Nick Viall, former "Bachelorette" cast-off, turned Season 11 frontrunner, is making quite the impression on Kaitlyn Bristowe. Not only is the Canadian beauty giving the Chicago-based sales executive roses left and right, but she let him go where no contestant had gone before - her hotel room. After scoring the first one-on-one date in Dublin during Monday night's episode, Kaitlyn and Nick ventured across the city before dining inside an elegant cathedral. The pair could barely keep their hands off one another and it was only a matter of time before they would part ways.
"I did not know that everyone could hear us," she told "Entertainment Tonight" hours after the broadcast. "I think it was probably mics from the camera, because we didn't have mics on." Watching it air for millions of people, "It was awkward, yeah," she says, adding, "I was like, 'Oh wow, everyone can hear that.'"
Bristowe is also still bothered by the backlash she's faced, explaining, "I think if this was the other way around - if it was 'The Bachelor' - I think people would've already moved past it by now. I also feel that [sleeping with a contestant] has happened in the past, but maybe it was just wasn't talked about, it was just kind of brushed over."
Of course, some "Bachelor" leads have indeed slept with contestants, or come close to it, prior to the Fantasy Suites, and it was a big deal during their respective seasons. That said, Bristowe has been targeted with a lot of slut-shamming even just for making out with the group of guys as she tried to find one to be her husband. "Chris Soules kissed everybody!" she says of her "Bachelor" ex. "I'm like, 'I didnt' kiss everybody!' there were a couple I left out." The reality star also said, "I'm not sure why Chris gets that 'all-American sweetheart' and I'm like this horrible human being. I'm still asking myself those questions why. I think people know I have thick skin and know I can handle some of that stuff, so maybe that's why they're more open to giving me their opinions."
