Rachel on the Bachelorettes: "It's a Sisterhood Like No Other"
by
Genevieve Rota 21/8/15
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South Australia's Rachel, 28,
was one of the quieter girls on
The Bachelor this year, but she was also one of our favourites thanks to her down-to-earth and funny personality.
Episode eight saw her miss out on a rose from Bachelor Sam Wood, but she's not
too cut up about it — she was lacking a connection with Sam and she was OK with that. We chatted to the lovely lady on Friday, and asked her all about being close with frontrunners Sarah and Heather,
the girl code in the house and what Sam's actually like away from the camera. Scroll for the full interview!
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POPSUGAR Australia: How are you feeling today after watching it all back last night?
Rachel: I’m feeling OK, it was a while ago. I wasn’t too surprised when I left.
PS: Why’s that?
Rachel: I think . . . When Snez got asked to go on a second date and I still hadn’t been on a first one, I was like,"Oh, yeah. OK. [Laughs] I see what’s going on here."
PS: It must be hard being in the house for all that time and then not even getting a one-on-one with Sam. Was that disappointing?
Rachel: Yeah, of course it was disappointing because that’s why I was there. But watching it back, it’s pretty clear that he’s got some amazing chemistry with some of the girls that we probably just
didn’t have.
PS: One thing he keeps saying is that he wants fireworks and that instant chemistry.
Jasmin told us yesterday that she didn’t really feel that with him — did you?
Rachel: Yeah, not really! We both have a lot in common and we have a lot of similar interests, so for me it kind of . . . it felt like we could be really good friends. I wanted to go on a single date so I could know if there was anything more but I didn’t get that chance and that’s fine.
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PS: And what did you think of Sam? Did you like him and does he seem genuine?
Rachel: Yeah, definitely. He seems like such a nice guy. The type of person you’d want your best friend to be with! He’s a really nice, sweet guy and I’ve nothing bad to say against him . . . Even if he didn’t want to go on a date with me! [Laughs]
PS: It feels like we didn’t get to see all that much of you. Do you think you were portrayed well, or is there a lot we didn’t get to see?
Rachel: I’m happy with the way I’ve been portrayed, it’s pretty close to my personality! There were a lot of really loud girls in there, they probably talked a lot more than I did and so therefore they got a lot more airtime! Good for them, I think it kind of worked in my favour not having all my most embarrassing moments aired.
PS: I’d always be nervous of what they were going to show that week!
Rachel: Oh, it’s like any first date, you come home and you replay it in your head and you’re like, "Why did I say that?" And then for it to be aired on TV, it’s pretty full on!
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PS: Who were your closest friends in the house and what can you tell us about them?
Rachel: Sarah was definitely my closest friend in the house, pretty much from the first day. And we shared a room with Heather, Jacinda and Tessa . . . There was a group of eight of us in the room but definitely Heather and Sarah were my closest friends in the house.
PS: What’s Sarah like one-on-one? She seems pretty chilled and unflappable — I like that she stays out of the drama.
Rachel: I think that’s why we got along so well, we both were able to laugh at the situation and at ourselves and what was going on. I think some of the other girls probably forgot they were on a reality TV show and were taking it very seriously.
PS: They certainly are! And considering you were close to Heather, were you as surprised about her relationship with Sam as Emily and Jasmin were?
Rachel: Not really, I think that it was pretty clear there was something between Heather and Sam. It was also pretty clear that Emily and Jas weren’t . . . [laughs] impressed by that. I tried to exit the room whenever they started talking about it because it was just easier not to get involved in those types of things.
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PS: Who do you think will win and why? To us it looks like Heather, Sarah and Snez are in the lead.
Rachel: Yep, definitely. I think Snez is probably the frontrunner, especially now having watched it! I would say Snez straight away now having watched it, there’s definitely something there. Watching it, they seem as if they’ve known each other forever, which is a great quality to have in a relationship.
PS: He seems crazy about her, like he can’t get enough of her.
Rachel: Yep, I totally agree!
PS: What did you take from the experience?
Rachel: I learnt that I am even more loyal than I thought, which is good. I like that! I thought I’d go in and just see how it went and be like, "Oh, it doesn’t really matter about the other girls because we’re all there for the man." But you go in and you spend more time with the girls and you make really close friends — suddenly it’s become this multi-faceted thing where you don’t really want to hurt anyone but you also want to try and experience everything you can.
PS: We find
the whole idea of the girl code so strange, because you all become great friends but you’re also falling for the same guy.
Rachel: It’s so bizarre! I think the nicest thing about it is how encouraging the girls are. I don’t think you see it much [on TV] but, especially for me on the day that I left, I was the only one who hadn’t been on a single date and all the girls kept saying, "I just want him to see you, to see how funny you are and how nice you are!" They really wanted that — we all did, for everybody. I guess because we’re all in the same boat, we all knew why we were there . . . You kind of want the best for everyone.
PS: The sisterhood that forms is one of our favourite things about the show.
Rachel: Definitely. And it’s a sisterhood like no other, you form a bond that you never would have if you weren’t in that situation.