'The Bachelor' star Chris Soules: I learned something a little too late, another bachelorette was almost added to the cast

The Bachelor star Chris Soules admits he came very close to dating a total of 31 women this season although his journey began with only 30 bachelorettes.


Soules' first group date of the season aired during Monday night's episode and was a pool party that turned into a tractor race. The women raced in their bikinis and competed for some precious alone time with the Bachelor.

"What was with all the black bars over [Jillian Anderson]'s unmentionables? How skimpy was that bikini she was wearing?!" the 33-year-old farmer and businessman from Arlington, IA, wrote in his People blog.

"I do need to come clean about one thing. Those are not John Deere tractors, and anyone who knows me knows I'm a John Deere guy through and through. Those tractors were Kubotas! While they aren't what I'm used to dealing with, the women had little trouble figuring out how to get them working."

Ashley Iaconetti ended up winning the tractor race "by a wheel."


"We really had a great conversation [after]. She impressed me a lot that day. However, I wanted to spend the rest of the night with just one woman, and I chose [Mackenzie Deonigi]. I felt bad knowing the other women were heading back to the mansion, but I had just spent a night juggling 30 women, and I really wanted to focus on just one," Soules explained.

"Mackenzie surprised me in all kinds of ways that night, from revealing her thoughts on aliens and my nose to revealing that she was a mother. Mackenzie's unique, for sure!"

Soules and Deonigi enjoyed drinks at a local bar for their one-on-one time, but the nineteenth-season The Bachelor star didn't know there was a surprise in store for him.

"What you don't see is that there was another woman on the date that night," Soules admitted.

"A woman named Evie showed up at the bar where Mackenzie and I were having drinks, interrupted my time with Mackenzie and pulled me aside to tell me that she thought she and I would be perfect together and that I should bring her back to the mansion to join the other women on the show. Evie seemed great, but I'd already given [Kimberly Sherbach] a second chance, and it just didn't seem fair to add another woman to the mix. Sorry, Evie!"


Soules was apparently also taken aback by something Deonigi did after their date.

"Little did I know, Mackenzie was back at the mansion telling all the other women about how many times we had kissed on our date the night before. That's definitely something I learned a little too late: the women tell each other everything! I guess this is what happens when you date 30 women simultaneously," Soules wrote.

He also confessed to making a mistake this season that he feels warrants an apology.

"At one point when I was showering, I got a little irritated and asked the cameraman to back off a little bit. The cameraman -- Marc J., one of my favorites -- immediately apologized. I felt bad. Marc J. was just doing his job, and I'm sure he was even more uncomfortable than I was. Marc J., if you're reading this: I miss you! But I'm glad we're not showering together anymore," Soules said.






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