Chad Kultgen: Coach Clues, Bachelor Strategy & the Future of the Franchise 🥀
After Reality with Courtney Robertson
Courtney Robertson
4.5 • 722 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of After Reality, I’m joined by Chad Kultgen, from Game of Roses, to break down my recent experience on Bachelor Mansion Takeover. Chad reveals his behind-the-scenes role as my “secret strategist,” helping me craft specific speeches and moments during filming to capture producer attention and maximize screen time. We also get into the controversial casting of Taylor Frankie Paul, with Chad sharing his thoughts on where the franchise stands today — why it may be lacking clear creative direction after recent production shakeups, and weighing in on where we go from here casting-wise, including whether we’ll ever actually see Taylor Frankie Paul’s season come to life.
Chad and I dive into the real mechanics of reality TV and why your relationship with producers can matter even more than the actual rules of the game.
And of course, we go a little deeper. We talk about Chad’s interest in metaphysics, his experiences with lucid dreaming, and even his one-of-a-kind political podcast featuring his parents, The Necessary Conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to After Reality. It's your host, Courtney Robertson here. And today I am joined by somebody who understands The Bachelor, not just as a show, but as a game. I'm joined by Chad Colchin, co-hosts of Game of Roses and a host of The Necessary Conversation. And honestly, one of the sharpest minds when it comes to breaking down what really goes on behind the scenes. |
| 0:25.7 | And fun fact, Chad actually helped coach me during Bachelor Mansion takeover. |
| 0:30.1 | So I can't wait to hear what he thought about my game style. |
| 0:33.7 | And if he was even proud of me, because there were some little speeches that I tried to screech in there. |
| 0:40.1 | So today we're getting into everything from his honest thoughts on |
| 0:43.7 | mansion takeover to what he's hearing about Taylor, |
| 0:47.0 | Frankie Paul, Bachelorette situation and where the franchise goes from here. |
| 0:51.9 | Chad, welcome to after reality. |
| 0:54.0 | Thank you. And what an intro, |
| 0:56.7 | just to answer some of those questions that you had in there. Proud doesn't even begin to cover it. |
| 1:01.3 | I was, Lizzie and I are watching Bachelor Mansion Takeover on our Patreon. |
| 1:06.0 | I fell asleep watching the other night. Well, I didn't. I was riveted. |
| 1:13.6 | Where to even begin? First of all, the show is surprisingly good. I had no idea if it was going to be good, bad, whatever. |
| 1:20.4 | If you're a Bachelor fan, I think you will love it because it is so steeped in like the history of the mansion and all the different players who show up, |
| 1:29.2 | they give you nice little packages from footage from their rookie seasons or their |
| 1:33.6 | paradise seasons or whatever. It's just great. |
| 1:37.0 | Getting to see all of these various players play against each other in a game that is also |
| 1:41.9 | not dating is very interesting, including yourself, |
| 1:44.5 | obviously, your triumphant return to reality TV as a player, which I'm enthralled by. And then, |
| 1:50.9 | of course, like you said, all the little speeches and stuff, like over the course of that season, |
| 1:55.8 | you were basically coming out of shooting and then you would text me at night and be like, |
| 2:00.5 | here's what happened. Here's what we have to do tomorrow. What should I say? And I would text you back like full speeches and shit that I had written out. And as Lizzie and I have been watching it, I'm going back and looking at our text that we were what we were saying to each other's stuff and just seeing some of the things like almost verbatim |
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