Bachelor in Paradise star Abbie Chatfield reveals the tell-tale sign someone is being given an unfair ‘villain edit’ – and it’s VERY obvious once you notice it
Abbie Chatfield was portrayed as the ‘villain’ on Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor last year, and she didn’t fare much better on Bachelor in Paradise.
And after being dumped at the first rose ceremony last week, the 25-year-old influencer has exposed the reality behind so-called ‘reality’ shows.
She told New Idea on Monday that there’s tell-tale sign someone is being unfairly given the ‘villain’ edit – and once you notice it, you’ll never watch The Bachelor or Married At First Sight the same way again.
Behind the scenes secrets: Abbie Chatfield has revealed the tell-tale sign that someone on the Channel Ten reality series has been given an unfair edit
She explained that when a person is heard speaking in a voice over, rather than on camera, it’s likely their words have been taken wildly out of context.
‘Unless you see [a statement] come from someone’s mouth, word for word on camera, assume it’s edited,’ she said.
‘And when you notice that one thing, you notice all the bad things people say are in voice overs! I only know when I was edited because I knew what I had said. So I was like, “That’s not what I said in that context.”‘
Abbie added that editors cut ‘single words’ together to form totally new sentences in a practice known as ‘frakenbiting’.
It’s all in the editing: Abbie also added that editors cut ‘single words’ together and they call this ‘frakenbiting’
‘They turn the music up so you can’t notice,’ she said, explaining how the soundtrack makes it hard to hear where different soundbites have been pieced together.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 for comment.
It comes after Abbie recently revealed she would like to return to the franchise as the Bachelorette after her brief stint on Bachelor in Paradise.
Still looking for love: Abbie recently revealed that she would like to return to our screens as the Bachelorette after her stint on Bachelor in Paradise
‘I would do The Bachelorette because I think it works really well and there are some really good success stories from it,’ she told WHO magazine.
‘I think it would be fun, but I think I need a year or two off. I’m only 25 – I think the right age for it would be late twenties like Angie Kent, even though she and Carlin [Sterritt] broke up, which is really sad.’
Abbie was sent home on Thursday’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise after Jamie Doran gave his rose to Brittney Weldon at the first rose ceremony, despite promising to multiple women – including Abbie.
Bachelor in Paradise continues Tuesday at 7:30pm on Channel 10
Brief stint: Abbie was sent home on Thursday night’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise after Jamie Doran gave his rose to Brittney Weldon during the show’s first rose ceremony