- I'm not someone that loves drama,
but I have heard stuff tonight.
[dramatic music]
I know there's things that happened in the house,
and if there's something I need to know,
I need to know it.
To even hear the word "bully" scares me.
♪ ♪
I'm trying to find my forever person,
and the idea of something going on, it scares me.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I don't know about anyone else,
but every time you talk to Joey,
do you just feel like a little schoolgirl?
All giddy like...[giggling]
I just have a crush on, like, the quarterback.
- Right. - And yeah.
- I'm really hoping to see Joey today.
Last week, we had good conversations.
And I feel like the more I get to talk with him,
the more comfortable it's gonna feel
and the more I can open up and just be myself,
and he can see who I am.
- Every day is something new,
so you just have to be ready.
I did get the group date rose last week,
and it was super exciting.
Joey have a lot of qualities that I want in a husband,
and I'm just happy to keep exploring more.
- I'm happy to, like, start today on, like,
a fresh start and, like, not make anything a problem.
Like, you know? - Yeah.
- I feel so much better, because last night,
Sydney and I had a big misunderstanding.
But I'm over it.
Let's move forward.
Let's start a new day on a happier note.
And I want to now focus on Joey and myself.
- Hey.
Good morning.
How are we doing?
It's good to see everybody again.
Everybody feeling good? - Yeah.
- Yes. - Good.
- Well, you are the 18 women that made it through the week,
which means you're the women that Joey
really can see a future with.
This week, there is going to be two really fun group dates,
and there's gonna be one very romantic one-on-one date.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
- Got the first group date card of the week.
I'll leave this right here.
Okay, ladies, wish you all the best,
and I hope to see you later this week.
- Thanks, Jesse. - Have fun.
♪ ♪
- Ooh.
- Oh.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Edwina.
Kelsey A.
Lexi.
Allison.
Madina.
Chrissa.
Lea.
Sydney.
Maria.
"I'm looking for my Mrs. Right.
Love, Joey."
[laughter]
- It sucks to be on a date with Maria,
but I'm really excited
to just spend more time with Joey,
so I'm gonna make the best of it.
- Bye, girls.
Have fun.
- I'm so excited.
Joey's looking for his Mrs. Right,
so, Joey, here I am.
[laughs]
- ♪ I've been giving on a good run ♪
♪ Giving like it won't stop ♪
♪ Giving you the best of me but ♪
- I'm excited for the date today.
Mrs. Right just means the perfect person for me.
We fit together, and there's something about it
that just feels right.
- Mrs. Right!
- Oh, my gosh!
- Oh, my word.
[indistinct chatter]
- No way.
- Hi.
- Hello, buddy.
- So today should be a good way to have some fun.
And I'm hoping that they can open up and be themselves
and really lean into this, because I am here
to find my Mrs. Right, and I hope that
I can be their Mr. Right.
Okay, so I am so excited that all of you are here today.
How is everyone feeling?
- Nervous. - Nervous?
- Definitely nervous. - Good.
I can see nervous faces.
So I am looking for my person,
and I have to make some tough decisions.
So today, I actually had a few ladies
that wanted to be here and join us.
[tense music]
- Like permanently? Or just like today?
- Ladies? - Ladies?
- Where are you?
- Oh!
- Oh, my God!
[all cheering]
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
- Hey.
- Four gorgeous, stunning women from "Golden Bachelor" show up.
They were actually in our very shoes not too long ago,
so I'm excited.
- Ladies, we have April, Susan, Kathy, and Nancy,
otherwise known as the ASKN Ladies.
all: And if you're ASKN, we're telling.
[laughter]
- There is no better way
to help this fabulous man find Mrs. Right
than to have...
a pageant!
- Ah! - Oh, my word.
[laughter]
- We're doing a pageant.
[quirky music]
I've never been in a pageant, so this should be interesting.
- So, ladies, you see all these empty seats
right here in the audience.
They will be filled with a live audience.
- Oh, Lord. - Oh, no!
- You have only one hour to rehearse.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Okay, okay.
- So the pressure's on.
Get going.
- Go, girls. - Go.
- You've got 60 minutes. - Come on. Come on.
Come on. - Get out of here.
- I think I'm gonna do this.
- This is crazy.
- We love Joey.
- We all love Joey.
- I asked him today--
I said, "Do you have any relatives?
Uncle, brother, older brother, cousin?"
- We're in competition to become Mrs. Right.
There are three steps to this pageant.
It's the lazy Sunday fit wear, the Q&A, and the talent show.
- I'm, like, really scared.
- It's very nerve-racking, but I gotta figure it out.
- Where's the fabric glue, guys?
I'm honestly really excited.
I was in the Miss Massachusetts Teen USA when I was 16,
so I'm really confident going into this.
[off-key trumpet notes] - You're so good.
[upbeat music]
- Welcome to the first ever Bachelor Nation
Mrs. Right Pageant!
[cheers and applause]
I'm your host, Jesse Palmer.
[cheers and applause]
So without further ado, let's bring out the women
all vying for the title of Mrs. Right.
Here they are!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- I'm trying to find my Mrs. Right,
and I'm so excited.
I brought in some reinforcements today
from the first season of "The Golden Bachelor"
that are gonna help me, so this should be
a good way for me to see the ladies open up.
You know, show your personality.
Be yourself, Just have fun with it.
That's what we're looking for.
- Today, these ladies have been asked to don
their finest Sunday chill loungewear.
So without further ado, let the pageant begin!
[cheers and applause]
First up, Lea, everybody.
- I've never been in a pageant,
so I'm kind of nervous.
But I'm really excited,
and I'm hoping to be crowned the winner.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- That's adorable.
- I love that.
- Kelsey!
[cheers and applause]
- It's Maria, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
- All eight girls,
they all have their own individual charm.
[laughter]
- Was that Maria?
- She has some energy.
- She is great.
- Definitely.
[cheers and applause]
- It is now time for the all-important
question and answer challenge.
First up, Maria!
- Wait, already?
The ASKN ladies are a little spicy,
so I don't know what to expect with their questions.
I'm really freaking out right now, so we'll see.
Be easy on me, ladies, please.
- Okay.
Maria. - Yes.
- You and Joey have been married for 30 years.
After years of passion... - That's nice.
- How do you spice things up if things aren't, well,
working quite the same...
- Hey. - For him?
- I'd hope that wouldn't be the case.
- Not a problem.
- Yeah, okay.
[laughter]
Like, it's good to have a fun connection, regardless.
And then we'll add some things in if we have to.
[laughter]
- Sydney, have you ever faked it?
[coughs]
I'm not sick at all.
- To be honest, I indeed have had to fake it.
[laughter]
- I just want everyone to note Sydney admitted to faking it,
so I'll just leave it at that.
- Hi, Kelsey.
You and Joey are trapped in an elevator.
What happens next?
[laughter]
- You know, I think that we could, um,
make some new memories.
[laughter]
- I love it.
- There's something about Kelsey
that keeps surprising me, and I'm seeing more,
and I like it.
I think there's a lot to Kelsey,
and I'm excited to learn more.
♪ ♪
- So, Lexi, what's Joey's most attractive quality to you?
- Physically, obviously, we all know Joey's
super good looking and attractive,
the beautiful green eyes,
the curly brown hair.
- Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- But since I've been here,
it's really been his heart and his sincerity.
When you have a conversation with Joey,
he remembers the little things, which to me
is so important in a relationship.
- Very important.
- And you're just so genuine,
and that comes across in every conversation.
- That's beautiful.
Very sweet.
Great answer.
[applause] - Super, super sweet.
- Very sweet. - Super, super sweet.
- I feel great.
That was super easy for me to answer,
as I'm starting to form a strong connection with him,
and I'm happy I get the opportunity
to express how I feel about him.
- I've never sang in front of anyone before.
I'm not a singer.
Joey, I wrote this song for you.
- Aw. [laughter]
- ♪ It's been a long time coming ♪
♪ Every rose feels right ♪
♪ Forget all the other girls ♪
[laughter]
♪ And make me yours for life ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Thank you guys!
[cheers and applause]
- Edwina's ability to sing a cappella
and sound that amazing, it was extremely impressive.
- Next up, Madina.
[cheers and applause]
- The girls are trying their best,
but I have been in pageants before.
- Oh.
- So I'm like, what is happening right now?
- [playing off-key trumpet music]
[cheers and applause]
- Ladies and gentlemen, Maria.
♪ ♪
- Maria's not my cup of tea.
My energy's on Joey.
This is my chance
to show him who I truly am.
I think he's gonna like this side of me.
♪ ♪
Set!
Ready.
L-O-V-E, Joey is the one for me.
Everybody!
all: L-O-V-E, Joey is the one for me.
L-O-V-E,
Joey is the one for me.
[laughter]
R-I-G-H-T, Mrs. Right, that's me.
R-I-G-H-T,
Mrs. Right, that's me!
[quirky music]
[scattered applause]
♪ ♪
- That was hilarious.
Sydney was like,
she's gonna blow our minds away.
And that's exactly what she did.
[laughs]
She blew our minds away.
- I think we just end the talent show there.
- All right.
I'm gonna need a little help for this one.
So, Joey... - Yeah?
- If you could come over here.
- Okay.
- Um, so I've learned over the past 30 years of my life
that I am the world's best kisser.
- Oh, wow. [cheers and applause]
- I don't know about that, girl.
- And I thought I could get some feedback,
if you think I am, so...
- Oh, [bleep].
- Can we get a little music or something?
- Yeah. - A little energy up?
- Little energy.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music] - All right.
♪ ♪
- Oh! - No! Stop it. No!
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- Okay.
- I know Joey's gonna be kissing other women,
but I don't want to see it.
I'm just like...
[cheers and applause]
- I know kissing him is, like, a bold move.
But I did want to prove to Joey that I'm here for him,
so crossing my fingers.
- Okay.
What are you guys thinking?
- I liked Lea.
She did really good.
- I liked Edwina and Maria.
- Today was about having the girls
step out of their comfort zone.
- Her personality came out the most in all the answers.
- I agree with you.
- He has so many wonderful women.
- He's got a tough job. - Mm-hmm.
- Well, the moment has finally come.
I have the results right here.
And ladies and gentlemen, the winner
of the first ever Bachelor Nation
Mrs. Right Pageant is...
[suspenseful music]
Lexi!
- Oh, my God.
I'm shocked.
Oh, my God.
[cheers and applause]
- I gave Mrs. Right to Lexi because I felt like
she was the one that surprised me the most.
I still can feel her lip quiver.
I can tell that she's nervous.
It was out of her comfort zone.
And that's what today was.
So Lexi is already a good kisser.
I'm in trouble if she gets any better.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Joey and his Mrs. Right, Lexi!
[cheers and applause]
- There are a lot of people that feel that Lexi
put less effort but got more reward.
So yeah, it'll definitely be an interesting cocktail party.
♪ ♪
- Are you looking for
your own Mrs. Right?
Find it now.
Sign up to be on the next
season of "The Bachelorette"
at abc.com/casting today.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- So today was fun, right?
- So fun.
- Everyone enjoyed it?
Good.
I just wanted to start off by saying
how honestly impressed I was.
There were special talents I didn't know that much about.
And I just, I don't know.
Everyone really leaned into today and just the confidence,
it's just such an attractive trait to me
and something I'm really looking for.
And I know you guys are really doing
your best to lean into it.
- So Lexi won the pageant show today.
And nothing against Lexi, but kissing was not a talent.
I mean, I think people who actually put in the time
and thought about it should have gotten the crown.
- I'm excited for tonight, so cheers
to each and every one of you for just,
I don't know, doing great today.
[laughter]
- It feels amazing being recognized by Joey
as the winner of Mrs. Right today.
Since these things are outside of my comfort zone,
sometimes afterwards you're like,
was that the right decision?
Hi. - Hi.
- How are you? - Good.
Good to see you. - You too.
I kind of second-guessed myself,
but having that validation from him
made me feel so much better about the situation.
Today was crazy.
I'm really grateful that I got
the official title of Mrs. Right.
It took a lot for me to go up there and do that,
but I'm glad I did it, so...
[tense music]
- I was very surprised by the outcome
of the pageant tonight.
It went to Lexi when there were so many of us
that really, like, dug in and put ourselves out there.
- If it came to talent,
somebody else deserved a crown,
and that's what I'm gonna stick it at.
- I have a lot of confidence,
and I'm not afraid to be on stage.
So was I bummed?
Yeah, I'll be honest. I was bummed.
- Yeah.
- But at the end of the day, Lex is my girl.
- You're saying she's your girl.
But at the same time, I've talked to Lexi.
I know there's-- - No, no, I'm just saying,
I'm not gonna talk [bleep] about Lexi.
- I'm not talking [bleep]. I can say it to her face.
I'm literally not talking [bleep].
- [groans]
- The reason why myself and the ladies
thought you were deserving of that title today
was because I knew how much
you stepped out of your comfort zone
and did that for me.
- Yeah, of course. - And I wanted you
to get appreciation for it.
- Yeah. Thank you.
- I can't stress to you enough how much
I felt like everything that's happened so far
has just gotten better.
There's some kind of connection here
that just feels like it's effortless.
- Yeah.
[romantic music]
I'm feeling really good.
Going forward, I just want to take every day in stride
and just be myself when I'm with him.
You know, everyone's gonna have reactions to things,
but it's really just about Joey and I.
And I actually feel so confident in what we have,
and that's all that matters.
♪ ♪
- How are you feeling from today?
- I'm feeling good.
I feel like I was really just trying to get
out of my head and, like,
I don't like a whole lot of attention.
I feel like it's a little uncomfortable.
I think I am a confident person,
but just, like, whenever all eyes are on you...
- It feels a little weird.
- Yeah, it's very out of my comfort zone.
But I tried my best to be comfortable.
I also just realized, you know, like, seeing, like,
the kiss or whatever, like, it made me realize--
like, I was like, oh, wow.
Like, I do definitely feel something because it made me
feel, you know, not the best.
- Seriously, that's all I can ask
is for you to be honest about how you're feeling
and share that with me,
'cause that's what a relationship is.
I was blown away today.
I thought you were so comfortable
in an uncomfortable situation.
And what I was most impressed with
was how much your personality came out.
I'm just so excited about you, Kelsey.
I'll say it time and time again.
Like, there's just something here
that I almost can't even describe it,
but it feels so right.
♪ ♪
- I agree.
♪ ♪
- I can't believe how strong I feel
about Kelsey already without even having a one-on-one.
I can tell that there's so much to her,
and I'm excited to get to know her more.
- How are you today? - Good.
How are you doing?
- Today, you got me off my toes
because I was very, very nervous.
- Tonight, I have so many amazing women here
that are fully being honest and open and vulnerable.
It was a lot. - That was tough for me,
I swear to God.
- I really do want to let you know how much I appreciate it
because you were unbelievable.
Edwina is someone that I feel very confident about.
She's just such a great person and so sweet.
- So this is where my whole talent came from.
- It's been a little bit of time, but...
- Honestly, you're pretty good.
- Allison is extremely attractive,
and she's fun to be around.
How are you feeling? You look beautiful.
- Well, thank you.
Thank you very much.
- And Maria fully leaned into what today was.
She knows how to work a crowd 1,000%.
- I have a little bit of a bone to pick with you tonight.
- Let's hear it.
- She's obviously gorgeous,
and we have so much fun together.
There's just a lot to unravel about Maria,
so I'm just very intrigued.
- Today was actually really hard for me.
- Okay.
- And I think you could tell, like,
even when you came to see me today, like,
I was nervous, obviously.
Like, I--you know, I am pretty confident,
but like, doing stuff like this,
I was just not in my comfort zone.
And at the end of the day, this was a talent show, right?
- Mm-hmm. - Like...
- There's more levels than just the talent,
if that's what you're asking. - No, I get--I get it.
I mean, if it was a kissing contest,
I would have loved that better,
'cause that's what you validated today.
I kind of wish that you were like, oh,
just be silly or, like, do something stupid.
Because I'm not kidding, like, I would have
rather done the "Macarena"
and then went to go sit my ass back down.
I just, like, felt so out of my, like, element.
- I wasn't basing this off of the talent.
I wasn't looking for a special talent
because I could tell that was what you were worried about.
Like, I don't have a talent type thing, which, by the way,
you 100% do because that dance was very--
the flips and everything. - I know.
I'm, like, so embarrassed about it.
- You shouldn't be, because you committed to it.
And I felt like I did get to see more of your personality,
and I was gonna talk about that.
I'm a little surprised that it was so uncomfortable for you
because you worked the crowd, and I can tell
you're like a ball of energy.
And if I'm being completely honest with you,
I am very low key
from time to time. - Right.
- I don't show as much excitement
as I probably should even though I'm feeling it,
but I need to know that who I'm with
can understand and actually like that side of me too.
- Right.
My friends and my family know, like, I'm a homebody.
Like, I'm an introvert.
That might be surprising to...
- It is. - Apparently a lot of people.
- I'm surprised to hear that with Maria.
I do love the fact that she feels
this level of comfortability with me
that she's willing to open up.
There's obviously something here.
We've talked about it every time.
And I hope that you understand that the reason why
I'm consistently talking about this is because
I do want to know more.
- Me too.
- I can't ask for anything else.
I want them to feel like it is a safe space with me,
and they can share whatever they need to.
♪ ♪
- How are we feeling?
- Good.
- I wanted to check in with you,
mainly because when I talked to you at the cocktail party,
you were saying that something was going on
where you were kind of upset with something
that happened in the house.
And honestly, this is the right time to chat about anything.
So I kind of wanted to see if there was anything
in particular that was going on,
something that you wanted to share?
- Mm...
Uh...
I don't know.
- Okay.
- Yeah, I feel like kind of in a sticky spot
because, like, I want to be honest with you
about, like, a thing that I don't even think
that's that big of a deal, in my opinion.
But I also, at the same time, don't want to, like,
take away getting to know you.
- I agree.
I want to spend time getting to know each other.
But if there's something that's keeping you
from feeling comfortable in any way,
I want to make sure everything's okay.
- Yeah. - I'm trying to be
that safe space for you, if that makes sense.
- Yeah, I mean, just, like, the sum of it was my age.
And, um, from what I heard,
some girls were apparently saying, like,
"She's not even that old,"
which felt, like, very invalidating.
And then yesterday, one of the girls came up to me
and was, like, mad that I wouldn't tell her who told me
that she said the comment about,
like, "She's not even that old."
So you know, if I had to describe it,
I felt like I was being bullied.
"Tell me who it is. Tell me who it is."
And I just kept lightly saying, like,
"Can we please just move past it?"
Like, that's not why we're here.
- Well, I don't want you to feel bullied
in any way or someone pestering you.
Are you comfortable sharing who said something
like that in any way?
Or are you...
♪ ♪
Okay. That's okay.
- I'd rather not.
- Okay.
This is the last thing I want.
The idea of someone possibly not showing me
all sides of themselves scares me.
- I am very nervous about the rose right there.
I'll say that. - Yeah.
- Madina did use the word "bully,"
and I hope it's nothing,
but if there's something that needs to be said,
I need to hear about it.
Hi, everyone.
- Hello. - Hi.
- Hello. - Hello.
- So I'm not someone that loves drama,
but I have heard stuff tonight,
and if there's something I need to know,
I need to know it, okay?
♪ ♪
- I would love to have the one-on-one just because
I feel like I've shared a lot about me,
and I feel like there's a lot that
I want to get to know about him.
- Yeah, I just want that uninterrupted time
to really get down and see what we have.
- Get down and dirty.
[knocking]
- Oh, gosh.
- I got it.
- Sometimes I think that there's a curse
that I'm destined to just be single forever.
So I'm hoping I get the one-on-one,
and I can break the curse.
[laughs]
- I got a date card.
[light music]
♪ ♪
"Jenn, love is a wild ride.
Joey."
- Ooh.
- I don't know what that means.
I'm really happy.
Like, nervous, obviously,
like first date nerves, you know?
[laughs]
I feel like I'm in a dream.
Like, I really wasn't expecting that,
but I'm just overall excited to keep progressing.
- I'm super excited for you, Jenn.
- [smooching] Thank you.
- I'm still interested to see who gets the rose tonight also.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- So I'm not someone that loves drama,
but I have heard stuff tonight,
and if there's something I need to know,
I need to know it, okay?
- Joey's mood has, you know, definitely taken a turn.
I don't know what's going on in Joey's head,
but I hope that everything's okay.
I really do think that we took a step forward tonight.
So if I got that rose, it would just
solidify everything that I'm feeling,
and it would make me really happy.
- With that being said, I know there's only one rose.
But what this means to me is you're just being
honest with me and opening up
and trying to show your best self
through this crazy whole process.
So...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Kelsey, would you accept this rose?
- Of course.
- [sighs]
♪ ♪
Hand this over. - [laughs]
I'm very happy.
This rose means he is feeling the same way that I feel,
and we haven't even really gotten down
to the nitty-gritty of things.
But I'm really enjoying my time with him,
and it feels very validating to me.
- So as I said earlier, I know there's things
that happened in the house,
and I'm definitely the type of person
that tries to rise above it and not talk about it,
but to even hear the idea of the word of a "bully"
scares me because I am taking this seriously.
I'm trying to find my forever person.
And the idea of possibly something going on
that I don't know what it is, it scares me.
So if there's something that needs to be said,
I need to hear about it.
I appreciate all of you.
And I will see you later this week at the Rose Ceremony
and the cocktail party.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
- What the [bleep] was that about?
- Um, I'll be honest, I think it was probably about
my conversation with him.
Um...
[tense music]
I told him how I felt about the other night
when I was waiting for him.
I didn't refer to you as a bully.
I said I felt bullied, which I think I'm valid to say.
- Wait, you referred to me as a bully?
- I didn't call you a bully.
I said I felt bullied.
- By me?
- I did not actually say your name.
He literally asked me who it was, and I said
I don't feel comfortable sharing that.
- Let me just say, like, "bully" is a big word, okay?
- I said I felt bullied.
I didn't say you were a bully.
- Can you just explain to me how
you might have felt bullied?
- Because you kept asking me who said the comment,
and I just don't--
- That's bullying?
Or is that maybe just me trying to clear my name?
- I also felt bullied as well.
- Excuse--first of all, honey, please, just you,
I don't want to hear from, no offense, because you
started this, right? - Oh.
- We made that very clear. Actually, you admitted to that.
- You were the one that said it.
- Let's move on. - So you started it.
- And you can give me one example, just one.
- I literally heard you talk [bleep] about my friend.
And you are always talking- shh--all the time.
- I am so confused.
Now Joey's questioning the fact that
there might be a bully in the house.
I've been bullied all my life.
I'm gonna sit here and be a bully?
Not gonna happen.
It's just so unfortunate
that this is, like, happening.
I left it in the past.
I'm sorry you feel that way.
Obviously, we know how things can get
a little crazy in here.
But we gotta stick together in this.
But moving forward, we can have this conversation
on how you feel,
because it hurt me that something was told to you
that hurt you, and I wanted to clear that air.
And Sydney,
Missy Troublemaker needs to stop.
Stop--while you're in your tracks, stop.
You're making things worse.
Just leave it. - Yeah, I'm just--
- Just leave it. - I don't think--yeah.
I don't want to be a friend with somebody like that.
I don't want to be-- - Somebody like what?
Explain yourself. - A catty person.
- Okay, why am I catty?
- Because you are-- you are catty, that is all.
- No, you can't just say that.
That's like-- no, you can't just say it.
Give me context.
- I'm happy with my character.
I think that I stay true to myself,
and I'm happy with the way I handle every situation.
That is all.
- I don't understand where this is coming from.
I'm so confused.
- Maria, I'm done talking to you.
- Because you have nothing to say.
- I'm done. - Just explain--
- I'm not putting any more energy into this.
- I'm giving you the opportunity to, like, just--
- I'm gonna walk away.
I have to walk away from this situation.
- Oh, my God, I feel so weird about you.
Like, you're so weird.
- It's so crazy to me because this whole thing has
just been blown out of proportion.
I do not think Maria is a bully.
I mean, I think she is just very bold,
and she is herself, and I think some people
don't know how to, like, take that.
- I'm done feeling attacked tonight.
I'm gonna head out, if anyone wants to join me.
I'm just done being in this negative environment.
[dramatic music]
- Sydney is bringing me into drama
that can affect my situation with Joey.
And this was, like, what I least expected
to come from tonight.
I don't know where this is stemming from.
I really don't know.
And it hurts me.
♪ ♪
[birds chirping]
"I heard there was bullying in the house."
- Bullying?
- Bullying in the house.
- Who?
- Last night was crazy.
Sydney called Maria a bully.
But Maria, she's not that person.
She's not a bully.
Girl, it got worse.
I ain't gonna lie.
You think Maria was about to back down?
Maria was like, "Bullying?
"What did I do to bully you?
Like, what?"
[tense music]
- That's wild.
- I honestly do not think anyone is being bullied
in his house, and I feel like Sydney
has blown it out of proportion.
I've seen people who've been bullied,
and this is not the case.
I love Maria.
I like how she's, like, so honest.
and like, she doesn't filter herself.
- She says what she wants to say.
- Yeah, every time, spot on.
- And she's, like, straightforward.
She doesn't go around the question.
- To understand Maria, you just have to know
she's always gonna come straightforward to you.
That's just who she is, and I respect that.
- You have to understand where I'm coming from.
- Yeah. - I'm not a bully.
And I'm not a mean person.
- No, I don't think you're a bully.
I said I felt--
I felt bullied in the moment, I think.
- But now I'm being looked at as a bully and, like--
- Joey doesn't know it's you.
I haven't said your name. - No.
I respect that, by the way.
But with her, she's kind of just jumping into something
that's not her place. - Yeah.
- Because where the hell did she come into this?
- Yeah.
- Sydney is constantly bringing up things to, like,
knock me down for no reason.
I don't know where this is stemming from,
but it's like a constant attack on my character,
and I'm just so tired of it.
Me and you are good. We've been good.
- I would love if, like, all three of us could be good.
I don't want to just us be good.
I want-- - No, no, no. Listen.
Moving forward, let's just...
- Yeah. - Be good.
Because like I said, we're all in this together.
- Okay. - All right.
Sounds good. Thank you.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
- Very excited for today.
Today is my second one-on-one, and it's with Jenn.
Jenn, from the beginning, I mean, she rolled up
to the mansion in a go-kart.
And every time I talk to her, I can tell that she just
likes to have a good time.
I think today is going to be something
that she's gonna really enjoy.
This is something that is just a slice of my real life.
If I lived anywhere near the beach,
this is probably what a day would look like
with my significant other.
We are going to pick out some wetsuits...
- Okay.
- Pick out some surfboards. - Love it.
- And we're gonna go to the beach and surf.
You ready to start looking around?
- Yeah. Let's do it.
- Let's do it. - Okay.
- What's your favorite color?
- I think I like yellow.
I feel very, very special today that Joey chose me
to go on this one-on-one.
- I think this one's the one we're gonna be picking.
- Since night one, that chemistry is there.
We match up pretty well, at least on my part.
- How's it going in there?
- Is now a good time to tell you
that I'm terrified of sharks?
- There we go.
This is the stuff I need to start hearing.
- Definitely having some trouble here.
- A little tight? - It is, a little bit.
- You look good! - A little tight.
- You look good.
- I feel excited about Joey.
I'm just hoping that our spark and connection
just continues to thrive today.
- You think you got this?
- I think it's gonna be a two-handed situation.
I'm excited for the sparks to fly.
I'm excited to start a relationship.
♪ ♪
- How are you feeling? - Good! How are you feeling?
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- Seriously, wouldn't have picked
anyone else to be here right now.
I'm so excited for not only today
but what the night's gonna bring too.
- Mm-hmm.
I'm a little intimidated by surfing.
- That's okay.
- But it is something that I've been
wanting to do for a while.
And I'm glad that it's with you just because I feel like
you have this calming energy.
And like, I weirdly trust you, and I'm comfortable with you
even, like, you know, we're still
getting to know each other.
But I think you'll keep me safe.
- Well, I appreciate you trusting me.
And it's just nice to have this level of comfort with someone.
- I agree.
Obviously, like, I was nervous,
like, to spend the whole day with you and, like--
- To see what it was actually like?
- Yeah.
- It's going good so far.
- I'm happy that you chose me to be here.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
[soft music]
You gotta look in my eyes.
- You want me to stare you down when I take a sip?
- Seven years of bad sex if you don't.
- I didn't know that. What was that?
- You didn't know that? - What is that?
- If you do a cheers and you don't
look in the person's eyes,
you get seven years of bad sex.
- What the hell? - You never knew that?
- Well, I'm screwed.
- [laughs]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- You look good right now.
- I've always just been really scared of the ocean,
but Joey gives me this calming energy.
I'm just so excited to watch my mans out there on a board,
and he looks really good in a wetsuit.
Go, Joey, go!
♪ ♪
- Surfing is not an easy sport, whatsoever.
With Jenn, I could tell she's a little bit nervous,
but she's also, like, bring it on.
♪ ♪
- Ah!
Joey is probably the best surf coach
anybody could ever have.
He's so patient with me.
He's making me feel so reassured and so comfortable.
Joey really pushes me.
♪ ♪
- When I'm with Jenn, she has something about her
that gets me feeling very, very good.
♪ ♪
This could be a glimpse into our future
for me and Jenn, you know?
In a bus, maybe some kids in the back,
surfboards on top.
I think that we just click in a lot of ways.
♪ ♪
I mean, I'm smiling right now.
It's just--it's easy with her.
♪ ♪
Kissing Jenn feels amazing.
Our lips just fit perfectly together.
I don't know.
I want to say more words,
but now I'm just thinking about kissing Jenn,
and I want to go kiss her again, so...
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
[mellow music]
- Hey. - How are you doing?
- Good. How are you?
- Good. You look so pretty.
- Thank you.
We had such a great day today surfing.
And my feelings for Joey have definitely grown today.
He was really there for me,
and he really listened to me.
He is genuine in everything that he says,
and he's super open and vulnerable.
That's why I'm ready to open up with Joey tonight.
I can see Joey and I at the end of this all.
Thank you. - Mm-hmm.
- And I think it's important for him
to know why I'm the way I am
in order for us to progress our relationship.
- You look so good. - Thank you.
So do you.
- How are you feeling? - Good.
- Yeah? - Good.
It was nice to, like, kind of
conquer a fear with you.
And like... - I love that.
- I wasn't expecting to like surfing so much.
- Yeah.
No, I get that.
Was today at least strong enough
that you feel like you'd want to do it again?
- Absolutely. - Good.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, I just really--
I left today truthfully feeling some butterflies.
I did.
- Aw, me too.
- I'm just excited to learn more tonight.
- Yeah. I mean, I think
there is a lot that you don't know yet,
and a lot that I do want to share.
- Mm-hmm.
- But it's not something that I do often
because I've been in a few
bad relationships in the past.
And I definitely went through periods
where I thought that I was never going to be loved
and that I would never find anybody.
And that was because of the way I grew up with my family.
Um...
[soft music]
Like, as a kid,
my parents' relationship got really bad,
and they were just fighting all the time
and didn't necessarily try to hide their fighting.
As a result, I kind of had to take care of myself,
and it was just a really traumatic place to grow up in.
Growing up, I never knew what a happy couple was.
My parents, like, they were slamming doors
and throwing things and just, like, yelling really loudly.
I think I felt for a long time that
because I grew up like that,
like, I was doomed for failure.
I wasn't capable of anything.
I wasn't worth anything.
Like, I just ki--I kind of just, like, felt lost.
My dad, he ended up, like, sleeping in the basement
for, like, six years.
And like, she was upstairs, and like,
they were just, like, separated but, like, still living
in the same household.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'd always felt so unwanted by my dad.
And like, just, like, the whole family situation growing up,
I never really felt truly, like, loved.
♪ ♪
My dad's and I's relationship really deteriorated
to basically, like, nothing towards the end
of, like, us living together.
And my dad is not a part of my life anymore.
♪ ♪
Um...
♪ ♪
Yeah.
- I'm really sorry that that's happened,
that you don't have a relationship with your dad.
That's gotta be so difficult to be growing up with.
I can't imagine not having my own father available
to talk through all the things that I need
to talk through in my life, so I feel for Jenn.
Her situation sounds very tough,
and I can feel how it's still something
that weighs heavy on her.
- But seeing you, like,
I can see what a genuine and good person you are.
And that's something that I've been missing in my life,
and it's something that I'm, like, ready for now.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
My time with Joey has been so special
because I've seen different sides of him
that I haven't seen before.
Every time Joey and I talk,
we're getting closer and closer,
and it just feels like
everything's falling into place.
♪ ♪
It just feels right.
♪ ♪
[crickets chirping]
- Jenn's been gone for so long.
- I think she's spending time with my man.
Um... [laughter]
[knocking]
- This week, there's a second group date,
so I would love to hear my name called.
- I feel like I haven't seen him in three days.
And that's like five years in dating life.
- The card is here.
- So I'm excited to see him.
I don't really care what we're doing, to be honest.
Whatever that he has planned for us, I'm gonna do it,
no questions asked.
And I'll give it my all.
♪ ♪
- Katelyn.
Autumn.
Rachel.
Daisy.
Evalin.
Kelsey T.
Starr.
Jess.
♪ ♪
- "I'm done playing singles.
Love, Joey."
[all exclaiming]
- Tennis.
- It's going down.
- So it looks like y'all playing tennis.
- I'm ready.
I'll play some tennis with Joey.
But it doesn't matter what we're doing.
It doesn't matter where we're going.
I'm very excited to see Joey.
♪ ♪
- You want to come with me? - Okay.
- I feel great about where I'm at with Jenn.
She showed me more about herself tonight,
and that is everything I've been asking,
someone that can just have fun, open up to me.
And I feel like I can see her as my partner in the future,
so I'm excited to see what's coming.
[soft music]
- What's going on?
♪ ♪
It's so pretty.
[Michael Bolton's "Eyes on You"]
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I have never seen the moon light up the sky like this ♪
- That's so cute.
- ♪ Waking from a dream ♪
♪ Seeing everything I almost missed ♪
- [laughs, gasps]
That's my name. [laughs]
- ♪ I can feel my heart ♪
♪ It's finally beating ♪
- What is it gonna say? Will you...
- Marry me?
It's a bit early, don't you think?
- ♪ Till now ♪
♪ I took every road that I could take ♪
- Yes, I will accept this rose. Thank you.
- ♪ The one I was living for ♪
♪ I wasn't even searching anymore ♪
♪ I stepped out on the ledge, but I'd never fall ♪
♪ Didn't worry 'bout a thing, thought I had it all ♪
- I am blown away.
I just feel so special right now,
and I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
- That's me.
- ♪ Till I laid eyes on you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Till I laid eyes on ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[upbeat rock music]
[grunting]
Today is my second group date,
and I have eight amazing women that are coming today.
[all cheering]
I'm probably in one of the most comfortable
places that I can be.
I have been playing tennis
since I've been 13 years old.
It's what I do for a job.
And just the idea of sharing something
that is so close to me and personal to me
with all these women is just exciting for me.
- Hi, hi. - Good to see you.
- Nice seeing you.
- You guys are all so cute. - Thanks.
You too. - Good to see you.
- Joey is serving,
literally just looking 10 out of 10.
- Hey, hey, hey. You look great.
- The date card said, "I'm tired of playing singles."
You know what? Me too.
- You guys all look so good in your tennis outfits.
I love this.
This is like a fantasy of mine.
I'm not gonna lie.
[laughter]
- But if you guys don't know already,
tennis is a big part of my life.
And I'm really lucky that I've made a lot of great memories
on the tennis court.
And I'm so happy that we're gonna be
creating a new one today.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- I do want to let you know that I did invite
some tennis legends to be here today.
- What?
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah!
- Welcome to our favorite playground.
- Hi. - Hi, gals.
Great to see you.
Can't wait to help you learn
this great sport of tennis.
- We have James Blake and Pam Shriver.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you guys.
- If you don't know about these guys,
I'm the one fangirling right now
just being next to them.
It's awesome that we have two tennis legends with us.
James is someone that I grew up watching,
and Pam is the GOAT.
It gets me giddy. I'm excited for today.
- Thanks for having us, Joey.
I really appreciate it.
I couldn't miss this opportunity.
I want to show you guys how to play some tennis
and hopefully maybe find ourselves a doubles partner.
- I love that.
- I'm so excited to see Joey in his element.
I love learning about my partner's hobbies,
so this was, like, really important to me.
- Has anyone played tennis before?
- I watch it. - Watch?
Sort of counts.
- And I am in awe.
I never expected, like, my first big tennis lesson
would come from pros.
- So we're gonna do a demo of the serve.
Like that. - Ooh.
- Okay.
- That was so scary.
But it's intimidating to have balls
flying at my face that quick.
- Nice. - Oh, sorry.
- Oh, really good.
Really good.
[quirky music]
Good. There we go.
- I have literally never played tennis in my life,
but I'm gonna try my best regardless
and impress Joey a little bit, or at least make him laugh.
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
- [laughs] [horn blares]
- Jesse. - There he is.
- Every time Jesse pulls up, something's going down.
- I didn't just come by here today to watch you all train.
- Oh, God.
- How do you all feel about a little
head-to-head competition?
all: Yeah.
- That was not an enthusiastic "yeah."
Yeah.
- We're all so nervous.
- Yeah, I'm so scared.
- Well, ladies, there's something
that I did forget to mention.
Let's just say you're gonna find out
once you go to the changing rooms.
- Oh, no.
- I'm not really here to find the best tennis player.
I'm here to find the best partner for me.
- We'll see you on the court, so off you go.
- Bye. - All right.
- Wait till you two see this.
- So it's not gonna be your traditional tennis tournament.
I'm hoping they'll fully embrace what today is
because we're gonna put our own spin on it
and make sure we have fun with it.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, Bachelor Nation, and welcome to what is sure
to become the most talked about sporting event
of the century.
This is the first ever Bachelor Open.
[cheers and applause]
The wait is finally over. The ladies are ready.
Let's welcome the teams to the court.
[cheers and applause]
Autumn and Daisy, The Babies.
- We look so sexy in these things, so thank you, Joey.
- I feel like if anyone got the baby costume,
it's probably best that it's us.
- Me and Autumn are gonna crush it.
[baby voice] You're going down.
[laughs]
- Starr and Rachel, Hotdog and Bun.
- We're gonna "muster" all the confidence.
- But these ladies better... both: "Catch up."
- Katelyn and Jess, The Beehive.
- We are about to buzz all over this court.
- [buzzes]
- Kelsey and Evalin, Lobster and Butter.
- Let me just say, the claws are coming out.
♪ ♪
- Taking the court in our first match,
it's going to be The Babies versus Hotdog and Bun.
- I think as babies, we're gonna be
handling those balls... both: Real well.
- All right, Joey, baby.
This one's for you!
- Whoo!
- Pam, have you ever won a championship
in a baby's costume?
- [laughs] I've acted like a baby.
- Oh! - Sorry.
Shoot, sorry.
- Souvenir for the crowd.
- I believe that was a changing of the diaper.
- That is definitely something I've never seen in the court.
- In tennis, we do change ends, so there you go.
[laughter]
- The women 1,000% understood the assignment today.
The outfits are hysterical.
They're owning it.
- We just drank our formula.
We're ready.
- Oh.
- It's over. It's over.
- [screams]
- Oh!
- Just a little too much mustard on that hotdog.
[laughter]
- And it's a good game.
The Crybabies looked great right away.
[dramatic music]
And then Rachel started ripping some serves.
It was very impressive.
- Here we go.
Match point.
♪ ♪
- An ace by Rachel.
- There we go.
- That's it!
Hotdog and Bun win game set match.
- Now they get to go take a nap.
- It's not fair.
[both wailing, laughing]
Oh, my God.
- Up next, The Beehive versus Lobster and Butter.
- What a combination.
- Victory is gonna be as sweet as us.
- Wow.
Wow!
- Wow.
- You go, girls.
- That serve by Katelyn really had some sting to it.
- [buzzes]
- Katelyn came at me with those serves.
I did not see that coming.
- I did not.
All right, I see you.
- But you know what lobsters do?
We serve.
Let's get it, Butter.
♪ ♪
- It's the hat.
It's moving every time you do something.
[laughter]
- The highlight of the day for me
was Kelsey with her butter cap.
I couldn't stop laughing.
She was having a good time,
which is 100% what I was looking for.
Lobster and Butter played great together.
Evalin had a very good serve.
But The Beehive kept the rally alive.
They looked good.
- Match point.
- Good serve.
- Oh!
- Lobster and Butter working their way to the final.
- Nice job, girls.
[cheers and applause]
- This is going to be Hotdog and Bun
versus Lobster and Butter.
#ZeroCarbs.
- [laughs]
both: Wieners. Wieners. Wieners.
Wieners!
Wieners! Wieners!
Wieners!
[triumphant music]
- Wow.
An ace!
Another monster serve.
♪ ♪
And the rout is on here in the Bachelor Open
championship match.
- They should be very scared.
- Losing is not an option.
- Bachelor Open championship point.
- Whoo!
- Let's go.
♪ ♪
- And it's an ace.
- It's over.
- It's Lobster and Butter, your first ever
Bachelor Open champions!
- We won. both: We won. We won. We won.
- You know, Lobster and Butter tastes great with champagne.
- Oh, yeah.
- Babies can't have champagne anyways.
- Yeah. We didn't want it.
[cork pops] - Okay. There we go.
- This was probably the best date ever.
I'm so happy with how everyone fully leaned into it
and had a great time.
What more could you ask for?
[cheers and applause]
- Ready to take
a swing at love?
Sign up to find
your doubles partner
at ABC.com/casting today.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- So cute.
- Oh, my God. - So cute.
- I had a great day today.
I just thought it was so fun to see Joey in his element.
And I thought it was even more fun that
he wanted to share that with us.
- I had so much fun today.
I hope you guys did too.
- The costumes, like, made it 20 times better.
[laughter]
- I have very strong feelings for Joey.
I think I'm chipping away slowly
at what I want to know about him,
what he wants to know about me.
Hopefully, I can kind of get my walls down
a little bit more.
- So cheers to an amazing day
with each and every one of you
because I couldn't imagine it with anyone else.
- Aw. - Cheers.
all: Cheers.
- I'm just excited
to get some time with Joey.
I want to really open up about my family.
A lot of the women in my family are single.
My mom has been divorced since I was, like,
in the second grade, so it's been a hot minute.
And I've been single for around two years now.
I haven't met someone that makes me feel,
like, butterflies inside,
but Joey has, like, really changed that.
And I really believe in true love,
so hopefully, we can make that happen.
I actually wanted to tell you about something.
- Okay, I'm listening. What do we got?
- Are you? Okay.
So I have, like, a family curse.
- Uh-oh. - [laughs]
- Should I be worried?
- No. Okay.
So basically, all the women in my family are single.
[laughs] - Okay.
- And they're all relying on me
to break this curse for them.
- That's some pressure right there.
- No, no.
There's not, like, real pressure or anything.
- Yeah. - But yeah.
So my mom has five sisters and one brother...
- Mm-hmm.
- And every single girl is single.
- Why do you think that's the case?
If they're anything like you-- I find it hard to believe
that you're still single.
- Well, I was in, like, two serious relationships,
like, three years long each.
I've been single for the past, like,
two years just, like, really trying to find my person,
and I don't want to settle, and you know,
all those things, like,
I know what I bring to the table,
and I want someone, like, specific
that can heighten our relationship
and complement each other. - Yeah.
- But as for my family, my mom, she was just like,
"I don't want to give up my independence."
So she's done with that.
- It really just sounds like
you're surrounded by a ton of strong,
independent women... - I am.
- Which is kind of amazing also too.
- Aw, that's sweet to hear you say that.
- Yeah.
In the last conversation we had,
I felt like there was something there,
and it's continuing to build.
- Yeah, me too.
I have a little crush for sure.
[laughs]
♪ ♪
- I feel giddy when I'm next to Katelyn.
She's smart.
She's beautiful.
She opened up more about her family.
She is surrounded by a lot of strong,
independent, confident women,
and she doesn't need a man to feel validated,
and I love that.
She did surprise me in so many ways.
But yeah, maybe the curse might get broken.
Time will tell.
- I'm so sorry. - That's okay.
- I'm starting to have real feelings
with all of these women.
Like, every time I talk to Rachel,
it just keeps getting better and better.
- Hello. - How are you doing?
- Good.
[muffled speech] - No, you're fine.
- My earring is caught on your sweater.
- Is it? Okay, take a second.
- [laughs]
- That happens sometimes.
- [laughing] Wait, wait.
- Take your time.
- Oh, my goodness.
- We might need help. - [laughs]
- Her earring's caught on my sweater.
I don't want to do something where it rips off.
- I'm so sorry.
- No, you're fine.
[quirky music]
- Ow. [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Okay. Free. - No more piercings.
- You're okay. - Gotta stop piercing my ears.
I'm good.
- You're good? - Yeah.
I can't believe that just happened.
I'm so awkward.
I'm just like...
- You were stuck to him.
♪ ♪
- What can I say?
This might sound weird, but a lot of qualities
I see in you remind me of my dad.
- What's your dad like?
- He's just--I mean, he's been through a lot.
He's a man of few words, but he's fun,
and he's very respectful.
And he values all women,
but the way he just values my mom
has always been such, like-- it's like a goal for me.
And I think because I never allowed myself
to have that, when I meet someone like you
who just has qualities that I see in him,
it really hits home.
I mean, like, my mom's never touched a door handle.
You know, like, he'll just play her favorite song
randomly or just make just--
- The little things.
- It's just really the little things that my dad does.
And he has such a gentleness to him that I see in you.
- Mm-hmm.
- So I--yeah, my dad is just-- [laughs]
- I love how much you--
I can see your appreciation for him.
- He's great.
- Rachel's so calm, so sweet.
And tonight, she's just making me feel so special.
♪ ♪
- All right.
No more catching earrings on you.
- I know.
The good vibes of the day, it ran through the night.
It just makes me feel so much more comfortable,
and it allows me really to get to know
each and every one of these girls.
Does that feel a little bit better?
- No, but I'm gonna try. [laughs]
- It was this-- it was this simple tip.
I think you're gonna do just fine.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- Kelsey T. has just got something about her
that I can't forget about.
I can tell there's something there.
That's so exciting that someone can surprise you like that,
and you know you want to get to know more.
- Okay. I want to go back to our one-on-one.
- Okay. I'm ready. What do we got?
- Okay. So I know
I kind of gave you, like, a lot of information.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I just kind of want to, like, open it up,
like, if you have any questions or anything
about my cochlear implant,
'cause I know it was kind of a lot that I said.
- The first feeling I had was, God, you're impressive.
Like, that was all I was thinking the entire time.
- Yeah. - But then I also was like,
that's a lot for someone to go through.
And like, today on the date, I was even thinking,
I hope, like, this isn't too much for her.
- No, that's the thing.
That's very sweet.
And I want you to know, like, I am--
like, I'm fully, like, capable with it.
- I can tell. - And like, I'm doing so well
but, like, still, like, learning with it.
You know what I mean? - Mm-hmm.
- Do you want to touch it? - Oh.
Yeah. I do.
- I feel like I'll help you be more comfortable with it.
And then I don't know. It'll probably help with it.
- Not the question "Do you want to touch it?" already.
- Okay. Do you want to?
So this is it.
- Okay.
And then this whole section here, you can, like,
you just take it off?
Is it like a magnet?
- Yeah.
[laughs]
- That's so interesting.
- So what it does is basically, it's just like part of me,
and it's--
but I know.
It makes me a little different, but...
- No.
It makes you special, not different.
- Thanks.
♪ ♪
- Joey, he just makes me feel really special
and like everything about me matters.
And I love that he's, like, caring and sweet.
Of course, everyone wants the group date rose,
and it would mean a lot if I got it.
It would be foolish to say, like,
oh, I don't want the rose, you know?
Of course I want the rose.
- Getting the rose tonight would mean everything.
- Hello.
- Speaking of. - Hi.
- How we doing?
- Today was perfect.
I feel very confident and very happy with where we're at.
- We're still all feeling good about tonight and the day?
- Yes. - This was the best day.
- So much fun.
- I think getting that validation
that he's thinking the same and feeling the same
is what I need.
- Again, I really do appreciate all of you.
So...
Katelyn, would you accept this rose?
- I would love to.
Thank you so much.
- Of course. - I didn't expect that at all.
Thank you.
I feel really giddy.
I feel really happy.
I just feel hopeful as well.
Like, I feel like maybe there really is something there.
The rose is definitely one step closer to breaking
my family curse for sure.
♪ ♪
- I don't want anyone to go home.
- Aw.
- I mean... - [laughs]
- Maybe some.
[laughter]
- She's intimidated by me because I'm the only one
that stuck up for Madina.
I don't like Maria.
And unfortunately, I am associated with this drama.
But like, I am not the drama.
I am not the person that is the mean girl.
- I think this is such a good opportunity for you
to show that you're a graceful, admirable,
well-valued woman in action.
This is a great opportunity. - Thank you.
I'm not one to, like, tattle.
- Yeah. - Like, that's not me.
But it's to the point where it's, like, crossing the line.
- Yeah.
- And I'm just gonna tell him the truth.
I'm not gonna let the mean girl, like, win.
She is clearly the problem, and this is something that
should be addressed to Joey.
Slay.
[soft music]
- The date was really fun yesterday.
- Watched him play tennis.
- Is he, like, super good?
- He was so good. - I bet.
- The vibes are good today.
I feel like everybody's in high spirits,
and we're all ready to just have fun
together at the cocktail party
and hopefully get time with Joey.
- Jesse! - Jesse.
[all cheering]
- Hi, Jesse.
- How are you all feeling? all: Good.
- Good.
- Going into the cocktail party tonight,
I'm definitely nervous.
I haven't given him enough of myself yet,
so like, I want to do that today.
And I want that time today,
so I'm hopeful I get it.
- Now, I did come by today because Joey doesn't want
to have a cocktail party tonight.
And it's because he just can't wait to see you all!
[laughter]
Joey wants to spend time with all of you immediately,
so we're having a pool party!
[all cheering]
And there's one more thing, ladies.
Joey wanted to do something really special for you all.
I hope you're hungry.
Joey decided to kick this party off with some KFC.
The food's outside by the side of the house.
You can head on out.
Bon appétit, ladies.
- I'm so excited!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God. [excited chatter]
- I love KFC!
[laughing] I'm so excited that we got KFC.
My grandmother would always, like, run to KFC
and get us, like, these big family-sized tubs.
I'm like, is this heaven?
- Oh!
I love this place.
- I'm going for seconds.
- There's mac and cheese. There's coleslaw.
There's fries.
There's, like, the whole shebang.
And we're just loving it.
- Delicious.
- Chicken and chicks-- what a fun day for Joey.
♪ ♪
- Honestly, this day can't get any better.
Joey's coming.
We're all gonna be in our bikinis.
I had my favorite food today.
I could die tomorrow.
No regrets.
- Hello, everyone.
all: Hello.
- Joey has got the sauce.
I want the sauce on him.
I want him to feed me the sauce.
He's the whole nine yards.
[laughs]
- Mm-hmm.
Wow, that's really good.
- It's finger-licking good.
- Ooh.
I'm feeling really good today.
I woke up this morning still kind of
on a high from last night.
And I'm excited to see all the rest of the women today.
I'm a guy that likes to hang out by the pool,
likes to go to the beach, likes to have a good time.
all: To Joey.
- My overall goal today is just trying
to enjoy a beautiful day.
I felt so good after leaving you yesterday.
That was the best day.
I hope you enjoyed your little private tennis lesson you got.
- Oh, I did.
[both laughing] I did.
- Today is a big day not only because I want
to have fun at the pool party,
but tonight is the Rose Ceremony.
I'm really happy you're here.
These are the type of things that just get me so excited,
and I can't wait to see what comes next.
- Me too.
- I'm very confident on a lot of the roses
that I will be handing out tonight.
But there still is a few others that
I need to talk to and get some clarity
going into this Rose Ceremony.
♪ ♪
- Well, obviously, with Maria,
she's gonna try to manipulate him
like he's--she's tried to manipulate us.
No one else in the house, not one other person has drama.
But I think Joey's a good judge of character,
and he deserves to know.
I know the truth, and that's it.
I cannot sit there and let a mean girl be a mean girl.
No.
It sucks that the drama is in the air,
but it would be worse for me
if I did not tell him,
because I really would like just to have peace.
That's it. That's all I want.
It's just not possible with her.
It's just like, what else do you want from me?
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
- How we doing? - Good.
- I mean, I definitely
want to talk to you about something.
- Okay. - Um, so after you addressed
to the group about bullying... - Mm-hmm.
- Um, Madina opened up about how it was her.
And um, she didn't say names,
but Maria instantly started attacking her.
[tense music]
And Madina is a really good friend of mine,
and I just couldn't just sit there and, like,
hear Maria attacking her.
So I just, like, very cool, calm, and collected, said,
"Maria, I think she just thinks
you're insensitive to her feelings."
And then I became Maria's target.
She, like, verbally attacked me,
and I just sat there and held my composure.
Um, she called me embarrassing, weird, and dumb.
I ended up walking away.
I just couldn't be in that hostile environment.
- I am shocked. I'm worried. I'm upset.
If anyone is bringing any type of hostile environment,
it scares the [bleep] out of me.
I don't want that to be the case.
All I can say is, thank you for feeling comfortable
to share that with me. - Mm-hmm.
- Uh, it's not the things I want to hear.
I never want my partner to be someone that would attack
another woman or make them feel uncomfortable
or not be able to speak their mind
and have just a--you know, an understanding conversation.
- Mm-hmm.
- I trust Sydney.
There's no reason for me not to trust Sydney.
She has been nothing but great to me this entire time.
And I'm very appreciative that she's comfortable
to talk to me about that.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
I'll see you in a little bit.
- Thank you. - Bye.
I've loved what I've seen from Maria.
We have this great chemistry,
and I thought it was going to be someone
that I could see a future with
if we were able to open up and get deeper.
Maria, can I talk to you for a second?
- Yeah. Can I put on my skirt?
- Yeah. Go right ahead.
Now I'm hearing that she's struggling
at getting along with the other women
and creating a hostile environment.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do with that.
But it's very tough to send someone home
if I don't feel like I know the full story.
- I just don't think anyone deserves
to be talked to like that.
It's--like, at the end of the day, we're all human,
we all have feelings, and like,
I wasn't treated with respect in any way,
and Joey deserves to know that.
- Yeah.
- I won't know what's gonna happen until I talk to Maria.
But right now, I'm not very happy with what I'm hearing.
♪ ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- What a good pool party.
- There's, like, no one in the pool.
- No one's in the pool.
No one's actually having
the best time ever, I would say.
This is the worst pool party I've ever been to in my life.
Tension's a little bit high
with the whole drama between Sydney and Maria.
I think it's kind of robbing some of us of time with him,
so it sucks.
[sighs]
- Hopefully, we can all, like, get that time,
because I feel like this has took a lot of time.
Sydney is, like, one of my good friends,
but I think she could handle situations better.
Hopefully, we can all get back into good spirits
and that can all be done and we can watch Joey
take off his shirt and jump in the pool.
- I know, and I feel-- I feel bad about that.
I really do.
I just think that, like, there is really
no other choice, you know?
I told Joey about how Maria, since she's got here,
it just seems like she wants to just
try to eat me alive, truly.
She's a mean girl.
She's scrounging to find something to make me look bad.
I just hope that, like, Joey really, like,
realizes she deserves to go home.
He'll see.
He'll see for himself right now.
- So I just wanted to start off by saying
I obviously had a conversation earlier,
and I heard something that was pretty alarming.
And for me, I always want to hear
both sides of the story.
I'm never one that's quick to judge about anything.
But what I was hearing was the words "verbally abusive,
hostile environment," feeling like she couldn't
share how she was feeling.
And as soon as someone spoke up, you were attacking them
and were cursing out some of the other women.
Is that true?
Or is that something that didn't actually happen?
♪ ♪
- You can only take me at my word.
I'm telling you no.
What I did say to her was,
"You're calling me a bully,
"and now Joey thinks I might be one.
Why?"
♪ ♪
I've been, like, really emotional
the past couple days, but just to tell you, like,
I have been bullied, and this is just not it.
And from that experience, I never want to treat anybody
as bad as I've been treated in the past.
Um...
♪ ♪
Sorry.
Um... - Take your time.
I'm listening.
- No, it's just like, um,
I feel like I'm not being received
as good as I thought I would be here.
I just thought the least of my problems
would be the girls in the house, um,
and so I can, like, really work on our connection, you know?
- Mm-hmm. - Um...
and I just know that that word is just
something that, like, I would never throw around,
like, ever.
It's unfortunate because I have been bullied in the past.
And it makes me sad, because it's like,
I don't know what went wrong in her life for her to, like,
make me feel less than.
And it hurts me.
It's not a nice place to be,
and I just-- I don't appreciate it.
And like, I didn't expect my journey to be hard
because of girls.
Um...
♪ ♪
[sniffling]
♪ ♪
This, I'm telling you, stemmed from nothing.
Like, when I tell you this was a surprise to me
as well, it was. - Yeah. I can see that it is.
And I can tell by the way you're talking.
I can see it in your face that you're--
- Confused. - You're confused,
which is then making me more confused.
- I know. I know.
I know. - And I don't know.
I--this is the part that I didn't expect,
which is just, like, how much I don't see.
- Yeah.
I know.
- I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to say, because right now,
I just can't shake the fact of, like, hearing about this.
- I know.
- And yeah.
I'm just in a little bit of a weird spot.
- What I can say is this-- about Sydney,
is that if you like her,
there's no way you can like me,
because we are completely different people.
♪ ♪
I've explained my side as much as I possibly can.
I think Sydney's just giving you, like,
these accusations with no explanation
as to why she's feeling this way.
- Yeah. No, you're right. - And I really--
- I probably should have asked her more questions,
and I'm realizing that now.
So thank you for sharing.
- Thank you.
- Okay. [speaking indistinctly]
I'm confused.
I feel like I maybe should have asked more from Sydney,
just because, if I'm being honest,
how Maria was talking to me felt more real
than how Sydney was talking to me.
♪ ♪
So I'm very distraught right now
just because I like both of them,
and Maria made a very good point.
How can you like both of them? Because they're so different.
And they are.
♪ ♪
I don't know how I'm gonna make a decision
when I still have so many questions.
I need to take some time to think about it.
[glass clinking]
- I know. I know.
No one wants to be the one
to bring a pool party to a close.
But after what's been a pretty emotional week,
Joey here's got some big decisions,
and he needs some time to be with his thoughts
before tonight's Rose Ceremony.
- I'm sorry that I didn't get the chance
to speak to each of you,
but I do have some tough decisions to make.
And I will see you all tonight.
And I appreciate each and every one of you.
- Thanks, ladies. - Bye.
- Bye, Joey. - Bye.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- I feel really good about my conversation.
Unfortunately, it wasn't the substance
I wanted to talk about.
But I've been attacked, and I think
Joey had a lot of unanswered questions,
and I just wanted to give him answers.
♪ ♪
- Enough is enough, truly, like--
- Yep, and I've tried
to squash the situation with Maria.
And I'm sorry that you guys didn't get time,
but it just had to be addressed.
And I'm trying to squash it.
I truly am.
♪ ♪
- He was really confused when him and I talked,
so I don't think you gave him any answers,
as well as not giving me any answers.
- This is where we have manipulation, guys.
♪ ♪
- I don't know why these girls are
wasting their time with drama.
Like, I don't think anyone is getting bullied.
I feel like people blowing it out of proportion.
It's just ridiculous,
and they need to get it together.
- Today was an annoying day for me
because things were brought up,
and I had to talk to Joey about everything but our connection.
And it just--it wasn't the best conversation.
I have no idea where I stand at this point.
So yeah, that sucks.
I know what I have going on with Joey,
and I would just hate for this to get in the way of us
to continue what we have already.
Sydney's obviously insecure about that,
and there's nothing I can do about that.
It's not my fault.
And now he's gonna question me in a way that, like,
I don't know if I can, like, convince him
that I'm not that person.
It would suck just to be sent home tonight
because of Sydney.
♪ ♪
- I don't know what she wants from me.
Does she want me to give her my limb?
Does she want me to cut off a limb?
Would that make her happy?
I really don't know.
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Stressed.
- I'm stressed too.
I think what's scary is, like, you know how you're feeling,
and you don't know exactly where he's at.
It makes me very anxious.
- It is a little nerve-racking
going into tonight's Rose Ceremony.
There's been a lot of drama, a lot of emotions,
and a lot of tension in the house.
- Pool party was super unfair.
All the drama between Maria and Sydney
took Joey's focus away from all of the other ladies here.
[tense music]
- Just deep breaths. - OK.
- You're okay.
- I am afraid that I'm not gonna get the rose tonight.
I just really don't know where I stand
as I haven't gotten time.
It's definitely nerve-racking.
- I'm pissed.
This is, like, a really hard situation.
Each Rose Ceremony, I'm preparing myself
for the possibility of going home.
But talking to Joey today, it's definitely something
that I think would have helped.
♪ ♪
[sniffling]
♪ ♪
- Hi, everyone.
all: Hi.
- This week was amazing in so many ways.
And it was difficult in some ways too.
There was moments today that I wish didn't happen.
But I do want to let all of you know
how great I am feeling about all of this.
I am trying my best.
I am trying to be intentional, be here for all of you
because you all deserve that.
If you do not receive a rose tonight, I want you to know,
I have nothing but appreciation,
and you all deserve the world.
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Lexi.
♪ ♪
Lexi, will you accept this rose?
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- Lea.
- I feel anxious because I didn't
get to talk to Joey today.
- Lea, will you accept this rose?
- Yes.
- And it sucks because I've barely got any time with him.
The time I've gotten with him has not been about us.
- Kelsey T.
♪ ♪
- So I don't feel confident in getting a rose.
♪ ♪
- Rachel.
- I feel like we have a good connection,
and I am starting to feel, like, stronger towards Joey.
So I think that would be sucky if now I get sent home,
you know?
♪ ♪
- Madina.
♪ ♪
Madina, will you accept this rose?
- Of course.
♪ ♪
- I am freaking out.
Today I wasn't able to talk to Joey during the pool party
because the drama kind of took over.
- Daisy.
♪ ♪
Daisy, will you accept this rose?
- Of course.
- I think that Joey is literally
what I want in my future husband.
So I would be crushed I didn't get a rose.
I'd be really upset.
♪ ♪
- Jess.
♪ ♪
Jess, will you accept this rose?
- Absolutely.
- Joey needs to choose between me and Maria.
- Edwina.
- I'm really confident in my feelings with him.
But if I did not get a rose tonight,
I think that it definitely would be because
Maria's manipulation worked.
♪ ♪
But I trust Joey and his judgment at this point.
- Autumn.
- And I have a really good feeling
he's gonna make the right decision today.
- Autumn, will you accept this rose?
- Yes.
- It would be a lot more pleasant in the house
if she was to go home.
- Allison, will you accept this rose?
- Always. Thank you.
- So let's get the drama out of here,
and we will have a much cleaner, peaceful journey.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Maria.
♪ ♪
- What the heck?
He chose the bully?
- Maria, will you accept this rose?
- Yes.
- And now it's the last rose.
♪ ♪
And it just sucks to be in this position.
♪ ♪
Ladies, Joey, it's the final rose tonight.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Sydney.
♪ ♪
- Sydney, will you accept this rose?
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- Ladies, I really am sorry,
but if you did not receive a rose,
please take a moment and say your goodbyes.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Thank you for everything. - Thank you so much.
You're amazing.
It's so nice to meet you.
You're amazing.
I wish you nothing but the best of luck.
Thank you.
- I am sad to leave,
but I have, like, great things waiting for me at home.
I have a job that I love, a family that I take care of.
And the only thing that I am missing
is somebody to share that with.
♪ ♪
- Joey, thank you for everything.
- Thank you so much.
- I'll go and just take time to, like, reflect
and, you know, think about what I learned
and how to implement it to, you know, find love.
♪ ♪
I know my guy's out there.
In order to find him, I have to leave.
♪ ♪
- I'm not unaware that I just sent three amazing women home.
But I do want to let you all know that I am
so excited about the rest of you.
- Getting a rose tonight just meant the world to me.
I know where he stands with me.
And I'm just ready to move forward
and leave the drama behind.
- So cheers to all of you beautiful women.
all: Cheers.
- Coming into next week,
I'm gonna put my energy into what matters.
I'm not gonna let the mean girl win.
It has to be done.
And I'm the only one that isn't afraid of her.
♪ ♪
- Next week,
it's a special two-night "Bachelor" event,
Monday and Tuesday.
- I'm excited to be in Malta.
It's crazy to say at this stage,
but I do feel like my wife is here.
all: Ha!
- He is the man of my dreams, and I'm falling for him.
- I want to see if our worlds can collide.
- I just feel, like, a happiness in my heart
that I've never felt.
- I'm not falling, you know, but I'm, like, tripping.
Like, I'm starting to trip.
- I want Joey and I to just continue to build
our connection with no drama.
Peace, love, and positivity.
- You kind of, like, switched up.
- I'm just, like, literally
trying to, like, get through this.
- Grow the [bleep] up, bitch.
♪ ♪
- Joey's trying to find his wife,
and it is 110% not Maria.
We need to talk.
I do have a little bit of a game plan.
Maria started attacking me.
- The question is, is Maria who I think she is or not?
- Is this something you can look past?
- Truthfully?
I don't know.
♪ ♪
- Ladies, good evening.
It's the final rose tonight.
Just too many words.
[quirky music]
Ladies, it's the final rose tonight.
♪ ♪
Ladies, it's the final rose tonight.
That was terrible.
Ladies, it's the final rose tonight.
♪ ♪
It's the final rose tonight?
Why do we even say "final rose tonight"?
It's so obvious.
There's one rose left on the table.
Everybody knows that.
Why do I have to go in and tell everybody?
It's a waste of time.
Ladies, I'm sorry.
Please say your goodbyes.
Ladies, I'm sorry.
Kick rocks.
Ladies, adios.
Show's over, ladies.
Beat it.
This chicken is amazing.
Do we have any more KFC?