Vanessa Sunshine Goes Scorched-Earth On Her ‘Bachie’ Experience

When Bachelor 2018 started, I hated Vanessa Sunshine with the fire of a thousand suns. The fact that she walked in and was immediately off Honey Badger from the get go? RUDE.

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But then I thought about it and actually, why should we expect her to be super into Nick Cummins when a) he was a total wildcard type of Bachelor judging by past selections and b) she had absolutely no idea what to expect? She probs thought she was gonna walk in to Tim Robards 2.0 and got this ocker footy player, which is totally not her type. She was played by the producers and rather than pretend she was into him, she just acknowledged that she wasn’t, but was open to maybe getting to know him. You know?

Anyway. V. Sunshine was booted last night and while she deffo needed to go – there was no chemistry between her and Nick, whatsoever – the way she handled herself both during the rose ceremony and subsequently has made me a total Sunshine convert.

The deciding factor? This absolutely BOSS Instagram post.

YOU GUYS. Reading that, do you not go “fuck, YES girl”? Let me unpack it for you.

Firstly, we are totally conditioned to favour the girls who treat the Bachelor like he’s some god. I didn’t even register this until Vanessa said it. These women seem to know within 0.2 seconds that they’re completely in love with the guy, even though in real life, we spend WEEKS and MONTHS dating people before we even have an inkling of a deep connection. And then we judge the girls who hang back a bit and are honest, saying “well I actually don’t know yet”? What the fuck is that.

Secondly, we all took Vanessa’s disinterest in making friends in the house as bitchiness. But actually, if we look at the Three Horsewomen Of The Apocalypse, most of those connections are strategic and way bitchier than flying solo. Thinking back, Vanessa was never rude to anyone – she just didn’t make any proper mates. I recall her sitting with other (nice) girls in the house just chatting small talk, and that’s… fine? Why did we decide she was a bitch just because she didn’t bestie-up with other women?

THIRDLY, and this is a massive one, her bitchy resting face and dry humour immediately had us all labelling her as a villain. But really, she was just at odds with the rest of the women, who for the most part are bubbly golden retriever types of humans (like me, tbh). There’s a place for all types of women in this world, and being a harder nut to crack/having a dry sense of humour don’t make you a villain. As we now know, *cough* Romy/Cat *cough*.

Props to Vanessa for staying true to herself, tbh. I would way rather see women on these dating reality shows who don’t take shit and are authentic. Absolutely, many of the women remaining are genuinely happy-go-lucky and bubbly, and that’s awesome. But in a show that often sees women play up to whatever they think the Bachelor wants in a partner (in this case, a coooool girl who loves sports woooo) in hindsight it was refreshing to see someone who wasn’t a bitch, but also wasn’t going to compromise her personality or wants/needs just for more air time.

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