--- title: The Guy on New Zealand's 'The Bachelor' Has Been Friendzoned 3 Times description: And it's only week five. canonical: https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-17T07:56:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:28:11.974Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Guy on NZ's 'The Bachelor' Has Been Friendzoned 3 Times og:description: And it's only week 5 og:url: https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Guy on NZ's 'The Bachelor' Has Been Friendzoned 3 Times twitter:description: And it's only week 5 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Guy on New Zealand's _The Bachelor_ Has Been Friend-Zoned 3 Times and It's Only Week 5 by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 17, 2015 7:56 AM UTC by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Apr 17, 2015 7:56 AM UTC When you’re on a reality TV show whose sole objective is to find you true love, [getting friend-zoned](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-bachelor-new-zealand-could-be-the-greatest-of-all-time/story-fn8yvfst-1227307894109) and having a girl walk out on you is the last thing you want happening. But that’s exactly what’s been happening to Auckland businessman Arthur Green on the New Zealand edition of _The Bachelor._ Three times. > [](https://twitter.com/TheBachelorNZ/status/588254238788091904) Danielle B, a lawyer, left on Wednesday, Australian news website news.com.au [reports](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-bachelor-new-zealand-could-be-the-greatest-of-all-time/story-fn8yvfst-1227307894109), after saying there was “no spark” between her and Arthur. Her walkout took place a week after Danielle L — who reportedly spent [18 months in jail](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c%5Fid=1501119&objectid=11419424) for stealing from her employer — said it would be “disingenuous” to continue when she clearly didn’t have feelings for him. Rosie, meanwhile, barely lasted a night on the show. “He is a nice guy, but when he said he did not want to come to the Middle East with me and be my bodyguard, that was the deal-breaker,” she said. > [](https://twitter.com/TheBachelorNZ/status/588250814495338496) He’s also apparently not a very good kisser. Add to that a bikini slip, a broken wrist and an on-camera fart, and it’s clear the New Zealand version of _The Bachelor_ is miles ahead of the U.S. one in terms of entertainment value. Y’all been watching the wrong edition. Learn more about New Zealand’s [here](http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/TheBachelorNZ.aspx). \[[_News.com.au_](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-bachelor-new-zealand-could-be-the-greatest-of-all-time/story-fn8yvfst-1227307894109)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/"},"headline":"The Guy on New Zealand's The Bachelor Has Been Friend-Zoned 3 Times and It's Only Week 5","datePublished":"2015-04-17T07:56:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:28:11.974Z","description":"Those New Zealand girls are hard to please","url":"https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/","keywords":["Television","The Bachelor","New Zealand"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3826132/the-bachelor-unluckiest-new-zealand-arthur-green-friendzoned/","name":"The Guy on New Zealand's The Bachelor Has Been Friend-Zoned 3 Times and It's Only Week 5"}}]}] ```