Bring on the men
Best, worst and weirdest moments from Becca Kufrin’s Bachelorette premiere
ABC has to do right by The Bachelorette’s Becca Kufrin.
This is a woman who’s fallen in love on ABC’s The Bachelor, then got engaged and dumped by a fiance who decided to go back to his ex.
While several of the 28 men made their entrances on Monday night’s premiere with questionable relationship metaphors — we’re looking at you, Trent, who arrives in a hearse — it’s believable that Kufrin’s husband-to-be is indeed in that room.
People magazine has already reported that our Bachelorette ends the season as an engaged woman.
As our Bachelorette says: Bring on the men!
THE BEST MOMENT: BECCA SENDS JAKE HOME
The moment Jake gets out of the limo and introduces himself to Becca, she recognizes him. And not in a good way.
They know each other from Minneapolis, and though she doesn’t seem to have negative feelings, she doesn’t have positive ones, either.
“We’ve hung out multiple times,” she says, and “he’s never shown any interest in me up until now.”
When Becca confronts Jake — who seems not to remember that they’ve met several times — he says he’s had a “transformational year,” whatever that means, and that if they were to meet today in a bar, she’d be interested. And so she sends him home before the rose ceremony. Just like that. Girl means business.
THE WORST MOMENT: LETTING JOE GO
In the season premiere, so many contestants seem interchangeable. There are 28 of them.
Not everyone gets screen time; some of their names are similar (this season we have a Chris and a Christon).
But we have had just one adorkable grocery store owner who knows how to handle a tomato with care. His name is Joe Amabile, he was endearingly nervous during his intro, and how could you let him go, Becca?! How?
Seriously, Bachelor Nation wants to know.
THE WEIRDEST MOMENT: WHAT’S CHASE’S DEAL?
Night 1 is a little early for one guy to tattle on another, but when it comes to elevating a kernel of drama into actual drama, the Bachelor(ette) doesn’t disappoint. Chris, the sales trainer from Orlando, Fla., who rode in with a 12-person church choir, which clearly charmed Becca, has some ammo he wants to fire immediately: Chase might be here for the wrong reasons, Chris tells Becca. Chris heard from a woman who maybe-sorta dated Chase, and she says his intentions aren’t pure. To which Chase’s main response was: “You know, women ...” He smartly chose not to finish that sentence, but the damage, vague as it was, has already been done. “I’m not that guy,” he tells Becca, but she cuts him anyway.
OTHER GUYS TO WATCH:
Garrett Yrigoyen, a 29-year-old medical sales rep from Reno, Nev., gets the first-impression rose after teaching Becca to fly-fish on the mansion pool.
Whoever gets the first-impression rose usually goes far, so Garrett could be a front-runner. He could also be a difficult match for Becca.
According to a Huffington Post report assessing Garrett’s deleted social media posts, he “appears to have a history of liking social media posts that mock trans people, undocumented immigrants, leftwing women and one Parkland high school student.”
HuffPo noted that this could spark tension between him and Becca, who has supported Hillary Clinton and the Women’s March. We’ll be watching to see if political views get discussed at all this season.
Colton Underwood, the 26-yearold former football player, could be used to dating in the spotlight: According to People magazine, his ex-girlfriend is Olympic gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman.
Garrett Yrigoyen ... gets the first-impression rose after teaching Becca to fly-fish on the mansion pool.