Former ‘Bachelorette’ star says ‘bullying’ in Hollywood prompted her to leave LA
Ali Fedotowski-Manno has no regrets about leaving Los Angeles for good.
“The Bachelorette” star Savannah Chrisley shared insight on her decision to move out of the West Coast to live a quiet life with her husband and two children on her “Opened” podcast released Tuesday.
Fedotowsky-Manno, 40, first gained fame as a contestant on season 14 of “The Bachelor” before returning a year later as the star of season six of the popular dating competition series, “The Bachelorette.”
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Ali Fedotowski-Manno uprooted her family from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tenn. (Paul Archuleta)
Her engagement to “The Bachelorette” winner Roberto Martinez didn’t last, but she later found love in the arms of radio and TV host Kevin Manno. The couple got married in March 2017 and have two children together.
“We were living in LA. We both worked in the entertainment industry — my husband’s a radio host. … I worked in television at the Hallmark Channel until the day we left LA,” Fedotowsky-Manno told Chrisley.
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“I told my agent: “I’m done. I don’t want to work in Hollywood anymore. I finished the industry. I want to go to Nashville with my family. I like to have a little silence. Life.’ And that’s what we did.”
Chrisley is curious to know what prompted the decision of the former TV star to leave the bright lights of Hollywood.
The reality star doesn’t care about the “bullying” in the entertainment industry. (Paul Archuleta)
“There’s a lot of bullying in the entertainment industry, and I don’t think people see it,” Fedotowsky-Manno said. “It’s very cut, and I just felt it in different situations, just a lot of hate … I didn’t care about all that.”
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“I was just like, ‘I’m so tired of this,'” she added.
“There’s a lot of bullying in the entertainment industry, and I don’t think people see it. It’s very aggressive, and I just felt it in different situations, just a lot of hate.”
Despite the inevitable “hierarchy” circles, the former reality star, who starred in Season 3 of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Challenge,” says her family has a deep love for Nashville. But she has one small regret about leaving Los Angeles.
“Sometimes I walk around, especially in the fall, and I look at the trees and I’m like, ‘Ahhhh, it’s so beautiful here!’ I don’t like it as much as I like it because the allergies here are crazy.”
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Chrisley agreed, “They’re absolutely crazy. If you have local honey every morning…” they say.
Ali Fedotowski-Mano starred in season three of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Challenge.” (Fox)
“I will,” she said. “I’m telling you…I’ve spent a lot of money on this allergy problem. I’ve done everything from chiropractors, acupuncture, massages—I actually get a lymphatic facial, which is different from a full body massage. This weekend to see if that helps—I have red light therapy, a sauna. .
“I’ve been to several ENTs. I’m on allergy drops. I do topical honey. I have machines like this. I do sinus flushes.”
Manno said the only thing she hasn’t tried yet is surgery to repair a deviated septum.
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