If you have been on the Internet at all lately, I am sure you have been seeing posts about Chad from "The Bachelorette." For those of you who have not been hearing much about this, "The Bachelorette" is a show where men compete to win the heart of one woman. On season 12 of "The Bachelorette," it is not the bachelorette herself, JoJo Fletcher, who is getting all of the attention, but rather it is contestant and car salesman Chad Johnson.
Before this past Monday and Tuesday’s double feature of "The Bachelorette," Johnson was simply a man on the show that was known for being rude to the other men as well as for eating more than the rest of them were, which lead to a great deal of jokes about him. However, in just a matter of days, he has blown up the Internet.
Many people who watch this show do so for the sake of watching relationships develop between not just the bachelorette and the men on the show, but between the men on the show. In season 11, many people enjoyed writing about and talking about the mutual dislike between contestants Nick Viall and Shawn Booth. While on the show to compete for the love of Kaitlyn Bristowe, the two men were constantly fighting with one another, to the point where Booth referred to Viall only as “the other guy”. On this season, there is an even greater dislike between Chad Johnson and the other contestants.
Not only do contestants resent Johnson for being rude to all of them in ways such as cutting them off during time with Fletcher and insulting them constantly, but they fear him as well. Johnson has made several threats toward other constants, including telling one of the men that he would go find him when the show was over and beat him up. He was finally kicked off the show when Fletcher found out that he had not stopped threatening the other contestants and finally made him leave the show. Despite being told to leave, though, Johnson decided to make his rounds one last time before leaving the show.
Footage showed Johnson walking through the woods in the dark, and making his way up to the building that all of the contestants were staying in, before coming up to the door and scratching on the glass. Although viewers are not sure what to expect from the episode set to come out on June 20, they can be sure that it will be nothing that has been done before. Contestants have been shown getting mad or throwing fits when kicked off the show in seasons past, but it is completely something else for a contestant to refuse to leave.
Because of the odd things he says, as well as his violent threats and his refusal to leave the show, Chad Johnson has become viral in the past week. Many tweets, posts, memes, and articles have been about Johnson and the things he has been saying and doing. Now, with Johnson refusing to abide by the show’s rules, it will be interesting to see if they can actually get him to leave. Even if you are not typically a fan of shows like "The Bachelorette" and "The Bachelor," you will want to tune into the next episode, because whatever happens, it will be unlike anything that has happened before.
