Virginia Is for Lovers! Clayton Echard and Susie Evans jetted off to her hometown for a family-filled trip following the Bachelor finale.
09.03.2022 - 17:59 / usmagazine.com
A dramatic finish. Clayton Echard abruptly sent Susie Evans home during the Tuesday, March 8, episode of The Bachelor — and his behavior drew plenty of criticism from his former contestants.
The former athlete and the video producer, both 28, clashed during the dinner portion of their overnight date when Susie revealed that she wouldn’t be happy if Clayton had slept with any of the other remaining women before proposing. As Susie’s fantasy suite date was the third of the episode, Clayton had already spent the night with both Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey.
“I can see myself getting engaged to this man, I can see myself having a family with him,” Susie said during a confessional. “But I’m hoping that he takes, like, physical intimacy as seriously as I do. … If I find out that he’s falling in love with other women or that he has become physically intimate with another woman, that would be devastating.”
Clayton proceeded to express his feelings for each of his final three throughout the episode. Before it was her turn for an overnight, Susie confessed that she was “spiraling emotionally” while thinking about what might be happening between the season 18 Bachelorette alum and the other women.
The Virginia native went on to tell Clayton that it would be a major dealbreaker for him to be physical with anyone else if she ended up being the one he got engaged to during the finale. Even though the lead told Susie he was “the most” in love with her, she didn’t budge. “I don’t think I can get past those things. I just don’t think I can,” she said.
Her honesty prompted Clayton to blow up, and he accused Susie of invalidating their entire journey up until that point. “I don’t even know who I’m looking at anymore,” he said before sending
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