PS: You mentioned being upset for a number of reasons. Was leaving Nick one of them or did that not phase you?
Cat: Yeah, it did upset me at the time. I felt like he didn't give me a proper go and also I think that was because of the role I was playing [the mean girl]. I was never going to get that opportunity anyway, I kind of got stitched up with my time with him.
PS: Did you at least enjoy your time in the mansion?
Cat: I had the time of my life, I had so much fun.
PS: It looked as if you enjoyed spending time with each other more than with Nick.
Alisha: (laughs) yeah, true!
Romy: Cat didn't see the guy.
Cat: Yeah, well, I mean, I went on there to challenge myself and have a new experience and I came out of it with some lifelong friends and we have a laugh. We formed awesome relationships with the crew and we all just became really good mates, it was like a little holiday in a nice little mansion. So, I really enjoyed it but it was a shame how everything turned out!
Romy: There were definitely challenging moments [for me]. I found it pretty tough to be honest. Again, just the girls were amazing. We had so much fun.
Alisha: We had lots of fun!
Romy: But it gets quite boring! You only see the guy once a fortnight, so the producers become your best mates and we would have little convos with them about what would come up at a cocktail party. It was fun but it also gets a little bit tedious.
Alisha: Also, we weren't born yesterday. From pretty early on I had an indicator that I wasn't going to be one of the final girls. It wasn't necessarily because I didn't think me and Nick didn't vibe, I just didn't really think I was getting any real substantial opportunities with him. I was feeling very insecure in the house. I was thinking, "F**k, why aren't I getting a single date?", "Is he not into me?", "Am I ugly?".
Cat: You see me get a little bit upset about Brooke's third date (in episode 8) and it was nothing towards her at all, it was just that I had been in there filming for 6 or 7 weeks and it's like, why am I wasting my time sitting here if he has already chosen who he wants to be with or if he has already formed better connections with other people. I may as well leave. So I think that definitely tests how you really feel about yourself.
Alisha: Absolutely!
PS: What was your reaction to the intruders coming into the mansion?
Alisha: I get intimidated very easily.
Cat: I wasn't bothered at al. I expected it and thought it was bound to happen but as soon as I saw them I wasn't too bothered at all.
Romy: Yeah, I wasn't bothered.
Alisha: I thought they were going to be Instagram models. Not that they're not beautiful, but I was expecting something more.
PS: You all spoke a lot about girls being fake. Who was the fakest of the girls?
Cat: Tenille!
Romy: Tenille!
Alisha: Definitely Tenille!
Romy: No honestly, Vanessa Sunshine and Tenille. Like two totally different people from what you see on TV and what they were like in the house.
Cat: Tenille would yell at people, kick people out of the kitchen, hide food from people.
Alisha: Label food!
Romy: If you would leave your runners at the front door she would scream, "WHOSE ARE THESE!". She was very aggressive in her approach to a lot of people and a lot of people in the house actually didn't like her.
PS: And who was the most genuine?
Romy: Brooke.
Cat: Brooke, yep. She my pick for the winner!
Romy: I don't think she will win. I just think the other girls have a game plan that might be stronger than hers.
Alisha: I actually think she is too good for Nick.
Romy: Me too.
Cat: Yeah, me too. Sorry, but yeah.
Romy: I think Brittany or Sophie. [will win]
![PS: You mentioned being upset for a number of reasons. Was leaving Nick one of them or did that not phase you?
Cat: Yeah, it did upset me at the time. I felt like he didn't give me a proper go and also I think that was because of the role I was playing [the mean girl]. I was never going to get that opportunity anyway, I kind of got stitched up with my time with him.
PS: Did you at least enjoy your time in the mansion?
Cat: I had the time of my life, I had so much fun.
PS: It looked as if you enjoyed spending time with each other more than with Nick.
Alisha: (laughs) yeah, true!
Romy: Cat didn't see the guy.
Cat: Yeah, well, I mean, I went on there to challenge myself and have a new experience and I came out of it with some lifelong friends and we have a laugh. We formed awesome relationships with the crew and we all just became really good mates, it was like a little holiday in a nice little mansion. So, I really enjoyed it but it was a shame how everything turned out!
Romy: There were definitely challenging moments [for me]. I found it pretty tough to be honest. Again, just the girls were amazing. We had so much fun.
Alisha: We had lots of fun!
Romy: But it gets quite boring! You only see the guy once a fortnight, so the producers become your best mates and we would have little convos with them about what would come up at a cocktail party. It was fun but it also gets a little bit tedious.
Alisha: Also, we weren't born yesterday. From pretty early on I had an indicator that I wasn't going to be one of the final girls. It wasn't necessarily because I didn't think me and Nick didn't vibe, I just didn't really think I was getting any real substantial opportunities with him. I was feeling very insecure in the house. I was thinking, "F**k, why aren't I getting a single date?", "Is he not into me?", "Am I ugly?".
Cat: You see me get a little bit upset about Brooke's third date (in episode 8) and it was nothing towards her at all, it was just that I had been in there filming for 6 or 7 weeks and it's like, why am I wasting my time sitting here if he has already chosen who he wants to be with or if he has already formed better connections with other people. I may as well leave. So I think that definitely tests how you really feel about yourself.
Alisha: Absolutely!
PS: What was your reaction to the intruders coming into the mansion?
Alisha: I get intimidated very easily.
Cat: I wasn't bothered at al. I expected it and thought it was bound to happen but as soon as I saw them I wasn't too bothered at all.
Romy: Yeah, I wasn't bothered.
Alisha: I thought they were going to be Instagram models. Not that they're not beautiful, but I was expecting something more.
PS: You all spoke a lot about girls being fake. Who was the fakest of the girls?
Cat: Tenille!
Romy: Tenille!
Alisha: Definitely Tenille!
Romy: No honestly, Vanessa Sunshine and Tenille. Like two totally different people from what you see on TV and what they were like in the house.
Cat: Tenille would yell at people, kick people out of the kitchen, hide food from people.
Alisha: Label food!
Romy: If you would leave your runners at the front door she would scream, "WHOSE ARE THESE!". She was very aggressive in her approach to a lot of people and a lot of people in the house actually didn't like her.
PS: And who was the most genuine?
Romy: Brooke.
Cat: Brooke, yep. She my pick for the winner!
Romy: I don't think she will win. I just think the other girls have a game plan that might be stronger than hers.
Alisha: I actually think she is too good for Nick.
Romy: Me too.
Cat: Yeah, me too. Sorry, but yeah.
Romy: I think Brittany or Sophie. [will win]](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/32ayGCtQhOhJXR7pYZn7aBbAmbQ/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/09/07/000/n/4852708/eca2e6716a290e89_The_Bachelor_Australia-Season_6-Episode8-39/i/PS-You-mentioned-being-upset-number-reasons.jpeg "PS: You mentioned being upset for a number of reasons. Was leaving Nick one of them or did that not phase you?
Cat: Yeah, it did upset me at the time. I felt like he didn't give me a proper go and also I think that was because of the role I was playing [the mean girl]. I was never going to get that opportunity anyway, I kind of got stitched up with my time with him.
PS: Did you at least enjoy your time in the mansion?
Cat: I had the time of my life, I had so much fun.
PS: It looked as if you enjoyed spending time with each other more than with Nick.
Alisha: (laughs) yeah, true!
Romy: Cat didn't see the guy.
Cat: Yeah, well, I mean, I went on there to challenge myself and have a new experience and I came out of it with some lifelong friends and we have a laugh. We formed awesome relationships with the crew and we all just became really good mates, it was like a little holiday in a nice little mansion. So, I really enjoyed it but it was a shame how everything turned out!
Romy: There were definitely challenging moments [for me]. I found it pretty tough to be honest. Again, just the girls were amazing. We had so much fun.
Alisha: We had lots of fun!
Romy: But it gets quite boring! You only see the guy once a fortnight, so the producers become your best mates and we would have little convos with them about what would come up at a cocktail party. It was fun but it also gets a little bit tedious.
Alisha: Also, we weren't born yesterday. From pretty early on I had an indicator that I wasn't going to be one of the final girls. It wasn't necessarily because I didn't think me and Nick didn't vibe, I just didn't really think I was getting any real substantial opportunities with him. I was feeling very insecure in the house. I was thinking, \"F**k, why aren't I getting a single date?\", \"Is he not into me?\", \"Am I ugly?\".
Cat: You see me get a little bit upset about Brooke's third date (in episode 8) and it was nothing towards her at all, it was just that I had been in there filming for 6 or 7 weeks and it's like, why am I wasting my time sitting here if he has already chosen who he wants to be with or if he has already formed better connections with other people. I may as well leave. So I think that definitely tests how you really feel about yourself.
Alisha: Absolutely!
PS: What was your reaction to the intruders coming into the mansion?
Alisha: I get intimidated very easily.
Cat: I wasn't bothered at al. I expected it and thought it was bound to happen but as soon as I saw them I wasn't too bothered at all.
Romy: Yeah, I wasn't bothered.
Alisha: I thought they were going to be Instagram models. Not that they're not beautiful, but I was expecting something more.
PS: You all spoke a lot about girls being fake. Who was the fakest of the girls?
Cat: Tenille!
Romy: Tenille!
Alisha: Definitely Tenille!
Romy: No honestly, Vanessa Sunshine and Tenille. Like two totally different people from what you see on TV and what they were like in the house.
Cat: Tenille would yell at people, kick people out of the kitchen, hide food from people.
Alisha: Label food!
Romy: If you would leave your runners at the front door she would scream, \"WHOSE ARE THESE!\". She was very aggressive in her approach to a lot of people and a lot of people in the house actually didn't like her.
PS: And who was the most genuine?
Romy: Brooke.
Cat: Brooke, yep. She my pick for the winner!
Romy: I don't think she will win. I just think the other girls have a game plan that might be stronger than hers.
Alisha: I actually think she is too good for Nick.
Romy: Me too.
Cat: Yeah, me too. Sorry, but yeah.
Romy: I think Brittany or Sophie. [will win]")
![POPSUGAR Australia: You were labelled as the mean girls of the house. How is it watching the show now, do you think that perhaps you were a little nasty towards some of the girls?
Cat: Its very different! Obviously it's not all sides of the story that you guys are seeing so there are other things that were happening behind closed doors, but I mean, I still have a laugh when I watch it. I guess it's just when the show finishes and the trolls come out and you're getting a hundred DM's telling you to kill yourself and your ugly, that's the hard part of it. If not for that I think I'd be sweet.
Alisha: I think it's hard because I really enjoyed my experience on the show. They are memories I will treasure forever. I got to meet all these great women and I loved the crew and production so I think it's just a bit of a shock to the system. But yeah, there are some brutal comments. There are some things that jar you but I think a lot of that has to do with the editing process.
Romy: Some of the girls wouldn't even be mic'd a lot of the time – we were always mic'd and look, we knew our roles, we knew what was going on. We would have our opinion on camera but the majority of girls were quite happy to have an opinion when the cameras weren't there. Put a camera in their face [and they don't say a thing]. But that's not what we turned up for. We all filled out the paperwork, we all know what The Bachelor entails. Twenty-five women pitted against each other fighting for a bloody man, I mean come on! Of course there's going to be drama and there were some comments that were made and sometimes they were taken out of context but that's the hardest part to watch when you think argh, I didn't mean it like that or if only they saw this side of it.
Cat: You've also got to understand that we were thrown into a house with twenty-five women, cut off from friends, family and social media - it's a psychology test in itself and you're not going to get along with everyone. Emotions are heightened and you're all fighting for this one guy.
PS: What really went down with Tenille to make her flee?
Romy: In real life, if a girl went around and said I don kiss on the first date and then kissed a bloke on the first date, I couldn't give two sh*ts. It wouldn't even cross my mind. But in that environment, that's a big thing. It is unrealistic.
PS: There was debate about what Tenille had actually said in regards to kissing on the first date.
Romy: Yeah, she was acting it out firstly and like moaning.
Cat: No, no, she came back [to the house] and said they were moaning together when they were making out.
Romy: This is coming from the girl that made it very clear that she didn't kiss on the first date. I didn't hear her say this but it was told to me that she said it was tacky and classless. I found that pretty offensive, and all the girls were upset at her but they only showed me starting the conversation and made it look like I made her run away, which was not the case.
Alisha: Off camera she came home to a bunch of girls who had been on a date and explicitly described her date and acted it out. She enjoyed it too!
Cat: Sort of relished in it!
Alisha: And just the moaning, are you serious!
Cat: I think a lot of women started getting feelings for him then and coming back and explaining [their] kiss with an in-depth demonstration to a bunch of women probably wasn't the smartest move on her behalf and it rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. There were a few people who stuck up for Romy in that argument with Tenille but that wasn't shown either. There's more to it and it's just a shame when we've been pigeon-holed into being these people when there's so much more to our personalities that no ones seeing.
Alisha: I think it was always going to happen to us three though because I think we're not afraid to share our opinion.
PS: How have you been handling the backlash from the show?
Cat: It's really hard and we're human too. We have feelings and we feel bad that we've offended people but it was never intended to be malicious. I was genuinely taking the piss. You see me laughing after every comment. My friends love it because they know that's what I'm like but to an outsider, you know it looks [bad].
Alisha: I mean we were friends with the other girls in the house and that makes it difficult to watch back because we have to remember that we have this relationship with all these girls in the house. One thing that's really bothered me is that, particularly in the earlier episodes where Cat was copping a lot of fire for cheeky comments, the girls we shared this experience with, they know what really happened and I was a bit surprised no one reached out now just to be like, oh are you ok?
Romy: Well, no one has come out in interviews and said that they were our mates either which was interesting!
PS: Cat, a lot of people were saying you were using the show to boost your business.
Cat: That's not true at all. There were 7 to 8 girls who had business' or large Instagram accounts yet I got targeted because I wear it [the jewellery]. The only time I spoke about it was when someone asked me about it but they made it look like I was saying, "OMG, this is my label, I design jewellery". It just wasn't the case and like yeah, I'm going to wear it because I obviously like my designs and it's my business and I'm passionate about it, I love it so why wouldn't I talk about it? But if anything its given me a disservice because I'm copping it. People are threatening me saying they will do anything they can to make me go bankrupt or they will rate my business one out of five stars, they are going out of their way to try and make me fail, which is awful because I've been portrayed so differently to how I really am. It's just really full on.
Alisha: I don't really get this double standard like, why can't Cat have a business and be passionate about it and share that with people. If she is dating normally [out of the show] why wouldn't she sit down and share her passions with him?
Cat: Also, I work as a stylist on the side and before every date and every group date I would style all of those girls and get them ready, before I would even pick what I was wearing. They had all been like, "Can I please borrow some jewellery?", "Can I please wear this today?", and all of them are wearing my jewellery. If they didn't like me, if we weren't friends, they wouldn't be wearing it. You wouldn't bloody see Tenille in my stuff.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/1rWWK0CYzoNMZo53YkAsx9Od1iQ/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:sharpen-!1,0,true!-/2018/09/07/000/n/4852708/dbd081d1695a09c0_The_Bachelor_Australia-Season_6-Episode8-17/i/POPSUGAR-Australia-You-were-labelled-mean-girls-house.jpeg "POPSUGAR Australia: You were labelled as the mean girls of the house. How is it watching the show now, do you think that perhaps you were a little nasty towards some of the girls?
Cat: Its very different! Obviously it's not all sides of the story that you guys are seeing so there are other things that were happening behind closed doors, but I mean, I still have a laugh when I watch it. I guess it's just when the show finishes and the trolls come out and you're getting a hundred DM's telling you to kill yourself and your ugly, that's the hard part of it. If not for that I think I'd be sweet.
Alisha: I think it's hard because I really enjoyed my experience on the show. They are memories I will treasure forever. I got to meet all these great women and I loved the crew and production so I think it's just a bit of a shock to the system. But yeah, there are some brutal comments. There are some things that jar you but I think a lot of that has to do with the editing process.
Romy: Some of the girls wouldn't even be mic'd a lot of the time – we were always mic'd and look, we knew our roles, we knew what was going on. We would have our opinion on camera but the majority of girls were quite happy to have an opinion when the cameras weren't there. Put a camera in their face [and they don't say a thing]. But that's not what we turned up for. We all filled out the paperwork, we all know what The Bachelor entails. Twenty-five women pitted against each other fighting for a bloody man, I mean come on! Of course there's going to be drama and there were some comments that were made and sometimes they were taken out of context but that's the hardest part to watch when you think argh, I didn't mean it like that or if only they saw this side of it.
Cat: You've also got to understand that we were thrown into a house with twenty-five women, cut off from friends, family and social media - it's a psychology test in itself and you're not going to get along with everyone. Emotions are heightened and you're all fighting for this one guy.
PS: What really went down with Tenille to make her flee?
Romy: In real life, if a girl went around and said I don kiss on the first date and then kissed a bloke on the first date, I couldn't give two sh*ts. It wouldn't even cross my mind. But in that environment, that's a big thing. It is unrealistic.
PS: There was debate about what Tenille had actually said in regards to kissing on the first date.
Romy: Yeah, she was acting it out firstly and like moaning.
Cat: No, no, she came back [to the house] and said they were moaning together when they were making out.
Romy: This is coming from the girl that made it very clear that she didn't kiss on the first date. I didn't hear her say this but it was told to me that she said it was tacky and classless. I found that pretty offensive, and all the girls were upset at her but they only showed me starting the conversation and made it look like I made her run away, which was not the case.
Alisha: Off camera she came home to a bunch of girls who had been on a date and explicitly described her date and acted it out. She enjoyed it too!
Cat: Sort of relished in it!
Alisha: And just the moaning, are you serious!
Cat: I think a lot of women started getting feelings for him then and coming back and explaining [their] kiss with an in-depth demonstration to a bunch of women probably wasn't the smartest move on her behalf and it rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. There were a few people who stuck up for Romy in that argument with Tenille but that wasn't shown either. There's more to it and it's just a shame when we've been pigeon-holed into being these people when there's so much more to our personalities that no ones seeing.
Alisha: I think it was always going to happen to us three though because I think we're not afraid to share our opinion.
PS: How have you been handling the backlash from the show?
Cat: It's really hard and we're human too. We have feelings and we feel bad that we've offended people but it was never intended to be malicious. I was genuinely taking the piss. You see me laughing after every comment. My friends love it because they know that's what I'm like but to an outsider, you know it looks [bad].
Alisha: I mean we were friends with the other girls in the house and that makes it difficult to watch back because we have to remember that we have this relationship with all these girls in the house. One thing that's really bothered me is that, particularly in the earlier episodes where Cat was copping a lot of fire for cheeky comments, the girls we shared this experience with, they know what really happened and I was a bit surprised no one reached out now just to be like, oh are you ok?
Romy: Well, no one has come out in interviews and said that they were our mates either which was interesting!
PS: Cat, a lot of people were saying you were using the show to boost your business.
Cat: That's not true at all. There were 7 to 8 girls who had business' or large Instagram accounts yet I got targeted because I wear it [the jewellery]. The only time I spoke about it was when someone asked me about it but they made it look like I was saying, \"OMG, this is my label, I design jewellery\". It just wasn't the case and like yeah, I'm going to wear it because I obviously like my designs and it's my business and I'm passionate about it, I love it so why wouldn't I talk about it? But if anything its given me a disservice because I'm copping it. People are threatening me saying they will do anything they can to make me go bankrupt or they will rate my business one out of five stars, they are going out of their way to try and make me fail, which is awful because I've been portrayed so differently to how I really am. It's just really full on.
Alisha: I don't really get this double standard like, why can't Cat have a business and be passionate about it and share that with people. If she is dating normally [out of the show] why wouldn't she sit down and share her passions with him?
Cat: Also, I work as a stylist on the side and before every date and every group date I would style all of those girls and get them ready, before I would even pick what I was wearing. They had all been like, \"Can I please borrow some jewellery?\", \"Can I please wear this today?\", and all of them are wearing my jewellery. If they didn't like me, if we weren't friends, they wouldn't be wearing it. You wouldn't bloody see Tenille in my stuff.")
![PS: How did you actually feel about Nick, was there any chemistry for any of you?
Cat: Look, I was open to getting to know him but I did really struggle to have conversations with Nick. Every time we'd talk I felt like his eyes would kind of glass over and I felt he was always disinterested It was very much the Nick show, and I'm very much the Cat show (laughs).
PS: That would never have worked then.
Cat: No (laughs). Look the Aussie larrikin type dude isn't really my type anyway. Like, I don't find him to be much of a gentleman. I like to be treated in a certain way and when we had our time together, he picked up the whole wheel of cheese and took a bite into it and said, "It's bloody good, you want some?" and I was bloody mortified! If I was on a date or in front of my family, just no, it's not for me. He is lovely and I guess in that environment you have nothing else to think about so you convince your self that your into it.
Alisha: I don't think I really managed to ever get on a deeper level with Nick. I suppose for the first few weeks I thought yeah, I could be onto something and I was really excited when I found out that Nick was going to be The Bachelor. But I feel like me and nick were probably just not that compatible. That said, I wasn't going to walk out because I hadn't had a single date and I hadn't managed to really have a substantial chat with him, and I was loving my time with the girls too much. People are probably like, "Is Alicia even interested in The Bachelor or is she just loving on Cat and Romy?" [laughs].
PS: Could your feelings have developed?
Alisha: I don't think so to be honest. I honestly don't know Nick that well as a person so who knows. In that environment it's so hard to get to know him.
Cat: Yeah, but you kinda know when you're into someone. I think in there [the mansion] you feel like you have to be [into The Bachelor].
Alisha: Initially I was keen, and then I felt like I probably wasn't one of the ones in the forefront of his mind. I just had a very clear indication from very early on that I was there to play a role, [not to be with Nick].
PS: And for you, Romy?
Romy: I really liked Nick! Him and I had a really great relationship. We got a long really well, we had really good chemistry.
Alisha: You had good banter!
Romy: We had GREAT banter. We had heaps of fun. Our single date went for 8 hours but they cut out my kiss.
PS: Did you actually share a kiss? We didn't see that.
Romy: It was nothing like how it was [shown]. Yeah, there was a real kiss. We got on really well. I quite liked him.
PS: If that's the case, why did you make the decision to leave even after Nick offered you a rose?
Romy: That week I was just feeling a little off. I was quite emotional and feeling like something wasn't sitting right with me. Maybe my feelings were invested, maybe that's why I freaked out a bit but honestly seeing these two go (Cat and Alisha) was sh*t, like my besties, but I was there for Nick so the decision was all me. It was an impulsive thing, I hadn't planned it, I don't know I'm just really impulsive.
PS: Did you regret it after you left?
Romy: I did. I had second thoughts for sure, for about 24 hours but then my dad got really sick that next morning. He had an aneurism overnight and now he is unable to communicate so I feel like it was a power beyond me, it had nothing to do with all the drama that night. I would've been in the mansion and I would've received a phone call saying, "Come home now to say goodbye to your dad". If I had not been there, I would never have been able to speak to my dad again. No one will believe that, they will all think I left because of the girls but it's something I can't really put into words.
PS: Cat, when Nick asked you to leave the mansion because of your behavior, you began to cry. Were they genuine tears or did you turn it on for the cameras?
Cat: No, look, I wasn't even upset at him, it was just the whole scenario. I had been living in this place and all of a sudden getting booted like that. I don't get to say goodbye to any of my friends and it was just really intense, like I had all of these cameras and all of these people staring at me, so it was pretty humiliating. Looking back on it now I would rather have gone out how I did then standing through a rose ceremony. But it was upsetting for sure and it was really hard adjusting back into normal life afterwards as well.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/OKNdsxQPtGyJhYjy0fYprsRg-VQ/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:sharpen-!1,0,true!-/2018/09/07/000/n/4852708/714a56e17f84b8bf_The_Bachelor_Australia-Season_6-Episode8-21/i/PS-How-did-you-actually-feel-about-Nick-any-chemistry.jpeg "PS: How did you actually feel about Nick, was there any chemistry for any of you?
Cat: Look, I was open to getting to know him but I did really struggle to have conversations with Nick. Every time we'd talk I felt like his eyes would kind of glass over and I felt he was always disinterested It was very much the Nick show, and I'm very much the Cat show (laughs).
PS: That would never have worked then.
Cat: No (laughs). Look the Aussie larrikin type dude isn't really my type anyway. Like, I don't find him to be much of a gentleman. I like to be treated in a certain way and when we had our time together, he picked up the whole wheel of cheese and took a bite into it and said, \"It's bloody good, you want some?\" and I was bloody mortified! If I was on a date or in front of my family, just no, it's not for me. He is lovely and I guess in that environment you have nothing else to think about so you convince your self that your into it.
Alisha: I don't think I really managed to ever get on a deeper level with Nick. I suppose for the first few weeks I thought yeah, I could be onto something and I was really excited when I found out that Nick was going to be The Bachelor. But I feel like me and nick were probably just not that compatible. That said, I wasn't going to walk out because I hadn't had a single date and I hadn't managed to really have a substantial chat with him, and I was loving my time with the girls too much. People are probably like, \"Is Alicia even interested in The Bachelor or is she just loving on Cat and Romy?\" [laughs].
PS: Could your feelings have developed?
Alisha: I don't think so to be honest. I honestly don't know Nick that well as a person so who knows. In that environment it's so hard to get to know him.
Cat: Yeah, but you kinda know when you're into someone. I think in there [the mansion] you feel like you have to be [into The Bachelor].
Alisha: Initially I was keen, and then I felt like I probably wasn't one of the ones in the forefront of his mind. I just had a very clear indication from very early on that I was there to play a role, [not to be with Nick].
PS: And for you, Romy?
Romy: I really liked Nick! Him and I had a really great relationship. We got a long really well, we had really good chemistry.
Alisha: You had good banter!
Romy: We had GREAT banter. We had heaps of fun. Our single date went for 8 hours but they cut out my kiss.
PS: Did you actually share a kiss? We didn't see that.
Romy: It was nothing like how it was [shown]. Yeah, there was a real kiss. We got on really well. I quite liked him.
PS: If that's the case, why did you make the decision to leave even after Nick offered you a rose?
Romy: That week I was just feeling a little off. I was quite emotional and feeling like something wasn't sitting right with me. Maybe my feelings were invested, maybe that's why I freaked out a bit but honestly seeing these two go (Cat and Alisha) was sh*t, like my besties, but I was there for Nick so the decision was all me. It was an impulsive thing, I hadn't planned it, I don't know I'm just really impulsive.
PS: Did you regret it after you left?
Romy: I did. I had second thoughts for sure, for about 24 hours but then my dad got really sick that next morning. He had an aneurism overnight and now he is unable to communicate so I feel like it was a power beyond me, it had nothing to do with all the drama that night. I would've been in the mansion and I would've received a phone call saying, \"Come home now to say goodbye to your dad\". If I had not been there, I would never have been able to speak to my dad again. No one will believe that, they will all think I left because of the girls but it's something I can't really put into words.
PS: Cat, when Nick asked you to leave the mansion because of your behavior, you began to cry. Were they genuine tears or did you turn it on for the cameras?
Cat: No, look, I wasn't even upset at him, it was just the whole scenario. I had been living in this place and all of a sudden getting booted like that. I don't get to say goodbye to any of my friends and it was just really intense, like I had all of these cameras and all of these people staring at me, so it was pretty humiliating. Looking back on it now I would rather have gone out how I did then standing through a rose ceremony. But it was upsetting for sure and it was really hard adjusting back into normal life afterwards as well.")
![PS: You mentioned being upset for a number of reasons. Was leaving Nick one of them or did that not phase you?
Cat: Yeah, it did upset me at the time. I felt like he didn't give me a proper go and also I think that was because of the role I was playing [the mean girl]. I was never going to get that opportunity anyway, I kind of got stitched up with my time with him.
PS: Did you at least enjoy your time in the mansion?
Cat: I had the time of my life, I had so much fun.
PS: It looked as if you enjoyed spending time with each other more than with Nick.
Alisha: (laughs) yeah, true!
Romy: Cat didn't see the guy.
Cat: Yeah, well, I mean, I went on there to challenge myself and have a new experience and I came out of it with some lifelong friends and we have a laugh. We formed awesome relationships with the crew and we all just became really good mates, it was like a little holiday in a nice little mansion. So, I really enjoyed it but it was a shame how everything turned out!
Romy: There were definitely challenging moments [for me]. I found it pretty tough to be honest. Again, just the girls were amazing. We had so much fun.
Alisha: We had lots of fun!
Romy: But it gets quite boring! You only see the guy once a fortnight, so the producers become your best mates and we would have little convos with them about what would come up at a cocktail party. It was fun but it also gets a little bit tedious.
Alisha: Also, we weren't born yesterday. From pretty early on I had an indicator that I wasn't going to be one of the final girls. It wasn't necessarily because I didn't think me and Nick didn't vibe, I just didn't really think I was getting any real substantial opportunities with him. I was feeling very insecure in the house. I was thinking, "F**k, why aren't I getting a single date?", "Is he not into me?", "Am I ugly?".
Cat: You see me get a little bit upset about Brooke's third date (in episode 8) and it was nothing towards her at all, it was just that I had been in there filming for 6 or 7 weeks and it's like, why am I wasting my time sitting here if he has already chosen who he wants to be with or if he has already formed better connections with other people. I may as well leave. So I think that definitely tests how you really feel about yourself.
Alisha: Absolutely!
PS: What was your reaction to the intruders coming into the mansion?
Alisha: I get intimidated very easily.
Cat: I wasn't bothered at al. I expected it and thought it was bound to happen but as soon as I saw them I wasn't too bothered at all.
Romy: Yeah, I wasn't bothered.
Alisha: I thought they were going to be Instagram models. Not that they're not beautiful, but I was expecting something more.
PS: You all spoke a lot about girls being fake. Who was the fakest of the girls?
Cat: Tenille!
Romy: Tenille!
Alisha: Definitely Tenille!
Romy: No honestly, Vanessa Sunshine and Tenille. Like two totally different people from what you see on TV and what they were like in the house.
Cat: Tenille would yell at people, kick people out of the kitchen, hide food from people.
Alisha: Label food!
Romy: If you would leave your runners at the front door she would scream, "WHOSE ARE THESE!". She was very aggressive in her approach to a lot of people and a lot of people in the house actually didn't like her.
PS: And who was the most genuine?
Romy: Brooke.
Cat: Brooke, yep. She my pick for the winner!
Romy: I don't think she will win. I just think the other girls have a game plan that might be stronger than hers.
Alisha: I actually think she is too good for Nick.
Romy: Me too.
Cat: Yeah, me too. Sorry, but yeah.
Romy: I think Brittany or Sophie. [will win]](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/aMmaNW4rKGOH4DQOeC_4r95kNHc/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:sharpen-!1,0,true!-/2018/09/07/000/n/4852708/eca2e6716a290e89_The_Bachelor_Australia-Season_6-Episode8-39/i/PS-You-mentioned-being-upset-number-reasons.jpeg "PS: You mentioned being upset for a number of reasons. Was leaving Nick one of them or did that not phase you?
Cat: Yeah, it did upset me at the time. I felt like he didn't give me a proper go and also I think that was because of the role I was playing [the mean girl]. I was never going to get that opportunity anyway, I kind of got stitched up with my time with him.
PS: Did you at least enjoy your time in the mansion?
Cat: I had the time of my life, I had so much fun.
PS: It looked as if you enjoyed spending time with each other more than with Nick.
Alisha: (laughs) yeah, true!
Romy: Cat didn't see the guy.
Cat: Yeah, well, I mean, I went on there to challenge myself and have a new experience and I came out of it with some lifelong friends and we have a laugh. We formed awesome relationships with the crew and we all just became really good mates, it was like a little holiday in a nice little mansion. So, I really enjoyed it but it was a shame how everything turned out!
Romy: There were definitely challenging moments [for me]. I found it pretty tough to be honest. Again, just the girls were amazing. We had so much fun.
Alisha: We had lots of fun!
Romy: But it gets quite boring! You only see the guy once a fortnight, so the producers become your best mates and we would have little convos with them about what would come up at a cocktail party. It was fun but it also gets a little bit tedious.
Alisha: Also, we weren't born yesterday. From pretty early on I had an indicator that I wasn't going to be one of the final girls. It wasn't necessarily because I didn't think me and Nick didn't vibe, I just didn't really think I was getting any real substantial opportunities with him. I was feeling very insecure in the house. I was thinking, \"F**k, why aren't I getting a single date?\", \"Is he not into me?\", \"Am I ugly?\".
Cat: You see me get a little bit upset about Brooke's third date (in episode 8) and it was nothing towards her at all, it was just that I had been in there filming for 6 or 7 weeks and it's like, why am I wasting my time sitting here if he has already chosen who he wants to be with or if he has already formed better connections with other people. I may as well leave. So I think that definitely tests how you really feel about yourself.
Alisha: Absolutely!
PS: What was your reaction to the intruders coming into the mansion?
Alisha: I get intimidated very easily.
Cat: I wasn't bothered at al. I expected it and thought it was bound to happen but as soon as I saw them I wasn't too bothered at all.
Romy: Yeah, I wasn't bothered.
Alisha: I thought they were going to be Instagram models. Not that they're not beautiful, but I was expecting something more.
PS: You all spoke a lot about girls being fake. Who was the fakest of the girls?
Cat: Tenille!
Romy: Tenille!
Alisha: Definitely Tenille!
Romy: No honestly, Vanessa Sunshine and Tenille. Like two totally different people from what you see on TV and what they were like in the house.
Cat: Tenille would yell at people, kick people out of the kitchen, hide food from people.
Alisha: Label food!
Romy: If you would leave your runners at the front door she would scream, \"WHOSE ARE THESE!\". She was very aggressive in her approach to a lot of people and a lot of people in the house actually didn't like her.
PS: And who was the most genuine?
Romy: Brooke.
Cat: Brooke, yep. She my pick for the winner!
Romy: I don't think she will win. I just think the other girls have a game plan that might be stronger than hers.
Alisha: I actually think she is too good for Nick.
Romy: Me too.
Cat: Yeah, me too. Sorry, but yeah.
Romy: I think Brittany or Sophie. [will win]")
![PS: Have any of you found love since leaving the mansion?
Cat: No.
Alisha: No, but I want to. (laughs)
Romy: Dating, but nothing serious.
Cat: I'm not going to jump on tinder or anything. That's how we would get stitched up or get yourself in a situations that might not end well.
Alisha: I am. [laughs]
PS: Have you seen much of the other girls since leaving the house?
Cat: I see Bree all the time. I've been living back on the gold coast.
Alisha: After the show I did a tour of Australia and visited pretty much everybody except for the top 4. Since the show's been on TV it's been a little bit different because I feel most of the girls are almost relishing in the whole mean girls thing and being like "OK cool, we can cut them down.", which is a bit shitty because we had really relationships with people?
PS: Would you be open to The Bachelorette or Bachelor in Paradise if you had the opportunity?
Cat: Who wouldn't? If you're on Bachelorette, you're never going to be painted badly.
Alisha: Hell yeah, I want a boyfriend!
PS: What else would you want people to know about you if you had the chance to tell them?
Romy: It's a reality show, it's TV, it's dramatic at the end of the day, it's not a documentary.
PS: Are you OK with being painted as the mean girl then?
Romy: No! it's not ok. It's inaccurate. I think it's necessary for a show to be successful and we own the fact it was our role, we knew our roles pretty quickly and that was maybe because we were brave enough to speak on camera. I just wish there was a bit more complexity like our great friendship with Brooke or our friendships with Rhi and Ash but you gotta deliver drama and people love to hate.
Alisha: For every one mean thing we said we would have said 59 nice things.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/fZ79WoQjhluOF5HMlBCFuGXK3cw/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-:sharpen-!1,0,true!-/2018/09/07/000/n/4852708/f881fd8835ceb37d_The_Bachelor_Australia-Season_6-Episode8-45/i/PS-Have-any-you-found-love-since-leaving-mansion.jpeg "PS: Have any of you found love since leaving the mansion?
Cat: No.
Alisha: No, but I want to. (laughs)
Romy: Dating, but nothing serious.
Cat: I'm not going to jump on tinder or anything. That's how we would get stitched up or get yourself in a situations that might not end well.
Alisha: I am. [laughs]
PS: Have you seen much of the other girls since leaving the house?
Cat: I see Bree all the time. I've been living back on the gold coast.
Alisha: After the show I did a tour of Australia and visited pretty much everybody except for the top 4. Since the show's been on TV it's been a little bit different because I feel most of the girls are almost relishing in the whole mean girls thing and being like \"OK cool, we can cut them down.\", which is a bit shitty because we had really relationships with people?
PS: Would you be open to The Bachelorette or Bachelor in Paradise if you had the opportunity?
Cat: Who wouldn't? If you're on Bachelorette, you're never going to be painted badly.
Alisha: Hell yeah, I want a boyfriend!
PS: What else would you want people to know about you if you had the chance to tell them?
Romy: It's a reality show, it's TV, it's dramatic at the end of the day, it's not a documentary.
PS: Are you OK with being painted as the mean girl then?
Romy: No! it's not ok. It's inaccurate. I think it's necessary for a show to be successful and we own the fact it was our role, we knew our roles pretty quickly and that was maybe because we were brave enough to speak on camera. I just wish there was a bit more complexity like our great friendship with Brooke or our friendships with Rhi and Ash but you gotta deliver drama and people love to hate.
Alisha: For every one mean thing we said we would have said 59 nice things.")
