How former Bachelor contestant Ashley Spivey blew up this season of The Bachelorette

The Washington Post

Spivey, who competed on The Bachelor in 2011, exposed Bachelorette contestant Garrett Yrigoyen's Instagram "likes" of hateful content. Weeks later, Spivey, joined by Reality Steve, revealed that contestant Lincoln Adim had been been charged and recently convicted of indecent assault and battery. “I really wasn’t expecting it to have an impact on this season,” she says of her role as a de facto investigative journalist on The Bachelor franchise. “But I am glad that people have been more upset about it. I only wish that production was making more of an effort to edit Lincoln out of this.” Recalling her own intense screening for The Bachelor Brad Womack, Spivey says she isn't buying the background checker's competence. “There are so many things with this season that seem to be taking them by surprise, and that worries me,” she adds. “I think in today’s climate, you should really be paying attention to not only people who have sex offenses in their background, but you should be trying to make the best possible match for the show.”