It’s 2021 and we still can’t get through one season of The Bachelor without that one contestant who can’t grasp the entire process of the show. Once a contestant becomes insecure about the competition, it’s only a matter of time before they start spiraling and end up in the Reject SUV.
In season 25, Sarah Trott is our girl who couldn’t stand the pressure. She started off the season strong as an obvious frontrunner but couldn’t cope with Matt building connections with other contestants. After just three weeks, she quickly fumbled herself to a self-elimination.
Last week during her one-on-one, Sarah revealed to Matt that her father is battling ALS and that she recently returned home to take care of him. Shortly after, she begins questioning her connection and standing with Matt after watching him go off on dates with all the other women.
Unlike other contestants in the past who start to get cold feet, her situation is different because she worries she’s spending precious time on the show that she would be spending with her dad at home.
After last week’s episode ended on a cliffhanger, we resumed Monday with Sarah’s fainting spell mid-rose ceremony. Matt quickly exited the ceremony to comfort her backstage. He takes her outside for fresh air while the other contestants begin whispering about how she can’t handle the thought of competition and faked the fall.
Honestly, it’s not surprising that someone would faint during a rose ceremony, and speculating it was for attention is a long stretch. After being forced to film through the entire night, wear heels for hours on end and stand under that godforsaken bright light at the ceremony, it’s shocking that it doesn’t happen more. I’d be on the ground, too.
The claws come out quickly from the other women who think her every move is a desperate call for attention.
“I’ve definitely never fainted for attention,” Victoria said. “You’ve got to pull it together and don’t faint. This is The Bachelor, not The Sarah Show.”
Not only is Sarah stressed about her dad and uncomfortable with the process of the show, but is then bombarded with unnecessary drama and downright bullying from everyone else in the house.
The first group date involved the contestants listening to erotic excerpts from Chris Harrison’s book, The Perfect Letter. The women were informed they would be writing their own love story with Matt to share in front of everyone. Matt and the contestants enjoyed and laughed at all the explicit presentations, which only left Sarah back at the resort feeling “emotionally exhausted.”
“In my past, dealing with faithfulness and commitment issues and jealousy and all those feelings and emotions are coming back so quickly,” she said before crashing the group date party to tell Matt how she’s feeling.
The two hash things out as he tells her to not “compare what you hear or see to what we have.” Although Sarah feels relieved and apologizes to the other women for taking a few moments of their time away from Matt, the bridges with everyone are quickly burned. They deemed it a selfish act and didn’t understand why she had to infringe upon their time instead of finding a more convenient one.
In reality, Sarah actually wants to go home and was trying to find some ounce of clarity before doing so. For the next few days, the women make a point to dunk on her every chance they get, so much to a point where she can no longer leave her room. Matt tries to convince her to stay in the end, but she makes up her mind to tap out.
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