Mayim Bialik Doesn't Know 'Premise' ofThe Bachelor, Asks What Happens 'If Somebody Gets Pregnant' During Fantasy Suites

Mar. 15, 2025

Mayim Bialik attends the Los Angeles premiere of Paramount Pictures' “Gladiator II” at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 18, 2024 in Hollywood, California.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

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Mayim Bialikhas some questions aboutThe Bachelor.The actress and neuroscientist, 49, appeared on a recent episode ofThe Viall Filespodcast, on which she revealed she didn’t know how the hit ABC dating show worked. When hostNick Viallasked for her opinions on the women on the upcoming season, Bialik had a shocking response.“What’s the premise?” she askedThe Bachelorettealum, 44.“Twenty-five to 30 women show up and night one they come out,” Viall then explained. “Sometimes, people [are] like myself; I blacked out and was really nervous. Some people hang glide down.”“The producer was like, ‘So, what do you want to do?’ I was like, ‘Well, I was just going to introduce myself,’” he recalled. “They’re like, ‘Well, we’re not sure, but if you want to parachute in or something, like, you never know.’ Sometimes they will do a stunt.”Viall went on to tell Bialik how the lead narrows down the group.“Night one, they get anywhere from zero seconds to two minutes of time to make a connection,” he said. “One person gets what’s called the ‘first impression rose,’ they’re safe. At the end of the night, the Bachelor hands out a bunch of roses and if you don’t get a rose, you go home.”“By the end of it, he proposes to one person and gets engaged,” Viall’s wifeNatalie Joyadded.As the final rose ceremony approaches, Viall noted that they have “hometown week” and “fantasy suite week,” which particularly sparked Bialik’s interest.“What if someone gets pregnant?”The Big Bang Theoryalum questioned.“We’ve been hoping!” Viall joked, and Joy said, “That would be so funny.”“On my season, there were a couple [magazine] covers… claiming that I might have gotten one of the people pregnant,” Viall recalled. “That was a rumor.”Mayim Bialik on ‘The Viall Files’ with hosts Natalie Joy and Nick Viall.Nick Viall/YoutubeNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Viall has a long history withThe Bachelorfranchise, first joining Bachelor nation forAndi Dorfman’s season ofThe Bachelorettein 2014. He was therunner up, with Dorfman ultimately choosing Josh Murray.Viall later appeared onKaitlyn Bristowe’s season in 2015, showing up to a group date in the fourth episode asking to join as a contestant. Bristowe let him, and he once againcame in as the runner up.He then led the third season ofBachelor in Paradise,which aired in 2017, which concluded with him proposing toVanessa Grimaldi, but the two parted ways soon after. In April 2024,Viall and Joy tied the knotafterwelcoming their first childtogether.

Mayim Bialikhas some questions aboutThe Bachelor.

The actress and neuroscientist, 49, appeared on a recent episode ofThe Viall Filespodcast, on which she revealed she didn’t know how the hit ABC dating show worked. When hostNick Viallasked for her opinions on the women on the upcoming season, Bialik had a shocking response.

“What’s the premise?” she askedThe Bachelorettealum, 44.

“Twenty-five to 30 women show up and night one they come out,” Viall then explained. “Sometimes, people [are] like myself; I blacked out and was really nervous. Some people hang glide down.”

“The producer was like, ‘So, what do you want to do?’ I was like, ‘Well, I was just going to introduce myself,’” he recalled. “They’re like, ‘Well, we’re not sure, but if you want to parachute in or something, like, you never know.’ Sometimes they will do a stunt.”

Viall went on to tell Bialik how the lead narrows down the group.

“Night one, they get anywhere from zero seconds to two minutes of time to make a connection,” he said. “One person gets what’s called the ‘first impression rose,’ they’re safe. At the end of the night, the Bachelor hands out a bunch of roses and if you don’t get a rose, you go home.”

“By the end of it, he proposes to one person and gets engaged,” Viall’s wifeNatalie Joyadded.

As the final rose ceremony approaches, Viall noted that they have “hometown week” and “fantasy suite week,” which particularly sparked Bialik’s interest.

“What if someone gets pregnant?”The Big Bang Theoryalum questioned.

“We’ve been hoping!” Viall joked, and Joy said, “That would be so funny.”

“On my season, there were a couple [magazine] covers… claiming that I might have gotten one of the people pregnant,” Viall recalled. “That was a rumor.”

Mayim Bialik on ‘The Viall Files’ with hosts Natalie Joy and Nick Viall.Nick Viall/Youtube

Nick Viall/Youtube

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Viall has a long history withThe Bachelorfranchise, first joining Bachelor nation forAndi Dorfman’s season ofThe Bachelorettein 2014. He was therunner up, with Dorfman ultimately choosing Josh Murray.

Viall later appeared onKaitlyn Bristowe’s season in 2015, showing up to a group date in the fourth episode asking to join as a contestant. Bristowe let him, and he once againcame in as the runner up.

He then led the third season ofBachelor in Paradise,which aired in 2017, which concluded with him proposing toVanessa Grimaldi, but the two parted ways soon after. In April 2024,Viall and Joy tied the knotafterwelcoming their first childtogether.

source: people.com