document_title: Patent

question_text: where do you go to get a patent

question_tokens: where do you go to get a patent

text: Patent

text: Definition[edit]

text: The word patent originates from the Latin patere, which means "to lay open" (i.e., to make available for public inspection). More directly, it is a shortened version of the term letters patent, which was an open document or instrument issued by a monarch or government granting exclusive rights to a person, predating the modern patent system. Similar grants included land patents, which were land grants by early state governments in the USA, and printing patents, a precursor of modern copyright.

text: In modern usage, the term patent usually refers to the right granted to anyone who invents any new, useful, and non-obvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter. Some other types of intellectual property rights are also called patents in some jurisdictions: industrial design rights are called design patents in the US,[6] plant breeders' rights are sometimes called plant patents,[7] and utility models and Gebrauchsmuster are sometimes called petty patents or innovation patents.

text: The additional qualification utility patent is sometimes used (primarily in the US) to distinguish the primary meaning from these other types of patents. Particular species of patents for inventions include biological patents, business method patents, chemical patents and software patents.

text: History[edit]

text: Although there is some evidence that some form of patent rights was recognized in Ancient Greece in the Greek city of Sybaris,[8][9] the first statutory patent system is generally regarded to be the Venetian Patent Statute of 1474. Patents were systematically granted in Venice as of 1474, where they issued a decree by which new and inventive devices had to be communicated to the Republic in order to obtain legal protection against potential infringers. The period of protection was 10 years.[10]. As Venetians emigrated, they sought similar patent protection in their new homes. This led to the diffusion of patent systems to other countries.[11]

text: The English patent system evolved from its early medieval origins into the first modern patent system that recognised intellectual property in order to stimulate invention; this was the crucial legal foundation upon which the Industrial Revolution could emerge and flourish.[12] By the 16th century, the English Crown would habitually abuse the granting of letters patent for monopolies.[13] After public outcry, King James I of England (VI of Scotland) was forced to revoke all existing monopolies and declare that they were only to be used for "projects of new invention". This was incorporated into the Statute of Monopolies (1624) in which Parliament restricted the Crown's power explicitly so that the King could only issue letters patent to the inventors or introducers of original inventions for a fixed number of years. The Statute became the foundation for later developments in patent law in England and elsewhere.

text: Important developments in patent law emerged during the 18th century through a slow process of judicial interpretation of the law. During the reign of Queen Anne, patent applications were required to supply a complete specification of the principles of operation of the invention for public access.[14] Legal battles around the 1796 patent taken out by James Watt for his steam engine, established the principles that patents could be issued for improvements of an already existing machine and that ideas or principles without specific practical application could also legally be patented.[15] Influenced by the philosophy of John Locke, the granting of patents began to be viewed as a form of intellectual property right, rather than simply the obtaining of economic privilege.

text: The English legal system became the foundation for patent law in countries with a common law heritage, including the United States, New Zealand and Australia. In the Thirteen Colonies, inventors could obtain patents through petition to a given colony's legislature. In 1641, Samuel Winslow was granted the first patent in North America by the Massachusetts General Court for a new process for making salt.[16]

text: The modern French patent system was created during the Revolution in 1791.[18] Patents were granted without examination since inventor's right was considered as a natural one. Patent costs were very high (from 500 to 1,500 francs). Importation patents protected new devices coming from foreign countries. The patent law was revised in 1844 - patent cost was lowered and importation patents were abolished.

text: The first Patent Act of the U.S. Congress was passed on April 10, 1790, titled "An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts".[19] The first patent was granted on July 31, 1790 to Samuel Hopkins for a method of producing potash (potassium carbonate). A revised patent law was passed in 1793, and in 1836 a major revision to the patent law was passed. The 1836 law instituted a significantly more rigorous application process, including the establishment of an examination system. Between 1790 and 1836 about ten thousand patents were granted. By the Civil War about 80,000 patents had been granted.[20]

text: Law[edit]

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Intellectual property and Intellectual rights law

Primary rights

Copyright
Patent
Trademark
Trade dress
Trade secret
Geographical indication

Sui generis rights

Authors' rights
Database right
Indigenous intellectual property
Industrial design right
Integrated circuit layout design protection
Moral rights
Plant breeders' rights
Related rights
Supplementary protection certificate
Utility model

Related topics

Abandonware
Anti-copyright
Bioprospecting
Limitations and exceptions to copyright

Fair dealing
Fair use
Right to quote

Orphan works
Public domain

Outline of intellectual property

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text: Effects[edit]

text: A patent does not give a right to make or use or sell an invention.[21] Rather, a patent provides, from a legal standpoint, the right to exclude others[21] from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term of the patent, which is usually 20 years from the filing date[5] subject to the payment of maintenance fees. From an economic and practical standpoint however, a patent is better and perhaps more precisely regarded as conferring upon its proprietor "a right to try to exclude by asserting the patent in court", for many granted patents turn out to be invalid once their proprietors attempt to assert them in court.[3] A patent is a limited property right the government gives inventors in exchange for their agreement to share details of their inventions with the public. Like any other property right, it may be sold, licensed, mortgaged, assigned or transferred, given away, or simply abandoned.

text: A patent, being an exclusionary right, does not necessarily give the patent owner the right to exploit the invention subject to the patent. For example, many inventions are improvements of prior inventions that may still be covered by someone else's patent.[21] If an inventor obtains a patent on improvements to an existing invention which is still under patent, they can only legally use the improved invention if the patent holder of the original invention gives permission, which they may refuse.

text: Some countries have "working provisions" that require the invention be exploited in the jurisdiction it covers. Consequences of not working an invention vary from one country to another, ranging from revocation of the patent rights to the awarding of a compulsory license awarded by the courts to a party wishing to exploit a patented invention. The patentee has the opportunity to challenge the revocation or license, but is usually required to provide evidence that the reasonable requirements of the public have been met by the working of invention.

text: Challenges[edit]

text: In most jurisdictions, there are ways for third parties to challenge the validity of an allowed or issued patent at the national patent office; these are called opposition proceedings. It is also possible to challenge the validity of a patent in court. In either case, the challenging party tries to prove that the patent should never have been granted. There are several grounds for challenges: the claimed subject matter is not patentable subject matter at all; the claimed subject matter was actually not new, or was obvious to experts in the field, at the time the application was filed; or that some kind of fraud was committed during prosecution with regard to listing of inventors, representations about when discoveries were made, etc. Patents can be found to be invalid in whole or in part for any of these reasons.[22][23]

text: Infringement[edit]

text: Patent infringement occurs when a third party, without authorization from the patentee, makes, uses, or sells a patented invention. Patents, however, are enforced on a nation by nation basis. The making of an item in China, for example, that would infringe a U.S. patent, would not constitute infringement under US patent law unless the item were imported into the US.[24]

text: Enforcement[edit]

text: Patents can generally only be enforced through civil lawsuits (for example, for a U.S. patent, by an action for patent infringement in a United States federal court), although some countries (such as France and Austria) have criminal penalties for wanton infringement.[25] Typically, the patent owner seeks monetary compensation for past infringement, and seeks an injunction that prohibits the defendant from engaging in future acts of infringement. To prove infringement, the patent owner must establish that the accused infringer practises all the requirements of at least one of the claims of the patent. (In many jurisdictions the scope of the patent may not be limited to what is literally stated in the claims, for example due to the doctrine of equivalents).

text: An accused infringer has the right to challenge the validity of the patent allegedly being infringed in a counterclaim. A patent can be found invalid on grounds described in the relevant patent laws, which vary between countries. Often, the grounds are a subset of requirements for patentability in the relevant country. Although an infringer is generally free to rely on any available ground of invalidity (such as a prior publication, for example), some countries have sanctions to prevent the same validity questions being relitigated. An example is the UK Certificate of contested validity.

text: Patent licensing agreements are contracts in which the patent owner (the licensor) agrees to grant the licensee the right to make, use, sell, and/or import the claimed invention, usually in return for a royalty or other compensation. It is common for companies engaged in complex technical fields to enter into multiple license agreements associated with the production of a single product. Moreover, it is equally common for competitors in such fields to license patents to each other under cross-licensing agreements in order to share the benefits of using each other's patented inventions.

text: Ownership[edit]

text: In most countries, both natural persons and corporate entities may apply for a patent. In the United States, however, only the inventor(s) may apply for a patent although it may be assigned to a corporate entity subsequently[26] and inventors may be required to assign inventions to their employers under an employment contract. In most European countries, ownership of an invention may pass from the inventor to their employer by rule of law if the invention was made in the course of the inventor's normal or specifically assigned employment duties, where an invention might reasonably be expected to result from carrying out those duties, or if the inventor had a special obligation to further the interests of the employer's company.[27]

text: The inventors, their successors or their assignees become the proprietors of the patent when and if it is granted. If a patent is granted to more than one proprietor, the laws of the country in question and any agreement between the proprietors may affect the extent to which each proprietor can exploit the patent. For example, in some countries, each proprietor may freely license or assign their rights in the patent to another person while the law in other countries prohibits such actions without the permission of the other proprietor(s).

text: The ability to assign ownership rights increases the liquidity of a patent as property. Inventors can obtain patents and then sell them to third parties.[28] The third parties then own the patents and have the same rights to prevent others from exploiting the claimed inventions, as if they had originally made the inventions themselves.

text: Governing laws[edit]

text: The grant and enforcement of patents are governed by national laws, and also by international treaties, where those treaties have been given effect in national laws. Patents are granted by national or regional patent offices.[29] A given patent is therefore only useful for protecting an invention in the country in which that patent is granted. In other words, patent law is territorial in nature. When a patent application is published, the invention disclosed in the application becomes prior art and enters the public domain (if not protected by other patents) in countries where a patent applicant does not seek protection, the application thus generally becoming prior art against anyone (including the applicant) who might seek patent protection for the invention in those countries.

text: Commonly, a nation or a group of nations forms a patent office with responsibility for operating that nation's patent system, within the relevant patent laws. The patent office generally has responsibility for the grant of patents, with infringement being the remit of national courts.

text: The authority for patent statutes in different countries varies. In the UK, substantive patent law is contained in the Patents Act 1977 as amended.[30] In the United States, the Constitution empowers Congress to make laws to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." The laws Congress passed are codified in Title 35 of the United States Code and created the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

text: There is a trend towards global harmonization of patent laws, with the World Trade Organization (WTO) being particularly active in this area.[citation needed] The TRIPS Agreement has been largely successful in providing a forum for nations to agree on an aligned set of patent laws. Conformity with the TRIPS agreement is a requirement of admission to the WTO and so compliance is seen by many nations as important. This has also led to many developing nations, which may historically have developed different laws to aid their development, enforcing patents laws in line with global practice.

text: Internationally, there are international treaty procedures, such as the procedures under the European Patent Convention (EPC) [constituting the European Patent Organisation (EPOrg)], that centralize some portion of the filing and examination procedure. Similar arrangements exist among the member states of ARIPO and OAPI, the analogous treaties among African countries, and the nine CIS member states that have formed the Eurasian Patent Organization. A key international convention relating to patents is the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, initially signed in 1883. The Paris Convention sets out a range of basic rules relating to patents, and although the convention does not have direct legal effect in all national jurisdictions, the principles of the convention are incorporated into all notable current patent systems. The most significant aspect of the convention is the provision of the right to claim priority: filing an application in any one member state of the Paris Convention preserves the right for one year to file in any other member state, and receive the benefit of the original filing date. Another key treaty is the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), administered by WIPO and covering more than 150 countries. The Patent Cooperation Treaty provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application.

text: Application and prosecution[edit]

text: A patent is requested by filing a written application at the relevant patent office. The person or company filing the application is referred to as "the applicant". The applicant may be the inventor or its assignee. The application contains a description of how to make and use the invention that must provide sufficient detail for a person skilled in the art (i.e., the relevant area of technology) to make and use the invention. In some countries there are requirements for providing specific information such as the usefulness of the invention, the best mode of performing the invention known to the inventor, or the technical problem or problems solved by the invention. Drawings illustrating the invention may also be provided.

text: The application also includes one or more claims that define what a patent covers or the "scope of protection".

text: After filing, an application is often referred to as "patent pending". While this term does not confer legal protection, and a patent cannot be enforced until granted, it serves to provide warning to potential infringers that if the patent is issued, they may be liable for damages.[31][32][33]

text: Once filed, a patent application is "prosecuted". A patent examiner reviews the patent application to determine if it meets the patentability requirements of that country. If the application does not comply, objections are communicated to the applicant or their patent agent or attorney through an Office action, to which the applicant may respond. The number of Office actions and responses that may occur vary from country to country, but eventually a final rejection is sent by the patent office, or the patent application is granted, which after the payment of additional fees, leads to an issued, enforceable patent. In some jurisdictions, there are opportunities for third parties to bring an opposition proceeding between grant and issuance, or post-issuance.

text: Once granted the patent is subject in most countries to renewal fees to keep the patent in force. These fees are generally payable on a yearly basis. Some countries or regional patent offices (e.g. the European Patent Office) also require annual renewal fees to be paid for a patent application before it is granted.

text: Costs[edit]

text: The costs of preparing and filing a patent application, prosecuting it until grant and maintaining the patent vary from one jurisdiction to another, and may also be dependent upon the type and complexity of the invention, and on the type of patent.

text: The European Patent Office estimated in 2005 that the average cost of obtaining a European patent (via a Euro-direct application, i.e. not based on a PCT application) and maintaining the patent for a 10-year term was around €32,000.[34] Since the London Agreement entered into force on May 1, 2008, this estimation is however no longer up-to-date, since fewer translations are required.

text: In the United States, in 2000 the cost of obtaining a patent (patent prosecution) was estimated to be from $10,000 to $30,000 per patent.[35] When patent litigation is involved (which in year 1999 happened in about 1,600 cases compared to 153,000 patents issued in the same year[35]), costs increase significantly: although 95% of patent litigation cases are settled out of court,[36] those that reach the courts have legal costs on the order of a million dollars per case, not including associated business costs.[37]

text: Alternatives[edit]

text: A defensive publication is the act of publishing a detailed description of a new invention without patenting it, so as to establish prior art and public identification as the creator/originator of an invention, although a defensive publication can also be anonymous. A defensive publication prevents others from later being able to patent the invention.

text: A trade secret is information that is intentionally kept confidential and that provides a competitive advantage to its possessor. Trade secrets are protected by non-disclosure agreement and labour law, each of which prevents information leaks such as breaches of confidentiality and industrial espionage. Compared to patents, the advantages of trade secrets are that the value of a trade secret continues until it is made public,[38] whereas a patent is only in force for a specified time, after which others may freely copy the invention; does not require payment of fees to governmental agencies or filing paperwork;[38] has an immediate effect;[38] and does not require any disclosure of information to the public.[38] The key disadvantage of a trade secret is its vulnerability to reverse engineering.[39]

text: Benefits[edit]

text: Primary incentives embodied in the patent system include incentives to invent in the first place; to disclose the invention once made; to invest the sums necessary to experiment, produce and market the invention; and to design around and improve upon earlier patents.[40]

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Patents provide incentives for economically efficient research and development (R&D).[41] A study conducted annually by the IPTS shows that the 2,000 largest global companies invested more than 430 billion euros in 2008[42] in their R&D departments. If the investments can be considered as inputs of R&D, real products and patents are the outputs. Based on these groups, a project named Corporate Invention Board, had measured and analyzed the patent portfolios to produce an original picture[43] of their technological profiles. Supporters of patents argue that without patent protection, R&D spending would be significantly less or eliminated altogether, limiting the possibility of technological advances or breakthroughs.[citation needed] Corporations would be much more conservative about the R&D investments they made, as third parties would be free to exploit any developments. This second justification is closely related to the basic ideas underlying traditional property rights.[40][specify] Specifically, "[t]he patent internalizes the externality by giving the [inventor] a property right over its invention."[44] A 2008 study by Yi Quan of Kellogg School of Management showed that countries instituting patent protection on pharmaceuticals did not necessarily have an increase in domestic pharmaceutical innovation. Only countries with "higher levels of economic development, educational attainment, and economic freedom" showed an increase. There also appeared to be an optimal level of patent protection that increased domestic innovation.[45]
In accordance with the original definition of the term "patent", patents are intended to facilitate and encourage disclosure of innovations into the public domain for the common good. Thus patenting can be viewed as contributing to open hardware after an embargo period (usually of 20 years). If inventors did not have the legal protection of patents, in many cases, they might prefer or tend to keep their inventions secret (e.g. keep trade secrets).[46] Awarding patents generally makes the details of new technology publicly available, for exploitation by anyone after the patent expires, or for further improvement by other inventors. Furthermore, when a patent's term has expired, the public record ensures that the patentee's invention is not lost to humanity.[40][specify]
In many industries (especially those with high fixed costs and either low marginal costs or low reverse engineering costs — computer processors, and pharmaceuticals for example), once an invention exists, the cost of commercialization (testing, tooling up a factory, developing a market, etc.) is far more than the initial conception cost. (For example, the internal rule of thumb at several computer companies in the 1980s was that post-R&D costs were 7-to-1.)[citation needed]

text: One effect of modern patent usage is that a small-time inventor, who can afford both the patenting process and the defense of the patent,[47] can use the exclusive right status to become a licensor. This allows the inventor to accumulate capital from licensing the invention and may allow innovation to occur because he or she may choose not to manage a manufacturing buildup for the invention. Thus the inventor's time and energy can be spent on pure innovation, allowing others to concentrate on manufacturability.[48]

text: Another effect of modern patent usage is to both enable and incentivize competitors to design around (or to "invent around" according to R S Praveen Raj) the patented invention.[49] This may promote healthy competition among manufacturers, resulting in gradual improvements of the technology base.[50] This may help augment national economies and confer better living standards to the citizens. The 1970 Indian Patent Act[51] allowed the Indian pharmaceutical industry to develop local technological capabilities in this industry. This act coincided with the transformation of India from a bulk importer of pharmaceutical drugs to a leading exporter.[citation needed] The rapid evolution of Indian pharmaceutical industry since the mid-1970s highlights the fact that the design of the patent act was instrumental in building local capabilities even in a developing country like India.[52]

text: Criticism[edit]

text: Legal scholars, economists, activists, policymakers, industries, and trade organizations have held differing views on patents and engaged in contentious debates on the subject. Critical perspectives emerged in the nineteenth century that were especially based on the principles of free trade.[53]:262–263 Contemporary criticisms have echoed those arguments, claiming that patents block innovation and waste resources (e.g. with patent-related overheads) that could otherwise be used productively to improve technology.[54][55][56] These and other research findings that patents decreased innovation because of the following mechanisms:

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Low quality, already known or obvious patents hamper innovation and commercialization.[57][58][59]
Blocking the use of fundamental knowledge with patents creates a "tragedy of the anticommons, where future innovations can not take place outside of a single firm in an entire field.[60]
Patents weaken the public domain and innovation that comes from it.[61]
Patent thickets, or "an overlapping set of patent rights", in particular slow innovation.[62][63]
Broad patents prevent companies from commercializing products and hurt innovation.[64] In the worst case, such broad patents are held by non-practicing entities (patent trolls), which do not contribute to innovation.[65][66] Enforcement by patent trolls of poor quality patents [67] has led to criticism of the patent office as well as the system itself.[68] For example, in 2011, United States business entities incurred $29 billion in direct costs because of patent trolls.[69] Lawsuits brought by "patent assertion companies" made up 61% of all patent cases in 2012, according to the Santa Clara University School of Law.[70]
Patents apply a "one size fits all" model to industries with differing needs,[71] that is especially unproductive for the software industry.[72]
Rent-seeking by owners of pharmaceutical patents have also been a particular focus of criticism, as the high prices they enable puts life-saving drugs out of reach of many people.[73]

text: Boldrin and Levine conclude "Our preferred policy solution is to abolish patents entirely and to find other legislative instruments, less open to lobbying and rent seeking, to foster innovation when there is clear evidence that laissez-faire undersupplies it."[74][75] Abolishing patents may be politically challenging in some countries[citation needed], however, as the primary economic theories supporting patent law hold that inventors and innovators need patents to recoup the costs associated with research, inventing, and commercializing;[41] this reasoning is weakened if the new technologies decrease these costs.[76] A 2016 paper argued for substantial weakening of patents because current technologies (e.g. 3D printing, cloud computing, synthetic biology, etc.) have reduced the cost of innovation.[76]

text: Debates over the usefulness of patents for their primary objective are part of a larger discourse on intellectual property protection, which also reflects differing perspectives on copyright.

text: Anti-patent initiatives[edit]

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The Patent Busting Project is an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) initiative challenging patents that the organization claims are illegitimate and suppress innovation or limit online expression. The initiative launched in 2004 and involves two phases: documenting the damage caused by these patents[citation needed], and submitting challenges to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).[77][78]
Patent critic, Joseph Stiglitz has proposed Prizes as an alternative to patents in order to further advance solutions to global problems such as AIDS.[79][80]
In 2012, Stack Exchange launched Ask Patents, a forum for crowdsourcing prior art to invalidate patents.[81]
Several authors have argued for developing defensive prior art to prevent patenting based on obviousness using lists [82] or algorithms.[83] For example, a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, has demonstrated a method to protect DNA research.,[82] which could apply to other technology. Chin wrote an algorithm to generate 11 million "obvious" nucleotide sequences to count as prior art and his algorithmic approach has already[84] proven effective at anticipating prior art against oligonucleotide composition claims filed since his publication of the list and has been cited by the U.S. patent office a number of times.[85] More recently, Joshua Pearce developed an open-source algorithm for identifying prior art for 3D printing materials to make such materials obvious by patent standards.[83] As the 3-D printing community is already grappling with legal issues,[86] this development was hotly debated in the technical press.[87][88][89] Chin made the same algorithem-based obvious argument in DNA probes.[85]
Google and other technology companies founded the LOT Network in 2014 to combat patent assertion entities by cross-licensing patents, thereby preventing legal action by such entities.[90]


document_title: The Bachelorette (season 14)

question_text: when was the current season of the bachelorette filmed

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text: The Bachelorette (season 14)

text: Development and production[edit]

text: Casting began during season thirteen of The Bachelorette. Kufrin was named as the bachelorette during the After the Final Rose special of Season 22 of The Bachelor on March 6, 2018.

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text: This season's cast includes Philadelphia Eagles tight end Clay Harbor and undrafted free agent Colton Underwood.[3]

text: Filming was reported in Richmond, Virginia during April 6 – 9 at Lombardy Street, Virginia State Capitol, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Veil Brewing Company, and Carpenter Theatre.[4]

text: Contestants[edit]

text: The season began with 28 contestants.[5]

text:
Name

Age

Hometown

Occupation

Outcome

Place

Ref

Garrett Yrigoyen

29

Reno, Nevada

Medical Sales Representative

Winner

1

[6]

Blake Horstmann[7]

28

Bailey, Colorado

Sales Rep

Runner-up

2

Jason Tartick [8]

29

Buffalo, New York

Senior Corporate Banker

Week 9

3

[9]

Colton Underwood[3]

26

Denver, Colorado

Former Pro Football Player

Week 8

4

[10]

Wills Reid[11]

29

Los Angeles, California

Graphic Designer

Week 7

5

[12]

Leo Dottavio[11]

31

Los Angeles, California

Actor

6

Connor Obrochta[13]

25

St. Petersburg, Florida

Fitness Coach

Week 6

7-8

[14]

Lincoln Adim[15]

26

Boston, Massachusetts

Account Sales Executive

Chris Randone[11]

30

Pleasantville, New York

Sales Trainer

9

John Graham[16]

28

Chicago, Illinois

Software Engineer

Week 5

10

[17]

Jordan Kimball [18]

26

Crystal River, Florida

Male Model

11

David Ravitz[19]

25

Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Venture Capitalist

12

Christon Staples[11]

31

Los Angeles, California

Former Harlem Globetrotter

Week 4

13-14

[20]

Nick Spetsas[11]

27

Palm Coast, Florida

Attorney

Jean Blanc[21]

31

Boston, Massachusetts

Colognoisseur

15

Michael "Mike" Renner[3][15]

27

Cincinnati, Ohio

Sports Analyst

Week 3

16-17

Ryan Peterson[22]

26

Mashpee, Massachusetts

Banjoist

Clay Harbor[3][23]

30

Chicago, Illinois

Pro Football Player

18 (quit)

[24]

Alex Templeman[25]

31

Atlanta, Georgia

Construction Manager

Week 2

19–21

[26]

Rickey Jasper[27]

27

Ashburn, Virginia

IT Consultant

Trent Jespersen[28]

28

Carroll, Iowa

Realtor

Chase Vergason[29]

27

Sanford, Florida

Advertising Vice President

Week 1

22–27

[30]

Christian Estrada[27]

28

San Diego, California

Banker

Darius Feaster[31]

26

Sherman Oaks, California

Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

Grant Vandevanter[16]

27

Danville, California

Electrician

Joe Amabile[23]

31

Chicago, Illinois

Grocery Store Owner

Kamil Nicalek[8]

30

Monroe, New York

Social Media Participant

Jake Enyeart[32]

29

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Marketing Consultant

28

text: Future appearances[edit]

text: Bachelor in Paradise[edit]

text: Season 5

text: David Ravitz, Joe Amabile, John Graham, Jordan Kimball, Nick Spetsas, Chris Randone, Colton Underwood, Connor Obrochta, Wills Reid, and Leo Dottavio competed in the fifth season of Bachelor in Paradise. Reid and Spetsas were eliminated in week one. Dottavio was removed in week three due to his aggressive behavior towards Amabile. Obrachta and Ravitz were eliminated in week three.

text: Call-out order[edit]

text:
Order

Bachelors

Episode / Week

1401

1402

1403/1404

1404

1405

1406

1407

1408

1409

1410

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

Colton

Garrett

Jean Blanc

Colton

Garrett

Colton

Jason

Colton

Blake

Garrett

Garrett

2

Grant

Lincoln

Blake

Chris

Wills

Blake

Colton

Garrett

Jason

Blake

Blake

3

Cristian

Blake

Wills

David

Leo

Garrett

Leo

Blake

Garrett

Jason

4

Jean Blanc

Rickey

Chris

Jason

Colton

Blake

Garrett

Jason

Colton

5

Connor

Jean Blanc

Jason

Wills

Blake

Wills

Blake

Wills

6

Joe

Christon

John

Nick

Trey

Lincoln

Wills

Leo

7

John

Cristian

Cristian

Christon

Connor

Leo

ConnorLincoln

8

Leo

Wills

Mike

Lincoln

Lincoln

Connor

9

James

Connor

Connor

Blake

John

Chris

Chris

10

Rickey

Jason

Leo

Garrett

Chris

John

11

Alex

John

David

Leo

David

Jordan

12

Nick

Ryan

Garrett

John

Jordan

David

13

Mike

Alex

Nick

Connor

ChristonNick

14

Garrett

Nick

Ryan

Jordan

15

Blake

Trent

Christon

Jean Blanc

Jean Blanc

16

Lincoln

Colton

Jordan

MikeRyan

17

Chase

David

Lincoln

18

Darius

Jordan

Colton

Clay

19

Ryan

Leo

AlexRickeyTrent

20

Christon

Mike

21

Wills

Chris

22

Jason

ChaseChristianDariusGrantJoeKamil

23

Kamil

24

Jake

25

Trent

26

Christian

27

David

28

Chris

Jake

text: Episodes[edit]

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No.overallNo. inseasonTitleOriginal air dateProd.codeU.S. viewers(millions)1491"Week 1: Season Premiere"May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28)14015.50[33]
Becca arrives at the Bachelor mansion and meets with three former Bachelorettes: Kaitlyn Bristowe, JoJo Fletcher and Rachel Lindsay who give their opinions and advice about finding love. JoJo burns a sage to cleanse the house of unpleasant memories. Later that night, Becca meets twenty-eight men when the limos arrive. Colton brings a party popper to start things with a pop; Jean Blanc speaks French to Becca; Connor offers a ring and mimics a proposal with Becca's famous phrase; Mike holds a large cardboard of Arie Luyendyk Jr. so he can see Becca happy with other men; Alden drives a minivan filled with diaper bags, car seats and a soccer ball to show he would be a hot dad; Blake presents an ox; Trent appears out of hearse; David wears a chicken suit and Chris presents a church choir group to sing a gospel song for Becca. Once they are all inside, Cristian shows Becca a set of clay to help her remember his name. Christon, a former Harlem Globetrotter plays basketball with Becca and slam dunks by jumping over her head. The guys get excited and play a pick-up game. Alden takes Becca fishing in the swimming pool, reminding her of how she grew up fishing with her dad. Becca recognizes Jake as someone she has met several times living in Minneapolis. Becca talks to him one-on-one, and because she does not trust his motives, she sends him home. Chris and Chase are acquainted and live in the same state and Chris learns that one of Chase's ex-girlfriends thinks he isn't on the show for the right reasons. Becca talks to both men to try and sort out the situation.  Alden gets the first impression rose. At the rose ceremony, Chase, Christian, Sanchez, Grant, Joe and Kamil were sent home.
1502"Week 2"June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)14025.81[34]
Eight men are chosen for the first group date and they travel to Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu to meet with Becca. She has them change into tuxedos and they compete in a wedding-themed obstacle course hosted by Bachelorette couple Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo. The obstacle course includes wedding themed events, such as Slippery Slope, Get Over Your Exes, Ball and Chain, and Eating Cake with no hands. Lincoln wins the challenge and takes a photo with Becca at the altar. In the after party, Lincoln brings his picture frame and displays it in front of the other guys and Connor feels that he is rubbing the victory in their faces. The argument escalates until Connor throws Lincoln's photo in the pool, smashing the glass. Lincoln tells Becca, and she in turn tells Connor she's not looking for someone who can't control their emotions. Connor apologizes and hopes he can prove to her he isn't like that. Jean Blanc gets the group date rose. Immediately after the date, Colton and Trey gossip about the drama with Lincoln. Blake gets the first one-on-one date for the season and he and Becca travel to an abandoned warehouse. Chris Harrison tells them they will be dealing with Becca's past from The Bachelor. Inside, they are shown various things that recall Becca's past with Arie, including a race car, champagne, a fish tank, a flock of hanging hearts, a dining room set, several TV monitors showing Becca's proposal with Arie and the couch where Arie dumped her. Lil Jon appears and raps a song while Becca and Blake destroy everything. During dinner, Blake reveals that he also has been blindsided by someone he loves. Becca feels a connection between them and Blake gets the rose. For the second group date, ten men go to a school gymnasium to play dodgeball with middle school kids. For the second part of the date, they split up into two teams of five in a trampoline stadium and battle it out in front of an audience of strangers. Chris Harrison and Fred Willard are the judges and Beck shows exemplary dodgeball skills. At the after party, Colton reveals to Becca that he recently had been talking/dating Tia Booth from the most recent season of The Bachelor prior to coming on this show. Becca can't decide how she feels about the situation. Wills gets the group date rose. At the cocktail party, James takes  off most of his clothes, walking around to the other guys and comes interrupts Becca and David's conversation. David is upset and claims that James has disrespected him and Becca. Connor lets Becca throw a picture of him in the pool to get a fresh start. Becca and Colton talk again and she makes it clear she still hasn't made up her mind. In the rose ceremony, Alex, Rickey and Trent were sent home. Colton gets to stay.
1513"Week 3"June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11)14035.49[35]
David and James start the episode bickering and drama continues to brew between them. Prior to start of the group date, Colton expresses his relief at receiving a rose and hopes his previous relationship with Tia will not hinder his and Becca's relationship. He and the other five men go to a spa for a group date with Becca's fellow The Bachelor contestants: Tia, Caroline Lunny, Bekah Martinez, Monica Winkle and Kendall Long. The men "work" as spa attendants to pamper Becca and her friends and then its the ladies' turn to do the men. Becca gives her concerns to Tia about Colton. She is worried that he actually signed up to the show hoping that Tia would be chosen as the Bachelorette. At the after party, James reveals to the other guys that he has 4,000 Tinder matches. David tells Becca about this, believing James is not there for the right reasons. She expresses her anger to James in front of the other men. James fights with David over his intentions. Colton gets the group date rose. Chris goes on a one-on-one date, he and Becca travel to Capitol Records studios where they meet singer-songwriter Richard Marx who asks them to write a love song about their relationship so far, but Chris struggles to express his feelings. During dinner, Chris tells Becca about his family issues, that his parents divorced when he was a child and reveals that he wrote a letter to his estranged father a few years ago that was never acknowledged. Chris gets the rose and Marx sings "Right Here Waiting" to serenade the couple. Suddenly, David is sent to the hospital. The next day, Chris Harrison tells Becca that David is in intensive care with serious injuries, after a fall from the top bunk. The other men express concern. The ten men travel to Ventura College field grounds for a football game date called "The Becca Bowl". Legends Football League players Malissa Miles and Dina Karkowski coach the guys in two teams of five, while Harrison and Keyshawn Johnson are giving commentary. Cristian, an experienced football player, leads his team to victory but a bad fall causes him to be sent to the hospital. At the after party,  Cristian joins the other guys with a cast on his left arm, he gives Becca a kiss and receives the group date rose. At the cocktail party, Connor shows Becca how to play baseball. Then, Cristian makes a difficult decision that he has to have a surgery on his wrist and therefore must leave the competition. There was no rose ceremony due to this.
1524"Week 4"June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)14045.70[36]
Picking up from the previous week's cocktail party, Becca gives James pair of astonishing gold boxer shorts as a joke. David returns to the mansion with a busted face after his fall, and tells Becca how he is feeling. Becca gives him a rose during the cocktail party, so he can go get some rest and skip the rose ceremony. At the rose ceremony, Mike and Ryan were sent home. Becca shortly announces to the remaining guys that they are heading to Park City, Utah. Alden goes on his one-on-one with Becca to explore Park City visiting shops on a busy street where they tried on alpaca hats and did kombucha shots. When they reach Utah Olympic Park via ski lift, Olympians Valerie Fleming and Shauna Rohbock are there to show them how to ride a bobsled. During dinner, Alden tells Becca about his difficult past, revealing that he is a divorcee and his ex-wife became very abusive to him. Alden gets the rose and they attend a concert by Granger Smith. The thirteen men go to Wasatch Mountain State Park for a group date where they meet with Becca to participate in a lumberjack competition called Becca's Big Lumberjack Bash. They meet with lumberjack experts, Kendall and Billy who instruct the men on how to practice logging skills. They make two teams and create a competition which has five events: ax throwing, log flipping, sawing, log rolling and pole climbing. Blake has extensive outdoor experience and securely dominates all events for Team Red, but Team Blue wins after John seals victory. At the after party, James wears his gold boxer shorts to mess around, but it rubs Colton up the wrong way and they argue about his immaturity. Jean Blanc gives Becca a present of a customized perfume for her and they kiss. During Lincoln's alone time with Becca, Jean Blanc interrupts, asking for more time. He then tells her that he is falling in love with her, but she makes it clear that she doesn't feel the same way about him yet. While they are walking outside, Jean Blanc questions Becca's panic, and when she tells him she doesn't return his feelings of love, he takes back what he said. Becca feels he was only saying what he thought she wanted to hear, and Jean Blanc is sent home, as Becca feels he is being dishonest. Becca becomes upset, and warns the other men that she demands honesty. Becca does not hand out a rose during this group date. Wills gets his one-on-one with Becca where they ride a snowmobile through Thousand Peaks Park. Wills shares his story with Becca that he had an emotional previous relationship and he receives the rose. The cocktail party is cancelled, as Becca feels she knows what she wants to do, and instead there is a rose ceremony. Christon and Nick are sent home. James stays and fears that he and David will continue fighting, and vows to make a strong move with Becca in the next week. Becca tells the men they are heading to Las Vegas.
1535"Week 5"June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)14055.78[37]
The twelve remaining men arrive in Las Vegas. Coltongets his one-on-one date with Becca where they ride camels on a camel safari until they reach a hot tub. They relax and kiss. Colton tells Becca that he has moved on from his situation with Tia and also opens up about his previous relationship, and he gets the rose. Nine men traveled to Casa de Shenandoah estate where they meet with "Mr. Las Vegas" himself, Wayne Newton and he guides them around his house. Newton brings in his wife Kathleen to meet the Bachelorette and the men. Newton asks the men to write a song, changing the lyrics of his well-known song "Danke Schoen". Chris is hilarious and excited with his composed song which is similar to his one-on-one date in week three. The men have to perform on a stage with Newton and Becca herself. John has a positive attitude about his singing talent. At the after party which took place at T-Mobile Arena, Chris doesn't try to get time with Becca due to his high confidence about his performance, and ends up getting nothing when Blake gets a lot of time with Becca. Blake tells her that he is falling in love with her, and they share a passionate kiss. He receives the group date rose. David and James get the two-on-one date and meet with Becca at Valley of Fire State Park. The two rivals are not very impressed. David tells Becca how James was looking at other women in the hotel and casino. James talks to Becca about on his casino past, but she confronts him over David's comments that James said he was settling for Becca. When James comes back, he and David start a heated argument. Becca sends David home, but tells James he has not earned the rose yet. During dinner, James is merely pleased to talk about his modeling gigs and Becca sees she has no connection with James, and she sends him home. At the cocktail party, Chris interrupts Becca and Wills to discuss he feels she owes him more time, which she disagrees with. Wills returns a minute later, and asks Chris to leave and let him continue his conversation with Becca. At the rose ceremony, John is eliminated. Afterwards, Becca and the remaining men will be traveled to Richmond, Virginia.
1546"Week 6"July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)14065.30[38]
The nine guys traveled to Richmond, Virginia for the week. Becca meets with Chris Harrison to give debriefing about the upcoming dates. Prior to start for the first date, Chris and Lincoln started to bicker that caused to have argument on each other. Trey got his one-on-one date to explore the sights of historical landmarks in Downtown Richmond (St. John's Episcopal Church and Edgar Allan Poe Museum) where they stopped by at Veil Brewing Company, Trey surprised to see his friends over. During dinner, Trey had his breaking story when his grandmother who had Alzheimer's, Becca gave the rose to him. The seven men took for a group date dressed in suits to visit Virginia State Capitol to meet the impersonators of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln where they announced them on the debate called "Beccalection". Harrison and Becca are the judges, along with the impersonator Presidents. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam makes his appearance as an audience member. Chris was truly dishonest to the crowd, Lincoln called him "malicious and aggressive", recalled about the argument. Both Chris and Lincoln would make a lot of disagreements. At the after party, Becca asked the guys to give a drama, Lincoln called over that didn't make happen on his arrogance over Chris. When Chris shows up to Becca, he felt having a little doubts and confronts Lincoln once again. Colton receives the group date rose. Leo got on his one-on-one and flew on a private plane through an aerial tour of Virginia and they landed in Chesapeake where they seen hundreds of oysters around Chesapeake Bay to grab them and shuck, he and Becca gave a toast on a forage of oysters. The dinner took place at Old City Hall, Leo and Becca chatted together about his relationship with his father that are very close and was idolized him as a chid. Leo got the rose and attended a public concert at Carpenter Theatre with Morgan Evans single "Kiss Somebody" on a stage. Shortly after the date, Chris came over to see Becca where he isn't unhappy and talks to her on her hotel room, Becca tells him about on his erratic and manipulative behavior, cause a tendency over his issues and Becca sent him home. The remaining men knew that would have a cocktail party at Dover Hall, but Harrison showed up the cocktail party will never happen and got straight to the rose ceremony. At the ceremony, Connor and Lincoln were sent home. Then, Becca announced the remaining men to be going to The Bahamas.
1557"Week 7"July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)14075.68[39]
The men have arrived at Baha Mar hotel in Nassau, Becca gets head-to-head talk with Chris Harrison for an usual pre-date activities. Colton gets his one-on-one date riding through a catamaran where a local man seen them waiting on their boat to get a mollusk down on the ocean below. Colton reveals to Becca that he is a virgin and tells her about his experience in an athletic environment. Becca briefly leaves the dinner for a while to collect her thoughts, but ultimately gives Colton receives the rose. Alden receives the second one-on-one, riding a seaplane with Becca to explore the Bahamas. Back the the hotel Blake is starting to worry about how much time has passed since his last one on one. Alden expresses his feelings to Becca where he explains to her that she is what he is looking for in a partner; Alden receives the rose. Blake receives the final one-on-one date, where he and Becca listen to various songs from Baha Men and dance together. Then, they talk on the beach where Blake reveals that his parents divorced while he was in high school as a result of his mom having an affair. Blake also expresses that he is nervous and anxious since there are other men in the competition.  Becca reassures him and gives him a rose. Wills,Trey and Beck go on the group date where they rode on a boat to a private island and play a volleyball with Becca. Becca talks with Leo, who is anxious about his connection with Becca. They both have different futures envisioned; Becca sends him home and takes Wills and Trey to dinner. Becca ultimately decides that she has a stronger connection with Trey, and gives him the group date rose, sending Wills home in tears.
1568"Week 8"July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)14086.31[40]
Becca visits Garrett's hometown of Manteca, California to visit his family's farm, they plant tomatoes in a muddy field. Then, Becca meets Garrett's family, He is very close with his older sister and she shares her opinions about his previous relationship. Becca goes next to Jason's hometown of Buffalo, New York they traveled to Anchor Bar to eat a platter of Buffalo wings, afterwards played hockey together at HarborCenter. Jason reflects about his brother marrying a male partner and how that would effect his thoughts of marriage . Jason's mom talks with Becca about the courage of her son's relationship. Next is Blake in his hometown of Bailey, Colorado, he takes Becca to his old high school, Platte Canyon High School to give her a tour of the entire school including the school's track and field, they see his high school picture posted on a wall. Blake then tells Becca about a school shooting that happened while he was attending high school that shaped his views on life. Then, Betty Who performs at the school auditorium. Later, Becca meets Blake's family, his mother told him that he is deeply in love with Becca. Next, Becca travels to Colton's hometown Parker, Colorado they go to the Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado and volunteer to spend time with two children with cystic fibrosis. When Becca meets Colton's large family, he tells his mother about his virginity and Colton's dad raises a concern that his resolve would be tested . In Los Angeles, Becca reunites with her old friends from The Bachelorto give them a rundown of each the visits, Tia gives an one-on-one with Becca to talk about the possibility of Colton. At the start of the rose ceremony, Colton asks Chris Harrison about the Fantasy Suites and what they entail. Becca then eliminates Colton.  Becca announced the remaining men will be going to Chiang Mai, Thailand.
1579"Week 9"July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)14095.91[41]
Becca arrives in Chiang Mai to start on the overnight dates for the three men. Blake's date started a hike on the steps of the ancient temple as they ring the temple's bell until reaching through inside the temple blessed with these Buddhist monks and telling importance about honesty, patience and give a better relationship. Blake told his story to Becca on his past relationship and receives the fantasy suite invitation. Trey's date exploring landmarks in the city with Becca, especially Sunday market where they eat crickets from a street food stall. When they are strolling into the temple, Becca makes a statement about the future but then wants to take it back. During Becca's confessional she begins to question her future with Jason.  During dinner, Trey tells Becca that his family approves of her. Becca is then asked how she is feeling. Becca walks away to collect her thoughts when she returns she tells Trey that his relationship with her isn't as far along as Blake and Alden's. Trey declined the fantasy suite and was sent home, Becca begins to sob and is heartbroken that she is reminded of her past heartbreak with Arie during The Bachelor. Alden rode on a bamboo raft into a river with Becca. Becca questions Alden about his love life that he would be having to prepare for another engagement, he went through his worst manners, Becca gets started a conversation on Alden and made his luck that his family loved her during the hometown date. Alden received the fantasy suite invitation as well. The day of the rose ceremony, Trey walked to see Becca in her hotel room and she is anxiously surprised, they talk each other where he presents her a scrapbook before leaving. Alden and Blake are receiving roses during the ceremony.
15810"The Men Tell All"July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)N/A5.47[42]
The seventeen eliminated men were in the audience. Several of the contestants spoke of their lives after the competition, James started to make an accusation and bicker the men, Christian confronted him that stood over to give head-to-head against at each other, and insulted Kamil on his rude tenacity. Joe, who got eliminated in night one, became very popular since the show that is considered a fan favorite, he told that is still single and reacted on his social media whereabouts that fans aren't definitely telling him. He is announced that he will be on Bachelor in Paradise. Wills shows up wearing plaid suit and a red boots, that makes his fashion sense irresistible. Colton came through on his story about he spent time with Tia before The Bachelor was aired, that did not speak together since his elimination of the show and he told Chris Harrison about his virginity. Trey goes next that has a good conversation how his brother would make him a moral support with the LGBT community. Becca later joins with the men to discuss an issues to deal with, Chris talked to her about on his shocking exit in Richmond, Becca gave him an apology when the church gospel choir surprised at the audience where they sing a song. Then, bloopers is shown that the most part is guys are bumped on a chandelier a dozen times, Becca tried to catch a peacock in Las Vegas date and Harrison sees a 12-year-old girl watching Beccalection debate in Richmond, Harrison asked her to learn American history in the future.
15911"Week 10: Season 14 Finale"August 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)14106.71[43]
The final two contestants have an opportunity to meet with Becca's family in Villingili island in Maldives. Both men impress the family. Becca's sister points out that it feels like she has known Alden as he is very open and welcoming. Blake charms the family as well.  On the final dates, Alden took on a boat ride with Becca around in the middle of the Indian Ocean straddling the Equator as they plunged together under the sea with dolphins, and they were expressed in the feelings as Becca and Alden stated that are having to start a better life, wondered that her father would be a proud for him as a perfect husband. Blake surprised Becca to take a bike ride all over the island and get a dip on a beach together. When they've going around, things quite fair for Blake as he presents a gift of scrapbook to how they started in the journey. Becca's sister writes her a letter letting her know how proud she is of Becca and to follow her heart. Becca has made her decision of who would get the final rose. First out of the boat is Blake, Blake begins to tell Becca how much he loves her and wants to spend his life with her. Becca stops him and lets him know that it is over. They say their good byes; Blake then begins to cry as he is now single.  When Alden came to the beach he proposed Becca on to one knee, Becca accepts his proposal. During the proposal Becca tells Alden that she loves him and is in love with him.  The engaged couple are having a public appearance, telling on how they're doing to the next step towards to start their lives together. Alden addressed about his offensive and insincere posts in Instagram that what he "liked" doesn't reflect who is he and realizes how this can offend someone and made his apology. Chris gives a pre-honeymoon surprise with a trip to Thailand. Before leaving, they received a free Costco business card to have their first date as an engaged couple and they also received a gift of minivan outside the studio.

text: Controversies[edit]

text: Garrett Yrigoyen Instagram content[edit]

text: The show came under fire when it was revealed that Garrett Yrigoyen, who was the recipient of the "First Impression" rose and the eventual winner, had liked offensive posts on Instagram that mocked the trans community, immigrants, and liberal women, along with one post that referred to a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting as a crisis actor.[44] Yrigoyen later apologized on Instagram for the hurt and offense that liking the posts may have caused and stated that he will be more mindful of what he likes in the future as those likes "were not a true reflection of [him] or [his morals]".[45][46][47]

text: Lincoln Adim sexual misconduct charges[edit]

text: On June 13, 2018, the show came under more fire for allowing contestant Lincoln Adim to be on the show after he had been charged with groping and assaulting a woman on a harbor cruise ship on May 30, 2016.  Adim was convicted of this crime after he had finished filming and one week before the season premiered.[48] Adim will have to register as a sex-offender. Warner Bros., who produces the show, claims that Adim lied about facing sexual misconduct charges and that they use a third-party company to do background checks, claiming:[49]

text: The report we received did not reference any incident or charge relating to the recent conviction ― or any other charges relating to sexual misconduct. We are currently investigating why the report did not contain this information, which we will share when we have it.

text: Colton Underwood drama[edit]

text: In January 2018, prior to being cast for The Bachelorette, Underwood had a brief relationship with The Bachelor season 22 contestant Tia Booth. Kufrin was made aware of the relationship early in the season but after Underwood received a hometown date, Booth came back and told Kufrin that she still had feelings. Underwood was then eliminated.[50]

text: During Underwood's hometown date, he revealed to Kufrin that she was the first girl he has brought home to meet his family. This was later proven to be untrue as fans of the show found old pictures of Underwood's ex-girlfriend, Aly Raisman, at his home with his family.[51]

text: After Underwood disclosed to Kufrin that he is a virgin, Wendy Williams commented on her show that she "[doesn't] trust people that have never had a drink, a smoke, and [she doesn't] trust people that have never had sex".[52]  Williams received criticism from some fans, saying she humiliated Underwood and that virgin-shaming was not okay.[53] Underwood responded to Williams on Twitter by stating "Don’t trust a virgin, but you’ll trust your 3 baby daddies who cheat on you every weekend. Okay".[54] The tweet was ill-received by some fans of The Bachelorette, believing it had racist and slut-shaming undertones.[55]