Cass On Being Heartbroken, Her Friendship With Britt & That Whole Diary Entry
Cass Wood had one of the most dramatic storylines on The Bachelor this season.
The 23-year-old had previously met the Honey Badger and gone on dates with him but still maintains she never knew he was the Bachelor until the moment she stepped out of the limo.
From there, she faced the ‘stage-5 clinger’ edit, waited patiently for a single date, tried not to tell the other ladies too much of her history with Nick for their own sake, and last night saw her BFF in the house, Britt, confront her at the cocktail party.
Cass was then left devastated, not receiving a rose.
We spoke to Cass about her time in the house, about her friendship now with Britt and that infamous diary scene.
On what really went down with Britt:
“Basically what happened was we were back at the house and doing these pensive style shots, and I saw Britt and I was super excited to see her. She’s walking towards me, she’s got this smile on her face and I just knew something was up because the cameras were following her. I was like ‘oh God, what’s going on this seems like a setup’.
I was completely shocked. I just broke down and basically had a panic attack. I tried to explain to her what went on, I never wanted to hurt her or make her feel uncomfortable in this situation. I always wanted to explain things properly, just not in that environment.
She was hugging me but she turned around and asked me if Nick and I were physical which was a massive shock. It was so hard for me, that was my private dating life and it’s now on national TV. My parents, my grandparents are watching the show, I didn’t want to tell the whole of Australia whether or not we had slept together. But Britt gets that and she regrets asking that question.”
On where they stand now:
“Britt and I are all good now. Nothing could get in between us. It was more of a discussion, there was no anger, it was just confusion. We’re best mates, we’ll always remain best mates.”
On her previous relationship with Nick:
“The whole way through the series I felt so guilty and so bad that I couldn’t go into details. They [the other contestants] all knew I had past history but they didn’t know the details and it made me feel shit. But what do you do in that situation?
It was my private life and it started in August [last year] and we kissed. Then we went on dates and hung out. He was travelling and so was I, but when we’d come back and be in the same place again we’d catch up. That went on until about New Year’s, and after that, he was super busy. It was just kind of stop-start, but he was always someone I could see myself with but the timing just wasn’t right.”
On seeing him on the red carpet that night as the Bachelor:
“I had no idea, imagine if I did! If I knew it was him, that would just be… I just don’t know if I could’ve done it if I knew. The last time I had seen Nick before that first night was maybe three weeks beforehand, but it was literally just a ‘hi’ at the gym.
As soon as I saw him, the feelings came back. It looked more one-sided on TV than it was in real life. I had it very tough, but it was all going to be worth it if I ended up with him.”
On whether she still loves Nick:
“Filming wrapped in June and it has given me time to try and get over it. It’s hard rewatching it and reliving it, it’s just a weird period. But I am definitely getting over it, it’ll always be something that was disappointing to me though because I could see a future with him.”
On whether she’d date Nick again:
“I don’t believe in the rumours of the split... but if Nick were single, I have my answer now. He didn’t see himself with me.”
On her stage-5 clinger edit:
“It was very tough for me to watch, and my friends and family were heartbroken for me. It wasn’t like that. It did really suck to see what people were saying. It did turn around which helped, and then there was so much support.”
On whether she’d do Bachelor In Paradise:
“I’m still trying to find that one person I spend the rest of my life with. I don’t know if that’s the right situation to do it in. This whole situation it was very tough, so who knows.”
Oh, and she assured us her diary wasn’t actually empty:
“There was definitely something written in my diary! It wasn’t the producers telling me what to say!”