‘Bachelor’ Beauties Ravaged By Herpes

"The Bachelor" banned scores of wannabe TV brides in its screening process — because they have herpes!

Thorough pre-show background checks and medical exams mean the aspiring reality stars have every secret revealed — with surprising results that are sometimes far from rosy!

“Herpes was the biggest thing that eliminated contestants,” The National ENQUIRER learned from Ben Hatta, a former assistant to series creator and executive producer Mike Fleiss (left), cousin to former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss.

“Sometimes you’d be the first person to tell a contestant they have herpes," Hatta explained to the author of the new book, "Bachelor Nation," by Amy Kaufman, an unauthorized cultural history of the ABC series, which recently featured Arie Luyendyk Jr.

"You’d be like, ‘Uh, you should call your doctor.’ Why? ‘We’re not going to be able to have you on our show, but you should call your doctor.’ Then they’d realize they’d been denied from 'The Bachelor' and now a bunch of people knew they had herpes.” Unlike the screened-clean Season 22 contestants shown here.