BachelorettestarHannah Brownmay have discovered a condom in contestant Peter Weber’s car during hometown dates, but he likely didn’t need to supply his own when it came to their night together in the windmill.
“[Condoms] and the STD test – easily the biggest expense,” said Harrison, 48. “Easily the biggest expense.”
The revelation came in response toThe Big Bang Theoryactress and fellow guestKaley Cuoco, who asked the host about the show’s condom budget.
Of course, Brown sent Weber andTyler Cameronpacking, accepting a proposal from winnerJed Wyatt, who she soon dumped for having a girlfriend when he went on the reality show.
The distribution of condoms in the fantasy suites has long been a topic of discussion, especially since Courtney Robertson, who got engaged to Ben Flajnik onThe Bachelorin 2012, claimed production did not give her and Flajnik any during their night together.
“Producers had left a cell phone for us in case of emergency, but they did not leave us any condoms,” she wrote in her 2014 bookI Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends.
Other contestants have disagreed, with formerBacheloretteAli Fedotowskysaying she believed the male contestants got them.
“I don’t know because I don’t think I remember, honestly,” she toldEntertainment Tonightin 2017. “I think that maybe they give them to the guys or something, which is crazy, they should give to the girls, too. But I think they just [give them to the guys] to make it not awkward.”
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“It was like, ‘Oh, OK, so we can be safe if we want to be,” said Jen Schefft, who was theBachelorettein 2005. “But honestly? We don’t need a bowlful.”
Bachelor Nationalso claimed that applicants who test positive for an STD are immediately taken out of the running. The book alleged that failed STD tests are the most common reason potential contestants get the boot.
“As soon as the medical tests came back, you’d see that herpes was the biggest thing,” said Ben Hatta, [creator and executive producer] Mike Fleiss’s old assistant. “And sometimes you’d be the first person to tell a contestant that they had herpes. You’d be like, ‘Uh, you should call your doctor.’ Why? ‘We’re not going to be able to have you on our show, but you should call your doctor.’ Then they’d realize they’d been denied from ‘The Bachelor’ and now a bunch of people knew they had herpes.”
Sex on the show became a hot topic on Brown’s season,after she admitted tohaving sex in a windmillfour times with Weber during their fantasy suite date.
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The decision later eventually led Brown to eliminate the season’s “villain,” Luke Parker, after he said he wouldn’t want to continue their relationship if she had sex with any of the other remaining contestants.
“The conversation about sex can be hard for people to talk about and can make women and men feel a sense of shame,” Brown recently toldPEOPLE. “But I can be a woman of faith and also be sex-positive. And I am not going to stop talking about the things that I believe in.”
source: people.com
