Before hosting a reunion among the season 19 contestants Jesse PalmerThis episode of ‘The Monday, August 29th Episode’ was broadcast. The BacheloretteWith Rachel Recchia’s final hometown date.
During the episode of August 22, Gabby Windey bonded with the families of her final three — Erich, Johnny And Jason. Rachel met with fans as well. TinoAnd Zach’s families — and saw the pilot send home TylerBefore spending time with his loved one, he officially went on vacation. Monday’s episode saw Rachel on her final hometown with Aven.
“I fully expect his parents to be skeptical. My fears are that they just won’t like me. They don’t like this process. They just don’t trust it. So that is, of course, a fear for me tonight for sure,” Rachel told the cameras before acknowledging that Aven previously told her that his parents “didn’t approve” of his exes.
The sales executive then dropped another bomb on Rachel — his parents haven’t been in the same room since he graduated college. The flight instructor didn’t have too much trouble winning over Aven’s mom and dad, however.
“I have zero doubts. Seeing the looks on my parent’s face. They see how happy I am with you and — just this night just meant the world to me,” Aven told Rachel. “I swear, like, my feelings are getting really, really strong. I’m falling in love with your, you know. I am. I really am.”
Rachel told Aven that she’s “so happy” before admitting in a confessional interview that she is “falling in love” with him too.
The show then cut back to the host who informed the audience that they won’t see a rose ceremony after hometown dates.
“I got a spoiler for you. [Aven]Did [get a rose]. In fact, all of Rachel’s guys did. So did all of Gabby’s,” Jesse said. “Now, look, I know you haven’t seen the rose ceremony yet and guess what? You’re not gonna see it tonight. There are just too many things to do. But I told you from the beginning, Gabby and Rachel — they wanted to call all the shots. They decided that after their hometowns, they weren’t sending anybody home. They wanted to keep all of their men.”
Bachelor Nation can see the rose ceremony live on ABC.com. Each co-lead will be shown three fantasy suite dates when the overnight dates begin on Monday, September 5th. Scroll down to see the most important takeaways from theMen are the best:
