Ashley Hebert came in third for Brad Womack’s heart on the last season of The Bachelor. But that just opened the door for her to become the new Bachelorette. In a recent conference call interview she talked about the decision to do the show and whether or not she’s ready to walk down the aisle.
When Ashley was contacted about
being the star of the show she initially jumped on board, but then had to
really ponder the option. She recalled, “I will tell you what I went through
when I was approached about it. I thought, ‘No question on my mind absolutely.’
I would do it if everything worked out and then I started to question, ‘Am I
strong enough for this? Am I at a good place in my life with this? I have to
take more time off from school.’ I just weigh the pros and cons and then at the
end of the day, I realize that I wanted to do it and the pros outweigh the
cons.”
One of the cons was leaving dental
school without a diploma. She explained where she was at with her studies when
she left to do The Bachelorette. “I
did take off from school. I am probably just a few months behind with my
requirements but I actually graduated technically two days ago… I am going to
be making up the time that I lost this summer and then I will have my diploma
and be ready to go.”
But clearly the pros outweighed the
cons and Ashley signed on to the show. And even though she was nervous going
into the show she didn’t seek advice from any former Bachelor or Bachelorette
contestants, she did give herself a little guidance, “I got advice from my past
self — to make sure that I left without any regrets. I know that’s cliché but
it's really what I went into it thinking.”
She revealed what she wants in a
perfect mate. “I am looking for somebody that I feel I can trust, somebody
that’s really loyal and a family man… But I just want somebody that makes me
feel. I [live] my life off of my gut and intuition and I have learned to trust
that. And I think it has led me to some really great places. So I am just
looking for somebody that makes me feel.”
But admitting that building walls
was a big issue for her, didn’t mean that they were less difficult to scale.
Ashley told us, “It was not easy I will tell you that. But I went into it
saying, ‘I don’t want to leave with any regrets, if I do fall in love…’ I am
going just to put it all out there… I learned a lot from Brad's season.”
And she’s discovered even more about
herself after a season as The
Bachelorette. She confessed, “I learned that I do not like to break up with
people and I have a very, very hard time with it both emotionally and have a
physical reaction to it. That’s what I learned.”
Yet she had an unexpected revelation
about how she personally had grown on the series. She remarked, “I surprised
myself with overcoming some of the fears that I had and some of the
insecurities that I had.”
Herbert also realized that she was
at a pivotal moment in her own journey. “I reached a point in my life where I
knew that if I were to meet the right person, I would be ready, but only if I
were to meet somebody that made me feel like I was ready. But going into this,
I definitely have the mindset that I have my career in place, I feel really
good. I was wearing that on a personal level. I feel like I have a lot to offer
and I have a great mindset about being in a committed relationship. So going
into it I felt like I was prepared on the outside, but only if I were to meet
the right guy.”
Tune in to see if Ashley meets her
match when the new season of The Bachelorette premieres tonight at 9 p.m. EST/8
p.m. Central on ABC.
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