Colton Underwood lied to "single" producers while filming for a completely understandable reason

The Bachelor is perhaps known for its drama, but the main premise of the series has always been to fall in love – or at least that's supposed to be it, anyway. However, the process needed to achieve this can be much more complicated than many fans realize. In fact, in a recent interview with Emanuele Berry on the This American life podcast, Colton Underwood admitted to having lied to Bachelor Producers about who he liked most during his season, claiming that he had the feeling of being deliberately kept out of his best choices.

"They always asked [me] to classify girls, "explained Colton about his time as a Bachelor." And very early, Hannah was up there. And she was left out. "(Colton never made it clear during the interview that he was referring to Hannah: Hannah G. or Hannah B. Bustle asked for clarification, but had not received a response yet. "Colton felt hurt that someone to whom he had clearly expressed his interest was excluded from the dates." I remember more or less remembering to be feeling a little burned when they had done it, "Colton admitted," tell me if I understand correctly, Hannah is number one on my list right now, and she has no appointment this week? " "

This prompted him to change tactics and become a little less truthful about the orientation of his heart (and his roses), adding, "So, in a strange way, I tried to defend myself and defend girls by not telling them the truth. was. "

Even though his feelings began to change or that he began to develop a stronger relationship with different competitors early in the season, Colton was keen to keep his best choices for the producers so that they would not can not mess with the relationships he really cared about. "Hannah was always at the top of the list when I always made the list for them to see it, and I never changed it," he said in the same interview. "So it's just that I want to prepare myself for success."

And finally, aside from the obstacles, that's precisely what happened. Colton was found in a successful relationship with Cassie at the end of the season. The two of them are still together so far and although they have not yet been engaged, Colton finds their pace much slower and more sincere. "I think with Cass, the best way to describe our relationship is that the burning was so slow," Colton said. "And it was, strangely, in the dynamics of The single person franchise where it's supposed to be fast, and fast, and intense. "

This just proves that you never really know how these love stories will unfold, but fortunately everything seems to go in the direction favorable to Colton – even if the process of creating this story was less than ideal .