The two potential Mr. Fedotowsky’s-to-be (Roberto and Chris L.) were not there. Neither was Frank. Nor Rated-R, ahem, we mean Justin, nor Craig M. However, the remaining bachelors were in attendance on last night’s The Bachelorette “Men Tell All” episode, and man, did they have a lot to say! Here are our top six favorites.
1. Kasey’s catch phrase: “I will guard and protect your heart.”
One of the first questions host Chris Harrison asked Ali Fedotowsky was “How many times — ballpark figure — did he [Kasey] say, ‘I’ll guard and protect your heart?’”
To which she responded, “We could be pushing a couple hundred, maybe!”
Later in the episode, Kasey admitted that he might have come on a little too strong: “It depends. Maybe there’s a girl out there that would love this stuff. OK, maybe I did scare her a bit.”
2. Chris N. as “The Phantom.”
No, it wasn’t the editing. Chris N. (at left) was just that aloof and quiet. Last night, the guys revealed their nickname for the bachelor, dubbing him “The Phantom,” but Chris N. took it all in stride. He even ribbed on Justin by unbuttoning his shirt to reveal a tee underneath that read, “The Phantom!”
3. The Catfights.
“I came into that night with a hard and fast rule, and that was to not talk negatively about any of the other guys,” Craig R. told Harrison.
“And how long did that last?” the host asked.
“About five seconds!” Craig R. laughed.
The conversation naturally progressed to the biggest animosity between Jonathan and Craig M. (at right). Tyler V. told the weatherman to his face: “You bitched out.” Craig M. wasn’t there to defend himself, but no worries. The duo will have a chance to duke it out on ABC‘s new show Bachelor Pad premiering in two weeks.
4. The two men who broke Fedotowsky’s heart: Justin and Frank.
“It is a completely 110 percent difference between Frank and Justin,” Craig R. told the audience. “I just want to respond to [Justin's] statements too, saying that production had a hand in this and you [Chris Harrison] had a hand in this. I think he’s probably pointing his finger at anyone he can get his hands on. This had nothing to do with anyone involved with producing this show or hosting this show. This was just a case of a BLEEP-head being a BLEEP.”
With Frank, the guys’ emotions were mixed. Hunter and Ty believed he was there for the right reasons, but Kasey said, “He dragged it along and I love Frank, but that was the wrong thing to do.”
Frank will appear with Harrison after next week’s season finale to tell his side of things.
5. Why we hope Kirk is the next bachelor.
Mid-season, Kirk (at left) opened up to the bachelorette and a nation of viewers about how he overcame a life-threatening disease caused by inhaling mold spores from a house in college. But she ended up picking Frank and sending Kirk packing after the hometown dates.
“I saw a lot of things in Ali that were missing in the people I was dating and I wanted to make it work,” Kirk said. “Ali was the first time in which I told myself, ‘You know what, Kirk? You’re OK.’ And I’m able to see myself with someone else.”
And later, he admitted, “I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around that [Frank's leaving Ali for his ex, Nicole] because Frank was one of my good friends and he kept me from advancing my relationship with Ali.”
6. Ali Fedotowsky, hear her roar!
“I think I just went in expecting it to be all rainbows and butterflies,” she told Harrison.
And of her reaction to finding out Justin (far right) had two girlfriends in Canada: “I wanted to be strong for all the women and the young girls watching the show.”
And remember, folks, The Bachelorette is more than just a pretty face. Fedotowsky and her many men posed for a charity calendar that benefits Global Green USA and the Oceanic Preservation Society. Order yours here.
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Photo 1 by Heidi Hutman via ABC, photos 2, 3 and 4 by Rick Rowell via ABC, photo 5 by Chris Chavira via ABC.