The Golden Bachelor finalist Peg Munson has opened up about how she has a problem with Nicolle Kate and plans to confront her about it.
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"So let me put it to you this way: Who Nicolle was at the house was a little bit different than now, who I'm seeing, [in terms of] who she is," Peg explained during a recent appearance on the "Bachelor Happy Hour: Golden Hour" podcast.
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On The Golden Bachelor's second season, Robin Rocha approached Mel about her concerns regarding Nicolle, who had said she was "dating America" -- and not Mel -- and was going to have "The Real Housewives status" after the show.
Nicolle had also told her fellow bachelorettes that she was hoping to expand her influencing and wellness career with the fame she gains from The Golden Bachelor.
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Mel initially dismissed Robin's perspective, but he ended up eliminating Nicolle after listening to her talk about being an influencer on social media and trying to generate more income.
"Here's how I feel about it," Peg told the podcast co-hosts Susan Noles and Kathy Swarts.
"Everybody has motives in life, and we all have to make a buck, but don't come on a dating show and take somebody else's spot that's truly there to find love."
Peg apparently believes it was unfair that some women -- who went on the show solely to find a life partner -- got sent home before Nicolle.
"I don't have a problem if she wants to go and be an influencer. Girl, go do your thing! My problem is you took somebody else's spot -- like me," Peg clarified.
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Peg said she absolutely "will" confront Nicolle about that issue when she sees her again.
"I will tell her that was very rude," Peg noted.
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When asked if anyone else confronted Nicolle about her behavior on the show, Peg said viewers already saw Cindy Angelcyk Cullers and Robin talking about her.
"To be honest, personally with me, guys, I got bored with it. I was like, 'Bye, I'm going to take another nap,'" Peg recalled.
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"[I was like], 'I don't have time for this. My focus is Mel, and that's why I'm here.' But those guys dove into it, and I really wish they would have given Mel the name."
When Robin expressed concern to Mel that women on his season were there for the wrong reasons, she didn't identify Nicolle by name.
Susan, however, acknowledged how Robin was in a tough spot and handled the situation well overall.
"I mean, come on, we're 60-year-old women," Peg complained.
"She could've said, 'Nicolle is not here for the right reason. This is what I heard. Now, what you do with this information is your business. But I'm going to tell you that because I am a woman of integrity and self-respect and self-dignity.' That's how [I'd play it]."
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Peg also revealed that she wasn't involved in the pool-party drama earlier in the season at all, referring to Nicolle and Mel's steamy makeout session in the water.
"You guys are going to laugh so hard. You know how hard production is. It is hard. If all of those people out there knew what we went through -- 15 hours a day or 17 hours a day of filming -- you're exhausted and you've got your adrenaline running," Peg explained.
"There is a whole other world to this, so after the first {Rose Ceremony] and after the cheerleading competition, and then we come back to do the pool party, I am exhausted. So I do my couple of cannon balls in the pool, and I went and took a nap."
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Peg therefore confirmed that she "missed the entire drama" of Nicolle and Mel's PDA.
(The Golden Bachelorette star Joan Vassos joked about how Mel wasn't "thinking with the right body parts" at this stage in the game).
"The [women] come to my door and are like, 'You've got to get up!' I was sleeping and had drool coming out of my mouth. I had the sleepies in my eyes, and I was like, 'Okay, let's go,'" Peg quipped.
"But you know what guys? I just don't pay attention to that stuff, and that's the truth. I just don't. I was there for Mel; I wasn't there for women drama. I was there to see if this man could be in my life."
Peg is now one of Mel's Final 2 bachelorettes on The Golden Bachelor alongside Cindy.
After The Golden Bachelor: The Women Tell All airs on Wednesday, October 29, Peg and Cindy will be shown enjoying overnight Fantasy Suite dates with Mel.
Mel must then decide between his Final 2 bachelorettes at The Golden Bachelor's Final Rose Ceremony in Antigua. Fans are hoping he fell in love and got engaged to his winner.
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Click here to read spoilers on how Mel's The Golden Bachelor season ends.
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