Glamour: During a rose ceremony, it takes forever for the Bachelor or Bachelorette to announce each person's name. Is that just editing, or are you instructing them via an earpiece when to call out names?

KF: I can tell you one thing: Yes, we’re making a TV show, so there is some of that [suspense we want to create]. No, the person never wears an earpiece themselves. They’re not driven in that way at all. There are occasions where we’ll cue them to do something or we might have to wait to do something, but it’s as simple as a camera has to change its battery or sometimes it’s a mundane reason. It’s not like we’re purposely extending it. We may have called two names back-to-back, and in editing we can open up the time it takes for dramatic purposes. So, again, a huge credit to our post-[production] department. That’s where all of that is created, and I’m sort of involved in that a little bit but not terribly much so.

Glamour: You’re basically saying they’re not counting, "One Mississippi, two Mississippi…"

KF: No, no. [Laughs.] I know it must feel that way for sure, and there is a little bit of a television contrivance, but no, it’s never that way. Also, we don’t want the Bachelor or Bachelorette thinking about us as they are holding a rose [deciding who to give it to]. We want them thinking about the faces in front of them and the emotions that they’re feeling. That’s the most important thing. And I can promise you all the music is added in post-[production].

Glamour: As the director of the show, which past Bachelor or Bachelorette did you find most captivating?

KF: Oh boy...I think Ben Higgins was very captivating. There’s something so earnest and sweet about him that really I think captured people’s imaginations. I think you root for all of them along the way, but some of them have been more divisive. There’s been years where people have questioned our decision. I’m not on the inside of that decision-making process, but in general I think our casting has been great. The suitors that show up for night one are always fascinating and crazy and weird and fun. So I think it’s a good mix.

Glamour: Two recent "characters" that come to mind are Jordan Kimball from Becca’s season and Krystal Nielson from Arie’s season. What intrigued you about them?

KF: There are so many great "characters," like Bekah Martinez. I’m always looking for great reactors and people who can be in the scene and not always talking but reacting and listening. In other words, just engaged in the process, whether they are goofballs or serious or nice girls or mean girls…really just listening and being a participant in the process. If it leads them into strange territory, then that’s up to them—and all the better for the show. It really runs the gamut of emotions.

Glamour: You make a great point about Bekah Martinez, because her expressions were priceless.

KF: Right. Right. And truth is stranger than fiction. Things come out of their mouth, and we sit around and say, "We couldn’t possibly write that. No one would believe it." It would be too farcical for us to have a character say those lines, but here they come! Comes right out of their brain, out their mouth, and God bless ’em.