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<p>PLAINS &#8212; Chris Soules of &#8220;The Bachelor&#8221; and &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; is bringing his farm charm to a free Reality Check event at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Mohegan Sun Pocono.</p><p>Soules will be joined by his former &#8220;Dancing with the Stars&#8221; partner, Witney Carson, at the event to be held inside the casino&#8217;s Keystone Grand Ballroom. He&#8217;s &#8220;extremely excited&#8221; to perform some of his favorite dances from the show and meet fans, he said.</p><p>Soules said he&#8217;s looking forward to the event and shared a few things even uber fans may not know about &#8220;Prince Farming.&#8221;</p><p>1. He may be famous for giving potential love interests a rose, but his favorite flower is actually the one that grows on a soybean plant.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what I grow for a living,&#8221; the farmer said. &#8220;They&#8217;re beautiful; very small and yellow, white or purple in color.&#8221;</p><p>2. His biggest fear in life is failure.</p><p>3. The 33-year-old said when it&#8217;s time to fall asleep, he wears nothing but a pair of boxer briefs.</p><p>&#8220;<a href="https://www.meundies.com/" target="_blank">I like MeUndies</a>,&#8221; Soules said. &#8220;They&#8217;re really comfortable. They&#8217;ll change your life.&#8221;</p><p>4. He works hard but he plays harder. His favorite drink is bourbon on the rocks. &#8220;It&#8217;s simple and it tastes good,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It gets right to the point.&#8221;</p><p>5. His biggest turn-on in a woman is her personality.</p><p>&#8220;Personality is really important,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That, and having a good sense of humor.&#8221;</p><p>6. His biggest turn-off is a woman who eats with her mouth open.</p><p>7. Soules&#8217; favorite dance on the show was one of his worst, he said. &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kisq_rSe8lE" target="_blank">My favorite dance from the show was the Cha Cha</a>, which I completely jacked up on the live show. The choreography is really cool, but it&#8217;s difficult to perform. I wish I did a better job at mastering it.&#8221;</p><p>8. He&#8217;s not afraid to admit he cries. The last time he cried, he said, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OVy9jbXCV4" target="_blank">was when he was eliminated from </a>&#8220;Dancing with the Stars.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;It was emotional,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I spent 10 weeks working my ass off. I was sad to know I wasn&#8217;t doing it anymore. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m so excited to be coming to Mohegan Sun and performing for people again.&#8221;</p><p>9. Don&#8217;t feel too sorry for him. He laughs, too. The last time he laughed was just the other night when he was drinking whiskey while &#8220;sitting around the porch &#8230; &#8221; with his dad and cousin.</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what we do in small towns &#8212; we hang out on our porch and tell stories and drink.&#8221;</p><p>10. He&#8217;s single.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Chris Soules, left, with &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; partner, Witney Carson. Chris Soules with &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; partner, Witney Carson. The duo will be at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Aug. 12. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_BACHELOR.jpg</photo0><caption0>Chris Soules, left, with &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; partner, Witney Carson. Chris Soules with &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; partner, Witney Carson. The duo will be at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Aug. 12. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_soules.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Witney Carson, left, and Chris Soules arrive at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Saturday, April, 25, 2105 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_soules.jpg</photo1><caption1>Witney Carson, left, and Chris Soules arrive at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Saturday, April, 25, 2105 in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Justin Adam Brown</p><p>jbrown@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta><p><strong>IF YOU GO</strong></p><p>What: Chris Soules of &#8216;The Bachelor&#8217; and &#8216;Dancing with the Stars&#8217; performing at a free Reality Check event.</p><p>When: 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12</p><p>Where: Grand Keystone Ballroom, Mohegan Sun Pocono</p><p>Admission: Free</p></factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Justin Adam Brown at 570-991-6652 or on Twitter @wkdr</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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