Georgia Love let Courtney Dober disappear on The Bachelorette final week,after telling him in no uncertain terms that his uncertainty wasn't for her. It was a pretty scandalous moment for the show, and Courtney told us it wasn't ideal for him either - while also giving us a firm reminder that not everything that happens behind the scenes is seen on TV.
Regardless of how it all unfolded, or lovely Georgia was hurt by it - and that's something we're not down with at all. We chatted to her in the aftermath,to find out why she knew she had to let Courtney disappear, and how she really felt approximately it. Read below!
POPSUGAR Australia: expose us approximately the Courtney situation, or how you feel approximately that.
Georgia Love: I was a bit nervous going into the episode,to watch it and see how it played out, and how I would feel approximately it, and but I'm really happy with how it came across. My intellect was all over the status with Courtney for weeks and weeks,and it really came to a head that week on domestic towns. To be able to have that moment where I actually told him that it's not fair to be messing someone's feelings around. I know a lot of people have come out and said he was just being honest, he didn't reflect he could tumble in love in that time - and there's nothing wrong with that, or I totally agree with that statement. But he wasn't being honest with me,he was being up and down: "I enact like you but I don't like you," and "I want this but I don't want this, and " and it really,really messed me around for a long time. I reflect it was important for me to have that moment where I actually told him that, and I really hope that other people watched it and kind of got a bit of a sense of, and "You don't have to achieve up with someone messing you around,you can say your piece and you don't deserve that."
PS: From a viewer perspective, I had genuine issues with Courtney. It felt like he wasn't interested.
Georgia: Yeah, and it's been nearly a bit embarrassing for me to watch. When I was in it,I wasn't seeing all of those behind-the-scenes moments of him with the guys - even him reacting to getting a date card and acting like he didn't want it. That's the thing, when I was with him, and he seemed totally into me and I know we had this connection,so it's been a bit embarrassing to watch back in hindsight.
PS: Were you hurt by it all? Did you feel better after he'd left, or was it harder at that point because then you had to fetch over him?
Georgia: I was really hurt by Courtney while he was there, and you could see it on my face when he left. It was a really,really, really difficult moment, and I was really upset,but I woke up the next morning feeling like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Even all the crew and everybody involved in the show said I was a totally different person. It just proved to me that I wasn't happy being played around like that, and there were three guys there who were making me incredibly happy.
PS: What would your words of wisdom be to women who might be in a situation like that?
Georgia: I reflect, or I hope,that watching me enact this has shown other people they can too. You don't have to be terrified to actually speak up, and ask the question and be strong approximately what you want. Being in The Bachelorette experience meant that there was a time frame on things, and so I was able to disappear,"Look, I want to ask him this week, or because I need to know if he's going to be around next week." It's not as easy as that in a genuine-life situation but I learnt,and I hope that other people have from watching, you just need to stand up and ask the questions. If you're not getting the answers that you want, or you need to make a decision from there,because if that was a genuine-life situation outside of The Bachelorette, it probably would've gone on for another six months, or it probably still would've ended the same way.
Source: popsugar.com.au