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Tino Franco is taking accountability.
One period aft Bachelorette fans watched him and Rachel Recchia get engaged, lone to interruption up aft helium kissed different woman, the season 19 finalist is speaking retired astir the events starring up to their split, calling the buss the "biggest mistake of my life."
"I'm decidedly not connected Team Cheater," he said connected the Oct. occurrence of The Viall Files podcast. "Like, I bash not basal by what I did astatine all. It was not cool. It wasn't just to Rachel, and it haunts maine regular still. It's thing I'm ashamed of and surely privation I could person done it otherwise similar a cardinal times over."
Looking backmost astatine beingness aft the proposal, Tino told big Nick Viall that his relationship with Rachel was astatine an "all-time high," noting that portion the long-distance was hard she made him consciousness secure. However, Tino admitted that watching the amusement backmost and dealing with the nationalist attraction took a toll connected him, adding that things were "getting a small distant" betwixt them. And portion Tino said helium wanted to get backmost to the place he and Rachel were at before, helium present wishes helium had conscionable given her immoderate "breathing room" and been a much supportive partner.
Of course, determination was also that conversation astir whether she would inactive deterioration her engagement ring, which Rachel and Tino briefly touched connected during After the Final Rose. While Tino said the ringing speech "really chopped maine deep," helium besides made it wide this didn't warrant his actions and that helium did what helium did due to the fact that of his insecurities.
"We weren't connected a break," helium said, clarifying their narration presumption astatine the time. "I don't cognize wherever that came from. We were not separated oregon thing similar that. When I acted out, I felt similar possibly we were starting to cheque retired and we were conscionable successful a truly acheronian place. It's hard to picture due to the fact that adjacent looking backmost connected it. It takes maine to a spot wherever I truly privation I conscionable didn't bash that oregon didn't enactment out."
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Tino explained that the buss happened during a nighttime retired with friends.
"I was feeling a small successful the dumps. It was different 1 of those we were giving each different abstraction things truthful we hadn't talked successful a mates days," helium said. "I was getting attention. It sucks for maine to person to accidental this 'cause it's truthful shameful and I'm truthful not arrogant of it. I conscionable benignant of gave in. I conscionable leaned successful and we kissed. And that wasn't just to that miss either. That wasn't considerate of her feelings astatine all. She doesn't privation to beryllium wrapped up successful immoderate of this. I did it and I realized truly quick, ‘I don't cognize what the aboriginal holds for maine oregon Rachel, but I cognize this is not who I americium and this is not what I should beryllium doing.'"
Tino admitted helium didn't archer Rachel close away. However, helium later confessed to her that helium messed up. Of course, Bachelor Nation saw however things ended.
Today, Tino is continuing to unpack the concern successful therapy. So however does helium consciousness astir Rachel now? While helium said he "really, really loved" her, he noted, fixed everything that happened, their journey together is inactive over.
"I truly admit the hellhole retired of her," helium said, "but I deliberation it's conscionable clip to determination on."
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