Trista and Ryan (First Bachelorette) are still going strong after 12 years of marriage.
On March 15, 2010, The Bachelorette creator Mike Fleiss appeared on 20/20 to confess that he developed the show's contestants into characters that catered to his audience's tastes, and that they "need [their] fair share of villains every season". Fleiss has come under fire for admitting that The Bachelor has less to do with reality than it does making good television.
After the controversial Season 15 finale, Hannah Brown was offered the chance to come back for Season 16 and do a second season as the Bachelorette, but negotiations fell through after she reportedly demanded too much money.
The Bachelorette season 4 winner, Jesse Csincsak, commented that contestants must follow producers' orders and that a storyline was fabricated in the editing room.
Season 16 was the first American season to feature multiple Bachelorettes.