'The Bachelor' Contestant Olivia Caridi Compares 'Women Tell All' to 'a Lion's Den'
However, "It actually went better than I thought," she added.
— -- Olivia Caridi was one of the more controversial women in the "Bachelor" mansion this past season.
As the recipient of Ben Higgins' "first impression rose," she stated time and time again that she was on the show to find love -- not friendship with her competitors.
As a result, she feuded with several women in the house, all of whom she had to face in tonight's "Bachelor: Women Tell All" special.
"I was being attacked. It was like the lions’ den and that’s not a comfortable position to be in," Caridi told ABC News. "But it actually went better than I thought it was going to. And I've been waiting for that moment for months so it felt good in a sense to at least voice my side of things and to hear their concerns as well."
In the special, Caridi apologized for some of the more hurtful things she said during her time on the show (specifically, for comparing single mother Amanda to a cast member of the MTV reality series, "Teen Mom") and confronted her on-screen enemies for spiteful comments they made about her. And while she said she has no regrets about joining the show, she also believes that she was not accurately represented.
"Of course I said things that were wrong but in a lot of my interviews, I think my sarcasm and my dry personality were taken [the wrong way]. When you add the music it kind of makes me look a little goofy," she said. "There were situations where I thought,'Oh you know that happened sort of differently,' but I just think overall I don’t think I really made it on television if that makes any sense. I have a lot more that didn’t air."
"I am goofy and I’m upbeat and I make weird faces and that was fun to watch – my mouth! – but in many ways, I think my personality wasn't right for this setting and it didn’t really make it to air," she added. "[What aired was] a character."
Now, Caridi, who said it was "great" to see Ben again during the reunion, is ready to meet the right man and get back to work as a news anchor. She's also excited to continue the friendships she did make on the show.
"I made a lot of friends on the show: Jami and Rachel, Maegan and Tiara and Izzy. Leah, Lauren Himle -- we talk all the time," she said. "This was an amazing crop of women. We were all really good friends in the house and we still are."