In an interview, the bachelors Sebastian Klaus and Dennis Gries, together with his chosen one Katja Geretschuchin, reveal what they had to struggle with during filming – and whether the jungle camp will now follow.
Katja, what is everyday life like with a bachelor’s degree? Pull-ups after breakfast?
Katja: Dennis and I weren’t allowed to show each other together for the first three or four months, so we had to do home workouts or go to the gym at night with a flashlight. When I visited Dennis in the Allgäu, I jogged with a hood on my head so that no one would recognize me.
As a bachelor, each of you could choose from eleven candidates. Dennis, how do you cope with only having one wife now?
Dennis: Thank God only one more! I’m glad about that.
Sebastian, you don’t have a wife anymore.
Sebastian: So I’ll just carry on seamlessly, don’t you think?
I imagine it would be difficult to adjust from eleven to zero.
Sebastian: I approach it in a relaxed manner. At some point the right one will come along.
Be honest: how much of a great stud did you feel among so many women who were interested in you?
Sebastian: I find it rather impressive how many women continue to take part in the format. That must be very challenging for them. I would definitely not describe myself as a great stallion. I felt honored that so many women were there and didn’t go home on the first day. Ultimately, women also have a say in whether they want to spend time with us.
Dennis with his chosen one Katja on a dream date: He was taken with the 28-year-old, who works as a consultant in Düsseldorf, right from the start
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Dennis, you didn’t let anything burn. Did you think: If I’m already a bachelor, I’ll take everything I can with me?
Dennis: I think the way I was portrayed influenced how I was perceived. I approached the women with good conversations. But the physical aspect is of course also important. On the one hand, I have to be able to talk to my partner, but on the other hand, the passion has to be right.
Sebastian: By the way, Dennis and I have kissed exactly the same number of women.
That seems important to you. Have you been keeping count and trying to top each other?
Sebastian: No, not at all. But a lot of people are under the impression that Dennis has kissed a lot more women than I have. It was balanced.
How did you manage to become intimate with so many women at the same time, but not develop more feelings for one than the other?
Dennis: The purpose of the trip was to create feelings. We went on an adventure and saw which woman’s feelings were ultimately the strongest. I liked many women or was able to talk to them well, but I didn’t have a crush.
Sebastian: You have to remember that it’s not like in real life, where you have more than just a short sequence to get to know a woman. I once had a date that lasted eight hours because I got along so well with the woman. That wouldn’t have been possible for us as bachelors. We were repeatedly taken out of situations so that we were hardly able to get to know women properly. The connection only became closer when there were fewer women. That’s when the feelings started to grow and became intense.
Katja, what was it like for you to know that the man for whom you had developed feelings would first go to bed with you on dream dates and then with the other women?
Katja: Before the dream dates, I wasn’t emotionally at the point where I became jealous. I thought to myself that Dennis should find the one who suits him best and tried to keep the focus on me. If I had thought about the others, I would have ruined everything.
And after the dream date?
Katja: I was in love then, but didn’t want to admit it to myself. I wanted to protect myself because I knew: There were two other women with whom Dennis had a dream date. I don’t know any woman who thinks that’s great. It helped me a lot to just focus on myself.
Dennis said on the show that he likes little mice. Do you identify with that, Katja?
Dennis: I didn’t say that, Kim said that.
And your answer was: “I do too.”
Dennis: That could be the case. The whole topic of conversation was too stupid for me. I said something to end the conversation. In any case, my prey scheme is not mice.
Katja: Mice are small, cute animals. And I’m a rather quiet type. So yes, maybe I’m a cute little mouse.
Dennis, did you expect to leave the show with a woman?
Dennis: I had hope, but not expectation. Maybe that’s why it worked.
How motivated was you to become a bachelor in order to boost your TV career?
Dennis: That wasn’t my motivation at all. I wasn’t interested in getting on TV with a crowbar. I’m in the prime of my life, and luckily for me all I needed was the perfect woman. So I thought: I have to take advantage of this opportunity.
Sebastian, unfortunately it didn’t work for you. Why did you ultimately choose the woman who repeatedly let it be known that she was unsure and perhaps wasn’t that serious?
Sebastian: I didn’t notice what interviews the viewers saw in the villa. Maybe that would have unsettled me even more. I only had this one conversation with Larissa in which I had the feeling for the first time that she didn’t know whether she wanted to continue on the path with me. Of course that made me very unsettled. But at that point I liked her too much and could imagine more with her. When she told me on the last date that she had a good gut feeling again, I thought it would be my own fault if I didn’t try it with her.
Larissa accused you of love bombing. A method in which people, often narcissists, very quickly shower someone with expressions of love with the aim of making the person emotionally dependent in a short period of time.
Sebastian: No, I didn’t do that. Larissa just took back that word love bombing in an interview. I confessed my feelings to her and gave her compliments, but didn’t do any love bombing.
Are you narcissists?
Dennis: No.
Sebastian: Neither of us are narcissists.
Do you regret your decision, Sebastian?
Sebastian: No. It was also clear to me: I wouldn’t give Eva the final rose just to be on the safe side. Eva didn’t deserve that.
What do you think of the idea of Eva becoming the new Bachelorette?
Sebastian: Why not? Eva is very, very sweet.
If the three of you had the choice: Would you rather take part in “Naked Attraction” or the jungle camp next?
Sebastian: What are these options?
Not even jungle?
Dennis: Neither. You’ll have to come up with something better.
Which TV offers have already come?
Sebastian: None yet, but the finale just aired. Maybe the producers want to see how we do first.
By the way, I was actually hoping that you and Dennis would find each other in the end.
Dennis: We have it too!
Sebastian: Um, yeah.
Editor’s note: Stern is part of RTL Deutschland.