BIP Season 10: Big Changes, Same Old Popularity Contest

After Reality with Courtney Robertson

Courtney Robertson

The Bachelor, Reality Tv, Interviews, Tv & Film, The Bachelorette, Villains

4.8 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of After Reality, I’m sharing a little birthday update, a wild visit to my psychic (who had thoughts on Mel Owens and his possible ABC exit), plus a recap-ish of the highlights from the Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 (2025) premiere. We get into the tea on Mel’s divorce settlement, the new format shakeups, and yes—this show is still very much a popularity contest.

One standout moment? Dale Moss shows up, and the vibe instantly shifts. It’s wild how much of a difference a finalist makes. I also play the funniest clip from star contestant Katt Izzo that seriously had me in tears.

And don’t miss the bad Trump impression from bartender Wells Adams—complete with clown music in the background. His quote? “I feel like America needs this. It’s inflation, tariffs… it’s a lot of crazy things happening, and we need to watch a bunch of idiots make out with each other on the beach.” Yikes!

Tune in for who’s vibing, who’s leaving, and who just might be the next Bachelor.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to After Reality. It's your host Courtney Robertson here. How's everybody doing? I hope you
0:07.3	had a nice long holiday weekend celebrating the fourth. I sure did. It was a bit wild. My kids were
0:15.0	radioactive. And then July 5th, I celebrated my 42nd birthday.
0:23.4	It was so enjoyable.
0:26.0	I carved out some time for myself.
0:28.6	Highly recommend going shopping on your birthday.
0:33.8	I got 20% off of a sexy new ditty to wear to a hot dinner date.
0:40.6	And I had a lobster tail for dinner, 12 dozen oysters. I always joke. I clipped my husband.
0:48.1	It was a bit pricey. We went to one of our favorites, Steak 44. But I also treated myself to my annual check-in with my favorite psychic, psychic Shirley, who really helped me work through some things. My mom came
0:55.9	through, music came through, and I highly recommend that too. I have been doing a lot of reflecting,
1:03.6	turning 42, being done having kids. I've had a lot on my mind, and it probably comes across through the podcast and the people
1:12.9	closest to me know but the psychic really helped me process some things and just really
1:19.5	reflecting on my 42 years and what the next five 10 years look like. I know psychics aren't
1:27.0	for everybody but she has been with
1:29.3	me for gosh, over 12 years. So if you need a little guidance, highly recommend it. Somebody reached
1:35.5	out to me on Instagram recently and they just lost their father and she's a medium. So it's
1:41.3	really beautiful to get those messages. The song my mom shared was leaving
1:46.5	on a jet plane. But I had to ask Shirley about Mel Owen switching gears. I said, I just have to
1:55.9	ask you after our session was over. Do you have any insight? Is ABC going to can Mel Owen?
2:02.1	So I'll play that clip for you here and put it on my social media.
2:05.6	Okay.
2:06.2	Is Mel Owens going to be canned by ABC this week?
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