The newest season of The Bachelor doesn't even premiere until Monday, but one of its contestants is already blowing up the Internet.
On Thursday, the show posted a promo clip in which contestant Bri Barnes has a meet-and-greet with this season's Bachelor, Colton Underwood. He smiles and says she has a nice accent and asks her where she's from, to which she responds, "Um, the accent it's Australian," which isn't technically a lie. At the very least, it's certainly an attempt at an Australian accent.
"I was hoping that you're kind of a sucker for accents," she tells him. "I didn't know what you'd think about it." Cut to her talking to the cameras in her normal, American accent and saying, "I'm not really Australian but you have to do what you can to stand out."
Is this lie going to take her down (under)? #TheBachelor
— The Bachelor (@BachelorABC) January 3, 2019
People were floored by this next-level scamming.
just watched a video of The Bachelor and this girl named Bri put on a FAKE Australian accent to "stand out" and I can't stop watching it and laughing
— emmah sidoti (@emmahsidoti) January 4, 2019
This is already must-see viewing.
A pretend Australian on American Bachelor. Fakes accent so she can "stand out". This is gold!
— Kathy McCabe (@McCabeRadar) January 4, 2019
And you can fully expect this won't be the last time you'll be hearing about social media's newest champion.
There's a not insignificant chance this is all I tweet about for at least two weeks
— is it true if you take a cops badge theyre not the (@tresdcomics) January 4, 2019
Naturally, people want to know how she plans to pull this off. Like, is she banking on the prospect that Colton hasn't heard of the Internet?
I'm so curious as to whether she had a backstory prepped or if she's just going to wing it. And if she's just going to wing it, how robust is her existing knowledge of Australia.
'No prep' and 'highly misinformed about Australia' is absolutely my hope.
— Mat Groom (@MathewGroom) January 4, 2019
Of course, now everyone also wants to know everything about her.
I want to know absolutely everything there is to know about Bri, the Bachelor contestant who is pretending to be Australian
— is it true if you take a cops badge theyre not the (@tresdcomics) January 4, 2019
According to The Bachelor website, Bri is a 24-year-old model from Southern California who "played soccer for eight years, enjoys hiking and camping, and loves to hit the snowboard slopes."
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Her favorite sport to watch is hockey, she loves it when a man compliments her outfit, and her biggest dating fear is "farting too loudly."
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