The villain arc continues! Some Bachelor Nation fans weren’t thrilled to hear that Shanae Ankney is returning to the franchise for season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise.“Shanae on BiP doesn’t sit right with me.
She wasn’t just a ‘villain,’ she was straight up ableist hello???” one Twitter user wrote after the casting announcement was made in August 2022.Other viewers, however, were rooting for her second act. “Please put Shanae on Bachelor in Paradise.
It would make life so much funnier,” another fan wrote via Twitter in April.The 30-year-old reality TV personality was ill-received by some viewers as a contestant on Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor earlier this year.
She drew backlash for her treatment of the other women in the villa — particularly her comments about Elizabeth Corrigan’s ADHD diagnosis.After Shanae pushed Elizabeth, 33, during an obstacle course race and told Clayton, 29, that the Colorado native was the one red flag of the bunch, the two women hashed out their differences during a January 2022 episode.“You’re one way one minute with me and then you’re [another] one the next.
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