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Kelley Flanagan
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With the kick-off ofPeter Weber’s season ofThe Bachelor,we were introduced to30 women vying for the pilot’s heart. One of the contestants hoping to make her mark, 27-year-old Kelley Flanagan, admitted right off the bat that she hadmet Weber a month before.
According to Flanagan, she was weighing her options about the reality series while at a friend’s wedding when, as fate would have it, she spotted Pilot Pete himself at the same hotel for his 10-year high school reunion.
“I didn’t really want to do this at first. I kept saying there would be a sign from God to tell me if I should do this,” she told Weber upon meeting him.
After initially beingeliminated before hometown dateson Peter’s (very dramatic) season, the pairreunited amid the coronavirus pandemic, quarantined together andare now officially dating!
02of 05Lauren BurnhamPaul Hebert/ABCBefore she ended up with Arie Luyendyk Jr., Lauren Burnham revealed upon exiting the limo that she had met him before. She gifted the race car driver a framed photo of that fateful day, and the rest is history.After Luyendyk initially chose Becca Kufrin for a fiancée, hebroke things off with her(on television) andasked runner-up Burnham for her hand in marriage(also on television). The pair are now married and share a daughter,Alessi Ren.
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Lauren Burnham
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Before she ended up with Arie Luyendyk Jr., Lauren Burnham revealed upon exiting the limo that she had met him before. She gifted the race car driver a framed photo of that fateful day, and the rest is history.
After Luyendyk initially chose Becca Kufrin for a fiancée, hebroke things off with her(on television) andasked runner-up Burnham for her hand in marriage(also on television). The pair are now married and share a daughter,Alessi Ren.
03of 05Jake from MinneapolisPaul Hebert/ABCBecca Kufrinhad no problem interrogating one contestant’s motives when he showed up at the Bachelorette mansion after having met her multiple times. It wasn’t so much that they knew each other, but that he hadn’t shown any interest in her until she became the Bachelorette.Kufrin immediately recognized Jake when he exited the limo, saying in her one-on-one interview, “What the heck? I definitely didn’t expect to see someone I semi-knew coming out of the limo,” she shared. “Jake is an acquaintance. I’ve met him on multiple occasions, and so now, I don’t know. I don’t know.“She swiftly pulled him aside andtold him that she thought his motives were shady. “I’m not 100 percent comfortable with just knowing that we’ve met multiple times in the past and just not having any interest,” she said.“I think I would just constantly question your intentions here,” she added before giving him the boot before the first rose ceremony.
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Jake from Minneapolis
Becca Kufrinhad no problem interrogating one contestant’s motives when he showed up at the Bachelorette mansion after having met her multiple times. It wasn’t so much that they knew each other, but that he hadn’t shown any interest in her until she became the Bachelorette.
Kufrin immediately recognized Jake when he exited the limo, saying in her one-on-one interview, “What the heck? I definitely didn’t expect to see someone I semi-knew coming out of the limo,” she shared. “Jake is an acquaintance. I’ve met him on multiple occasions, and so now, I don’t know. I don’t know.”
She swiftly pulled him aside andtold him that she thought his motives were shady. “I’m not 100 percent comfortable with just knowing that we’ve met multiple times in the past and just not having any interest,” she said.
“I think I would just constantly question your intentions here,” she added before giving him the boot before the first rose ceremony.
04of 05Heather MartinColie Martin/InstagramMartin’s sister blew her cover when she posted a photo of the contestant meeting Colton Underwood at an event on Instagram. Shecaptioned the photo, “Virgins all around #virginlivesmatter #jointhecolt #coltonforbachelor #pickheather 😂"She added, “PS scroll to the left to see Heather and Colton’s first one on one 👫"Underwood’s virginitywas ahot topicthroughout his time on the franchise. For her part, Martin admitted to Colton that she had never been kissed. She was sent home week seven of the competition.
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Heather Martin
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Martin’s sister blew her cover when she posted a photo of the contestant meeting Colton Underwood at an event on Instagram. Shecaptioned the photo, “Virgins all around #virginlivesmatter #jointhecolt #coltonforbachelor #pickheather 😂”
She added, “PS scroll to the left to see Heather and Colton’s first one on one 👫”
Underwood’s virginitywas ahot topicthroughout his time on the franchise. For her part, Martin admitted to Colton that she had never been kissed. She was sent home week seven of the competition.
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Liz Sandoz
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WhenNick Viallgreeted the ladies of his season ofThe Bachelor, he wasn’t expecting to see a one-night stand come out of the limo.
Fans cringed as Viall came face-to-face with Sandoz - nine months after they hooked up following Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert’sJanuary 2016 wedding. (Did we mention that Sandoz was Roper’s maid-of-honor?)
As the story goes, after their tryst, Viall asked for Sandoz’s phone number and she refused. She seemingly changed her mind when she found out that he was picked as the Bachelor, and threw her hat in the ring for a shot at love.
In Viall’sPEOPLE exclusive blog, he addressed his surprise second meeting with Sandoz on the premiere.
“When she stepped out of the limo I was in utter shock. I had no idea that she was planning on coming, and I hadn’t spoken with her in about nine months. I was eager to speak with her and had a ton of questions,” he penned, and later wrote about why he gave her the final rose.
Viall later sent Liz home during a group date in week two after she told the other women that they had slept together.
source: people.com
