Fresh off her reunion with Bachelor Joey Graziadei, Rachel Nance is pleased with how she led along with her emotions.
“It was definitely harder than I thought it was going to be rewatching everything,” Rachel, 26, informed Us Weekly after the Women Tell All taping. “I knew when I would see Joey, it was going to be just [like] as we were [before my elimination]. It was just that safeness, that sense of home, and there was just pure love between the both of us. But leaning into my emotions and allowing myself to feel what I was feeling took a lot out of me. But it was such a beautiful experience and I didn’t need closure from him. I knew it was going to be a wonderful reunion between the both of us, and that’s exactly what it was.”
Rachel’s relationship with Joey stalled as he developed stronger emotions for Kelsey Anderson and Daisy Kent. She was the primary to confess that she was holding again with him, revealing that she was triggered by the present after her final two ex-boyfriends cheated on her.
“I’ve never seen the show. So when I came onto this, I had no idea what to expect. I’m going to be completely honest,” Rachel informed Us when requested if she was stunned that she began experiencing PTSD forward of the fantasy suite dates. “So when I went to overnights, I realized, ‘Holy crap, this man is really hanging out with my girlfriends.’ And it was just an honest reaction. Anyone who’s falling in love, it would be hard for you to know that your man is spending time with people who are your friends. … But he needed [all] of that time to get to know each [and] every one of us. So it worked out the way it was supposed to.”
At the Women Tell All, Rachel received emotional about receiving racist hate after she received a rose over Maria Georgas following the hometown dates. Us requested Rachel in regards to the unfair backlash and the second between the ladies at the rose ceremony.
“You have to think about it in this way: we’re exhausted at these ceremonies, right? And we all understand that we’re tired. So if you see the interaction, Maria and I, we’re fine. We kissed when I left and it was all good,” Rachel replied. “It was a valid question in my opinion. I think we’re all nervous going into the ceremony, and she was also valid to pull him. So you can do whatever you want in this world, and I do think it’s sad that I was getting some heat for that, but I said what I said and I’m not going to cower away from that. And Maria was fine with what I said.”
During her post-show interview, Rachel concluded that the fact present “a very interesting way of dating,” including that she “wouldn’t do it again.” A couple of minutes later, nevertheless, when one other reporter requested if she was ruling out the thought of being the Bachelorette or occurring Bachelor in Paradise (which has but to be renewed for season 10), Rachel wasn’t as fast to say the identical.
“I am open to whatever feels right in the moment. As of right now, I’m enjoying everything settling down. I’m enjoying seeing the way things are unfolding, and it’s looking amazing for my future,” she mentioned. “So we’ll see what the future holds, but until then, I’m just going to go home, back to Hawaii and relax on the beach.”
Joey’s journey together with his last two, Kelsey and Daisy, concludes on ABC Monday, March 25, at 8 p.m. ET.
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