Disturbing Behind-the-Scenes Facts About 'The Bachelor' Franchise

Televised Wedding

In addition to having to stay together for two years to keep the ring, producers also have the rights to the couple’s wedding should it occur within that two-year time frame. Contestants are paid $10,000 per hour of TV for their televised wedding specials.

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The More You Know

  • Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.
  • Vietnam is one of the most pro-US countries in the world, with 76% having a favorable view. This is higher than Japan, the United Kingdom, and France.
  • St. Lucia is the only country that is named after a woman.
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
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