Gabi Elnicki is opening up about her emotions and how she feels about Zach Shallcross just a week after the season 27 finale of The Bachelor.
21.03.2023 - 05:09 / usmagazine.com
What happens in the fantasy suite doesn’t stay in the fantasy suite. After declaring that he wasn’t planning to sleep with any of his finalists, Zach Shallcross admitted to having sex with Gabi Elnicki during his second overnight date.
The Monday, March 20, episode of The Bachelor began with Zach explaining his intentions for “sex week.”
“It was at this time with Rachel that everything turned upside down. You got your heart ripped out of your chest. How scared are you that that could happen again?” Jesse Palmer asked the 26-year-old lead, referring to season 19 Bachelorette Rachel Recchia.
Zach noted that it felt “terrifying” to go into overnight dates again, explaining: “It’s the last thing I’d ever want to happen. … You will learn a lot about someone — regardless — for better or for worse and unfortunately, I learned for the worse at that time. I don’t really feel that with these women, but it’s always in the back of your head that something could happen. I didn’t expect it from Rachel. … Trust the gut, trust the heart.”
The host was surprised when Zach informed him that he was trying to follow Sean Lowe’s lead and not have sex on the show. “[It’s] not how I imagine how a healthy engagement should start,” the California native noted.
In a confessional, Zach added: “What feels right to me is not to explore sexual connections with three different women before falling in love. When sex is involved, it can cause so many additional hurdles and real feelings are at stake. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s difficult because I have a physical connection with [Ariel Frenkel, Kaity Biggar and Gabi].”
Ariel’s overnight was up first and she was clearly shocked by Zach’s decision not to be intimate, but after some heavy making out, they
Gabi Elnicki is opening up about her emotions and how she feels about Zach Shallcross just a week after the season 27 finale of The Bachelor.
Gabi Elnicki is still reeling from watching her overnight date and breakup on season 27 of The Bachelor.
. During the season 27 finale of the show, Gabi had a «gut feeling» that Zach Shallcross wouldn't pick her in the end but decided to stay until the last day regardless and suffer through an awkward final rose ceremony.Her decision to stick it out, Gabi revealed on the Click Bait with Bachelor Nation podcast, had everything to do with the woman who did ultimately get Zach's final rose, Kaity Biggar.For Gabi, the drama started during Fantasy Suite week when Zach broke his self-imposed, no-sex rule with her, and then confessed as much to Kaity. At the rose ceremony that followed, in which Ariel Frenkel was sent home, Gabi became sure that she wouldn't be Zach's final pick.«In that rose ceremony when he was only speaking to Kaity and he wasn't making eye contact with me, it was a really isolating feeling,» she said on the podcast, which is presented by Wondery.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent In 2014, Nick Viall revealed on national TV that Bachelorette Andi Dorfman had slept with him during their time together on the show. Heartbroken that she didn’t choose him as her winner, Viall asked why she “made love” with him; she said him talking about their sex life was “below the belt.” The episode invited think pieces discussing whether Viall had slut-shamed Dorfman. Fast-forward nine years and “Bachelor” history has repeated itself. The star of “The Bachelor” Season 27, Zach Shallcross, broke his own rule not to sleep with any of his final contestants in the fantasy suites. When he was intimate with his runner-up, Gabi Elnicki, he decided it was the appropriate choice to tell the other women that they had slept together. Viewers weren’t shocked when this decision blew up in Shallcross’ face, angering Elnicki, finalist Ariel Frenkel and, the eventual winner, Kaity Biggar.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead, if you have not watched “The Bachelor” Season 27 finale, which aired on Monday, March 27 on ABC. 27 seasons later, “The Bachelor” is still handing out his final rose to the sound of tears, heartbreak and joy. On Monday night, leading man Zach Shallcross had a big decision to make between his final two contestants, Gabi Elnicki and Kaity Biggar. The finale followed last week’s very dramatic “sex week” episode where Shallcross, for some reason, felt compelled to discuss his sexual intimacy behind closed doors with Elnicki with his other finalists, only after telling them that he would not have sex with anyone. To no one’s surprise at all, that created high tensions with his final two women going into the proposal week.
Zach Shallcross has found his happy ending! On Monday night's season finale of , the 26-year-old tech executive popped the question to Kaity Biggar, a 27-year-old ER nurse.A happy ending wasn't a foregone conclusion for Zach, who made a bit of a mess of things during Fantasy Suite week. Despite initially stating that he wouldn't get intimate with anyone during his overnight dates, he did just that with Gabi.He then upset Gabi by publicly discussing their sexual encounter, and disappointed Kaity by disclosing that information to her.During Monday's finale, Kaity's feelings for Zach only after a near-perfect meeting his family.
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douche lord Clayton’s calamitous turn at love last year. Shallcross made waves and broke promises during last week’s Fantasy Suite episode when he utterly backtracked on his sworn vow not to get intimate with anyone, sealing the deal with Gabi and then spilling the tea to her fellow contestants and the viewing audience at home. Lord of mercy.The season finale of “The Bachelor,” airs Monday, March 27 at 8 p.m.
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