It was funny because of course I asked all them, like, did you talk about politics?

Did you talk about international affairs?

And Ashley was like, everybody was saying like, we know Americans are nice,

no matter what's going on, we all want to move to America.

And Benoit was like, yeah, everyone was saying we think we're going to move to Canada.

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And so, as quickly as it arrived, it has left us, Bachelor of Winter Games.

We saw it all last night and I really feel like it was not long enough for this world.

No, I am so here for Winter Games and joining us today to get into all of the beautiful love

stories, the athletic failures, the five hours of the five hour compulsory television,

is freelance writer who has recap the Bachelor for Glamour, Megan Angelo.

Hi guys, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me.

We have way too much to cover, to hit everything. So we're just going to talk about the important points.

Did this show work? Like, is this what they wanted to accomplish? Did they do it?

I think it worked so well. I think they were looking for something that would be fun,

exciting, inject some sort of new energy into the franchise and also just be, you know,

good counter programming while they know they're going to lose in the ratings because NBC has

the Olympics. And I feel like they really hit all of that. It was really refreshing to

see a cast of people, many who, you know, are a little older, a little more settled in their lives

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