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Bachelorette Star Kaitlyn Bristowe Dishes connected Wedding Look
Kaitlyn Bristowe's narration with Chris Harrison may person wilted.
The world star shared that erstwhile she was offered to big play 17 of the The Bachelorette—Katie Thurston's season—alongside fellow erstwhile contestant Tayshia Adams, Chris wholly ghosted her as headlines started swirling.
"They offered maine the presumption to travel in," Kaitlyn recalled during the Jan. 31 occurrence of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. "And what the Bachelor franchise said was to mentor Katie. I wouldn't beryllium replacing Chris. Then, each these articles starting coming retired saying, 'Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe Replacing Chris Harrison.'"
So, Kaitlyn reached retired to her adjacent pal but didn't perceive back.
"I messaged him similar 10 times without him responding," Kaitlyn continued. "And that is truthful not similar him to me. And I cognize it's not astir me. I conscionable wanted him to cognize that I thought helium was irreplaceable, and I didn't privation to measurement connected toes."
After continuing to substance him and fto him cognize that she "didn't cognize what my relation was," and seeing articles that said she was replacing the 51-year-old made her "feel icky," she inactive got nary response.
"He didn't constitute backmost and past I was like, ‘OK, good present I'm panicking. Why didn't you constitute maine back?'" she recalled. "And past he didn't constitute maine backmost and I was like, 'I'm connected my period. Am I being emotional? But, like, bash you hatred me?'"
And arsenic the communicative goes... ghosted. Kaitlyn adjacent offered for Chris to telephone her, which she said she got zero effect to arsenic well.
"I was like, ‘OK, helium hates me. We were champion fiends and present helium hates me,'" the erstwhile Bachelorette prima added. "And past I saw him at Wells [Adams] and Sarah [Hyland]'s wedding and I walked up to him and was like?, 'I miss you.'"
To her surprise, Chris allegedly said, "Well, I've ever been here," to which Kaitlyn replied, "No you haven't! You haven't responded to maine successful forever!"
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Kaitlyn tried not to instrumentality the deficiency of connection personally, noting that Chris was "going done truthful overmuch successful his life." However, the nonaccomplishment of their relationship arsenic it erstwhile was inactive wounded the influencer.
"I bawled my eyes retired astir it," the 37-year-old confessed. "That relationship conscionable felt similar it went down the toilet."
Chris, who hosted the Bachelor franchise for almost 19 years, exited successful 2021 following accusations of racism. The TV property had defended Rachael Kirkconnell during Matt James' season after 2018 photos surfaced of her attending a plantation-themed party—before permanently departing the show.
The Most Dramatic Podcast Ever big addressed his exit successful an Instagram statement, writing, "I've had a genuinely unthinkable tally arsenic big of The Bachelor franchise and present I'm excited to commencement a caller chapter. I'm truthful grateful to Bachelor Nation for each of the memories we've made together. While my two-decade travel is wrapping up, the friendships I've made volition past a lifetime."
Kaitlyn said that, astatine the time, she reached retired to Chris and told him what helium did "was wrong" but wanted to enactment him "while lasting up for what I judge in."
E! News has reached retired to a rep for Chris and has not yet heard back.
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