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    'The Bachelorette' Got Extra Weird With Contestant Bios This Year

    What does "skin salesman" even mean?

    By The Editors
    Published 20 May 2021 In News

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    It's been a weird year. I get it. A lot has happened. We've been indoors too long. Dale and Clare are like, maybe back together? I'm weird. You're a little weird. But The Bachelorette's just released contestant bios? They are just too weird.

    As is tradition, ABC released the names and bios of the men hoping to win bachelorette Katie Thurston's heart/TV proposal fun facts and today tweeted out some highlights, posting graphics for each of the men that are...well:

    pic.twitter.com/kwIKiKRLUvMay 18, 2021

    First of all, the graphics themselves are a resounding, what? But the facts presented... There doesn't seem to be a "chicken enthusiast" this season, but I would say "skin salesman" is definitely an eyebrow-raiser. I'd assume they mean skincare salesman, as in someone who sells products to care for one's skin, but since this is The Bachelorette, I'm preparing for the literal interpretation and what that means. Makes it extra !!! that one of his fun facts is "all animals love him" then too.

    Anyway, I had a lot of weird feelings. And the internet agreed.

    why are the bachelorette contestant images filled with the saddest fun facts I’ve ever seen in my life pic.twitter.com/CoGTNwb6xRMay 19, 2021

    i mean mine would be "just ate a whole cucumber like a banana" but then again i am never going on the bachelorette https://t.co/v0gSBCvw13May 19, 2021

    The idea of a man who wiles away his days selling skin on the skin markets, dreaming of being a CIA agent, is possibly the most conceptually interesting personality they’ve ever had on the Bachelorette pic.twitter.com/nVvHuVvbDxMay 19, 2021

    Starting a thread of how much each of the new #TheBachelorette contestants would make on MTVs Next based on their fun factsMay 19, 2021

    Why does this look like Regina’s burn book? 😭 #TheBachelorette https://t.co/jlNATHh67KMay 19, 2021

    why are the bachelorette contestant images filled with the saddest fun facts I’ve ever seen in my life pic.twitter.com/CoGTNwb6xRMay 19, 2021

    I actually enjoy how simply weird and weirdly simple these are. #TheBachelorette https://t.co/9f5SK47BQvMay 19, 2021

    bro the bachelorette is driving me fucking insane WHAT DOES THIS MEAN pic.twitter.com/2QgcKwUMtSMay 19, 2021

    Can't wait for this season to start!

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