Last night on The Bachelor, Matty J’s sister Kate surprised the girls with a visit to the mansion.
While Kate clearly had her faves (Laura, Elise and Tara – admittedly, our faves too), most of the ep was focused around Leah and the ‘secrets’ she’s been keeping from Matty J.
The girls revealed they had suspicions that Leah’s party planning business also included staffing events such as buck’s parties and topless waitressing, and, basically, that they thought Leah was a stripper. Leah then told Kate that Simone was actually into the same sort of work.
Yes, we know, it’s hard to keep up.
While we’re on board with everyone being open and honest with Matty, it’s also pretty unreasonable to expect that Leah and Simone should have to had told the guy they’ve just started dating – oh, and the rest of the nation – about their past, especially when Leah hasn’t even been on a date with him yet, and Simone stopped topless waitressing three years ago.
Matty then decided to ask Leah to leave the show, thankfully, choosing to focus on the fact that she was a bit of a bully and started most of the drama in the house, rather than on her line of work.
However, fans were still quick to point out the sexist attitude of the episode, which labeled both Leah and Simone as bad people for working in the sex industry. A ridiculous way to frame an episode on its own, and even more so given that two of the previous male bachelors were once topless waiters too.
