Bachelor in Paradise is headed again to Mexico for Season 8. The fan-favorite Bachelor spinoff collection is understood for its beachy second probabilities at love within the Bachelor universe, however Season 24 Bachelor Peter Weber gained’t be attending — although he claims he’s had his eye on one of many girls who shall be there.
Right here’s why Weber stated he gained’t pack his luggage for an additional probability at romance, and what followers needed to say about it.
Peter Weber stated he and ABC couldn’t agree on a ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ contract
Weber’s look on Bachelor in Paradise was all however a finished deal till the paperwork bought in the way in which, in response to Us Weekly. He secured day without work from his day job as a United pilot and had a month to go movie.
Based on Weber, Bachelor in Paradise was maybe the final Bachelor Nation platform to attempt to discover his soulmate. “I always kept looking at that as like the one venue I hadn’t like really checked off yet or tried,” he informed the publication.
The previous Bachelor did affirm that the rumors of his attendance on set nearly got here true. “I was actually going to do Bachelor in Paradise. I was going to do it,” Weber stated. “We just couldn’t agree on a contract at the end of the day is what it came down to.”
Pilot Pete admits he has his eye on one of many contestants
Although he didn’t present his whole hand, Weber additionally informed Us Weekly that he was principally concerned about becoming a member of the Season 8 solid of Bachelor in Paradise as a result of he’s intrigued by one other solid member.
“There was someone. I’m not going to spill those names, but there was someone down there,” he stated. “That was the only reason that I was actually curious [about] going down there.” Although Weber didn’t elaborate a lot additional, he did trace it was a contestant from Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor.
Weber proposed on the finish of his season to Hannah Ann Sluss, however the couple break up when he admitted to nonetheless having emotions for runner-up Madison Prewett. That fizzled, adopted by an on-and-off-again relationship with one other earlier contestant on his season, Kelley Flannagan. The 2 formally broke up for good in February 2021.
Although contract particulars should have outweighed the potential for a brand new romantic connection, Weber stated he’s not holding it in opposition to the community. “I thought maybe [I could] give it one more try. But [ABC and I] ended up not being able to agree on anything and get out there. I feel everything happens for a reason, so it’s all good.”
We will’t know for certain who Weber had his eye on, however one Bachelor sleuth went by all of Weber’s contacts on Instagram and stated The Adventures of Pilot Pete creator solely follows two contestants from Echard’s season: Genevieve Parisi and Salley Carson.
Bachelor Nation followers had been viciously snarky about Weber not becoming a member of the solid
When the Instagram account Bachelor Tea Spill reported that Weber wouldn’t be within the Bachelor in Paradise solid, followers had quite a bit to say. Although a number of followers stated they wished Weber would have joined the present, a number of had been glad to listen to he wouldn’t be part of the solid. In addition they didn’t maintain again their criticisms of the Bachelor alum.
“Probably wanted millions of dollars to do the show when he only deserves $10,” one follower commented with the laughing emoji. “He owes me for the time I wasted watching his season.”
“He wanted to bring his mom and ABC didn’t agree,” one other wrote.
“Had enough of Pilot Pete … he’s just not all that! He needs to stick with his day job!” one particular person wrote. One other joined ranks calling Weber again to the terminal: “Good — United is short-staffed.”
For now, it does seem like Weber may have time to log some cockpit hours. Although his Instagram focuses way more on the press occasions he’s capable of attend, he does nonetheless often put up from his travels, proving followers may nonetheless catch him piloting a flight from time to time.
Bachelor in Paradise returns for Season 8 on Tuesday, September 27 on ABC.