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The next teleconference is with the eliminated Bachelorette Sharon .... look for plenty of news to follow
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Jason on The Bonnie Hunt Show Monday 1/12
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An interesting article an interview with Sharon:
Interview: Sharon Staebell talks about her time on 'The Bachelor'
Sharon Staebell resigned the teaching position she'd held for eight years for a shot to become Jason Mesnick's wife in The Bachelor's thirteenth edition.
However, two weeks into competition, the 32-year-old from Batavia, NY left The Bachelor mansion empty-handed when Mesnick failed to give her a rose at the show's second Rose Ceremony.
During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Sharon -- who began a new teaching position on December 1 -- talked to Reality TV World about whether she was to become a wife and stepmother if chosen by Mesnick, whether or not she had found love since her time on the ABC reality dating show, and what she thought of the first week's twist that had her voting to send home one of the bachelorettes.
Reality TV World: I guess first off, where are you teaching now?
Sharon: I'm teaching [Spanish] in Rochester, NY.
Reality TV World: On the show Nikki, [a 29-year-old administrative assistant from Blue Island, IL,] seemed to make a big deal about how she felt many of the girls weren't ready to be mothers, who do you think she was referring to the most?
Sharon: All of the girls that I talked to said that they were ready to be moms, so I'm not sure who she got that vibe from, but they all seemed like they were there for the right reasons to me.
Reality TV World: [Speaking] personally, what led you to feel that you are ready to get married and become a stepmother?
Sharon: Before I decided to go out and meet Jason I was in a five-year relationship, and I was ready to settle down and get married, and I was ready to start having kids. I'm 32, so I have a house and I have a job and I think it's just that time in my life to start getting going with a family.
Reality TV World: Did you think you were going to be safe from elimination because you were picked to go one of the dates?
Sharon: No. I wasn't 100% confident about anything. I knew that I liked him but I wasn't sure how he felt about me, so on the night I was eliminated I had no idea if I would stay or if I would go.
Reality TV World: Are you dating anyone now?
Sharon: No. I'm currently not dating anyone.
Reality TV World: How did you feel about that twist [in the first week] where you were told you [supposedly] would be voting one of the girls out?
Sharon: I felt really bad. I didn't think it was my responsibility to send another girl home, and I knew that's what Jason's job was there, that's what he was there to do. So I didn't feel comfortable writing down anybody's name but I knew that I had to write down someone's name.
Plus at that point we really didn't even know each other, there were some girls [where] I didn't even know their name.
Reality TV World: You said you voted for Raquel because you thought she might be a threat. Do you most [of the girls] were doing that, or were some [of the] girls looking out for Jason, as [they] said on the show?
Sharon: I think there was both going on. I think there were girls voting for threats and girls voting for whether they thought someone was a good match for him or not. I think it was full of strategies.
Reality TV World: Is there anything that didn't make it onto the show that you wanted to have air?
Sharon: It would have been nice just to show a little bit more of the interactions between Jason and I. I thought we had some interesting conversations. And maybe just some more of the fun stuff that happened around the house would've been entertaining.
Reality TV World: Was there anything that you guys talked about that didn't make it on the show that you could talk about now?
Sharon: Um. I couldn't think of anything in particular at the moment.
Also in the call, Sharon talked about why she chose to vote for Raquel's elimination, what kind of chemistry she felt she had with Mesnick, how prepared she was to move to Seattle, WA if she had won the competition, and why she initially decided to apply to be on The Bachelor in the first place.
What was the reasoning behind when you came out of the limo [and] you did a little salsa?
Sharon: I wanted to do something that stood out, and I knew that he was into dancing -- I had heard that he had done ballroom dancing lessons -- so I thought that would probably get his attention. It was fun, it was a little different.
Why did you vote for Raquel during the Week 1 twist?
Sharon: At that point we didn't know each other very well, so I wasn't sure whose name to put down, and that was the only girl that game me a reason for putting anybody's name down [after she salsa danced with Jason as well] so I put her name down.
Do you really believe that you could have been able to marry Jason and become a stepmom?
Sharon: You know, honestly I feel like I didn't have enough time to get to know him well enough to be able to answer your question if I would have been able to marry him or not. I don't know.
Were you ready to move to Seattle if Mesnick had chosen you to be his wife?
Sharon: If feelings had developed between the two of us, yeah. I like Seattle, it probably would have been a decent move to make. I would have had to think about it seriously [as] I went through the process, but fortunately I didn't have to do that. I would've been prepared to.
Having had this experience, would you do it again if the opportunity arose?
Sharon: I think that if an opportunity like this arose, if it didn't conflict with my job, I would definitely consider doing it again.
What was the chemistry like between you and Jason? Did you have things in common?
Sharon: I was kind of uncertain about the chemistry with Jason. I knew that I liked him, but I didn't know how he felt about me. Obviously there were so many other girls there that I didn't get a ton of time to spend with him, and I didn't know what was going on with those other girls.
But yeah, I think we were both athletic and kind of down-to-earth people. He likes to travel [and] I love traveling, he likes to dance and I love dancing. So there were some commonalities.
How did you end up on the show?
Sharon: I was sitting with my best friend and my sister and we were trying to figure out how I was going to meet guys, and they said "How about you apply for The Bachelor?"
So I said "Huh, that would be an interesting way to meet someone, why not?" So I applied online.
Link to the article: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/interview-sharon-staebell-talks-about-her-time-on-the-bachelor-8294.php
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ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
TRANSCRIPT FROM TELECONFERENCE WITH ELIMINATED BACHELORETTE SHARON STAEBELL
Your first question comes from the line of Monica Sotomayor with Flash News.
Monica Sotomayor: Hi Sharon, thanks for your time today.
Sharon Staebell: Hi Monica. How are you?
Monica Sotomayor: I'm good, thanks. I know on the show that you mentioned you quit your job to, you know, appear on The Bachelor and everything. What did your students think about that decision or, you know, what did the parents think, too?
Sharon Staebell: Well at the time when I quit my - when I resigned from my job, the students didn't know why I resigned because it was confidential.
So they were definitely sad to see me go but they understood that it was something that I needed to do for myself.
Monica Sotomayor: Okay, interesting. Now have they been watching the show, as you've been on it the last couple weeks?
Sharon Staebell: Well, would that be the students that I was teaching before?
Monica Sotomayor: The students or the parents, or anyone, you know, in the district or anything like that.
Sharon Staebell: Well in the district that I used to work in, I don't really talk to those kids anymore because I don't see them. So I'm not really sure if they were watching or not.
Monica Sotomayor: Okay. And what grade do you teach, Sharon?
Sharon Staebell: Right now I'm teaching Eighth and Ninth Grade, and those kids watched the show; my current students. And they just think that it's pretty cool.
Monica Sotomayor: Okay, interesting. Yeah, that seems like about the right age. I mean the littler ones wouldn't understand it as well. Thank you.
Sharon Staebell: You're welcome. Thank you.
Your next question comes from the line of John Bracchitta with Reality TV World.
John Bracchitta: Hi, how are you doing?
Sharon Staebell: Good. How are you?
John Bracchitta: Oh, pretty good. I guess, first, where are you teaching now exactly?
Sharon Staebell: I'm teaching in Rochester.
John Bracchitta: Okay.
Cathy Rehl: She doesn't want to - I mean you can - it's a middle school right?
John Bracchitta: Yeah, yeah.
Sharon Staebell: Yeah.
Cathy Rehl: And you're teaching Spanish?
Sharon Staebell: Right.
Cathy Rehl: But we're not giving the name out of the school.
John Bracchitta: Yeah, okay. And then just moving on to it, on the show, Nikki seemed to make a big deal about how she felt many of the girls weren't ready to be mothers. Who do you think she was referring to the most?
Sharon Staebell: All of the girls that I talked to said that they were ready to be moms, so I'm not sure who she got that vibe from. But they all seemed like they were there for the right reasons to me.
John Bracchitta: Okay. And then just personally, what led you to think that you were ready to be married and then on top of that potentially become a stepmother yourself?
Sharon Staebell: Before I decided to go out to meet Jason I was in a five-year relationship and I was ready to settle down and get married. And I was ready to start having kids.
I'm 32, so I have a house. I have a job and I think it's just that time in my life to start getting going with a family.
John Bracchitta: Okay. And did you think you were going to be safe from elimination because you were picked to go one of those dates?
Sharon Staebell: No. I wasn't 100% confident about anything. I knew that I liked him but I wasn't sure how he felt about me. So on the night I was eliminated I had no idea if I would stay or if I would go.
John Bracchitta: Okay. And then I just have one more question and I'll get off for awhile. Are you dating anyone now?
Sharon Staebell: No. I'm currently not dating anyone.
John Bracchitta: Okay, great. Well thanks a lot.
Sharon Staebell: Thanks.
Your next question comes from the line of Tom Rose with Fancast.com.
Tom Rose: Hello Sharon.
Sharon Staebell: Hi.
Tom Rose: How's everything going since you got bumped off the show? Obviously you said a few things. You're working at a new school. How's your life going now?
Sharon Staebell: Life is pretty good. I'm just spending a lot of time hanging out with family and friends, and working on my house, trying to adjust to a new job which is great. So I would say things are going very well.
Tom Rose: So you were in Batavia before that. How far is that from Rochester? I mean is it far away from the old community?
Sharon Staebell: The school that I'm currently working in is about 40 minutes from where I grew up.
Tom Rose: Okay. So now what was the reason behind when you came out of the limo and you did a little salsa? What was all that about?
Sharon Staebell: I wanted to do something that stood out and I knew that he was into dancing. I had heard that he had done ballroom dancing lessons so I thought that that would probably get his attention. Plus it was fun, it was a little different.
Tom Rose: All right, and then - yeah, it was. It set you apart there. But then Raquel kind of jumped in to steal your thunder a bit there.
Sharon Staebell: Yes, she did and somebody said there's salsa dancing outside. And I said 'no, that was my move.' She stole it.
Tom Rose: You voted for her in the ballot, right?
Sharon Staebell: I did. At that point we didn't know each other very well so I wasn't sure whose name to put down and that was the only girl that gave me a reason to put anybody's name down so I wrote her name.
Tom Rose: All right, so how did you feel - you just said that you liked Jason. I mean it was very hard - you were only there two weeks. So do you really believe that you could have grown to feel about him in a way that you could have married him and become a stepmom?
Sharon Staebell: You know, honestly I feel like I didn't have enough time to get to know him well enough to be able to answer the question if I would have been able to marry him or not. I don't know.
Tom Rose: And then you just mentioned that you have your own home and...
Sharon Staebell: Right.
Tom Rose: You've got a nice life there. It would've meant also moving to Seattle. You were ready for that?
Sharon Staebell: If feelings had developed between the two of us, yeah. I like Seattle. It probably would have been a decent move to make.
And I would've, you know, I would have had to think about it seriously the more I went through the process. But, fortunately, I didn't have to do that. But I would've been prepared to.
Tom Rose: Okay. And then, you know, you were also saying that - wait, I just it was on my note real quick. Now what were the reasons that they would not allow you to go take this chance?
Why would they - why would you have to resign from that job? I mean how much time were you talking about?
Sharon Staebell: Can I - Cathy, can I answer that?
Cathy Rehl: Well, you know, nobody knows how long they're going to stay on the show.
Tom Rose: Well you can - you get an estimate.
Cathy Rehl: And that's six - that's about six or seven weeks.
Tom Rose: Right.
Cathy Rehl: Well...
Tom Rose: But in teaching isn't it kind of flexible in teaching? Now they wouldn't let (unintelligible)...
Cathy Rehl: Six or seven weeks at the beginning of the school year?
Tom Rose: Yeah.
Sharon Staebell: Well, it was just a district policy to not allow personal leave if it was not related to education or health.
Tom Rose: I see. How long had you been in that job before you - when you made that request?
Sharon Staebell: Eight years. I was in my ninth year.
Tom Rose: Ninth year? And those are first graders?
Sharon Staebell: No, it was high school.
Tom Rose: High school, okay. So your ninth year they wouldn't let you go? Boy, that's cool.
Sharon Staebell: It was the hardest decision that I've ever had to make, definitely.
Tom Rose: Oh well, you dodged the other one. Now when you came back was it difficult to find another position?
Sharon Staebell: When I got back I started subbing right away and then I got my current job - I started December 1.
Tom Rose: Great. Well congratulations to you. I mean even though it didn't work out for you, it seems like you have moved on and, you know, I congratulate you on that.
Sharon Staebell: Thank you. It was a great experience. I'm glad that I did it.
Tom Rose: All right.
Your next question comes from the line of Ben Beagle with The Daily News.
Ben Beagle: Hi Sharon.
Sharon Staebell: Hi Ben, how are you?
Ben Beagle: Good. Now I know that being from a - you're from a small town. Did that - did you think about that at all and how people would react when they found out that the hometown girl was on this reality TV show?
Sharon Staebell: I just kind of thought that I needed to make the hometown proud so I conducted myself in a way that I thought that whatever I would do they wouldn't feel like, oh no, she's from where I'm from. I can't believe she's acting that way on TV. So, you know, all my family and my friends are still in the local area that I wanted to represent and represent everybody really well.
Ben Beagle: And how have people reacted in your hometown now that, you know, it was on - you were on a couple times?
Have you encountered people, say at the grocery store that kind of recognize you or think they recognize you from somewhere?
Sharon Staebell: Actually, I was in Pittsburgh yesterday at a Barnes & Noble and some girls came up and asked if I was on The Bachelor. And I was very surprised about that. But really I haven't been out and about in Batavia too much.
And LeRoy, I'm still - I've only been there for a year so I don't really know that many people. So no, I haven't really been recognized at all in my hometown. But outside of it I have been.
Ben Beagle: Okay. And having had this experience would you do it again if the opportunity arose?
Sharon Staebell: I think that if an opportunity like this arose, if it didn't conflict with my job I would definitely consider doing it again.
Ben Beagle: Okay. Now the other - now that - even though you're off the show now, are you still watching it? Are you anxious to find out who he...
Sharon Staebell: Oh, definitely. I'll definitely keep watching, yes, because I knew all of those girls and I knew Jason. And I don't know what happens so I'm very curious to see who he picks in the end.
Ben Beagle: Okay, thank you.
Sharon Staebell: You're welcome.
Your next question comes from the line of Monica Sotomayor with Flash News.
Monica Sotomayor: Sharon, I have a quick follow-up for you.
Sharon Staebell: Okay.
Monica Sotomayor: You mentioned you didn't get that much time with Jason but did you feel any, you know, chemistry? You liked him and everything but what was the chemistry like between you guys? Did you have things in common?
Sharon Staebell: I was kind of uncertain about the chemistry with Jason. I knew that I liked him, but I didn't know how he felt about me. Obviously there were so many other girls there that I didn't get a ton of time to spend with him.
And I didn't know what was going on with those other girls. But yeah, I think we were both athletic and just kind of down-to-earth people who like - he likes to travel. I love traveling. He likes to dance; I love dancing. So I knew that there were some commonalities.
Monica Sotomayor: Okay, thank you.
Sharon Staebell: You're welcome.
Your next question comes from the line of Sarah Grossbart with US Weekly Magazine.
Man: Hi Sharon, are you there?
Sharon Staebell: Yes, I'm here.
Man: Hi, thanks for...
Cathy Rehl: Hello?
Sharon Staebell: Hello?
Operator: The line is still open.
Man: Are you there?
Sharon Staebell: Yes I'm here.
Man: Hi, my first question is did women on the show try to undermine each other's confidence in any way? And what was the dynamic like when the cameras weren't pointed in everyone's direction?
Sharon Staebell: I...
Cathy Rehl: I'm sorry, excuse me a second. This isn't Sarah Grossbart, so who is this? Can you just identify yourself?
Man: Oh yeah, I am writing for US Weekly. She couldn't make the conference call.
Cathy Rehl: Oh, okay.
Man: So I'm just...
Cathy Rehl: Sure.
Man: I was just a last minute thought.
Cathy Rehl: That's okay, just as long as you're giving your name and...
Man: Yeah, sure.
Cathy Rehl: Okay, go ahead.
Man: Yeah, so sorry Sharon, did you hear my question the first time?
Sharon Staebell: Yes. I was there early in the process and we were - all of the girls were just getting to know each other so everybody got along really well. For what I could tell for the most part they were very supportive of each other.
And when the cameras weren't on - I don't know if I can say this Cathy or not. You can stop me. But when the cameras weren't on it was just a lot of fun.
It was just a lot of conversations about our lives and getting to know each other, and joking around. And we cooked a dinner one night which was really fun.
So we - I had a good time with all of the girls and I really, really enjoyed spending it with them.
Man: So it was too soon for the kind of - more kind of strategy, kind of plotting to kick in you'd say?
Sharon Staebell: If there - yeah, if there was strategy and plotting to win Jason's heart while I was there I didn't really see it.
Man: Okay, and one last question if you don't mind: what did the kind of - did religion and background kind of play a role in the different ways that the contestants related to The Bachelor?
And what did you think about that whole prospect in terms of, you know, you're going to be married to somebody, you know, for ostensibly - you know, forever and raising a child, and things like that?
Sharon Staebell: Just to clarify your question, you're asking me how religion played into my views on marriage?
Man: Right, because I'd heard somewhere that - I mean that Jason is from a Jewish background and I'm not sure what yours is.
But, you know, if that kind of ever kind of was ever dealt with as a factor or considered when everyone was, you know, doing their thing on the show?
Sharon Staebell: I'm not - I can't speak for the other girls and what they discussed with him as far as religion is concerned. But for me personally, I'm open to people based on their personalities and if there's chemistry.
So if there's chemistry with somebody who is of a different religion, then I'm completely open to it.
Man: So if by - he had asked you to say raise that child in a, like a home of a particular faith you would maybe - you would be willing to compromise or something like that? Or how did you (unintelligible)... ((Crosstalk))
Sharon Staebell: Yeah, definitely. I think it's great for kids to be exposed - if there's parents of different religions, to be exposed to both religions.
Man: All right, thank you very much. I really appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.
Sharon Staebell: Oh, you're welcome. No problem.
Your next question comes from the line of John Bracchitta with Reality TV World.
John Bracchitta: Hey, I just had a follow up. How did you feel about that twist in the first week when you found out you were going to have to vote someone out or supposedly vote one of the girls out?
Sharon Staebell: I felt really bad. I didn't think it was my responsibility to send another girl home, and I knew that's what Jason's job was there. That's what he was there to do.
So I didn't feel comfortable writing down anyone's name but I knew that I had to write down someone's name.
And plus, at that point, we really didn't know each other and there were some girls I didn't even know their name.
John Bracchitta: Okay. And did you think that people - you said you kind of voted for Raquel because you thought she might be a threat. Do you think most people were doing that or was anyone looking out for Jason, as some people said on the show?
Sharon Staebell: I think there was both going on. I think there were girls voting for threats and girls voting for whether they thought someone was a good match for him or not. I think there was both strategies.
John Bracchitta: Okay. And then just is there anything that didn't make it onto the show that you wanted to have get on there?
Sharon Staebell: You know, it would have been nice just to show a little bit more of the interactions between Jason and I. I thought we had some interesting conversations.
And just maybe some more of the fun stuff that happened around the house would've been kind of entertaining.
John Bracchitta: Okay, was there anything you guys talked about that didn't make it on, like that you could talk about now?
Sharon Staebell: I can't think of anything in particular at the moment that...
John Bracchitta: Okay, all right. Great, thanks a lot.
Sharon Staebell: You're welcome.
Your next question comes from the line of Ben Beagle with The Daily News.
Ben Beagle: Hi again. I just wanted to check, was this a program that you had watched before you - in previous seasons before you went on the show this time?
Sharon Staebell: Yes, I watched The Bachelor - I think there were a couple of bachelors that I missed but I definitely have seen maybe five of the seasons. And then I always watched The Bachelorette.
Ben Beagle: And also, how did you ultimately end up connecting with the show and getting on it?
Sharon Staebell: I was sitting with my best friend and my sister, and we were trying to figure out how I was going to meet guys. And so they said how about you apply for The Bachelor?
And I said that would be an interesting way to meet someone, why not?
Ben Beagle: Okay.
Sharon Staebell: And so I applied online.
Ben Beagle: Okay, thank you.
Sharon Staebell: You're welcome.
Cathy Rehl: Thank you everybody for your time. Again, I will point out that the coming show that's on Monday, January 19 will be two hours once again.
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