No Bachelorette in history has had to deal with the nonsense rumors, petty gossip, and shameful slurs Kaitlyn Bristowe has dealt with since admitting she had sex with contestant Nick Viall on the reality TV show. You'd think she killed a man based on the way people are acting. Now that the show has finished filming and she is back to living in actual reality, Bristowe is unhappy with her image, and a source says she is "struggling with the aftermath of the show."
Bristowe is currently engaged to an unknown guy (some sources believe she ultimately picked contestant Shawn Booth, who absolutely despised Viall during filming and was hurt when he learned last week that Bristowe had slept with him). It should be the happiest time in her life, but someone close to her reportedly told Wetpaint she is having a very difficult time dealing with her unflattering image after news of her sexual actions on the show became, well, big news.
Bristowe doesn't think anything she did was so controversial, but I guess she's forgetting that there are a lot of judgmental, uptight folks out there who will take any opportunity possible to knock a beautiful, sexually confident woman to her knees. I'm not saying it's right, but if you're going to put yourself out there and make your sex life public news, you have to be willing to accept the consequences -- people have the right to their opinions and aren't always going to agree with your actions. Bristowe isn't happy about being known as the most controversial Bachelorette in the show's history and is struggling to live down her silly new identity.
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In the meantime, we hear her new fiancé is finding this whole thing just as uncomfortable, hates reliving this each week, and is slowly discovering that Kaitlyn may have lied to him -- and that she never actually told him she had sex with Viall. Huh!? If this is true, it would of course make sense that Shawn is in fact her fiancé, and it would make sense that he now wants nothing to do with her.
The fact that they had sex isn't the problem (in my opinion) -- but if Kaitlyn lied about it to Shawn and didn't fess up before their engagement (and this is all speculation, remember): well then, big problem.
Do you feel sorry for Kaitlyn or do you think she should have known what she was getting herself into?
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