For “Bachelor” Nick Viall It’s All About “The Experience,” Not “The Journey”

While avid members of Bachelor Nation are quite familiar with the term amp8220the journeyamp8221 something everyone who has appeared in the expansive franchiseamp160wears like a badge of honor Viall 36 has evaluated and rejectedamp160the longtouted reason participants often citeamp160for doing the show opting instead to make this season about amp8220the experienceamp8221amp8220I think every opportunity you have is an opportunity to learn somethingamp8221 he told me during ABCamp8217s talent mixer at the Winter 2017 Television Critics Association tour amp8220Whether itamp8217s a good or bad experience you learn something hopefullyamp8221Viall was quick to add that despite whatever amp8220experienceamp8221 he gained on his previous excursions into Bachelor town he entered this season the same person heamp8217s always been amp8220Iamp8217ve done this so many times I donamp8217t know if Iamp8217ve learned anything new this timeamp8221 he admitted amp8220Situations have a history of repeating themselves and when you experience something there are always takeaways from that Being on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette or Paradise there are always takeaways but I am the same person and I hope Iamp8217ve learned things along the wayamp8221On the surface one thing Viall appears not to have learned from his previous The Bachelorette outings is how to avoid confrontation He recently incited a furor among the women currently vying for his affections when he included thisamp160seasonamp8217s resident villain Corrine on a group dateViall told me there was method to his apparent madness amp8220I was fully aware some of the women would not be happy with my decisionamp8221 he admittedamp160 amp8220I was also okay with thatamp160I think being the Bachelor you are limited in the dates you can go on to get to know these womenamp160 Every situation is an opportunity to get to know someoneamp8221According to Viall he hoped the dicey decision to include Corrine would open a line of dialogue and communication among the women vying for his affection something he believes to be paramount in any relationshipamp8220You can learn so much about someone in situations where things donamp8217t go their wayamp8221 he continuedamp160amp8220How do they handle those Communication With all the relationships you have sooner or later you are going to frustrate the person you are with so how do they communicate or voice their frustrationsamp8221For Viall the questions keepamp160comingamp160amp8220Were the women talking behind my back amp160Were they coming to me directly to communicate amp160Knowing it could have potentially frustrated them thatamp8217s not fully why I gave Corrine the rose but there was potential fallout and I was okay with letting that happenamp8221While Viall understands the frustrations viewers may have with some of the decisions he makes on the show he wants them to keep this in mind amp8220Itamp8217s a TV show amp160While they are on it itamp8217s their life albeit a weird and interesting one and there are real emotions and people are having real reactions and no one is perfectamp8220Take Corrine for exampleamp8221 he continued amp8220People criticize her choices but at the same time sheamp8217s someone who put herself out there and has taken risks We all make mistakes and learn from them We have all had our moments in life when weamp8217ve gone out of our comfort zone and then reflected and thought amp8216Maybe I will do that again or maybe I wonamp8217tamp8217 amp160Itamp8217s important to remember with the people on the show that itamp8217s not scripted or actedamp160Itamp8217s our real lives and the emotions you see are realamp8221For now Viall isnamp8217t saying if he found amp8220The Oneamp8221 but one thingamp8217s for sure he looks happy amp160amp8220Iamp8217m always happyamp8221 he said with a smileThe Bachelor is telecast Mondays at 8 pm on ABCClick on the social media tiles above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160

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