Kelley is immune to the villain edit: The Bachelor Villains and Heroes, Week 6

Bachelor Heroes and Villains, Week 6: Kelley is immune to the villain edit

THE BACHELOR - "2407" - The pressure mounts as hometown dates loom, but first Peter and the remaining six women travel to beautiful Lima. After a supportive conversation with his mom, Peter is inspired to pay the women a surprise visit for a serious chat. How will they respond to his wake-up call to focus on their feelings? Madison and Peter come to a make-or-break moment in their relationship after a magical day together. Peter and Natasha spend a whirlwind day shopping, eating and having fun, but will the chemistry be there? Kelsey has a family secret she dares to share with the charming pilot, but will she get a rose and a hometown date? The dreaded three-on-one date pits one confident woman against two panic-stricken bachelorettes. The tough decisions are just beginning for Peter, as four women prepare to take him home to meet their families on "The Bachelor," MONDAY, FEB. 10 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Francisco Roman)PETER WEBER /

In which Bachelor Nation refuses to accept a villain edit of our queen Kelley.

Increasingly it seems like everyone on this show is their own worst enemy. Last week, I decided that Bachelor villainy was defined by interpersonal acts of aggression. You can’t be a villain for being super annoying, you can’t even really be a villain for spending all your time with Peter talking about other women, even if that is cardinal sin no. 1. To be a villain, you have to do something evil. Like spread lies or steal someone’s champagne or sleep with four people’s husbands. Whoops! Getting ahead of ourselves.

Anyways: On to this week’s heroes and villains, but first, our recognition of the power of editing, though increasingly it seems irrelevant to this season!

The Bachelor is a bananas over-produced and absurdly edited reality TV show. The contestants on the show are real people, putting themselves out there for love and/or IG followers. (No shame in that game.) Most of us cannot and do not know these people and who are they really are. The Villain Edit is real and no one — no one — can possibly ever be as evil as Luke P.

Heroes

Kelley

Dear, sweet Kelley, you were to mature for this world. Kelley called it like it was until the end (Hannah Ann is a child; Victoria F. is a hot mess) and despite the producers best efforts to give her a mini-villain edit with all those shots of lounging, smirking and generally seeming over and above it, no one — not a single Bachelor Nation soul — was buying it.

Kelley forever.

Villains

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Everyone?

Kelsey and Natasha both expressed “I hope they don’t come back” desires about the other women whilst lounging, but that seemed like a fairly realistic reaction and mostly in fun jest that was edited for money quotes. Whatever! Other than that, the ladies were fairly self-contained this week so there was a lot of opportunity for them to get into malicious hijinks.

That said, the joy Kelsey and Madison expressed when Hannah Ann and Victoria F. were revealed to be the two still around (thus, joy at Kelley being sent home) was vicious. And hilarious.

Peter

Bringing out a rose to wave in Natasha’s face before sending her home was cruel.

Bringing Victoria F. all the way to a damn car before asking her to stay was cruel.

Peter, what are you doing here? What are any of us doing here?

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