Veterinarian Bachelor Ben Higgins says a ‘big parasite’ caused him to miss 30 POUNDS before his 2016 season but has had to hide: ‘I was sick all the time’
Bachelor star Ben Higgins revealed he received a ‘big disc’ just before he fired during his 2016 season that caused him to lose 30 pounds.
The 31-year-old Indiana native said in an interview Tuesday with Fubo Sports’ Drinks With Binks, that he was’ sick all the time, ‘but never shared it with anyone for the purpose of the show.
Calling him the ‘craziest thing,’ to happen to him during the franchise, he said he influenced every aspect of his journey to find love but had to chalk up his weak body and illness to weight. ‘
Parasite plague: Ben Higgins the Bachelor revealed in an interview Tuesday that he received a week of his 2016 season film ‘big parasite’ that made him lose 30 pounds while declaring that he was’ sick all the time ‘
Higgins said he was allowed to talk openly about it for the first time, saying he had hidden the truth because it ‘s not a good scene for the show. ‘
‘I was in Honduras – which is my favorite country – for a wedding. I get a parasite in my gut. It strikes me this week that filming begins. ‘
He continued, ‘I have had an amazing flu for three months of the season. I lose 30 pounds from start to finish, but he was blamed ‘under stress and anxiety.’
Despite looking very different from what he had when he was a 2015 contestant on Kaitlyn Bristowe’s season, he said he felt the stakes were lifted when he arrived. to lead the ABC series.
Under wraps: ‘It’s not a good show for the show that I was sick all the time,’ he told Fubo Sports Drinks With Binks, adding that it influenced times closer to the show ; pictured with Chris Harrison 2016
Just before: Higgins had attended a wedding in Honduras where he caught the giant parasite that struck a week before it was filmed; pictured at the September 2015 wedding
‘Stress and anxiety were blamed. You can’t share this after the show because that’s not a good show for ‘The Bachelor,’ it’s not a good show for the contestants. It’s not a good show for the show that I was sick all the time. ‘
Giving a little more detail, he said it caused a lot of trouble with his closer views.
‘You have to think about what it’s like to be sitting on a date with someone else, and all of a sudden, you go “nuh-uh, nuh-uh,” …. you jump out. You run, like you RUN !, ‘he shared closely.
‘That’s the craziest story I’ve ever hidden and I’m covered.’ His season ended with a compliment for rival Lauren Bushnell but they broke things off a year later.
In his new book Alone In Plain Sight, he found candid about the fracture and the pain it caused: ‘I went through a very sad fracture that left me hurt and upset and asked if it was necessary I have taken a break from going for a while, maybe even forever, ‘he wrote.
Free to share: ‘That’s the craziest story I’ve hidden and I’ve covered,’ he finally said; pictured in Honduras 2017
Their breakup was the most googled celebrity split in 2017, but he said when he left the show that there appeared to be cracks in the relationship, and they ended things on the phone.
Now he is currently engaged to be married to Jessica Clarke. The two have been linked since early 2019 and the issue surfaced in March 2020.
Above all he said without the heartbreak of his past friendship, he would not be at all like the man he is today when it comes to Clarke.
‘It is only now that I am beginning to realize my response to Jessica, my commitment to her, the way I express love, and the way we work through difficult situations, all in debt to the lessons I have learned before. ‘
Finding Love: Sharing from Bushnell in 2017, he found candid about their relationship in his new book, while also detailing that it shaped him for life with his girlfriend Clarke now; in the 2020 picture