Susie Evans, Clayton Echard and Rachel Recchia. ABC (3)
A thorny rose? Susie Evans raised eyebrows amongst Bachelor Nation followers as Clayton Echard was noticed spending time together with his exes Rachel Recchia and Michelle Younger.
The Virginia native, 29, shared an Instagram Story selfie on Wednesday, February 1, as she stepped out in Los Angeles. “Strolling on the aspect of the road with solar not shade >,” she wrote.
Some social media customers questioned whether or not the add was sending a pointed message about Echard, 29, from whom Evans break up in September 2022. The previous soccer participant joined Younger, additionally 29, and Recchia, 26, for a handful of playful TikTok movies alongside Blake Horstmann and his girlfriend, Love Is Blind alum Giannina Gibelli.
“Whenever you recover from your actuality TV trauma,” the Netflix persona, 29, wrote throughout a clip of herself and the Bachelor Nation posse because the viral “A win is a win” audio performed within the background. Gibelli quipped in her caption, “However did we ?”
Younger shared a cheeky video of her personal on Wednesday, sitting down for a glass of wine with Recchia. “Do you are feeling such as you wanna speak much less s–t?” the Minnesota native lip-synced as she turned to Recchia, who mouthed, “No, as a result of … I prefer it.”
Echard could possibly be seen strolling behind the fact stars throughout their dialog.
Viewers met Echard throughout Younger’s season 18 of The Bachelorette in 2021, however she despatched him dwelling in week 6. He was later named the season 26 Bachelor lead — however his journey wasn’t straightforward.
The College of Missouri alum sparked controversy on the ABC collection for telling a number of ladies — Evans, Recchia and Gabby Windey — that he liked them throughout their respective in a single day dates.
“Trying again at all of it — in these moments, I believed it. I actually did imagine I used to be in love with them once I was there, on the present,” he completely instructed Us Weekly in March 2022 as his season concluded. “However as I’ve now taken the time to mirror and look again, I imagine that I acquired to the purpose the place I used to be falling in love with everyone, however then it acquired to the purpose the place I used to be solely in love with Susie.”
Evans walked away from the athlete earlier than the finale, however the duo revealed throughout the After the Remaining Rose particular that they’d reconnected post-show. Six months later, the pair introduced their break up.
“For anybody who has ever liked, is aware of this was a painful resolution to make and never one taken flippantly,” they famous in a joint assertion in September 2022. “We perceive that there’ll probably be plenty of questions on this resolution … We all know no wholesome relationship comes with out its struggles, however we’ve realized that we weren’t ready for the exterior forces that hindered our skill to not solely heal as people but in addition as a pair. We each are centered on persevering with to work on ourselves, so we will be one of the best model of ourselves.”
