OK...take this with a BIG grain of salt...but some gossip from my neighbor on Lauren. My neighbor was out of town so I took her mail over, and she gets US or People..one of those and it dropped out of the pile when I took it over( Arie and Lauren were on the cover)~ that prompted the convo that followed.
My neighbor was at a family wedding and an extended relative claims to know a close friend of Lauren's family in VA. (got all that?lol)anyway~ the scoop shared was that Lauren's dad cheated on her mom, and her mom accepted and lived with it..making Arie just like her Daddy and Lauren is a big Daddy's girl.Lauren was engaged to a Hockey player before but he wasn't putting her on a pedestal as much as she'd like . Then she ended it 2 MONTHS before filming began. The dad cheating history will allow Arie to cheat and Daddy won't care 'cause 2 birds of a feather , and her mom stuck by dad so Lauren will prob do the same. She said Lauren is desperate to get married and be a trophy wife and all the negative haters will fuel her to go thru with it even if she doesn't want to just to prove everyone wrong. They also think Lauren wanted Arie to break up with Becca on TV so she would feel the same humiliation she did when Arie sent her walking. Oy vey..if any of this is true...yeeeeaaahhhh..they ARE perfect for each other. My neighbor also said there is a video circulating of Lauren's engagement to the hockey player(and that was her second, apparently she was engaged to her HS sweetheart first?)and that she was holding her dog and couldn't be bothered to hand it off or put it down literally while her ex-fiance was proposing.
My neighbor asked what I thought of it all, lol...I just said to me, Lauren came across as pretty smug on the show and honestly , just glad they are removed from the dating pool and the show jumped the shark. I asked if she believes the relative and she said, well, she sure knew a lot of details and timing of things and was pretty adamant...telling anyone whe could at the wedding.
reality tv..the topic at a wedding instead of the newly wed couple.