When Brayden Bowers confirmed as much as Mexico (with 34 pairs of earrings, he confirmed to Us), he was searching for one factor: somebody to like him for who he’s.
The 25-year-old Bachelor in Paradise season 9 star — who made waves on Charity Lawson‘s season of The Bachelorette — instructed Us Weekly that he was initially drawn to Kat Izzo for that motive.
“It felt really good. A lot of times people kind of try to dim me down,” Brayden defined of how “accepting” Kat was. “I feel like when they meet me, they’re like, ‘Oh, we got to change this about you. I don’t know if this is going to work.’ I mean, that’s kind of what I ran into with Kylee [Russell]. She’s like, ‘Maybe not the dangly earrings, maybe some studs or something like that.’ And so when Kat kind of just was like, ‘No, I love your look. I wouldn’t want to change anything.’ It kind of just made me feel good because, you want someone that just doesn’t want to change you.”
During a separate interview with Us, Kat praised Brayden’s “very eccentric personality,” which she believes is just like her personal vibe.
“I think his, overall, just aura was very appealing and it drew me to him. I saw us having a lot of fun together and kind of just wanted to see where that went. He’s fun to be around,” she stated, including that Charity’s season of The Bachelorette hadn’t aired but after they met.
While issues between Brayden and Kat obtained sizzling and heavy rapidly, Kat admitted throughout Hannah Brown‘s bonfire on the October 5 episode that she was ready for Tyler Norris and Tanner Courtad to reach in Paradise. When requested the identical query on the episode, Brayden stated he solely had eyes for Kat.
“I’m the type of guy [that] when I make a decision to get to know somebody, I’m kind of committed to one person. I don’t do well with dating multiple people at once. And I think that that was one of the things that was hard about Paradise — the aspect of dating multiple people at once, because it’s just, like, how do you truly get to know someone when you’re getting to know five other people?” Brayden instructed Us. “And so for me, it was like, ‘I liked Kat. I knew I liked her.’ I knew I had a connection and I was going to ride that road until it ended … or until it ends.”
In the trailer for the Thursday, October 12, episode of BiP, each Tyler and Tanner formally arrive — and Kat seems to simply accept a date from the latter.
“I know that Paradise is really open and doesn’t have rules, but for me, I have my own rules and I think that’s kind of more so just what I followed,” Brayden teased to Us of his response to Kat going out with another person. “I can’t hold other people to that, but that’s what I hold myself to.”
Kat, for her half, instructed Us that there’s “no strategy in Paradise,” however she wished to belief her intestine and instinct.
“[Tyler and Tanner] would definitely be guys that I would go for in the real world. So that was kind of the appealing factor. But at the end of the day, you still never know who people are. You just have an idea,” she stated earlier than insisting, “I was always open to seeing where my emotions and energy took me.”
While Brayden instructed Us that he has “no animosity” towards Kat, their latest social media exercise begs to vary. After Kat tweeted, “You would think … for someone who is obsessed with my every move would’ve taken some pointers on how to have some class,” earlier this month, Brayden replied: “Your PR person told me to let you know you should take this down … doesn’t match the look you’re going for.”
When requested in regards to the drama, Kat instructed Us to “ask Brayden because I have no idea” — and when Us did simply that, he replied: “It was just me looking out for a fellow cast member. It was just all in good fun. Just teamwork makes the dream work.”
Despite issues clearly ending with Kat on the seashore, Brayden will seemingly pursue Rachel Recchia in future episodes.
“Rachel, first of all, is an absolutely beautiful woman,” he instructed Us of the season 19 co-Bachelorette. “She is carefree and fun, and she’s super intelligent. I mean she’s a freaking pilot. That’s pretty freaking cool. There’s a lot of things about her that [are] really amazing. And so I think the better question would be instead of what are the good traits about her, what are some of the bad traits that wouldn’t make you date her? Because I feel like those are very few. So she’s a great girl.”
As for the way his journey ends? Brayden instructed Us: “You’re going to see a lot of hot and sweaty rose ceremonies, like, the one you just saw. It was terrible. And you’ll see me sweating over some other things too. So it’s definitely going to be a wild ride.”
Kat, in the meantime, teased “a lot more dramatics” on her finish — and a possible comfortable ending. “A lot of love,” she concluded. “It is a very special time for me.”
Bachelor in Paradise airs on ABC Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET after The Golden Bachelor.
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