Ouch!!
Hannah Brown is never afraid to speak her mind, so it’s not a major surprise that she shared with Marie Claire she originally thought The Bachelor was “for losers” before getting cast on the show.
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The 25-year-old shared with the publication:
“I didn’t aspire to be on The Bachelor. I didn’t watch the show. I thought it was for losers truly.”
But before becoming a household name and feminist icon, she barely had any money to her name! Prior to The Bachelor, the former Miss Alabama USA had a mere $70 in her bank account:
“A lot of these people [from Bachelor Nation] make a lot of money really fast. It’s been sickening how much money I’ve passed up…because I’m not doing the low-hanging fruit. I still need to hustle and make some money, but I’m doing a lot better than $70.”
Aside from bringing in some income, one of the side effects of her semi-unexpected fame is a LOT of followers on social media, which the Alabama native wasn’t necessarily prepared for:
“Getting Instagram followers when I got back home was freaking me out. Everybody gains followers, but it was like, Okay, I’m about to have a life with another human, and that’s what I’m going to be focusing on. And that didn’t happen. So now I have all these random humans who are really interested in me and what I have to offer. And I’m like, I actually have a lot to offer, don’t I?“
Another side effect? Getting cast on a third reality series! Miz Brown is competing against the likes of Karamo Brown and Lamar Odom on this season of Dancing With The Stars:
“It’s not just about winning the Mirrorball. I want to be in this competition as long as possible because I know I need this growth.”
It may not be all about coming in first, but Hannah is definitely set on doing her very best:
“There have been times in rehearsal when my head will not even allow my foot to go because I’m scared of messing up. It’s that fear of failure.”
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Dancing aside, there’s something else she refuses to settle for, and that’s matters of the heart. She explained (below):
“I will not settle. It doesn’t matter how lonely it might feel on a Saturday night by myself when I see my friends posting pictures with their husbands or out with the guy they’re dating. I don’t care. I would rather protect this [taps her chest].”
While the former Bachelorette still wants to settle down eventually, she’s realized since calling off her engagement that she isn’t in a rush anymore:
“I am totally okay on my own. I don’t want to have to have a man to feel whole. It’s not that I need that to feel like I have a full life. No, I have a full life. Welcome into my life.”
[Image via WENN/Avalon.]