Rachel Recchia is aware of a factor or two about drama within the fantasy suite with Zach Shallcross. The former Bachelorette despatched assist for Gabi Elnicki whereas watching the Monday, March 27, finale.
“Showing emotion like this takes so much vulnerability, gabi you are a queen!” the 27-year-old pilot tweeted as Gabi and Zach’s confrontation aired on After the Final Rose.
The 25-year-old Vermont native received emotional with the 26-year-old lead, opening up about feeling “ashamed” by Zach telling Kaity Biggar (and “the whole nation”) about them having intercourse throughout their in a single day date.
Rachel Recchia, Gabi Elnicki, and Zach Shallcross. Rob Latour/Shutterstock; ABC/Craig Sjodin (2)
“It was consensual, and it was what we wanted. We decided that it was going to be between us. We said that that night. And I remember I was brushing my teeth, you came up behind me, you kissed me on the back of my head, you said, ‘This is just between us.’ And I said, ‘Yes, this is just between us,’” Gabi claimed. “I thought it was love. I thought it was more than a TV show. I get it, sex sells, but now I’ve become a narrative.”
Zach apologized throughout the dwell present. “In my mind, it was just the secret that I had to not have,” he mentioned of telling Kaity, 28, what occurred. “The last thing I wanted to do was hurt you like that. … From the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry.”
Rachel additionally “liked” Jason Tartick’s put up about making Zach’s runner-ups — Gabi and Ariel Frenkel — the subsequent Bachelorettes. “Go back to back to back Bachelorettes, Charity to Gabby to Ariel … put the guys on the back burner #TheBachelorFinale,” the put up learn, referring to season 20 star Charity Lawson.
Gabi Elnicki ABC/Christopher Willard
The finish of the flight teacher and Zach’s relationship has been a theme all through season 27. The gross sales exec has accused Rachel of treating the in a single day date like an “interview” and appearing in another way when the cameras went down.
“All this talk about, ‘I want someone who’s authentic on and off camera.’ … It’s just really honestly shocking to hear him still kind of paint me in this, like, really negative light where I thought at our After the Final Rose, we kind of did make up,” Rachel mentioned on the “Almost Famous” podcast final month.
Gabi Elnicki and Zach Shallcross ABC/Craig Sjodin
During Monday’s episode, followers noticed Zach get engaged to Kaity. When the nurse was requested about Zach sleeping with Gabi, she responded, “It was definitely a tough episode to watch back, I’m not going to sugarcoat that by any means. Am I ever going to watch that episode again? No, definitely not.”
Kaity added: “But you know what? Zach and I have amazing communication. We pride ourselves on that. We just have phenomenal communication and loyalty to each other, and we came out stronger, and that is all I could have ever wanted in that situation.”
The couple plan to maneuver in collectively in Austin and wed in 2025.
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The Bachelor franchise will return with season 20 of The Bachelorette — starring Charity — on ABC Monday, June 26, at 9 p.m ET.
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