This post contains spoilers from Monday’s episode ofThe Bachelorette.
Only three episodes in, the two Bachelorettes situation has already gotten messy.
RACHEL’S ONE-ON-ONE
Rachel asked Zach to go on her one-on-one, which began with meeting up withQueer Eye’sKaramo Brown. “Today I really want to see if Zach is here for me,” Rachel told the cameras.
“It was crazy because I had this feeling with you almost right out the gate,” Zach told Rachel.“I felt that there was sparks or chemistry — whatever you want to call it —and I just knew [in] that moment, it didn’t matter that there were two Bachelorettes. I felt something with you.”
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Rachel liked that answer, so she and Zach proceeded to try on outfits for the premiere. The flight instructor landed on a sparkly yellow gown and Zach selected a velvet suit.
They arrived at the premiere ofMe & Youand walked the red carpet, sharing a kiss for the cameras. “It felt like we were movie stars,” Zach said in an on-camera interview. “It was so fun.”
“Watching him as a child and hearing his mom talk about him, I really feel so much closer to him,” Rachel told the cameras. “It’s really special.”
After the movie, Zach told Rachel that his dad used to drive him to airports as a kid to watch planes and Rachel said she did the same thing growing up. “I feel like I have spent weeks with you already,” she told Zach.
The tech executive called the date one of the “absolutely best nights of my life.” They ended the evening dancing on stage, and Rachel gave Zach a rose.
“I think Rachel could be my future wife,” Zach said in an on-camera interview, adding, “This is crazy to say out loud and actually think about, considering how early it is, but it’s very real what’s going on. It’s very real. I’m falling for her.”
GABBY’S ONE-ON-ONE
“The lack of effort is a decision at this point,” she told the cameras. “It doesn’t show initiative. It doesn’t show that you’re ready. I feel like I’m giving so much to them and they’re not giving everything back. My expectations are so high that I’m terrified to be let down.”
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For his intention, Erich, 29, cited “presence, just being here in the moment.”
Grandpa John fell asleep. “That was an interesting experience,” he told the cameras.
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Erich assured her, “As much as you want out of me, I’m willing to give. I’m here to see where this goes.”
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GROUP DATE
“I looked at today and my own life and what my values line up with and you know, I do have my intentions fully for Rachel,” the leisure executive, 29, said. “And I think you have the bubbly aspect to you, the goofy aspect and you’re a little bit more — I don’t want to say rough around the edges — but you want people to be very direct with ya’ll so I wanted to make sure that I express that to you.”
Mortgage broker Jacob, 27, also piled on, telling her “even if say, you were the only person here, I don’t think I could have the heart to continue.”
ROSE CEREMONY
Jesse explained to the guys that the format as they knew it would change going forward.
When Rachel went to present Alec with a rose, he had a similar response.
“Unfortunately, I don’t think I can,” the wedding photographer, 27, told Rachel. “I just don’t think I’m the right one for you.”
Tyler, Ethan and Jordan H. all accepted roses from Rachel, but then, when James a.k.a. Meatball got offered a rose from her, he, too, declined.
With all the roses handed out, that meant Alec, Tremayne, Meatball and Jacoball went home— but Meatball made a last-ditch effort to stay.
“We just didn’t get that one-on-one time,” he said to Rachel after the rose ceremony. “I feel like we just never got that opportunity but I really want to get to know you. I think there are feelings that I have for you.”
He asked for another shot, but Rachel won’t decide until next week if Meatball will stick around.
The Bacheloretteairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
