‘The Bachelor’ Exec Answers if Producers Kept Victoria for Drama
Every season of The Bachelor has at least one person who stirs up drama. Fans often have a theory that these people are kept because of the producers. Victoria Larson is that person for season 25, but an executive answered if she was kept just to cause problems with the other contestants.
Victoria Larson has caused drama on ‘The Bachelor’
The first episode kicked off with Victoria calling herself “Queen Victoria”. She made sure to spend a lot of time with Matt James on the first night, which rubbed some of the other ladies the wrong way.
Some fans started to believe that Victoria was only being kept around because of the producers. James then addressed this on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
He said producers didn’t influence his decision. “No, that wasn’t the case,” he said. “She was great. I really enjoyed Victoria.” The reality star explained why it worked.
“To be honest with you, I appreciated everything about Victoria’s entrance and who she was,” James said. “Whatever you need to do to stand out, she did it. And I remembered her name.”
But things didn’t get better with later episodes. Victoria told the other women she didn’t like them. She also butt heads with Marylynn Sienna and told James Marylynn was bullying her. Marylynn was then sent home.
Victoria refuses to apologize for what she said
The fourth episode showed five new women joining the cast. Victoria wasn’t afraid to call another woman a “slut” or a “whore” on the show. She was asked about how she feels about her behavior on Good Morning America.
“They knew me and knew my heart and knew that I really never had ill intent. So I think they hit differently, just because they know me,” she said.
“It was all in good fun,” she continued. “If my words or actions hurt anyone, like I sincerely apologize and I’ll do better and hold myself accountable. I’m not a bully, I’m really not.”
The executive said you can’t keep just wallflowers
Fans often suspect that the contestants that stir up drama are only kept because of producers. Variety asked ABC’s Rob Mills if that’s the case and he had an interesting answer.
“You can’t have people who are not going to do really anything and will just be wallflowers,” Mills said. “I’m not saying the show is made purely to stir up drama, but certainly a strong personality like that is good.”
He continued, “And look, Matt has said that is something that he is attracted to — a woman who is her own woman and who is strong-willed — so you can’t argue that Victoria is not that.”
He went on to say that Victoria was “great in casting” and said they weren’t mad about James keeping her. “I don’t think there is anybody that Victoria is taking the place of that Matt would say, ‘Oh my gosh, my future wife just walked out the door,'” Mills added.
