America's collective tongue wagged watching Monday's two-hour season premiere of The Bachelor, as sexy Monica seemed more into fellow contestant Blakeley than the man of the hour, Ben Flajnik.

However, the old adage: "Believe half of what you see" might come in handy in this case. Monica’s stepmother Sherry Ekberg exclusively tells Star magazine that Monica's not gay or bisexual -- but might have been drunk at the time of the steamy advance, which saw her flirt with Blakeley in plain view of the others, as she told her: “You’re beautiful; you’re amazing.”

Sherry told Star exclusively that the show’s producers “really like to keep [the contestants] intoxicated, so anything can happen at that point ... they keep them a little looped up.” (This falls in line with Star's earlier report that the show encourages its contestants to booze it up with vodka and other potent elixirs prior to taping.)

Jesse Csincsak -- the free spirited snowboarder who won the fourth season of The Bachelorette -- is exclusively blogging for RadarOnline.com, and here gives us his exclusive take on the 16th season of The Bachelor.

Here we are, back again, for week one of the 16th season of The Bachelor, starring Ben Flajnik.

I’m Jesse Csincsak and I’m here with my behind-the-scenes opinions about what I saw on last night’s show. My opinions are simply based on my experiences on the show and my thoughts on the characters from last night’s show.

With that being said, here we go! First off, this season will be no different than the rest! A keg full of drama is being tapped and we are all about to take a sip! I want to start off this blog with a few tips for everyone reading ...

Tip #1: To all future contestants on this show: Do not quit your job to go on this show! It's literally career suicide.