‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Alums Praise Wells Adams’ Advice Skills Amid Jesse Palmer Hosting News
18.05.2022 - 22:23
/ usmagazine.com
A perspective straight from the beach! While ABC has officially named Jesse Palmer as the host of season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise, several former stars were rooting for Wells Adams to take over the gig.
“Wells was more interactive with all of us than the host was just because he was there every day at the bar. And he really had a sort of host role in talking about actual, real emotions, giving advice,” Kendall Long, who appeared on seasons 5 and 7 of BiP, said on the Tuesday, May 17, episode of Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast.
After Chris Harrison stepped back from the franchise in 2021, the network enlisted a series of celebrity guest hosts to help guide the show. Wells, who has been the bartender since season 4 in 2017, also had a larger role on season 7. In addition to being behind the bar, he was the “master of ceremonies” and hosted the final week.
“The hosts themselves, we don’t really see that often. We see ’em during rose ceremonies and they help guide that,” Kendall continued. “Wells — he’s been through it, he’s experienced it, having that more friend[ly] role and being able to have conversations with him. I found [Wells] to be really helpful. And I’m not sure if he’d be able to fulfill that role. Not as the bartender, maybe, it would just kind of rearrange the show a bit.”
While the Just Curious author noted that she’s confident Jesse is “really good at what he does or else he wouldn’t be there,” she concluded that Wells could “definitely” balance the roles of host and bartender. “I think they’re, maybe, trying to tie Paradise and Bachelor and Bachelorette together more by having one single host,” she told Us. “Maybe that’s what their goal is.”
She then joked, “I haven’t seen anything with Jesse