Bachelor Peter Weber Defends Hannah Ann Sluss After ChampagneGate: ‘She’s Not Malicious’

At the beginning of the special Wednesday, February 5, episode of The Bachelor, Peter Weber was beaming in Chile! He had 10 women remaining and had just gotten his stitches out — so he was glowing. The women, on the other hand, were not.

Peter Weber knows he has a «thing for Alabama girls» — but he didn't know that one woman on his season, Sydney Hightower, actually went to the same Alabama high school as his ex, Hannah Brown. 

Peter Weber says he can't support one of his frontrunner's choices from the past. 

Peter Weber is standing by Victoria F. Following the Monday, February 3, episode of The Bachelor, Cosmopolitan magazine revealed they would not be running Victoria Fuller‘s digital cover after discovering photos of her wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt. The day after the episode, Weber, 28, opened up about the decision.

Obviously, the best part about watching The Bachelor is watching everyone spiral as they await a rose, and the First Impression Rose is a huge effing deal. So when Peter gave it to Hannah Ann Sluss, it sent shockwaves through Bachelor Nation.

We're just three weeks into Peter Weber's journey to find love, but a few ladies have already made big impressions on the Bachelor. 

Hannah Brown is a single lady.

Despite what people may think, Hannah Brown and Peter Weber are not dating after The Bachelor — according to the former Bachelorette.

Hannah Brown is gone, but the drama isn't over on Peter Weber's season of

If you've been watching 's season of The Bachelor, you'll know that on the first group date in the premiere episode—you know that one where the women went to fake flight school and someone vomited—not one but TWO women revealed that they thought a mile was equivalent to 30,000 feet, which is, um, not the case! (A mile = 5,280 feet, for those of you who were wondering.)

Here’s a look back at this week’s reality-TV highlights:

This season on The Bachelor…the dram continues, duh.

It's all uphill from here? 

left us with a big fat «to be continued» on Monday night'sjam-packed premiere — and we've been thinking about it ever since. 

Peter Weber and Hannah Brown have unfinished business.

This week the new “Bachelor” season kicked off — but it disrupted the usual parade of limos, as well as the season-specific aviation innuendo (titular Bachelor Peter Weber is a pilot) to bring back an old flame. In a surprise move ex-Bachelorette Hannah Brown returned not once, but twice for the season premiere to throw and emotional wrench into Weber’s first few days of filming.

Peter Weber is defending one of his front-runners.

Hannah Brown and Peter Weber’s love story almost took flight after she broke up with Jed Wyatt … but instead, the Bachelorette asked out Tyler Cameron.