Andi Dorfman dishes on the stigma of "Bachelor" stars and hints at her return to legal life
Wrack your brain to remember a time before Sugar Bear Hair, Fit Tea, an influx in Instagram followers, and weekly nonsensical podcast episodes — it’s hard to do. In fact, the Bachelor and Bachelorette franchises have nearly lost all credibility when it comes to shows that are serious about people finding love.
Motivated by instantaneous fame, overnight notoriety, and a promising career of peddling useless diet powders and hair growth products, the contestants vying for love on ABC’s crown jewel show hardly seem to be vying for anything besides a post-show payout as of late.
“There’s definitely a stigma,” admitted former Bachelor and Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman to The Morning Breath on Tuesday.
Dorfman, 30, who made her mark on the franchise throughout two seasons, recently released her second New York Times bestseller and is quick to credit the show for her success.
Despite originally entering the show for all the right reasons and ultimately finding love (which was later broken), the Georgia-born attorney questioned the intentions behind newer Bachelor stars while encouraging fans to understand the accompanying challenges.
“So, I think people get a little bit of a stigma, but if anyone was in the position, they’d do the same thing,” the author told co-hosts Jackie and Claudia Oshry.
“I think what people don’t realize is the drastic change of going onto a reality show as completely nobody and then coming off with a million followers on Instagram,” Dorfman explained. “People are shoving products down you and saying, ‘Here’s however much money,’ and you’re like, ‘Wow, that’s more money than I used to make in three months.'”
Dorfman’s success is boundless, as the career woman hardly needed to write a couple of books in order to secure her fan base, but we’re glad she did because they are intensely juicy.
The longtime attorney hints at returning to life in the legal realm, but not anytime soon.
“It’s something I can definitely go back to, but right now I look at the life I’m fortunate — because of the show — to live, and I’m good for now.”
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