Love and dirt bikes
There was a mermaid, a pageant queen and a woman who jumped out of a cake — but no one on The Bachelor Canada’s season premiere stood out quite like Dee from Kitchener, Ont. The self-described “princess tomboy” rode in on a dirt bike, and rode off with a first impression rose after she and Bachelor Chris Leroux spent quality time snuggling and chatting. Of course, this puts an instant target on Dee’s back, so here’s hoping the spray-tan business owner lets Chris know she has a daughter at home before one of her undoubtedly jealous fellow bachelorettes does. Or am I just trying to stir up drama that really isn’t there yet? We’ll find out Wednesday (W Network).
SHE CAME IN LIKE A, WELL, YOU KNOW
Miley Cyrus is no stranger to fender-benders. Her latest took place on the set of The Voice, where she backed her car into the sound trailer — and drove off. She spilled the beans to James Corden on Tuesday ’s Carpool Karaoke: “The most recent was a pretty good one. I was at The Voice set and I was the last one to leave, and I backed my car into the sound trailer. But I didn’t tell anyone; I just left. So I did a hit-and-run.” Last time we checked, that was illegal. Unless you’re Miley Cyrus, in which case you can just ask your manager to get you a rental car and a new parking spot — and downplay the whole ordeal to your co-workers. “I show up in my rental car, and then I go and tell (The Voice judges) Adam (Levine) and Blake (Shelton),” Cyrus said. “I’m like, ‘You’re not going to believe what I did last night. I totally f---ing wrecked The Voice sound trailer!’ But I was miked! So the sound people knew it was me. I told on myself, even though I went through all the craziness to not get busted.” Sheesh.
DANCING WITH THE PAST
Monday night’s Most Memorable Year theme on Dancing With the Stars should have came with a Kleenex box. The stars and their pro partners performed routines inspired by their past — which proved to be an emotional experience. Before being eliminated, former NBA player Derek Fisher honoured his daughter, who was born with a rare form of eye cancer. And Vanessa Lachey — whose partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy returned after rumours they weren’t getting along — opened up about her third child, who was born prematurely. Former Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz revealed he doesn’t have many memories at all, due to memory loss caused by concussions and ministrokes he suffered as a race-car driver. But you’ve got to love his half-full perspective: “Even if I don’t remember it all, I’m happy.”