061 | Taking a Shot at Love...on National Television with Bachelor Nation's Courtney Perry

Bachelor fans - this is the episode for you! Carrie welcomes Bachelor Nation's Courtney Perry (@_courtneyperry_) to the show!

Courtney tells us about growing up in Venice, Florida, wanting to be a be sports journalist, and then changing her mind and returning to school for cosmetology. Carrie wants to hear all about how Courtney got cast for Pilot Pete's season of the Bachelor, what the process was like, her thoughts and emotions when she found out she was officially in for the season, when she found out Pilot Pete was the Bachelor, if she really wanted it to be him or if she was hoping for someone else, and what it was like putting her life on hold at a weeks notice to start filming.

Carrie MUST know what Chris Harrison is like in person, how long the first night really was, how Courtney thought of her arrival, and what life in the Mansion with actually like with 22 girls and 3 bathrooms.

Courtney gives us the details on the first group date, what her opinion of the "Kelly cheating" drama with Tammy, who she was closest to in the house, her opinion of Barb and the ATFR, and what she really thought of Peter and Hannah Ann, Peter and Madison AND Peter and Hannah Brown. Carrie wants to know if she would ever consider doing Paradise. Courtney opens up about some of the bullying she and other contestants have received on social media, and answers the question, "are you still single?"

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