This season of Bachelorette recapping has involved a lot of Luke P., and frankly, I think we’re all over him. But not all Bachelor/ette villains are as truly awful as Luke. Here are some memorable villains I’d rather be stuck on a desert island with than Luke P.
Kalon McMahon
Kalon’s job was something to do with luxury goods, and he acted exactly like you’d expect someone with that job to act. He definitely let people know he liked the finer things in life, and he apparently did not think children qualified as finer things. He’s remembered most for calling Bachelorette Emily Maynard’s daughter “baggage,” prompting Emily to tell him to “Get the fuck out.” He went on to compete on a season of Bachelor Pad and date Bachelor contestant Lyndzi Cox, before also appearing on Bachelor in Paradise and going on a date with himself after no one would accept his date card.
Tierra LiCausi
Tierra rubbed a lot of her fellow contestants the wrong way with her perceived fake personality. She also possibly faked falling down the stairs in the mansion and maybe even hypothermia after a polar plunge date. No one was buying it, and when AshLee Frazier called her out for her contemptuous facial expressions, Tierra memorably yelled, “I can’t control my eyebrow!” Tierra said her parents told her not to let the other girls take away her “sparkle,” but she had plenty of sparkle to spare when she showed up at the Women Tell All already engaged. You do you, girl.
Kelsey Poe
Kelsey won us over in the beginning. She was well-spoken and excited to be there, and Bachelor Nation sympathized with her tragic story. Her husband had suddenly passed away after they were married only a few years. People were rooting for her. But then, things got weird. She made it clear that she thought she was not only smarter than every other woman in the house, but better than them. And they were all uncomfortable with how much joy she seemed to take in telling Chris about her husband (“Isn’t my story amazing?”). She was then accused of faking a panic attack to get a rose. In the end, she was sent home in true villain fashion: abandoned on a vast expanse of land on a 2-on-1 date.
Courtney Robertson
Courtney is pretty much the ultimate villain because she WON her season. Instead of being left on a glacier or in the middle of a desert, Courtney got a marriage proposal from Ben Flajnik. Sure, the broke up almost immediately, but still. Courtney, a model who had dated an actual celebrity in the past, was cocky, brazen and not at all shy about shit-talking literally everyone.
Courtney was definitely not vanilla.
She even wrote a book about her time on the show called I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends. (Yes, I listened to the audiobook, and no, it wasn’t amazing. But I love some juicy behind-the-scenes scoops, and Courtney came to dish, y’all.) Courtney was the most entertaining part of a very blah season, and I would 100% get drunk with her.
Chad Johnson
Never trust anyone whose job is “luxury real estate agent.” Chad came in hot on JoJo’s season with his agro energy and toxic masculinity a-blazin’. He called JoJo “naggy” on one group date and ripped Evan Bass’s shirt on another. He threatened physical violence against more than one contestant and punched a wall. Then he showed up on Bachelor in Paradise and was somehow worse. He was physically rough with Lace and called America’s sweetheart Sarah Herron a “one-armed bitch.” And then he did the thing that prompted Chris Harrison’s greatest moment ever. After his night of violence and aggression, Chris kicked Chad off the show, and the whole cast supported it. Chad acted confused, and Chris said, “You told everybody at this hotel last night to suck a dick.” Behold:
And there you have it. I’m also gonna throw an Honorable Mention to Wes from Jillian’s season. Everyone said he was just there for his country music career, and there were rumors he had a girlfriend. Does this sound familiar at all? He was the self-proclaimed first contestant to make it to the final four with a girlfriend. Until Jed, that is. What a great segue into this weeks upcoming Bachelorette recap. We’ll see you on Wednesday for Men Tell All action!