“THE GOLDEN BACHELOR DISASTER”: Fans SLAM Mel Owens’ Season 2 Women Tell All as ‘Cringe,’ Claiming Awkward Arguments, Forced Confessions, and Boring Drama Made the Finale a Social Media Meltdown

Fans of The Golden Bachelor were left unimpressed with Mel Owens’ uneventful Women Tell All special.

During the Oct. 29 episode of the hit ABC dating show, the 66-year-old former NFL star hardly endured any altercations or drama while reuniting with 15 of his contestants.

After fans watched him choose his final two ladies, Peg Munson, 60, and Cindy Angelcyk Cullers, 62, during Hometowns last week, they were left bored with the special and even called the season “cringey.”

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one person slammed, “Saw 5 minutes of The Golden Bachelor. Reminded me why I do not watch this show.”

Another added, “This golden bachelor season is one of the most CRINGE shows I have ever watched.”

On the episode’s live discussion Reddit board, one person bashed, “Wow says a lot about viewership that there isn’t a SINGLE comment here yet so far.”

Another added, “I can’t believe all these women really feel that hard for Mel.”

The Women Tell All’s only drama involved Debbie Siebers putting season villain Nicolle Briscoe in her place.

After host Jesse Palmer mentioned the lemon bar drama, Nicolle said she was “100 percent on the show to find love” and that she also wants to “empower women in their 60s, 50s and 70s, whether your age starts with a 6, 7, 8, or 9, it doesn’t matter.”

She added, “I think it’s possible to find the love of your life and maybe even create your purpose or a career, and have both, and isn’t that what empowering women is all about?”

Third-place contestant Debbie couldn’t let Nicolle get away with the drama, saying, “That’s really, really hard for me to listen to.”

She then explained that Nicolle was incredibly dismissive of a lot of the women.

“I really need to address the ’empowering women’ thing because you did not empower us, you dismissed us,” said Debbie.

“You dismissed me and my connection with Mel, you dismissed so many women, you dismissed the final two, saying, ‘It’s not gonna work out, and then call me.’ I was always on your side.

“I have defended Nicolle every single day, but when I saw the comments about the first season, the women not being so attractive, when I saw that you really were on there to date America, to be an influencer, I was so disappointed in you, Nicolle.

“And I thought you were so much smarter than that. If you’re going to be an influencer, you’re not gonna be if nobody likes you.”

On X, formerly Twitter, fans commended Debbie for sticking up for herself and her fellow contestants.

One person wrote, “Get her, Debbie!” Another added, “YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN INFLUENCER IF NOBODY LIKES YOU! [microphone emoji] drop.”

A third praised, “I wasn’t expecting to see Debbie being the one to give Nicolle the first drag,” as a fourth questioned, “How is Nicolle acting like a 20-something obsessed with Instagram? Did she hit her head?”

Yet another simply quoted, “You won’t be an influencer if nobody likes you!'”

RHOC Reunion Part 1: Gretchen Calls Tamra a “F—king Liar” After Tamra is Called Out for Bringing Up Dirt on Cast, Plus Tamra Tells Shannon to Shut Up, Katie Confronts Emily, and Gina Apologizes to Katie

The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion begins for season 19. Part one brings Katie back onto our screens after being missing from the later half of the episodes. It also brings a “new” Tamra, which is laughable since all she does is fly off the handle any time Shannon speaks.  But when Gretchen joins the group, she is ready to clear up some of the lies and set the record straight with Tamra.

Andy greets all of the housewives and we learn that Shannon is fresh off a week at the Golden Door.  Heather is happy about her quick commute for the reunion and Emily explains that despite having a rough season, she managed to lose 25-30 pounds.  Gina is loving the real estate business and Katie is thrilled to be on set. Jenn (thankfully) was not dressed by Ryan and Tamra promises she won’t be quitting today (yet). She explains that she is in better spirits because Teddi has zero tumors detected.

Tamra wants to be less reactive, but even Andy feels like Tamra’s behavior was not much different than the way she acted in the past. Tamra DID attend Alexis’s wedding and admits she feels weird talking about how beautiful it was in front of Shannon.  Because Jenn chose Shannon over Alexis, she was uninvited, and then reinvited.  Exhausting.

Shannon mutters that she did not get the grace Tamra always asks for.  She refers to Tamra as “Tamra Grudge” for the way she behaved all season.  Tamra explains that Alexis said that Shannon was trying to ice Tamra out to try and get her off the show, but Shannon scoffs at this.  Katie loves a chance to throw someone under the bus, so she calls Shannon out.  Apparently, Jenn told Katie that Shannon called a producer about Tamra, but Andy debunks this rumor.

When it comes to NOT trusting Tamra with sensitive information, Heather explains that she is a “historical friend” of Tamra’s.  Her inconsistent and unpredictable behavior is what makes Heather a bit leery. After all, Tamra throws people’s secrets in their faces to hurt them.  Take for instance, when Tamra brought up Shannon’s dad’s drinking habits on screen.  Tamra wonders why it’s ok for Shannon to discuss her familial drinking back in 2020, but when she brings it up, she gets in trouble.

Shannon gets emotional and Tamra claims she was not trying to single her dad out, since it was not her place at all. Jenn wonders when Tamra might look in the mirror and realize the issues are all stemming from HER. Tamra’s plan is to stay calm, apologize, and take accountability.

Katie was accused of “stirring a pot of deception” this season. The viewers rallied around Katie after the lie detector episode and it is clear that the women are shocked by the support Katie is receiving.

Katie is still claiming she only sent the voice memo of Shannon freaking out to her husband, Matt, but Alexis also said she heard the recording.  Before Shannon has the chance to question Katie, Tamra jumps in and brings up how Shannon filmed Vicki back in the day without her knowing it.  Shannon claims this was done for safety during a fight between Vicki and her husband, but that’s a prime example of Tamra being Tamra and dredging up the past.

Last year at the reunion, Emily brought up Katie’s custody battle with her children.  Katie still wonders why Emily thought that would EVER be an ok thing to do and doesn’t understand why she has to explain herself 12 years later.  Emily is tired of Katie using bloggers and journalists to fight her battles and Katie apologizes for what occurred.

Jenn is still suffering from amnesia any time she is in the hot seat and can’t remember saying Katie was a con artist.  She merely thinks things do not add up with Katie.

Katie told US Weekly that she felt set up and believes Emily was behind the whole lie detector situation. According to Emily, Katie said on camera she would take a lie detector test. Emily admits a lie detector is ~36% accurate and Emily’s only input was that the women come up with the questions anonymously. Emily denies setting Katie up and states she already knows Katie is lying- no machine needs to figure that out.

Tamra points out that Emily says a lot of things in her confessionals about her, but does not say the snide comments to her face. When Shannon comes in to remind Tamra she makes snide comments too, Tamra jumps down her throat. Emily apologizes for saying Tamra never had girlfriends, but I think her fingers are crossed.

Gina addresses the alleged racist comments about Katie’s clothing.  Gina feels like it may have triggered a trauma in Katie and Gina says she is sorry.  Katie thinks it seemed inappropriate and denies calling her the r word, rather it had undertones of that type of behavior. Katie is the first Asian on Orange County in 18 years and so she does not take any of this lightly. Katie accepts Gina’s apology and Shannon gets in on this apology tour. Katie hopes there is a chance to move forward.

In the meantime, Gretchen is prepping to clear up all the BS.  She continues to deny saying that Tamra drugged her and she is ready to show them that Gretchers means business.

Emily can barely hold it together as she talks about her son Luke. Thanks to some viewer moms, Emily was alerted of PANDAS, a condition that can develop within a kid after having strep throat. Luke had a bad case of strep throat in January and all of his symptoms are associated with this, especially as a child on the spectrum. She goes on to explain that Luke is going to have laser treatment on his brain to reduce the swelling. When it comes to her relationship with Shane, Emily calls it solid, but she wishes she had more emotional support. The Wife Swap episode did help her open her eyes to how much Shane does in their household.

Jenn gets to share that Dawson graduated from boot camp, despite passing out and Tamra had a conversation and HUG with her estranged daughter Sidney. Shannon’s daughter is still traveling in Europe.

It’s been 12 years since we’ve seen Gretchen (Jon-Benet Ramsey or Pink Elsa) on this stage. Gretchen explains that she is an influencer as her main source of income and that Slade is a consultant and sits on the Liberace foundation board (what?!). Guess Tamra can’t be responsible for Slade not having work…

When it comes to Gretchen and Slade’s relationship, Heather makes it clear that their finances are no one’s business, but because of her reservations about his financial situation, it seemed like the proposal was fake. Andy even admits he thought Gretchen would want to get married on TV and have Bravo pay for the wedding. Tamra muses, “in God’s eyes, don’t you think you should be married?” and Gretchen retorts that they had a ceremony…just no legal paperwork.

Gretchen wishes she did not bring up the Tamra affair rumor (which has been denied by all parties), but Tamra calls BS. Emily is irritated because Tamra and Gretchen called a truce and then this happened.  The 17-year feud with Tamra has been exhausting. Gretchen apologizes, but points out that the alleged affair is in the press.  It’s weird that Tamra is the only one who can bring up old dirt on people and Tamra actually proves this point TWICE while talking to Andy.  Shannon calls it “pure hypocrisy” before Tamra bites her head off. Looks like Tamra’s plan to stay calm, apologize, and take accountability can go right out the window as she goes back and forth with Gretchen about who is the worst liar…