“Bachelor in Paradise” alum Chris Bukowski was taken aback when he learned that “Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei mistook Gypsy Rose Blanchard for Ruth Bader Ginzburg.
“That’s a pretty big mixup,” the reality star, 37, told Page Six exclusively while at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas hotel ahead of Super Bowl 2024.
However, Bukowski sympathized with Graziadei, 28, who has been doing a lot of press as the lead of the hit ABC dating show.
“The guy’s probably being asked so many questions, like, you can’t be on all the time,” the “Bachelor Pad” alum added.
Graziadei made the shocking mistake earlier this week when playing a Betches game called “How Online Are You?” in which he had to guess the names of famous people.
“Is it Ruth?” the reality star asked when he was shown a picture of Blanchard, 32, who notoriously spent eight years in prison for the death of her mother, Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, who suffered from Munchausen by proxy.
Graziade added at the time, “It’s Jinsburg or Ginsburg or something like that. Am I wrong?,” recalling the name of the late Supreme Court justice instead.
He then noted, “I know that she had something happen where she went to jail because of her mom.”
When Graziade was called out online for the flub, he wrote via Instagram, “She looked like a Ruth and the only Ruth I had in my head was the late Supreme Court justice. I’ll never live this one down 🤦🏻♂️.”
Bukowski told Page Six that Graziade appears to have Bachelor Nation on his side, though, which doesn’t always happen with leads.
“I haven’t watched much but it seems from social media that everybody loves the guy,” the “Bachelorette” alum said.
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“It’s been a while, I feel like, since we’ve had a ‘Bachelor’ that people actually are behind so, yeah, I’m rooting for him.”
When asked about another “Bachelor” Nick Viall, who alternately has not always been a fan-favorite, Bukowsk said the “Viall Files” podcast host is likely using his controversial opinions to boost his career.
“I think he’s getting the heat that he wants,” the Chicago native told us. “I think it’s positive for what he’s trying to do with his podcast and all that stuff.”
Bukowski, who first appeared on reality TV in 2003, pointed out, though, “I think most people in media are looking for engagement so he’s got to keep it interesting.”