I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain
Courtney Robertson, Deb Baer
Language: English
Pages: 168
ISBN: 2:00274660
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Courtney Robertson joined season 16 of The Bachelor looking for love. A working model and newly single, Courtney fit the casting call: She was young, beautiful, and a natural in front of the cameras. Although she may have been there for all the right reasons, as the season unfolded and sparks began to fly something else was clear: She was not there to make friends.
Courtney quickly became one of the biggest villains in Bachelor franchise history. She unapologetically pursued her man, steamrolled her competition, and broke the rules—including partaking in an illicit skinny-dip that sealed her proposal. Now, after a very public breakup with her Bachelor, Ben Flajnik, Courtney opens up and tells her own story—from her first loves to her first moments in the limo. She dishes on life before, during, and after the Bachelor, including Ben's romantic proposal to her on a Swiss mountaintop and the tabloid frenzy that continued after the cameras stopped rolling.
For the first time ever, a former Bachelor contestant takes us along on her journey to find love and reveals that “happily ever after” isn't always what it seems. Complete with stories, tips, tricks, and advice from your favorite Bachelor alumni, and filled with all the juicy details Courtney fans and foes alike want to know, I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends is a must-read for every member of Bachelor nation.
And Ben made some surreal choices. He kept Jenna, even though she basically had a mental breakdown in the bathroom. He kept mean Monica, who admitted to a few of the girls she thought Ben was ugly. And he kept Emily, who talked incessantly about heart disease. I wasn’t sure how I felt about his taste in women, but decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. He was under a lot of pressure, too. The next day, we drove out to Malibu, thinking we were moving into the mansion. As we mingled in the
frankly, were floaters, not really a blip on the radar. I kind of missed Anna Snowball. At least I remembered her name. KEEPING IT REAL How to Get Noticed by the Tabloids The key to becoming a Bachelor star and getting a lot of ink right off the bat is having a back story. Give them something to write about! Even if it’s bad! Release a mug shot. But only if your hair looks good in it. Overcome adversity or tragedy. AshLee Frazier was an orphan. Sarah Herron only had one arm. Car accidents,
going home tonight. 9. I’m falling in love with more than one woman. 10. This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life. 11. I can be myself around him/her. 12. I have to trust my heart. 13. At the end of the day … 14. I just don’t see him with her. 15. You haven’t seen the last of me. I would end up making their jobs a little too easy. I didn’t say anything too outrageous that night, just that it was “a war out there.” But soon I would get a little too comfortable with the
stir-crazy, especially me. Emily talking incessantly about her mind-numbing job in epidemiology was like nails on a chalkboard. Rachel and Nicki were terrified they were going home every moment of every day. Kacie B took it upon herself to be “Julie McCoy, cruise director” of the group. She’d lead sing-alongs on bus and car rides and pose irritating ethical questions, like the ones you’d find in a Scruples board game, to jumpstart conversations. Shut up already! By the time we got to our next
“I’m concerned she’s just in this to win it,” Kacie B, who had now taken to calling me the Black Widow, told Ben. “We want you to be conscious about Courtney,” Nicki added with faux concern for Ben. “It’s what comes out of her mouth. I want you to be happy in the long run. I want you to be with someone who’s going to be there for you and give you one hundred and ten percent.” I felt like I was the one swimming with sharks. By the way, Ben must go down in Bachelor history for having the most