Ashley Iaconetti Reacts to ‘BiP’ Fan Complaints About Her and Jared Getting More Screen Time Than Contestants

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Taking over Paradise? Ashley Iaconetti and her husband, Jared Haibon, have received the second most amount of screen time of everyone on Bachelor in Paradise — and fans are not happy about it.“Bachelor in Paradise fans are pretty frustrated after episode four,” Instagram creator Bachelor Data said in a video posted on Monday, October 10, explaining that she believed Ashley, 34, and Jared, 33, joined the ABC dating show as “a love story [that contestants can] look up to.”However, it was soon revealed that the couple would remain in Mexico to “work on their marriage” after welcoming son Dawson in January.“It seems like [their story line] is going to be a recurring theme of ‘Will this married couple have sex or let life get in the way?'” Bachelor Data continued in her video. “23 percent of the episode went to the Ashley and Jared story line.

Producers actually took away a date from the contestants to give it to [them].”According to the clip, the new parents got 16 and a half minutes of screen time in Monday’s episode, more than any of the other contestants or hopeful couples on the show.

In total, Ashley and Jared’s story line has gotten the second most amount of screen time overall on season 8, surpassing several other relationships or dramatic exits.

As the episode aired, many fans expressed their frustration at the show’s decision to focus so much on the pair instead of the new connections potentially forming on the beaches of Mexico.“I watch Bachelor in Paradise to see new couples not more Ashley and Jared,” @BachelorFantake tweeted on Monday, while another Twitter user wrote, “bachelor in paradise i’m BEGGING u to stop making me watch jared and ashley content.” Meanwhile, a third social media user speculated that “the