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‘The Bachelor’s Newest Season: Meet the Bachelorettes Starring Opposite Beck Oliver’
‘Meet the 30 Lucky Women Joining The Next Season of the Bachelor!’
‘ABC Announces Contestants for the Bachelor’s Next Season’
‘Here’s the Rundown on the Newest Picks for the Bachelor’
‘Take a Look at the Women Starring in the Bachelor’s Newest Season’
‘The Surprising New Contestant That Has Bachelor Fans Scratching Their Heads’
‘Who is Jade West? A Look Into the Most Mysterious Bachelor Contestant’
‘Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Jade West, the Bachelor Cast Member That Has Taken the Internet by Storm’
‘Jade West: the Bachelor Contestant with a Cult Following Before Even Appearing in an Episode’
Jade groaned as she scrolled past what seemed to be the one hundredth article about her today. If she had to see the picture of her shooting a glare at the camera any more than she already had, she would lose her mind. All the articles focusing on her left an uneasy feeling in her stomach, there was no way this was her life. But her curiosity got the better of her and she clicked on them anyways, all of them analyzing her in way more detail than she was comfortable with.
“With the latest casting announcement, fans of The Bachelor have taken an interest in a certain contestant in particular. California born turned New Yorker, Jade West, is the Bachelorette who seems to have the internet by storm. West’s official casting photo is in stark contrast to her season co-stars and fans immediately noticed Jade’s blunt refusal to smile and the piercings and tattoos that are extremely out of place given the show’s typical ‘look’.
Not much is known about Jade, many Bachelor fans even believing her photo to be a scheme in order to drum up intrigue. Many have speculated that as an actress, she could be doing this to establish a name and brand. Could she be doing this all for the publicity? Seeing as not much can be found online about West, it’s difficult to assess her motives.
Fans immediately rushed to West’s social media to find out what they could other than the provided ‘25 year old actress from New York’. However, they were met with a private Instagram account with less than 1,000 followers. Who is she? What could she be hiding? But an insider source who had already been following West has leaked the following screenshot of her page, giving fans just the smallest insight into her life.
Leaked screencap of West’s Instagram; still set on private as of today
Judging off of the posts able to be seen, it appears that her ‘edgy’ casting photo isn’t out of character for her. But fans are left wondering, will West make it through the first two weeks of the show? Fans have already begun placing bets on who they believe will make it to Hometowns at the very least. Contestants Alyssa Vaughn and Meredith Frank seem to have the popular vote.
Whether or not Bachelor fans receive West’s presence positively or negatively has absolutely no impact on the show. West’s run on The Bachelor rests in one person alone, ex-Bachelorette contestant and this season’s Bachelor, Beck Oliver. Will Jade’s run this season lead to an engagement? Or will we be seeing West again in future seasons of the Bachelorette or Bachelor In Paradise?”
She was going to kill Cat. How Cat had thought signing her up for The Bachelor was a good idea was beyond her. She hadn’t even found out about it until she had received an email telling her that she had made it to the final round of auditions. How Cat had talked her into going through with it was even more surprising. More importantly, she couldn’t believe that she had actually gotten picked for the show.
As the complete casting for the new season had been released to the public, Jade’s picture had stuck out immediately. There she was, with her dark hair with bright streaks of purple and blue, and her piercings and tattoos, in a sea of blonde, tanned, girls with bright smiles and an actual desire to be on the show. This was a mistake. She knew that for sure. But if she played her cards right, she could remain unmemorable and get eliminated in the first week or so.
“I can’t believe you would do this to me.” Jade groaned, shooting daggers at Cat from across the room.
“Jade I said I was sorry!” Cat squealed pleadingly.
“Sorry, Cat, but I gotta side with Jade here… The Bachelor of all things? Really? This is Jade we’re talking about.” Tori chimed in from the other side of Jade’s sofa.
“See! Even Tori agrees, it was a dumb idea! You didn’t warn me about it either, I had to find out when I got the email asking me to come in for the final auditions.” Jade huffed, staring out the window.
“How’d you even get in? Don’t you have to record an audition video?”
“Yeah well, she gave me a script and told me it was for a short parody film she was doing.” Jade grumbled, “I should’ve known better, god.”
“Well I thought that at least one chance at a boyfriend was better than nothing.” Cat defended.
“Cat have you ever seen The Bachelor? They always end up getting engaged. Me? Engaged? To a guy I barely know?” She began to pace around the room, frustrated with the current scenario.
“Nuh-uh not always! Sometimes it ends with people just dating! Maybe that’ll happen for you!” Cat insisted.
“But you didn’t even think to tell me that you fucking signed me up! This is ridiculous! I can’t believe you right now, this can’t be my life!” Jade thundered.
“Okay, okay. You both need to calm the hell down.” Tori persisted, “Cat, you shouldn’t have signed Jade up without telling her. But, Jade you can’t keep yelling at Cat, she had good intentions and you can’t do anything about it now.”
Jade and Cat both grumbled as they quieted down.
“Jade, the most important thing for you to do now is to figure this guy out. If you find out what his deal is, you can use it against yourself and get eliminated early on and go home without having to go through everything. Here, what’s this guy’s name again? I’ll start looking.”
“Beck Oliver? I think?” Jade could already feel the stress headache coming in. There was no way she could actually get through this. If she was being honest the entire situation felt like a fever dream.
Tori looked at Cat for confirmation and began typing away on her laptop. “Wait, this guy’s not that bad, Jade, he’s honestly pretty cute. You could be dealing with way worse here.”
“See! I told you, Jade, it’s not a waste of time!” Cat peeped.
Jade glared daggers at the two girls across the room, “Do I look like I care how hot he is?! We got to figure out how to make him hate me!” She shrieked, throwing her hands up in the air.
The other two sobered up immediately. “Right,” Tori said, clicking on an article, “Uh, he’s 24, from Canada...”
“He’s an actor too, Jade!” Cat exclaimed, excitedly.
“I hate Canada,” Jade said, dryly.
“Wait!” Tori announced, “It also says here that he was a contestant on The Bachelorette last season and had been a fan favorite, but got dumped by her right before the final episode.”
“Ugh, lemme see.” Jade dropped herself onto the couch, “Hey, doesn’t the guy always say ‘Will you accept this rose?’ if I get one, can’t I just say no? That way I get sent home as easy as that.”
“Uh, not if you want to get blacklisted! If you do that the world’s gonna know you as the girl who signed up for the Bachelor only to take the easy way out once there was a challenge!” Cat shrieked, “Jade you can’t!”
Cat was right. As much as she hated it, she was in an industry where image was everything. She’d have to take the hard route off the show.
Jade turned the laptop towards her. Tori had been right, he was attractive, she had to admit. But she had seen enough from what she had seen to know the type of guys that tended to go on the show. If she knew anything, it was that he was probably incredibly self absorbed and most likely not the brightest.
“See! Told you he was hot.” Tori said, pointing to the picture from the article.
“He’s okay.” She lied, scrolling past it before she could let herself think too much about it, “Let’s find out what this guy hates, that way I can get myself kicked off by episode one.”
“Let’s watch his season of The Bachelorette then!” Tori suggested, “The more you know, the better.”
“You won’t find anything on The Bachelorette that wasn’t in an article,” Cat insisted.
“She’s right.” Jade sighed, “This guy isn’t worth wasting that many hours of my life, let’s just keep going through old Bachelorette articles and hope he’s said enough things on camera to give us information.”
“Here! I found an interview!” Tori exclaimed, giving the laptop back to Jade.
She scanned the first few lines, and sure enough, he had given her more than she could’ve wanted. It wouldn’t be hard to get eliminated at this rate. She could practically see herself coming home after a week and moving on with her own life.
Beck Oliver was an open book, and Jade had a chapter of her life that she needed ending.