After watching The Bachelor's Monday night episode starring Chris Soules, many viewers are asking, "Is Ashley Salter really that crazy?"

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Salter, a 24-year-old hairstylist from Brooklyn, NY, had a very unflattering edit thus far in which she's ranted about onions, shot zombies when they're already down, found angels within a candle and wandered around aimlessly while saying strange things to both Soules and her fellow bachelorettes.

"A lot of people have been asking me about her. They want to know if she is really that crazy. Ashley S. is definitely different. She's also beautiful. And sweet. And not that crazy. Did she say some things that were a little off-the-wall? Sure," the 33-year-old Bachelor wrote in his People blog.

"She also said some things that made a lot of sense. It's not easy dating the same guy as your housemates and then having a bunch of cameras televise it. The experience was hard for her, and she expressed that to me. I really respected that, and because of that I was all for giving her a few extra chances."

On the zombie group date, during which the girls shot paintball guns, everyone seemed frightened about the fact Salter had basically been given a weapon to use.

"Even though some of the girls were freaked out by Ashley S. handling her gun, I thought Ashley S. was just having a good time with it all. I definitely wasn't scared of her, that's for sure," Soules said. "Out of all the girls, I think [Jillian Anderson] and [Britt Nilsson] were the best shots. They really went after it."

That night, one girl in particular really impressed him.

"[Kaitlyn Bristowe] and I had a chance to really talk. I knew I liked her that first night, but as I got to know her better, I realized she was more than just a break-dancing, wise-cracking Canadian. She has depth. Stay tuned for more on Kaitlyn -- she's great," Soules admitted.

There was also a good and simple reason why Soules picked Megan Bell for his Grand Canyon date, the first official one-on-one date of the nineteenth season.

"Megan had made a great impression that first night, and I wanted to spend my first one-on-one date with someone who was going to just have fun. And immediately when Megan and I got in the private plane, it was fun! We laughed the entire way to Las Vegas," Soules wrote in his blog.

"It was an experience I will never forget. I also won't forget the time Megan and I spent together there. I had no idea what she had been through just weeks prior to her coming and meeting me. If I had been in her position, I don't know if I would have been strong enough to make the same decision. Megan is one strong woman."

Soules' second Rose Ceremony ended with him eliminating five bachelorettes. Two of the hardest goodbyes were Kimberly Sherbach -- whom the Bachelor reluctantly gave a second chance to after sending her home on Night 1 -- and Tara Eddings, who got very drunk during the first cocktail party.

"Kimberly seemed so sincere, and we really hadn't gotten a chance to talk that first night... [She] is a beautiful woman, but saying goodbye to her the second time was even harder. And Tara is a real sweetheart. She'll make some guy very happy one day," Soules explained.

"Tune in next week as Jimmy Kimmel takes over and nearly ruins everything for me!"


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