It’s finally happened. After 20 seasons — across roughly 21 years — The Bachelorette has its first Asian American lead. Jenn Tran is not only the first Asian American Bachelorette whose journey to find love will take center stage on the ABC series but also the first Asian American lead in The Bachelor franchise’s history (no, we have not come even close to having an Asian American Bachelor). So why aren’t we celebrating the news more?
If there were manuals on How to Announce the Bachelorette in the Most Anticlimactic Way Possible — and How to Not Get Fans Rallying Behind the Newest Lead of Your Series — ABC followed them to perfection. The network revealed Tran as the Bachelorette on Monday at the end of The Bachelor Season 28 finale. Across the three-hour-long episode that ended with Joey Graziadei proposing to Kelsey Anderson, host Jesse Palmer repeatedly teased the upcoming reveal. And when the news came in the last minutes of the finale, it felt confusing at best and disappointing at worst.
Jenn Tran
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Heading into the finale, Maria Georgas was Bachelor Nation’s obvious pick to be the next Bachelorette. Her words and actions were met with ear-splitting screams at “The Women Tell All” last week, and all season long she’s been rapidly gaining followers on social media. But another likely contender was the woman Graziadei did not choose in the finale — who it quickly became clear would be Daisy Kent. To any regular viewer of this franchise, Kent’s “Bachelorette edit” was undeniable. The phrase is commonly used to refer to a contestant whose rejection is highlighted, presumedly to rally support behind their own upcoming journey to find love. That seemed like it was happening with Kent. This last episode followed her realization that she was not getting picked almost as much as it did Graziadei and Anderson’s fairy tale ending.
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