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The Bachelor's sordid, cynical backstage secrets REVEALED: New book exposes WILD claims of tequila and pot binges, sex in limos, and producers paid to make women cry
New book reveals astonishing claims of backstage affairs and cruel manipulation on The Bachelor. Women were picked based on their likelihood to melt down, said one casting director.
In Cue The Sun: The Invention of Reality TV, Pulitzer-winning television critic Emily Nussbaum says female contestants were chosen based on how likely they were to have a meltdown on camera, and were plied with booze to encourage unfiltered behavior. Adding to the chaos on set, she writes, is that the show’s creator Mike Fleiss and executive producer Lisa Levenson - both of them married - were having a barely concealed affair. She writes: ‘Costello created whiteboards with photos and mini-bios, with bullet points suggesting qualities that might make the women crack — “Daddy’s Girl,” “Recovering Anorexic,” “Just Got Dumped.”
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