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Beautiful brunette filmmaker and actress Heather Maltman is currently stealing Sam Wood's heart on
the new season of The Bachelor. While he has an undeniable
chemistry with Heather's fellow bachelorette Snezana, there's something about Heather that Sam can't seem to — and doesn't want to — shake. She's bright and witty but cool as a cucumber. She calls him "dude" and "mate" and
she wrestles in jelly with him. They're getting along like best mates, but they also just
shared the most intimate kiss after a long, romantic dinner. There are sparks between these two, and we get to watch the start of the fire that's undoubtedly about to burn — and we've never been more curious to see what happens.
After her hugely successful date with Sam on Thursday night, we wanted to chat to Heather about all things Sam-related. As we suspected, we found her to be charming, funny, self-deprecating and totally real. There's no BS with this girl, and that's what we like about her. Read on for the date night in her own words, her relationship with Emily and what she thought of
Sam's controversial kiss with Snez.
POPSUGAR Australia: Obviously everything is going really well so far for you — how has the experience been?
Heather: It has been an incredibly wild ride, every twist and turn. I just feel like I don’t know what’s going to happen next, and not just in terms of watching the TV show. Just in terms of everyday life! It’s crazy.
PS: Is everyone reacting positively to you?
Heather: Yeah, I feel really lucky. I am such an oddball sometimes and I can say some of the weirdest things . . . I feel really humbled by the fact that people are really supportive. Not everyone’s going to love you and that’s cool. But the fact that I’ve had such amazing things said, I’m just like, "Damn! That’s awesome. There are other oddballs out there!"
PS: You’ve got a really easy-going personality, which is very refreshing on a show that’s quite formal.
Heather: I was the same, I had a very stereotypical view of
The Bachelor when I first heard about it. Like it’s all makeup and glam and shitloads of candles but in actual fact it’s very real. It’s actually a very real process with real emotions. I think what it is, what makes it so surreal, is that it’s a heightened circumstance so emotions are naturally going to be heightened. The process is so quick and so full on that full-on emotions end up coming out of it. It was really nice that I could be myself — I was appreciative of that.
PS: And the fact that you guys are locked away in the house for a few months without outside contact just makes everything so extreme.
Heather: Oh my God, yes. Because normally when you’re having a problem with your boyfriend you can call your friend and go, "Oh my God I can’t believe he kissed someone else," but you can’t do that in the house. You’ve just got other girls that he might kiss and you’re like, "Ooh, this is uncomfortable."
PS: You’ve got no voice of reason to talk you through! It sounds kind of stressful.
Heather: Yeah, sometimes, but at the same time we’re all in it together so I think we kind of had each other’s backs and tried to support each other as much as we could.
PS: How was it living with the girls? Were there any major issues?
Heather: Well it’s pretty obvious from watching it there were teething problems at the beginning but I’ve always been of the opinion . . . I don’t like to judge people or say nasty things. I just kind of took a backseat and thought, "You know what? Eventually they’ll come around and it will be OK." And that’s exactly what happened. It was hard. Obviously I reacted because Sam and I had a connection from day one so obviously my experience is going to be very different from day one. But eventually the girls did come around and to this day I have beautiful friendships with all of them. I just think they’re such fantastic people and I’m really, really glad I got to know them.
PS: They’re playing up the Emily thing a lot. Every time your name is mentioned they cut to Emily rolling her eyes.
Heather: I know.
PS: Are you guys mates now though?
Heather: Yeah! Yeah, we are. One of the things that really impressed me about Emily was that we were exercising one day in the house and she sat me down and just goes, "I’m so sorry, I was wrong. I’m really sorry. I judged you at first glance but I get you now." But you know what, that’s not entirely her fault. I had no idea how guarded I was about how I feel and who I am, until I did this show. I thought I was like, "Here it is, here’s what I’m about," but I realised that I’m OK with the funny stuff or the fun stuff, but the minute someone wants to know how I feel about something, that’s what I find a little bit tough.
PS: That’s hard for anyone though, especially in a new setting where there are cameras on you and you’re competing with other girls.
Heather: Yeah, I think I said on one of the radio shows that you’d be having this beautiful private moment with someone and all of a sudden you’d hear, "[makes static noise] Girl crying in the corner, let’s get cameras on" and suddenly there’d be all these cameras there and you’re like, "Ah! Oh that’s right, you’re meant to be there." [Laughs]
PS: About Sam.
Heather: Mmhmmm . . .
PS: What were your initial thoughts on him and did you like him straight away?
Heather: I was so incredibly nervous the moment that I met him. I think I got lucky that the things that came out of my mouth ended up charming him. I thought maybe he’d be like, "Oh, what happened there?" [Laughs] I was nervous because I was like, "You’re very handsome." And you know when you just meet a guy and there’s something there? Like, instantly there’s something there. That’s when my nerves kicked in. I was like, "Wow. I’ve got a feeling you’re going to get what I’m about," and from there I just started being myself. So from the word go the show was quite full on for me, I guess.
PS: Did you expect to get the white rose? Did it pressure on you or did you like having it?
Heather: Definitely surprised by it. I thought it would go to Sarah for sure. I got to know Sarah very, very well in the house and she is just, she’s an incredible human being. Really funny, really sweet, down-to-earth, ridiculously pretty . . . she’s incredible. As for wanting the rose or not wanting the rose, I believe in one of my interviews on the show, which they didn’t show, I put my hand up and said, "Hi, my name’s Heather and I want the white rose," so yeah [laughs] I did want it and I was very, very proud when I got it because I didn’t think I would. I had no idea and it was so reassuring when he gave it to me. As for pressure on creating a date, surprisingly I didn’t feel any pressure and I think that’s purely because he and I got along so well that I was like, it’s not going to matter what I create, as long as we’re having a good time. So I just went with that and the fact that he was into superheroes, I was just like, "Well, there you go."
PS: He had the best time, you nailed it.
Heather: [Laughs] Thanks, man.