Amanda Stanton Criticizes Bachelor Season 26’s Forced Therapy Dates

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Former contestant Amanda Stanton is criticizing The Bachelor season 26's forced therapy dates, and some fans think she might have a point. Amanda first graced TV screens on Ben Higgins' season of The Bachelor but was eliminated in week eight. Amanda then went on toBachelor In Paradise season 3 and made a big impression on Bachelor Nation for her relationship with Josh Murray. Though he wasn't a fan favorite,  Amanda and Josh did end up winning the season and leaving Mexico engaged, but they didn't last long. In her tell-all memoir, Amanda cites Josh's reportedly «controlling» behavior as the reason they broke up. While Amanda did return to BIP the next season, nothing much came from it. She's avoided appearing on the franchise since, and recently got engaged to her boyfriend of two years Michael Fogel.

The Bachelor didn't really have therapy dates until the most recent seasons, filmed during COVID-19, likely as a way to get contestants out on a date without leaving the safety of the resort they were all quarnatined in. But now that The Bachelor is back to filming all around the world, surely there are more interesting things to do on a group date, right? It doesn't seem like it. The February 21 Bachelor season 26 episode saw a group-date turned into a couples therapy session, in which each contestant would have their time with Clayton in front of a licensed therapist. While this seemed fine at first, the women quickly realized if they didn't open up about their private struggles in the name of being «vulnerable,» they would be judged and potentially sent home. This turned out to be true for Genevieve Parisi, who, after some awkward forced questions from the therapist, refused to speak on her past traumas and was sent