Jesse Palmer.Photo: Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty
The Bacheloris in a league of its own, according tocurrent hostand former starJesse Palmer.
In speaking to E! News abouthow the matchmaking reality show stacks upagainst trendy newcomers such asLove Is Blind,Love IslandandToo HotTo Handle, Palmer said: “The Bachelorwas first.”
“I think a big part ofThe Bacheloris about authenticityand really trying to get back to what the core of the show has always been about and what it’s supposed to be about,” Palmer, 44, continued. “It’s finding love, it’s the romance, it’s the journey, it’s the love story, and finding out how that develops.”
Nick and Vanessa Lachey on Love Is Blind.Netflix
However, the show is reverting back to tradition forZach Shallcross' season, airing now.
“Instead of trying to completely redefine and recreate itself,” Palmer said, “it’s just getting back to what it’s supposed to be.”
If the days ofAndrew FirestoneandBob Guineyare yearned for, don’t miss this season. “ForBachelorfans who have been watching for a long time, my hope is that watching this season is going to feel really nostalgic to them,” he added.
Palmer previously teased how Shallcross' season would be a “throwback” to what longtime viewers once knew.
“I would say that Zach’s season is a bit of a throwback season, in the sense that this is really about the love story; it’s not so much about the drama,” he said on theBachelor Happy Hourpodcast earlier this month. “And I know in some past seasons, drama takes over. With every season ofThe BachelororThe Bachelorette, there is going to be drama. It’s just something that you can’t avoid.”
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Palmer has since weighed in on Shallcross' no drama approach, sharing all the details behind the lead’s decision to sendTahzjuan Hawkinshome on Monday night’s episode.
As part of the episode, franchise alum Hawkins made a guest appearance to help Shallcross, 26, navigate through the first group date of the season, which featured rapperLatto. Hawkins, who first appeared onColton Underwood’s season ofThe Bachelorand later onBachelor in Paradise, expressed an interest in vying for Shallcross. But Shallcross chose to send her home “rather quickly,” Palmer recalled.
Jesse Palmer.Craig Sjodin/ABC
“I think [other people] in Zach’s position, they may have played it a little bit and sort of gone around the room asking different women what their opinion would be if, in fact, he did decide to bring another woman into the mansion,” Palmer said on thePEOPLE Every Daypodcaston Tuesday. “And Zach sort of made the decision himself.”
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The Bachelorairs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
source: people.com
