A ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Tried To Eat Her Rose And No One Can Figure Out Why

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of ‘The Bachelor‘, I’ll break it down for you: between 5 and 100 women who are either real estate agents or murderers vie for the attention of a heavily sedated man with the personality of a good-natured brick whose body is so hot you could cauterise a wound off his dick.

There are also several ceremonies involving roses, similar to the torch ceremonies from ‘Survivor‘ except no-one is forced to kill a pig on national television (although who knows what they do this season).

Tonight saw the introduction of a few already iconic characters: Keira, who has the eyes of a professional assassin. Janey, who went without a shoe as a power move. Vintaea, the QLD hero who left on the first night and swore like a legend right up until she did. 

Aaand, of course, Sasha, the Russian stunner who just casually decided to start EATING HER FUCKING ROSE.

All this cutting in can make a lady hungry y’know. #TheBachelorAU pic.twitter.com/jjXLFAQ70G

— (((Osher Günsberg))) (@oshergunsberg) July 27, 2016

I’m not in a position to say if it was hunger or nerves or a cultural thing but seriously, what the hell. I’m not the only person struggling to understand this:

Why is sasha eating her rose? Did she not get fed first? #TheBachelorAU

— Janelle Berner (@missnellebelle) July 27, 2016

IM SCREAMING SASHA ATE HER ROSE

— elsie (@copycatclub) July 27, 2016

GAME CHANGER: Sasha eats a rose.

Nek level #TheBachelorAU

— Victoria Hannaford (@vhannaford) July 27, 2016

sasha why u eating ur rose #TheBachelorAU we know rose petals taste good but this is national telle

— rose quartz (@asuina_) July 27, 2016

Sasha eating the rose. She still remembers the hell that was Leningrad 1941 – 44 #thebachelorAU

— Caitlin Abbott (@caitlin_abbott) July 27, 2016

Maybe the rose gives her strength, maybe she’ll be laughing at all of us when she wins, fuelled by the power of the many roses she’s consumed. It’s impossible to say.

I guess we’re just going to have to keep watching (like we weren’t going to anyway).