Pilot Pete's Secret: Bachelor Producer Spills Tea on Behind-the-Scenes Romance

It turns out the real drama on Peter Weber’s season of“The Bachelor”wasn’t happening on camera—it was happening in the producer’s trailer.

Former“Bachelor”producer Julie LaPlaca just dropped a bombshell in her new memoir,“The Love Producer,”claiming that she and Peter Weber hooked up in early 2020 while his season was still airing. According to LaPlaca, the two slept together after his engagement to Hannah Ann Sluss had already fallen apart off-camera, and the alleged hookup took place at his parents’house. She even compares the night to a real-life Fantasy Suite scenario—which, if true, adds a whole new layer of uncomfortable to the whole situation.

But it didn’t stop there. LaPlaca claims the two got intimate again after Peter’s brief reconciliation attempt with Madison Prewett fizzled out. Then, just days later, he was spotted with Kelley Flanagan, which left LaPlaca feeling blindsided and heartbroken. For years, Bachelor Nation had wondered whether Peter and Julie were more than friends after they were spotted together in early 2020—both denied it at the time, but LaPlaca’s revelation confirms that speculation wasn’t entirely unfounded.

Peter has since pushed back hard against the memoir, blasting LaPlaca for sharing what he calls their“private, intimate”relationship and accusing her of trying to influence decisions during his season. He claims he’d repeatedly asked her not to go public with these moments. It’s a messy situation all around: a producer-talent relationship that apparently crossed professional lines, culminating in a very public airing of private grievances.

The irony? Peter Weber’s most turbulent flight wasn’t captured on television—it happened entirely behind the cameras, in a saga that makes his actual season look downright calm by comparison.