Viewers have spent weeks watching The Bachelor’s Peter Weber get caught up in the drama of the women on his season and make decisions that don’t seem logical to anyone but Peter. The question is though, is Peter the problem or can we chalk it up to poor casting decisions?
Peter’s season may be one of the first in a long time that actually lives up to Chris Harrison’s claims of it being “the most dramatic season ever.” With the end result of his season still unspoiled, everyone is curious to see who Peter will end up choosing, and viewers are eager to move on from this disastrous season, but they’re also looking for someone to blame. Is Peter really as bad of a Bachelor as this season makes him seem, or was he tasked with trying to find love amongst a group of women who had more interest in fighting with each other and building their Instagram following than they did in getting to know Peter?
Was it just a bad batch?
The women on this season brought more personal drama than maybe any other season. Viewers spent weeks watching Peter have to put out fires and mediate fights within the house, and now we’re down to the final few women but we don’t know anything about them. In the beginning there was Champagnegate with Hannah Ann Sluss and Kelsey Weier. Then we moved on to the Alayah-Victoria P. situation. Then Tammy’s confrontations with both MyKenna and Sydney, plus this season’s villain Victoria F. had not one but two one-on-ones that ended in tears and drama. Most of these women seemed to be auditioning for Bachelor in Paradise rather than competing to be Peter’s wife, but it could be argued that a different Bachelor could’ve better handled this drama.
Or, do we blame it on a bad Bach?
Despite having already been unsuccessful once in his quest to find love in Bachelor Nation, Peter seems convinced that this process can work for him and his desperation to find his future wife is what has lead him astray this season. He wants to explore every opportunity with every woman because of the possibility that she could be the person for him, regardless of the red flags. He’s determined to come out of this process with a wife and it has clouded his judgement, which led to poor decisions in situations, like when he allowed Alayah to return to the show without thinking about the ramifications in the house, or when he sent Kelley home because she wasn’t throwing herself at him constantly.
If you weren’t a fan of Peter to begin with and you were hoping they’d choose Tyler Cameron or Mike Johnson for the lead role, it could be tempting to say that Peter is the “worst Bachelor ever”, but that doesn’t seem like a fair assessment. As dramatic as his season has been, Peter can’t shoulder 100% of the blame. This season had both a bad batch of women and a Bachelor who didn’t know how to manage all their various fights and problems, so if you’re looking for someone to blame, blame The Bachelor producers and casting directors who placed all these women on Peter’s season.
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