Yes, I've been watching the show, UnReal, which is the fictionalized, backstage version and is written by a former producer of The Bachelor(ette.) They show how the producers & production assistants befriend certain contestants and egg them on to fight or compete with each other. I suspect that happened a lot this season on JoJo's show. Like Erectile Guy going after Chad. Would he really do something like that in real life, if he didn't have someone backing him up behind the scenes?
I don't think so. He'd be too scared of Chad.
And speaking of Chad, he was on Jimmy Kimmel the night he got the boot. Jimmy showed him some of his scary footage and Chad just laughed at the whole thing. She said he did get fed up with all the guys always talking about him, behind his back in other rooms. So he purposely acted crazier, to keep them away from him AND to get reactions from them. I'm sure some producer egged him on too.