsea Vaughn — a 30-year-old model and podcast host who appeared on Matt James’ season of “The Bachelor” and the spin-off show “Bachelor in Paradise” in 2021 — are among those who say their reality TV experiences were what encouraged them to finally seek therapy.
“You're very isolated because you're not allowed to tell anyone about the show, and you can't talk about the experience. And then if you do talk about the experience, the people you're talking to don't really get it,” she said. “You just went through this huge, like, crazy experience that was life changing and all this stuff just happened in a very short amount of time.
He added: “That’s a massive priority for the show. I don’t think they had that when I was on the show almost 20 years ago.”“I think it's just everything in that environment is heightened because you're going through a lot of emotions and you're isolated and you don't have a lot of sleep,” Vaughn said. “You're out of your environment. You can't talk to your friends and family — like, it's a perfect recipe and cocktail for chaos.
Echard was a medical sales representative from Eureka, Missouri, before entering the"Bachelor" franchise and had no experience with a reality TV production prior to being on Michelle Young's"Bachelorette" season in 2021. He, too, believes that his"Bachelor" season would have gone very differently if he were allowed to confide in his family during filming.
"This is the hard part to say, but, like, I was in love with her, and I was in love with each of you, too — I am in love with both of you. And I also was intimate with both of you," Echard told Windey and Recchia on Season 26, Episode 11."I do see one of you being on the other side of it with me. And I don't have the answers; I don't know who that is. I really don't. Because I promise you if I knew the answer to that, I wouldn't string somebody else along.
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