Finally! Chad Gets The Justice (And Meat Plate) He Deserves on ‘The Bachelorette: Men Tell All’

It’s a new world today. We have a female Democratic nominee for President, and Daniel from The Bachelorette is actually making sense. The Men Tell All special last night…had its moments. In what was billed as “the most anticipated reunion show ever,” all the losers from this season, and I mean that word in every way possible, sat around and shouted at each other like “little babies,” while The Chad cocked his eyebrow and munched on some pocket snacks.
From the second Chad stepped out of his limo, he was labeled the “villain” of JoJo’s season. It would be false to say it wasn’t entirely unwarranted: he did threaten to punch people and hunt them down after the cameras stopped rolling. But other than that…he minded his own business. He wanted to eat snacks and keep it real, and it was the other guys ganging up on him that made him look bad.

So with the help of some videotape last night, Chad was finally redeemed. The moment at the storytelling group date where Chad accused Evan of pushing him was played back and sure enough, Evan that little weasel pushed Chad. Not saying that retaliating with violence and that fateful shirt rip was justified, but those few seconds in slow motion do show that maybe Chad is not the bad guy they all made him out to be. Even Wells admitted that they “poked” and instigated the drama. No duh. There was a lot of talk of steroids and testosterone, but no pills or powders can make you as agitated as 20 other dudes constantly picking fights with you.
While a ton of dudes we’ve long forgotten about just sat around (kilt guy, James F? James S??), the majority of the special (and an oversized meat plate backstage) was dedicated to Chad. The dude is dynamic! 30 seconds in to the Men Tell All special, the promos were teasing him whistling and strutting onto the set. And before we even glimpsed any of the former contestants, a promo for Bachelor in Paradise was shown, entirely dominated by Chad’s antics. And snacks. Gotta have the snacks.

He’s confident, or arrogant — your choice, and really isn’t faking much for those cameras, which has apparently earned him both the title of “most controversial contestant in Bachelor history,” and security guards on set at all times. It seemed unnecessary until he had no trouble explaining how he has “hung out” with ex-girlfriends of both Grant and Robby. Come on, that is hilarious. And yet it was the dude who dressed up as Santa who stood up to remove his jacket and threaten to fight Chad, who rightfully responded by congratulating him on earning his screen time. It’s really hard to argue with this guy!

Which is why the guys decided that Wells would be the mouthpiece for the group ahead of time, according to Chad’s Twitter. It explains why Wells was all of a sudden so vocal, but does not explain why Alex still couldn’t STFU. Can we also take a moment now to hang our heads at the fact that Wells is on Bachelor in Paradise, wasting no time making out with chicks? Buddy, what happened to you?

Chris Harrison did an amazing job hosting and keeping the men under control in between highlight reels of Chad’s best moments from a season with “the most blood ever,” but let’s be honest, that’s all due to Evan’s nosebleeds. Harrison even broached the topic of Chad’s mom recently passing away, asking what she would’ve thought if she saw the show. Chad claimed she would’ve thought it was hilarious, and you could tell in that moment Chad had a teeny tiny mushy spot in his heart for once.
And yes, this is the same man who just moments earlier was shouting “I’ve got dirt on you” at several of the other guys and wondering out loud if he should’ve punched somebody to give some real merit to his violent claims. However, he was back to being reasonable when that Nick guy offered to fight him, explaining that they would be slipping all over the floor in their dress shoes. Classic Chad!

After about 45 minutes, yes, the Chad stuff started to get old — and there was still about another 45 min to go with this guy. While he suggested with a smirk that the reason he threatened to find Jordan after the show was to “bring him candies”, he also pointed out that most of these dudes were just on the show for exposure (to be models and sportscasters and radio personalities) and reminded us that he was one of the only people to bring light to Jordan’s insincerity, and claimed that Robby threatened his ex-girlfriend if she said anything about him to the press. Yikes. Hefty statements there, Chad, but…there’s probably at least a kernel of truth in there.
The real value of Chad was the fact that it could be pointed out that Alex cared way more about Chad than he ever did about JoJo, with Daniel the Canadian offering up his theories about violence in America and Luke calmly and intelligently explaining that Alex is a former war guy and is used to being in conflict. Honestly, the most sense anyone made at any point throughout this whole thing.

Oh, Luke. He was forced to relive his terrible heartbreak on the show to whoops from understandably excited ladies in the audience, but was finally afforded a real, honest, clear answer from JoJo about why she sent him home, when she finally hit the stage for the last 30 minutes of the special. They had the most mature, sensible, adult conversation that this franchise has probably ever seen, and it undeniably redeemed her to the audience that disagreed with her breaking Luke’s heart into a million pieces. She was able to do the same for Chase, Derek, and even Alex, and the fact that she had never broken up with someone before in her life allowed some empathy and explanation for the crowd. Chase even revealed that he doesn’t regret opening up to her and he’s glad he learned how to do so from his time on the show. A real success!
And then, as it always does, it came back to Chad. JoJo was rolling her eyes at him the second she saw him, and was immediately declaring he’s “not even worth my breath.” Luckily, JoJo, the producers would have to disagree with you.
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