Ben the Bachelor Interview; Straight from the horse's mouth!

As we all now, the Bachelor season 16 starts January 2nd, which is now just over a week or so away ….in leadup to opening night we are collecting and sharing interviews from around the bachelor blog horn.

Here is what Ben the Bachelor had to say about this season of the Bachelor during a recent interview.

Did you find love?

Ben Flajnik: I can’t tell you that.  But I’m happy with my decision in doing the show.
Can you talk about maybe your favorite date of the season?

Ben Flajnik: I can’t reveal too much.  (All the dates) are over the top and outlandish.  But I found the dates to be the most normal to be my favorite.  You know,  the almost – closest to everyday kind of life.

Were you really in love with Ashley Hebert (during The Bachelorette)?

 

Ben Flajnik: No. I had genuine feelings for Ashley. I worked through a lot of stuff on my own.  I think that my self-discovery was something I didn’t expect.  And Ashley was there for support and to  help me get kind of through all that.
Could you describe what you were feeling that first night when the limo pulled up?

Ben Flajnik: Normally,  I’m very cool, calm, and collected.  When that first limo pulled up,, I felt sheer panic and terror kind of set  in…It’s nerve  wracking on both sides.
What qualities are you looking for in a woman?
Ben Flajnik: It’s important for me to be with someone who’s well rounded,  cultured, and inflexible,  and not someone that is so used to  routine.
Did you date actress Jennifer Love Hewitt (after Ashley dumped you)?
Ben Flajnik: Yes, I mean, Jennifer Love Hewitt had reached out.  And wanted to come up to the winery with  some of her friends, which she did.  So my business partners and I  showed her around the winery.  And she tasted some wines.  And we went  out to dinner and just kind of chatted.
Are happy with the outcome?
Ben Flajnik: I can’t tell you that.  I’m happy with the experience.  I’m happy that I decided to become The Bachelor again.
Here again is your rundown of all of Bachelor Bens ladies…

1. Elyse Myers :  Elyse Myers: 24, personal trainer/fitness instructor,  Tampa, Fla. Originally from Illinois, graduated from Eastern Illinois University w/ a degree in exercise  physiology.

 

2. Erika Uhlig : 22, Chicago, current Miss Chicago  2011

 

3. Heather Freshwater is just 25 but a  senior amongst this years young cast! She is a southern girl, from  Knoxville, TN. She is also a 7th grade language arts teacher at   Holston Middle School. She attended Carson-Newman College in Jefferson  City, TN and majored in  English.

4. Jamie Otis, age 23,is a maternity nurse at  Cortland Regional Medical Center in Cortland, NY.

5. Shawn Reynolds,  age 28, is from Phoenix,  AZ. She’s a financial advisor at Wells Fargo  Advisors. Shawn attended  Arizona State University on  a soccer scholarship. Shawn  has never married but she has a son 5 years ago named Gavin. She  is also the one in the Sonoma photo, third girl from the right  in  the first row of the Bachelor group picture in the pigtails.

6. Jaclyn Swartz , age 27, grew up in Massachusetts but now  lives in NY. She’s an account manager at CBS Interactive and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin 

7. Samantha Levey,  age 26, is from Pittsburgh,  lives in Los Angeles. She went to the  University of Arizona (This is also Ben’s alma  mater) She is the current Miss Pacific  Palisades, California.  She will be competing for Miss California 2012.

8. Casey Shteamer,  age 26, of Chicago, Illinois,  works at the Chicago Board -  of  Trade,  part-time model, and also graduated from  ASU Arizona State University in 2007 with a degree in Philosophy. As we  mentioned she loves to party also – check out the pics of her in the Bachelor Forum (Had a boyfriend back home while filming according to rumors!)

 

9. Courtney Robertson, no age listed, of Santa Monica,  California is a professional model. She was on the cover Fitness Magazine in April 2011 She’s also a hot chick in  this “Guys Never Change” commercial.

10. Rachel Truehart , age  27, is a sales rep at  Lucerne Textiles in New York. She is originally  from Massachusetts and  graduated from Roger Williams University in 2006.

 

10. Blakeley Shea - we may open a forum for her fans but she’s also not around long enough to really make a difference.  For you guys here are some blakeley Shea photos - Perhaps we will see her again as part of a Bachelor Pad Season 3 Cast!

11. Shawntel Newton – Do you remember her? Former  Contestant!

12. Kacie Boguski

13. Anna Snowball 

14. Emily O’Brien – sure to be a fan favorite!

15. Amber Bacon

16. Nicki Sterling is another contestant on Season  16 of the Bachor with Ben Flajnik. She is 26 years of age and is orginally from  North Richland Hills in texas.

Nicki is a dental hygienist. She graduated in 2007 from Texas A&M  university and she is divorced. She kept her marriage name and is actually  originally known by most by her (maiden name Nicki Felix).

17. Lindzi Cox aka Lindsey Cox- Check out the ladies links  and join there forums for all the photos, videos, spoilers and  more!!!

18. Monica Spannbauer - Preferred a fellow female contestant to Ben!

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