Bachelor in Paradise is currently on its 7th season. The show is for members of Bachelor Nation to come to find love after disappointment and heartbreak on their respective seasons. While the ultimate goal of this show is to find love, it seems to be a hard one to reach. Some couples have been able to achieve it, however, like couples Ashely Iaconetti and JaredHaibon, and Hannah Godwin and Dylan Barbour to name a few.
If you are watching this season of Bachelor in Paradise, you would know the controversies of multiple couples who walked on the beach. There have been several accusations of these individuals having relationships prior to the show, somewhat defeating the purpose. These contestants are not the first whose integrity and intentions have been questioned when they appeared on the show. In fact throughout Bachelor history there have been quite a few.
6 Brendan and Pieper
Brendan Morais was among the first group to enter Paradise. He initially had a connection with Natasha Parker as the pair swapped roses at the first two rose ceremonies. However, Natasha became frustrated as the connection was moving slowly, and began hearing rumors that he was already dating someone else: Pieper James. As the story unfolds, Pieper shows up on the beach and Brendan quickly ditches Natasha for her telling her he “had to do what he had to do” for them to be together. Fans quickly began to cancel the pair with both of them losing thousands of followers on Instagram and instead following Natasha. Both Brendan and Pieper have denied that they were exclusively dating before the show, but it looks like the damage has already been done. They left the beach on last nights episode and have stayed fairly quiet on social media since.
5 Chris and Alana
Chris Conran entered the beach a bit later than Brendan, but basically pulled the exact same situation. He initially was into Jessenia Cruz, pulling her away from her previous relationship with Ivan Hall. Nonetheless, the second Alana Milne walked into the VIP party, Chris was done with Jessenia. Many thought it was sketchy that he would leave his connection with Jessenia immediately unless he had something stronger with Alana from before. Other cast members stood up for Jessenia and both ended up leaving Paradise, not as a couple, but separately. Hopefully there is no more of this nonsense for the rest of this season.
4 Victoria P.
Before the Brendan/Pieper and Chris/Alana fiasco, Victoria P’s intentions were brought into question. She had began forming a relationship with James Bonsall, but others weren’t convinced she was genuine as she frequently forgot his name. Tammy Ly, who had previous issues with Victoria on Peter’s season decided to tell James that she believed Victoria had a boyfriend back at home in Nashville. Victoria denied those allegations, but still self eliminated and returned home. However her odd comment in the limo to the airport “I don’t need to search to find something that I already have at home” leaves that up to speculation.
3 Jed Wyatt
Jed Wyatt was the winner of BacheloretteHannah Brown’s season. The pair got engaged in May of 2019, but the engagement was short lived. By the ‘After the Final Rose’ episode, Hannah revealed they had broken up. Jed revealed he originally came on the show for the platform and to advance his country music career, but promised that once he met Hannah that all changed. What didn’t change was the fact he had a girlfriend back home, Hayley Stevens. “We spent the night together the night before he headed to L.A.,” Stevens told PEOPLE back in 2019. “He told me [the show] was just an obstacle and we’d be stronger on the other side because of it.” Brown was devastated, revealing this wasn’t what she said yes to. 2 years later and Hannah is in a healthy and happy relationship with Adam Woolard proving everything happens for a reason.
2 Thomas Jacobs
Thomas Jacobs was sent home fairly early on Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette. Early in the season he was a front runner, and quickly became disliked by the other men in the house. When asked if he thought about being the next Bachelor, Thomas answered yes. His time was doomed to end after that, as the men were quick to tell Katie about that answer. She sent him home in a rose ceremony stating “Your Bachelor audition ends tonight”. Thomas is now on this season of Bachelor in Paradise dating former Bachelorette Becca Kufrin.
1 DeMario Jackson
According to Glamour “ On paper at least, DeMario Jackson looked to have all the qualities we'd want for BacheloretteRachel Lindsay.” The one big problem was his girlfriend Lexie. Lexie showed up to the week 2 group date to talk to Rachel saying he was her boyfriend of 7 months and still had the keys to her apartment. Yikes. Needless to say DeMario immediately was sent home, and went onto have another controversial appearance on Bachelor in Paradise season 4.
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