Derek Peth -- 11 things to know about 'The Bachelorette' bachelor

Derek Peth is getting The Bachelorette star JoJo Fletcher's attention all the while rubbing some of his fellow bachelors the wrong way.


JoJo and Derek, a 29-year-old commercial banker from Waverly, IA, enjoyed a one-on-one date earlier in the season in which they went on a roadtrip, flew to San Francisco, and enjoyed a picnic by the Golden Gate Bridge.

Derek saw potential in a relationship with JoJo and developed a crush on her right off the bat. She gave him butterflies and he felt comfortable around her. Meanwhile, JoJo thought Derek was kind and genuine. He's been doing his best ever since to open up his heart again following a failed relationship that crushed him.

In the latest episode, Derek got a Group Date rose because JoJo thought he needed some reassurance when it came to their connection, which really angered guys like Alex Woytkiw, who expected to get the rose because he opened up to the Bachelorette about falling in love with her. Alex called Derek a "sensitive little b-tch."

Below is a list of 11 facts Reality TV World has compiled about Derek Peth:


- Derek is very Christian and attended a four-year Evangelical Lutheran Church liberal arts college called Wartburg College in Waverly, IA.

- His hometown has a population of only 9,000 people and his father was the basketball coach at his high school called Waverly-Shell Rock High School.

- Derek was born in 1987 and currently works on Wall Street in New York City.

- The suitor was a three-time NCAA All-American in track and field.

- Hopefully JoJo is a dog-person, because Derek apparently has a serious fear of fluffy kittens.


- The self-proclaimed geek was the spitting image of Harry Potter as a kid, glasses and all.

- While he currently lives in New York, he previously touched base in Florida.

- Derek enjoys singing and playing the guitar, especially as he walks along the beach.

- The bachelor is 6'3" and has blue eyes and no tattoos.

- Derek's all-time favorite movies are Hook, Field of Dreams and Star Wars.


- The person he admires most in history? Ben Franklin because he "viewed the world with childlike wonder to feed his creative/inventive side" and balanced that with "a work ethic that produced massive shifts for the greater good."






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