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‘Bachelorette’ Star Ali Fedotowsky Wants to See This Franchise ‘Twist’: ’Switch It Up’
Remember Ali Fedotowsky-Manno?
The Bachelorette Season 6 lead has been in the public eye since 2010, all because of Bachelor Nation. Now, she has some thoughts on how the franchise can introduce some new facets to make it all the more interesting.
“I would love it if the leads had a choice in the casting process in a future season,” the 40-year-old told Swooon while discussing her partnership with Orgain. “So, the Bachelor, let’s say, got to be a part of choosing the cast for the show.” Ali mentioned that her idea could work with a two-way mirror, “He [the Bachelor] gets to choose from 100 people and pick 15 of the cast, and then the casting producers pick the other 15, and we see who did a better job.”
However, she pointed out that the creators and producers know what they’re doing. “Their formula, whatever they have created, has worked so well that it’s been around for so long,” Fedotowsky-Manno said. Fedotowsky chuckled while adding, “It has been 15 years since I was on it. It was around for 15 years before that or something, I don’t know. It’s been around a long time.
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In the almost 15 years that have passed, Fedotowsky got married. She didn’t end up with her winner, Roberto Martinez, but she found love with Nashville radio host Kevin Manno.
The former Bachelorette also had some intel to share with anyone taking on the lead role, “My advice for anyone going in is to sneak in a phone. Cut a little hole on the side of your suitcase, I mean, they probably check for this now, sneak it in there,” she said.
Another item she’d probably bring if she could do it all over again is Orgain’s Nut Butter Protein Powder. Partnering with the brand to promote their Orgain x Justin collab, Ali divulged to Swooon that it’s one of her favorite products.
To showcase how much she genuinely adores the product, Ali brought up an anecdote from the night before the interview. “Last night, when I was leaving or before going to bed, my husband’s like, ‘I’m really jealous of what you get to do tomorrow.’ I was like, ‘Why?’ He’s like, ‘Because it’s my favorite product ever.’ So it’s just such an organic partnership because it’s a product that we’ve used in our family and truly love. We always have it stocked in our pantry.”
