A rejected contestant from 'The Bachelor' reveals what it's really like to be on the show

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Like the many seasons that came before it, this round of ABC's "The Bachelor" has lots of drama, and lots of good-looking people.

But no matter how pretty you are, there's always a chance you won't be invited to stay for another week. 

That's what happened to Izzy Goodkind, a graphic designer in NYC who went to Los Angeles to fall in love with bachelor Ben Higgins. Goodkind didn't make it very far — she went home the first night — but the AV Club snagged her for an interview and an opportunity to finally find out what really goes on when the cameras aren't rolling.

On the first night, 30 or so women emerge from a limo and meet Ben one at a time. Goodkind confirmed that, yes, the limo ride to Ben is the first time the women all get to meet each other. That night they're all trying to win a "first impression" rose from Ben, so each arrives with a gimmick to get his attention.

This girl wore a unicorn mask.

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But while the rest of the women wore beautiful gowns, Goodkind wore a onesie. (Her line was "Are you the onesie for me?")

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"Going into it, I had a gown, shoes, earrings, I had the whole deal planned out," Goodkind told AV Club. "Then, about two hours before, I said, 'You know…I could wear this onesie that I have.' It kind of just came about. The producers loved it, and we just went with it."

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There's been a lot of intrigue when it comes to what viewers don't see when they watch "The Bachelor." The curiosity even sparked "Unreal," a fictional television show from Lifetime that follows the adventures of a "Bachelor"-type show producer. 

One of the big questions was the true timeline between women being told they're heading home and women actually going home. Most viewers assume that while it looks like the rejected women are whisked away immediately, it actually takes a lot of time.

Goodkind says nope. If you don't get a rose, you're out of there ASAP.

AVC: Once you’re cut, do you just head straight out and wait for the exit interview at that point, or do you have a little time to compose your thoughts?

IG: No, it was right away.

AVC: So you walked out the door, and the cameras were right there, and you have to talk about what just happened.

IG: And that was after going through months of applications, and videos, and back and forth, and giving up my job, and leaving my life behind, and for it all to come out beneath me overnight was so overwhelming. That was, I think, the hardest for me, wrapping my head around that I had just gone through so much to get here, and it was over within 13 hours.

Read the whole interview here.

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