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‐ Tonight it's a brand‐new episode

of "The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons Ever."

‐ Oh, my God, this is awesome!

‐ I feel like I can't get the smile off my face.

‐ This is one of the coolest feelings I think I've ever had.

‐ All your favorite moments...

‐ [screams]

‐ With all your favorite

Bachelors and Bachelorettes.

‐ You're rare and refreshing.

[laughs] ‐ [shouts]

‐ Each week, we celebrate an entire season

in one romance‐filled night.

‐ I would love to let Jake whisk me away

to some beautiful and exotic land.

‐ Welcome to Paris.

‐ Oh, my God. I can't believe we're here.

‐ Oh, my gosh. Yes!

‐ You open me up to‐‐ to find love.

Like, seriously.

‐ And of course the most dramatic

and heartbreaking moments in "Bachelor" history.

‐ Oh, God.

I'm, like, having a mo‐‐

like, a panic attack.

‐ I can't imagine my life without you.

‐ What the [bleep] is wrong with you?

‐ I'm not a bitch. Like, that's the thing.

I'm a mother.

‐ I don't care what other people think.

‐ Ladies! ‐ [bleep] these bitches.

‐ I'm not even sure that Colton's still a virgin.

Did he hire Steven Spielberg to write his [bleep] story?

‐ And we'll catch up with all the stars

from those unforgettable seasons.

‐ You are not gonna mess it up!

‐ You're a whiny little bitch.

‐ And tonight... ‐ Let's get this started.

‐ It's the trailblazing Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe.

‐ Come on.

‐ Let's toast to Kaitlyn. ‐ Yes.

‐ Kaitlyn!

‐ Who had an amazing season.

‐ I can see myself falling in love with her,

and I can see myself marrying her.

‐ She's great.

‐ You know, I've never felt this way this fast,

this quick, and this passionate‐‐never.

‐ Everything that I've done in my life

has led up to this moment.

‐ I'm falling in love with you.

‐ Oh, my gosh. It's Nick.

‐ But one decision she made shocked Bachelor Nation...

‐ I don't like Nick. I don't like how he showed up.

‐ He's just an arrogant guy.

‐ I'm here. Deal with it.

‐ And changed the course of the show forever.

‐ Do you wanna go back to my hotel

and hang out for a bit? ‐ Yeah.

‐ I don't know. Whatever happens happens.

[tense music]

[gasps]

‐ And later...

‐ Oh, my God!

‐ A shocking proposal Kaitlyn has no idea is coming.

I'm shaking! Oh, my gosh!

Yes, yes, yes! Oh, my God!

‐ It's time for "The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

Hello, Bachelor Nation.

I'm Chris Harrison, and welcome to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

I am here back at my house again

with my one‐man crew, my son Joshua.

Are we ready to do this again?

‐ We are. ‐ You sure?

‐ Yes. ‐ Okay.

Tonight we turn back the clocks to 2015.

"Hamilton" was the hottest‐selling ticket

on Broadway,

and Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself to the world.

It was also the year we met another Kaitlyn.

I'm talking about our Bachelorette Kaitlyn Bristowe.

Her journey was so shocking, so scandalous

that we wondered if we could even show it all again,

but before we get to all that,

we have to start at the beginning

because for the first time ever,

there wasn't just one Bachelorette.

There were two.

That's right, two beautiful, intelligent women,

both wanting to find love,

and in a "Bachelorette" first,

the men met both women and then decided

who they wanted to pursue.

So was that first night awkward,

emotional, and dramatic?

Yeah, you better believe it.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ [exhales heavily]

Oh, my gosh.

My nerves are out of control right now.

This is the biggest night of my life.

[exhales heavily]

I really believe

in that forever love,

but this is not gonna be easy,

being compared to somebody,

and guys are supposed to choose.

I just hope that Britt girl doesn't show up.

♪ ♪

‐ The fact that it's starting out as a competition

means one of us has to be really devastated.

They might pick her and I might go home.

I don't want that to happen.

♪ ♪

‐ Hi.

‐ Kaitlyn, it's good to see you.

Hello. ‐ Good to see you.

‐ How are you? ‐ I'm good.

‐ Britt. ‐ Hi!

‐ Hello, welcome. ‐ Hi.

‐ This is different. ‐ Yes.

‐ I'd say a little, yeah.

I don't know how to act.

‐ It's definitely unknown. ‐ [exhales heavily]

‐ I know this is awkward.

Are you guys ready to do this?

‐ I'm ready. ‐ Let the journey begin.

‐ Cheers, fellas. [glasses clinking]

To meeting two beautiful ladies.

You know, they both have their high points,

so it'll be interesting actually

to meet them in person.

‐ Wow. ‐ [bleep].

‐ Oh, my gosh. ‐ Guys, they're split up.

‐ Where are we going to first?

Do you go Kaitlyn or do you go Britt first?

‐ I'm Team Kaitlyn. ‐ Dude, Britt all the way.

‐ Hello. ‐ Wow.

‐ [laughs]

‐ I feel like I'm at a seventh grade dance

and I'm trying to figure out who to choose.

‐ We feel the same way. We feel the same way.

‐ Britt, I'm Brady. ‐ Brady?

‐ How are you?

‐ Well, this is awkward.

Oh, hey, guys. Oh, no?

[stammering]

This isn't how I pictured the start

of falling in love happening.

‐ Honeys, I'm home. ‐ [laughs]

‐ You don't picture sharing it with somebody else.

‐ Group hug? ‐ Hi.

‐ Sure. ‐ Bring it in.

‐ Very nice to meet you ladies.

‐ I am feeling extremely nervous.

Britt is known for her first impression,

and I am someone that takes my time.

I'm just gonna have to deal with tonight

and hope for the best.

How are you? ‐ Good.

You look absolutely beautiful. ‐ Thank you.

‐ And I'm so glad that it's you standing outside here tonight.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Because you are the reason why I'm here.

‐ Aww, thank you. ‐ So I'll see you more inside?

‐ Yes.

‐ So as the men are getting out of the limo,

I did notice there were some guys I could tell

were more into me and some guys I could tell

were more into Kaitlyn.

‐ I'm hoping it's gonna be you,

so I'm gonna make sure it is.

‐ [laughs]

‐ I do want love and I do want a husband,

and I really don't want to get this close

and have it taken away from me.

‐ You nervous? ‐ Less nervous right now.

‐ I'd be nervous if there wasn't

another person involved.

Like, this is the biggest night of my life.

Like, this is serious.

‐ Whew.

[squeaking]

[laughter]

I can't‐‐ [laughs]

No! ‐ Oh, my‐‐

‐ Is there a hot tub in the b‐‐

I came into this

and I didn't know what to expect.

Now I'm like, "These guys are awesome."

They blew my expectations out.

I just hope they pick me to be the Bachelorette.

[cheers and applause]

I would like to talk to who I haven't talked to.

I'll talk to you next.

I'm trying to get my time with the guys.

Usually it's them trying to get their time with the girl.

‐ You were trying before and I got pulled away.

‐ Okay. ‐ I could really

see it going either way,

which is, like, so much right now.

‐ [humming "Psycho" theme]

‐ [mimics cat meowing]

I'm so ready to be the Bachelorette.

I will be devastated now if it doesn't work out.

I really will.

‐ I think one of the coolest things about you

is, like, how you look at life. ‐ Thank you.

You are so sweet. ‐ Oh, thank you.

‐ You're a very thoughtful person.

‐ Oh, I appreciate that. ‐ But I mean‐‐

‐ Now you're making me blush, so‐‐

‐ No, but... ‐ When I talked to Kaitlyn,

"Oh, I'm gonna vote for Kaitlyn."

Then I talked to Britt, and it was like,

"Oh, I think I might vote for Britt,"

so it was kind of like just that back‐and‐forth,

and I honestly can say that

I did not make up my mind

until I walked into that room

and just grabbed the rose.

‐ I think Britt's incredible. ‐ Yeah, I'm Team Kaitlyn.

‐ Who do you like more, Britt or Kaitlyn?

‐ I love them. ‐ First impression.

‐ Hey, I'm, like, horned up, dude.

You do not wanna horn me up.

‐ Wow. Yeah.

‐ Hey, I had a question.

What does the, uh, bird tattoos mean?

‐ They're the only bird that remember how to fly home.

‐ Okay.

‐ I've lived in a lot of different places

and I just, like, value where I came from.

‐ Britt has qualities that I admire,

but ultimately Kaitlyn and I had a conversation

that was a little easier, and I think

that could only get better.

‐ What's going on? ‐ I don't really know.

‐ Shawn gives me butterflies.

All night, I was like, "Ah,

can't wait to talk to that Shawn guy again."

‐ I have a nephew and a niece. ‐ Me too!

‐ Yeah? ‐ Yeah.

‐ My nephew Luke. ‐ You have a picture?

‐ It's a picture that he drew for you.

‐ [gasps]

[laughter]

‐ I think that's spot‐on, right?

‐ Wow, it's like looking in a mirror.

‐ You look identical.

‐ This is the closest I've felt

to love at first sight.

‐ You are the reason why I'm here.

‐ I think before tonight,

I just wanted to be the Bachelorette,

and now I have to be the Bachelorette.

Like, these guys are amazing.

[exhales heavily]

‐ Hey.

‐ Hi.

‐ How you doing? ‐ Hello, hello.

I'm good, I think.

‐ Um, I'll get right to it.

I counted the votes. ‐ Okay.

‐ A majority of the men have chosen one woman

who they can hopefully see a future with.

Um, Britt...

Unfortunately you're not going to be the Bachelorette.

Sorry.

[dramatic music]

‐ [exhales deeply]

♪ ♪

[car engine turning over]

♪ ♪

I didn't see that coming at all.

♪ ♪

I'm just tired of, like, being alone.

♪ ♪

And I don't know how many times

you have to put your heart out there, and, like...

I've never held anything back.

[sniffles]

I have a lot of love to give,

and I know that I will when the time is right.

I just thought that that was now.

[sniffles]

♪ ♪

‐ I had to send Britt home.

You're gonna be the Bachelorette.

‐ [laughs] Oh, my God.

I feel wrong, like, being that excited.

‐ It's okay. I understand.

You should be excited.

‐ [laughs]

‐ Sweet girl.

‐ [sniffling]

Is she okay? ‐ She's fine.

She took it really good.

‐ She did? ‐ Yeah, she did.

‐ I figured she would.

‐ She was shocked and a little bit upset,

but she's‐‐she's good.

‐ I'm the Bachelorette.

Hands down best moment of my life.

[line trills]

Mom, I'm the Bachelorette.

‐ You are?

You did it! I'm so proud of you.

‐ I just found out right now. I just found out right now.

I'm trying not to throw up.

I have the best group of guys here.

You have no idea.

‐ Okay, go meet our future son‐in‐law.

‐ Okay.

‐ Gentlemen, without further ado,

here's our Bachelorette.

[all cheering]

‐ Yeah!

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

‐ As crazy as it sounds,

I really believe that I'm looking at someone

I'm gonna spend forever with,

and I look forward to it.

[laughter]

I am the luckiest person in the world.

Cheers, you guys.

A weight is just lifted off my shoulders.

‐ I'm so glad it's you.

‐ I'm ready to move forward, clean slate,

and‐‐and go from there.

Yes, yay!

‐ All right, let's toast to Kaitlyn.

‐ Yes. ‐ Aww!

‐ Kaitlyn! ‐ The Bachelorette.

[all speaking at once]

‐ Already full of drama,

and we've only just picked our Bachelorette.

Did you see some of your favorites in there?

Jared, Ben Z., Shawn, and of course Ben Higgins.

Well, you're gonna see them all again tonight.

Uh, you're also in for a big surprise

because later tonight for the first time ever,

a secret will finally be revealed.

What is this secret?

Well, I'm gonna give you a hint.

I'm talking about love letters.

They're intimate, romantic,

and so revealing that their mere existence

will shock you.

And don't forget about Bachelor in Quarantine.

Last week Peter, Kelley, and Barb checked in.

Well, this week, we're gonna talk

to Madison and Hannah Ann.

What do they have to say about Peter and his new love?

I can't wait to find out. Stick around.

‐ Hi, Amy. ‐ Yay!

‐ How are you? ‐ Hey, girl!

‐ Yay. ‐ I am so glad it's you.

‐ Oh, thank you.

I would say Amy Schumer is up there

with the funniest women on the planet.

‐ I am the biggest "Bachelor" fan.

‐ Oh, you are? ‐ Yeah.

I mean, everyone I know is obsessed.

‐ Oh, that's awesome. ‐ So yeah.

It's like you sit home

and, like, judge other people and you're like,

"I'm fine." ‐ And you feel good, yeah.

‐ I love this show.

I'm a fan of the show

and Kaitlyn's my favorite person

that's ever been on it,

and I really am pulling for her,

and I hope she finds love.

What's your vibe gonna be?

Are you, like‐‐do you already have rules for yourself,

like, "I'm not gonna kiss everybody?"

‐ I've already kissed everybody.

‐ [laughs]

‐ She is so good.

Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

Always fun when we have celebs like Amy Schumer on the show.

We've only scratched the surface

on what just might be the most talked‐about season

in "Bachelorette" history,

but Kaitlyn's journey wasn't all just talk.

Early on, the dates were fun, physical,

and pretty wild.

Kaitlyn was happy and love was starting

to hit her hard

but not as hard as other things

were hitting these men.

This is what I'm talking about.

[birds chirping]

‐ [snoring]

‐ [yelling in Japanese]

[both yelling in Japanese]

[all shouting]

‐ I am so excited that I'm the Bachelorette.

‐ You wanna take off the robes? ‐ Yeah!

‐ [laughs]

‐ I still can't believe this is all happening.

It's so surreal.

‐ Joe, Joe, Joe.

‐ I can't help it, man. It's out.

‐ Joey just took our relationship

to a whole nother level. ‐ I know, sweetheart.

‐ Like, these are good guys. They're good‐looking.

They're talented.

‐ ♪ Kaitlyn, you're numero uno ♪

‐ I don't doubt for a second that love is gonna be

in the air with this group.

I need a guy that's going to be able

to make fun of himself.

‐ I sweat like Juan Pablo on the "Women Tell All" episode.

‐ I can't think of one guy I've dated

that didn't have a good sense of humor.

[screams]

It's something I definitely look for.

‐ We're running from donkeys.

[laughter]

‐ I mean, these guys just show me time after time

that they will do whatever it takes

and put themselves out there for me,

and that's pretty much what I'm looking for

in a relationship.

[school bell rings] ‐ First of all,

we know our topic today is sex education.

students: Eww!

‐ It's important to be able to talk about sex

in a relationship.

‐ Mr. Ryan, let's get started.

‐ Physical chemistry with somebody

is a huge part of a relationship.

Let's just say it's a way of separating

the men from the boys.

‐ Here is the female anatomy.

‐ [gags] ‐ [chuckles]

‐ Right here is the vagina.

And here's the bladder.

This is the vagina and‐‐ ‐ You said that twice.

‐ Well, it's an important part,

so I just wanna make sure that

the guys know where it is.

‐ Ryan is hysterical.

Him trying to describe the female anatomy

was like me trying to describe to you nuclear physics.

Like, it just doesn't mesh.

‐ Feel free to ask any questions that you may have.

‐ How many positions are there for having sex?

‐ This is‐‐wow.

‐ The guys are doing so great.

What these guys don't know is, I'm actually pranking them

and they're being asked questions

by a bunch of child actors.

I love a good prank.

‐ What's a condom?

‐ A condom is actually something

that that the boy [bleep].

‐ Eww. [laughter]

‐ This is gonna be a make‐believe [bleep], okay?

I know that's weird. It's kind of funny, but‐‐

‐ Yummy.

‐ "Yummy's" not the right

choice of words here, buddy.

‐ Girls, don't be freaked out,

but the lining of your uterus is gonna shed.

It kind of, like, dies.

students: Eww!

‐ [laughs]

‐ About once a month.

‐ Joshua, I think he's got the right idea,

but his terminology is not the greatest.

‐ What happens during the period?

‐ Yeah, what does happen?

[students all speaking at once] ‐ [laughs]

This is so painful.

[laughter]

‐ All right, we're gonna wrap this up.

Thank you. This was‐‐ ‐ Thank you! Hey!

‐ This was‐‐now we're gonna

learn about reproduction.

[all cheering]

‐ Yeah, this day is great.

When I explain sex to my kids,

it's gonna be straightforward. It's gonna be honest.

In the beginning,

um, two people fall in love.

Uh, they can do that in many ways.

Uh, one way that I like to‐‐

uh, like, that I prefer is getting out of a limo,

um, walking awkwardly to a girl that I've never met,

and then going on a couple cool dates

and meeting you guys.

Over time, they fall in love,

and after love comes the physical part of relationships.

‐ Sex. ‐ Which is sex.

‐ So for that, I'd like to ask for a couple volunteers.

Kaitlyn.

‐ Ben's definitely scoring

brownie points with Kaitlyn.

‐ I want you guys for right now to imagine that this is

the ovaries, okay?

There's a nice circle around Kaitlyn right here.

When the sperm is [bleep]

out of the [bleep],

there's one lucky one‐‐ me today‐‐

that makes his journey all the way through.

If he's lucky, he meets the eggs.

At this point,

it's the start of real human beings, okay?

[applause] ‐ I think that's great.

Mr. B.

‐ All the guys get an A‐plus today,

but with Ben H.,

he was so good in front of those kids today.

He kind of tied in our relationship into it.

Like, I saw what he did.

You stood out to me today,

and it was really impressive.

‐ I'm happy about it. Yeah, I'm excited.

It was fun.

‐ A guy who can talk about

physical intimacy,

it's‐‐it's appealing to me. It's attractive.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[giggles] Nice dip!

‐ Was that all right? Were you good?

Look at this.

‐ Can you believe this right now?

‐ No, I can't. ‐ I know.

Ben went from here to a place

where I can't even put on camera tonight.

I mean, he's romantic, he is passionate,

and he knows how to kiss.

I can see a lot of good things in Ben.

♪ ♪

‐ That was such a hilarious date.

Hopefully those kids aren't too scarred.

And how crazy is it to see Ben Higgins

still on "The Bachelorette," not yet our Bachelor?

Ben and Kaitlyn's connection was so strong,

I honestly thought Ben might be the one.

Although things didn't work out for him there,

Ben did go on to become one

of our most beloved Bachelors ever,

and he's a dear friend,

and he joins us now from his house.

Ben, how you doing?

‐ I mean, I'm fan‐‐fantastic.

Absolutely fantastic.

‐ We were just watching the sex ed date.

So hilarious. We had the child actors.

What was that like for you guys?

Was it funny, or was it just terrifying?

‐ Terrifying. Absolutely terrifying.

And for me‐‐so I don't‐‐

a lot of people don't know this.

For a long time,

I was actually a sex ed minor in college.

I was really interested in teaching sex ed

in my youth group back home,

so this date trying to talk about life

and the truths of life came naturally,

but it made me nervous; you know, I'm gonna do this

on national television.

‐ That's amazing! How did I not know this?

‐ Yeah.

‐ What do you remember about being on the show,

not‐‐you know, not as the Bachelor

but being on "The Bachelorette"?

What do you still remember?

‐ I mean, a lot of it.

It‐‐it changed‐‐it changed the course of my life

to lead me to a place where I finally could admit openly

for the first time some sort of vulnerability,

which was, "Hey, I feel a little bit unlovable

or a lot unlovable,"

and I have to say this.

After I got let go from the show,

I had a lot of love and respect for Kaitlyn,

and I was sitting, uh, at a bar there in Ireland.

You pulled up next to me and you said,

"Well, what are you gonna do now?"

And I said, "Well, I'm just gonna go back

to being what I did before."

And the thing I've always stuck with‐‐and I've said it‐‐

and anytime somebody asks me the best thing

I've taken away from the show is, you looked at me

and you said,

"Use this whole thing to enhance your life,

not change it completely." ‐ Yep.

‐ And‐‐and that's been a motto in my life ever since then.

So those are the things that really stand out to me.

‐ Um, you know who our new Bachelorette is.

You know it's Clare.

What's your advice to her

as she's about to start her journey,

hopefully someday soon?

‐ I think my only advice is, don't do yourself

the injustice of not being yourself.

What I'm looking forward to the most is,

I know every person that's gonna walk out of that limo,

and Clare especially is really looking to make this work,

and I can't wait to watch that again after so long

of the delay here due to some‐‐you know, COVID‐‐

is to watch somebody really attempt to fall in love.

‐ Yeah, and I agree.

I think for that reason alone,

it's gonna be an amazing season,

and speaking of amazing seasons,

next week, we're gonna dive in to Ben Higgins' season

of "The Bachelor."

‐ Yeah. ‐ [laughs]

Great reaction.

‐ You know what?

I'll see you then.

I'm excited. ‐ Get some rest.

I'm gonna get my popcorn ready.

‐ [laughs] ‐ All right, brother.

Thanks.

‐ See you, Chris.

‐ Really appreciate Ben Higgins.

Um, that's right.

Bachelor Nation, next Monday,

we're gonna head back to Ben's emotional

and historic journey as the Bachelor,

but tonight we're just getting started

with the most shocking season in "Bachelorette" history.

Kaitlyn was a groundbreaker,

and she broke all the rules,

including that unwritten rule that you shouldn't be intimate

before the Fantasy Suite.

And speaking of surprising must‐see TV,

for the first time since they appeared

on "After the Final Rose,"

Madison and Hannah Ann are gonna join me tonight.

What are they gonna say about Peter

and Kelley's new relationship?

Well, you gotta stick around to find out.

‐ Well, I figured we should have, like,

a game of, like, truth or dare.

‐ Oh, boy.

[chuckles]

I mean, I'm kind of a dare kind of guy.

‐ [laughs]

Okay, you have to streak

full‐blown nakey from‐‐

hmm, actually, from right here

to the green. ‐ You're killing me.

Mom, Dad, Granny,

you might wanna change the channel for this one.

All right, what do you think?

‐ [laughs]

‐ Get in there.

‐ Good shot!

‐ [laughs]

‐ [laughs]

[laughter]

‐ [laughs]

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

Tonight we're taking it back to 2015,

when we were all fighting over whether the dress

was blue or white‐‐

it was blue, by the way‐‐

when Left Shark swam into our lives‐‐

thank you, Katy Perry‐‐

and when Kaitlyn Bristowe shocked Bachelor Nation

by shattering all the rules.

Kaitlyn wouldn't wait for the Fantasy Suites

to be intimate with one of the men.

How did it happen,

and who was the man who broke the rules with her?

Was it one of these guys?

‐ You know, I've never felt this way about someone else

this fast, this quick,

and this passionate‐‐ never.

‐ That means a lot.

I'm here to find a husband...

‐ This is a great one.

‐ And I am blessed with

so many amazing connections

with so many of the guys.

‐ Weighing in at, well, probably a lot,

Ben "The Juggernaut" Zorn!

‐ Ben Z. is such a big, handsome man.

‐ [grunts]

‐ Whoo! ‐ Whoa! Whoa!

He's a babe soda. [laughs]

That's all I can think about when I think about him.

‐ I thought I made an ass of myself

first‐‐at first. ‐ No!

‐ Or I didn't make an ass of myself,

but I didn't feel like I really got a good chance

to talk to you, you know what I mean?

‐ Well, you're lucky you're good‐looking, so‐‐[laughs]

‐ That's gotta get me so far, right?

‐ I knew I was attracted to him physically,

but Ben Z. makes me feel like myself, and, like,

there's this comfortable energy between the two of us.

‐ So I‐‐I love to cook all day.

‐ No, me too. I do all the time.

I love cooking. ‐ No, I‐‐

I love barbecuing and tailgates, and, like,

for me, um... ‐ Tailgates.

‐ Food‐‐food has such a big connection

to holidays and stuff for me.

My‐‐my mom cooked all the meals.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And then, um,

uh, and then, um...

Uh, here's something. Um,

so right after we moved to Virginia...

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ Um, we‐‐

we were there for about a month

and my mom fell down the stairs.

‐ [gasps] ‐ And she broke her back.

‐ Oh, my God.

‐ And she went in for X‐rays and stuff

and they found that she had cancer.

‐ No. ‐ And, um,

she ended up passing away,

and so that was my‐‐ ‐ What‐‐

and how old were you then? ‐ I was thir‐‐I was 14.

‐ Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.

‐ Yeah, that's kind of why‐‐ the‐‐the reason why

I had to‐‐I to grow up really fast.

‐ Mm‐hmm, I'm sorry you had to go through that.

That's‐‐I mean, that breaks my heart to hear it.

‐ Yeah.

It's been a while since I told

somebody about my mom,

but I really did feel like we had that trust,

and for me to be able to share that with somebody special

means a lot to me.

Cheers. ‐ Cheers.

‐ I'm 100% here for her

and for a hopeful future family,

and, um, I think Kaitlyn would be a girl that my mom

would love to see me with.

‐ I'm excited about what's gonna happen.

‐ Me too.

‐ So, Ben, will you accept this rose?

‐ Of course.

‐ Ben Z.'s such a big macho dude,

but he really is a sensitive, super sweet teddy bear.

But at the same time, like,

Jared is someone I have a very natural connection with.

‐ You know, it's tough 'cause you're sitting next to me

and all I wanna do is just, like...

‐ I know. ‐ Kiss you.

‐ Everything Jared does makes him more attractive.

He's charming, and I like kissing him,

and I do see a sense of humor.

‐ It's a good‐looking guy, hmm? It's a good‐looking girl.

[both chuckle]

I feel like I really know who Kaitlyn is

in terms of who she is as a person.

‐ All right, ready?

‐ I feel like we're very similar in that.

We're both very transparent and very genuine...

Oh, my [bleep] God.

‐ I'm gonna throw up. I'm gonna throw up.

‐ [laughs]

And like to laugh

and just like to be sarcastic

and make fun of each other,

and I love our chemistry

and I love our banter.

‐ Wow!

‐ I just love being with Kaitlyn.

‐ I don't think you come by people like you very often.

‐ Well, thank you.

‐ I really don't. Like... ‐ I really appreciate that.

‐ I just feel like you're a very genuine,

down‐to‐earth, smart,

very good‐looking guy.

‐ Thank you. ‐ [laughs]

And I think‐‐I said earlier, I'm like,

"Jared is somebody that I would wanna be with."

Like, you are.

‐ Well, that's perfect,

'cause you're somebody I wanna be like‐‐

be with, not like.

I wanna be exactly like you, Kaitlyn.

Teach me your ways. ‐ Stick with me, kid.

Sitting across from Jared,

honestly what‐‐what's going through my mind

is, every minute gets better with him.

‐ I wrote, like, a little rhyming poem.

‐ I love that. ‐ [laughs]

‐ I do. ‐ So, uh,

sometimes it's hard to believe

that something like this could happen so fast,

but I know how I feel,

and I know that this is something that can last.

Love is something that I don't take lightly.

It's very important to me.

It seems sometimes even when it's right

in front of your face, it's difficult to see.

I would love to slow dance with you again.

I think it'd be a really nice thing to do.

Plus you get to see my moves,

so I can teach you a thing or two.

‐ [laughs]

‐ So in conclusion,

after I cross my Ts,

and end all my Is with a dot,

I just wanted to let you know that I like you, Kaitlyn.

I like you a lot. ‐ [laughs]

Come on.

Game over.

I love that.

[romantic music]

That was the cutest thing.

Jared is somebody that I do connect with,

and tonight just confirms all of my feelings of who Jared is

and what we have.

‐ Thumbs up. We're ready.

Oh, remember how I said I wasn't scared?

I lied. Oh, my God. ‐ [gasps]

‐ It's nights like tonight when you think,

"I can see myself falling in love with her

and I can see myself marrying her."

‐ Oh... ‐ Wow.

‐ My‐‐

We're getting so close!

[laughs]

‐ I can certainly see myself in 30, 40, 50 years

looking back on this night and saying,

"That's the night I fell in love with Kaitlyn."

‐ I'm so happy you're here.

This is the best date ever.

♪ ♪

‐ I haven't felt more alive in a while.

♪ ♪

I am on cloud nine right now.

‐ Yeah, Jared certainly had one of the most romantic

relationships with Kaitlyn

but sadly was blindsided just before the Fantasy Suites.

Thankfully Jared has found love and got married

to another fan favorite from our Bachelor family,

the incomparable and emotional Ashley I.,

and both of them join me from their home tonight.

Jared, Ashley, it's so good to see you again.

How's it going? ‐ We're good.

‐ We are doing well, Chris. Thank you for asking.

‐ This is actually a big anniversary

of your first date in Paradise on the beach.

‐ Yep, we met five years ago today.

‐ Yep. ‐ Date right after that.

‐ It's crazy. Five years ago, we met.

‐ And it's so funny. ‐ It's still so weird

to see you back on "The Bachelorette."

‐ I know. It's weird to think about

where it all started

and how it's all ended now. ‐ Yeah.

‐ You really did have a connection with Kaitlyn,

and things were going well,

and‐‐and I think there was a time we thought,

"This may be the guy."

‐ Uh‐‐[laughs] ‐ I mean, it's okay.

That's fine. It's really funny.

‐ I know. Kaitlyn was at our wedding.

I did have a great connection with Kaitlyn,

and th‐‐ again, it's so weird.

I'll just talk about whatever. ‐ It's okay, babe. It's fine.

‐ The‐‐the memories that I have with Kaitlyn

from "The Bachelorette" will always be with me.

Being able to go to Ireland and see The Cranberries play,

I'll always think back fondly of.

Um, obviously I'm a one‐woman man.

‐ No, that's okay. No, that's fine, babe.

It's fine.

I remember that moment too.

Slow dancing to a '90s song?

I could never beat that in Paradise.

‐ Well‐‐well, you did,

'cause I put a ring on it. Um‐‐

‐ But I remember seeing paparazzi pictures

of when he was on the wrestling date

and I‐‐ ‐ Boxing, boxing.

‐ Boxing. Sorry, sorry.

True, but I was like, "If this guy doesn't win you,

he has to be in Paradise; he's so my type,"

and, like, from paparazzi pictures

to my husband‐‐too weird.

‐ Well, you guys have been on, combined, six seasons

of "Bachelor," "Bachelorette," "Paradises,"

and "Winter Games." ‐ Yeah, we're veterans.

‐ I mean‐‐ ‐ Been around the block.

‐ Had I not gone back on,

had she not gone back on,

who knows what would have happened?

And maybe we're not married today.

‐ Well, speaking of someone coming back on,

words to our new Bachelorette, Clare?

‐ Remember when I was so jealous of Clare

when Jared asked her out on a date

on "Bachelor in Paradise"?

And I keep telling people, I'm like,

"I'm so into Clare being the Bachelorette,"

and I'm so obsessed with Clare as a person that, like,

I didn't even care that my husband

asked her out on a date

once upon a time. ‐ [laughs]

‐ Uh, we are big supporters of Clare.

Uh, we just hope the best for her.

‐ We don't need to give her any advice,

but, man, she's gonna rock it.

‐ Ash, let me see that ring you keep flashing by the screen.

‐ Oh, there it is. ‐ Yes.

‐ With my very quarantined fingernails.

‐ Yes, everybody's got the quarantine nails.

The quaran‐nails. ‐ [laughs]

‐ So how are you guys doing?

How you been holding up?

I know you've been with family.

‐ Yeah, we've been doing well.

Uh, you know, accepting the fact that things

are just different right now.

It's been really nice staying home,

being with family, being able to relax,

and not have to feel like we're constantly on the go,

which a lot of people can relate to.

‐ We will say that it's not making us feel so much

like newlyweds because

we're, like‐‐ our bedroom's right next

to our parents' room. ‐ Yeah.

‐ There's no privacy. [dog barking]

‐ Um‐‐ ‐ Ooh.

‐ So‐‐ ‐ That's our dog.

She agrees. ‐ How, uh‐‐

how do those intimate moments go

when you're sharing a wall with family?

‐ Quietly. [laughs]

‐ Or‐‐ [laughs]

‐ Or, you know‐‐I don't know. ‐ Or we're never‐‐

We're not gonna detail it.

‐ Yeah, you know,

our parents are probably gonna watch this, so...

‐ Ashley, Jared, all my love.

It's great to see you guys again.

‐ Thanks, Chris. You too. ‐ Bye.

‐ All right.

Well, coming up next, we take a look

at the biggest bad boys from Kaitlyn's season.

And later, a Bachelor bad boy

from a previous season

shows up in the middle of Kaitlyn's journey.

His arrival sets off the most dramatic,

shocking, and rule‐breaking saga

we've ever had.

I promise you really don't wanna miss this.

Stick around.

‐ You're a barber, correct?

‐ A barber? I've‐‐I‐‐

like, hair‐‐yeah. Okay, yeah.

‐ I'm gonna trust you.

‐ Am I gonna cut your hair?

‐ I'm gonna wear a blindfold.

‐ You're gonna wear a blindfold?

‐ You're gonna do whatever to my head you want.

[clippers buzzing]

‐ Don't move. ‐ [laughs]

[quirky music]

‐ Um...

♪ ♪

Sorry!

I actually really had every intention

of giving him a good Mohawk,

but the clippers died on me.

I feel really bad.

‐ Oh, wow. ‐ Oh, my God.

‐ Yeah. ‐ That is different.

‐ Holy [bleep].

‐ You look like [bleep].

I'm not gonna lie. You look like [bleep].

‐ [laughs] ‐ Wait.

‐ Appreciate that.

‐ Look‐‐Joshua, look that way.

‐ Turn around the other way.

‐ That's pretty bad. ‐ Oh, my God.

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

coming to you from my home office tonight

with my son Joshua handling all the lights and cameras‐‐

appreciate the help‐‐

uh, and we're taking a look back at the most shocking

and scandalous season of "The Bachelorette" ever.

Kaitlyn's decision to be intimate

before the Fantasy Suite would rock Bachelor Nation

to its core; it was really controversial.

But early on,

it was these men who caused all the trouble.

‐ So I built you this frame.

‐ No way. ‐ Yeah.

‐ You built that? ‐ I built this, and, um,

inside of it, I drew a portrait, so I mean,

I hope that this doesn't offend you.

‐ [laughing] I'm so excited right now.

[cackles]

Wow. Did you really draw that?

‐ I did. ‐ That's impre‐‐

I'm sorry. Is that a triceratops?

‐ Yes, it is. ‐ Oh, my God!

That's really impressive!

Any man who draws Chris Harrison on a triceratops

deserves a one‐on‐one date.

[screams]

I would say Clint passed the test of chemistry

with flying colors.

The connection's there.

It felt very natural and comfortable.

That was a really good first one‐on‐one date.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And I'm glad it was with you.

‐ Me too.

Clint, will you accept this rose?

‐ Yeah, I will. Thank you.

‐ I definitely like this guy, and I keep liking him more

as time goes on.

‐ I definitely want to talk to her tonight,

you know, get some one‐on‐one time.

‐ I think I might kind of just hang back tonight,

and if she wants to talk to me...

‐ Why? ‐ We can talk.

After the date that we had,

if she cared about getting to know me any more,

I would expect her to put forth

a little bit of an effort.

If she wants to talk to me,

she has every opportunity to.

‐ Oh. ‐ [sighs]

‐ [chuckles] [indistinct chatter]

‐ So...

♪ ♪

Clint, I don't know what happened to you today.

I took you on the first one‐on‐one date

and you ignore me all day and don't even talk

to me tonight, so that's a problem.

‐ All right.

I'm coming to the realization that Kaitlyn's probably not

the right girl for me.

‐ There's a reason they didn't pick us,

because you don't wanna, like, put us in, like,

our absolute strengths.

‐ Right, because we're the smartest.

We're the brainiacs. ‐ Yeah.

‐ There's a bromance going on between Clint and J. J.

Clint and J. J. are two peas in a pod.

You know, they're chilling by the pool.

[both shouting]

Cooking together and just eating or whatever.

Just sitting on the couch.

‐ You own me now and you hold my wrist down

but then you feel like if‐‐

you can't let my wrist slip out.

‐ But‐‐but I have to keep you locked in here.

‐ Yes, yes, yes, right there. Lock me in there.

‐ I think a lot of the guys in the house

have been annoyed with J. J. and Clint,

kind of secluded themselves from the rest of the house,

just doing weird stuff.

‐ I was obsessed with turtles forever.

I'm a turtle guy. ‐ Which‐‐turtles are cool.

‐ Turtles are awesome. They're the coolest.

‐ I‐‐I love turtles.

‐ My time in the house

is insanely enjoyable,

and I wanna stay here,

so I need to get a rose from Kaitlyn.

‐ Villains gotta vill, though. ‐ Hey, if the eye patch fits,

you gotta wear it, right?

‐ Hey, villains gotta vill.

‐ Going vill.

‐ I've been meaning to do this

for the last couple of days.

[tense music]

Yeah, I was wearing my power socks,

so I felt like I had the power and I had to just abuse it.

‐ Clint and J. J. are bad together.

They feed off of each other, and they enjoy it,

and if you wanna be a [bleep] to us guys, fine.

You'll piss us off, but I mean,

leave Kaitlyn out of it.

That's just insane.

Clint and J. J., they're both two‐faced.

They both enjoy wearing the villain hat.

It's ridiculous. ‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ It was odd 'cause they were both good guys

going into it,

and it was a flip of the switch.

‐ I‐‐I mean, we‐‐ she knows.

She's smart enough to know who you are and who I am.

‐ Yeah.

‐ And she knows that

she's gonna get rid of the boys

who are being boys. ‐ Yeah.

‐ When 13 out of 15 guys are feeling the same way

about someone, you gotta go with your gut.

He is going to go down in flames.

Maybe you should just come with me for a sec.

‐ Uh‐oh.

‐ This is not someone I wanna marry.

‐ I'm gonna guess that's not

a good conversation happening right now.

‐ The fact that I pick you for a one‐on‐one

and then the fact that I give you a rose

and then you‐‐you don't give anything back,

and then I hear things and I‐‐ ‐ Did I‐‐did I‐‐did I‐‐

did I disappoint you on our one‐on‐one date?

‐ No.

‐ There are people in here in the whole house

that are very, very, very jealous.

J.J., me and him,

we have grown very, very, very, very close.

‐ Sorry, this isn't about your relationship with J. J.

‐ I know. I know it's not.

‐ This is about you. ‐ Yes. I haven't been‐‐

‐ This has nothing to do with J. J.

Why do I hear from everybody that you are one person to me

and another to the rest of the guys?

‐ I've been nothing but nice to all those guys in there.

‐ I don't trust you.

‐ This is insane. I can't even do this.

This is so‐‐ ‐ Okay.

Well, then let's go say good‐bye to everybody.

I was floored. I was immediately pissed off.

I was mad and frustrated because the person

that I've cared about so much is not who I think he is.

My heart is pounding out of my chest right now.

Um, I'm gonna ask Clint to leave

and say good‐bye to everybody.

I apologize for this turning into another dramatic night,

and I want to‐‐

‐ I think you should say sorry to all of us right now.

I think that needs to be‐‐ be said.

‐ Me? I do?

I need to apologize?

‐ Because you are taking time

and emotions‐‐ ‐ Thanks for that.

‐ I honestly think Clint was more sad

to hear J. J. turn on him

than have Kaitlyn send him home.

‐ I'm sorry for doing that. ‐ Don't touch me.

‐ Okay. ‐ I just went in there

and I asked you to back me up,

and you didn't do [bleep].

Get the [bleep] out of my face, dude.

‐ You know, I didn't think it was possible

to have less respect for J. J. than I already did,

but, you know, if you're gonna be a [bleep],

be a [bleep], but don't be a [bleep]

and then throw your best friend under the bus.

That just makes you an unloyal [bleep].

‐ [bleep]. Piece of [bleep].

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[door slams]

Assume this is for me.

♪ ♪

‐ [sniffles]

[grunts]

Son of a bitch.

[sniffling]

‐ Coming up...

‐ I'm already crushing on you pretty hard.

‐ Yeah, are you? ‐ Yeah.

‐ Relive Shawn's romance with Kaitlyn.

‐ I feel like everything that I've done in my life

has led up to this moment.

I'm falling in love with you.

‐ Oh, my God. [fireworks booming]

‐ And then...

‐ Nick is gonna be moving in. ‐ Rivals clash.

‐ Sooner than later, he's just gonna explode.

‐ Honestly, if I hear your mouth one more time,

it's not gonna be pretty.

‐ Are you threatening me?

‐ And later...

These are the infamous love letters.

Nick reveals the secret letters

that shed new light on his surprise arrival.

‐ Uh, I was a bit of a troublemaker.

I'll‐‐I'll own that.

‐ Plus, Kaitlyn gets a surprise proposal.

‐ You know I'm an ordained minister.

‐ Wait, is this happening right now?

‐ Yes, this is. ‐ I'm shaking!

Oh, my gosh!

Chris, I'm gonna cry!

[upbeat music]

‐ Welcome back, Bachelor Nation.

We're just getting into Kaitlyn's journey to find love,

but before we find out why everything goes

completely off the rails,

I wanna check in on what's happening

right now in our "Bachelor" family.

Peter's time as the Bachelor was full of drama,

twists, and turns.

He proposed to Hannah Ann,

then broke up with her,

only to give things a shot with Madison,

and you may have seen how well that went

on the "After the Final Rose" special.

So they, too, broke up.

Now Peter's with Kelley. I know.

It's a lot to keep up with.

Last week, we talked to Peter and Kelley

and found out how they're doing

and that they are very happy and in love.

Well, tonight, joining me for the first time

since the "AFR" special, Hannah Ann and Madison.

Ladies, thank you for being with me tonight.

‐ So excited to be here.

‐ Thank you so much, Chris Harrison, for having us.

We have definitely had some big moments together.

‐ Um, last time I saw both of you

was at the "After the Final Rose" special,

and Hannah Ann told me before you can date a woman,

you need to become a man.

Has Peter become a man?

‐ You know what?

I have not given much thought into that,

but I will say when I went onto "After the Final Rose,"

I stand behind everything that I have said,

and that was my piece,

and walking off that stage, I never looked back,

and I'm not gonna let an unfortunate situation

knock me down.

So haven't given much thought to it.

‐ Madison, you had such a bizarre if not unfortunate

moment with Barb on the "After the Final Rose" special,

and then you see her, you know,

last week when she's on this show,

and she's literally doing a Kelley cheer

of how excited she is about Kelley and Peter.

What feelings does that bring up,

and‐‐and what's your thought on‐‐on Barb,

how you were treated, and now how she's treating,

you know, the Peter‐Kelley situation?

‐ Yeah, I mean,

Kelley and I were really close on the show,

and obviously I loved Peter,

and, you know, I'm happy that he's found, you know,

a person that he feels like he can be

the best version of himself with

and, you know, that his family loves and supports.

Like, I'm‐‐I truly am so happy for them.

As far as with Barb, like,

there's absolutely no hard feelings there.

She is a great mom, and she was just doing her job

as a mom to protect her son

in the way that she felt like she needed to,

and so yeah, I wish him all the best.

‐ Well, proud of you for saying that,

but there's zero chance there was no hard feelings.

‐ I‐‐no, I was very upset after.

I really was, but now I‐‐I'm in‐‐

like‐‐I'm just in such a good place now,

but after the show, yes,

I‐‐I cried myself [inaudible].

[laughs] ‐ What about the two of you?

Are you guys friends? Are you on good terms?

‐ We're on great terms.

We're‐‐yes, we're good friends.

We have, you know, just a deep‐‐

a deep connection that we made on the show,

and that's continued on after the show.

‐ We call each other up about chili

and, like, just clothes, but‐‐

‐ Beans or no beans? ‐ Definitely beans.

‐ Okay, good. Okay, good.

‐ Extra salsa. I like it spicy.

‐ Okay. Um, are you both still single?

‐ I have just been focusing on Madi right now.

‐ Um, I'm still looking off the menu.

I haven't placed my order yet. ‐ Okay.

‐ But‐‐but my DMs are definitely open. [laughs]

‐ If Peter comes crawling back,

do either one of you take him back?

‐ What kind of question is that, Chris Harrison?

I think we already know the answer to that one.

[laughter]

‐ Hannah Ann, Madison,

thank you so much for being such good sports,

coming back and talking about this,

and‐‐and I love that you guys have definitely found

some value in yourselves, value in each other,

and you've made good friends.

‐ Well, thanks for having us. We're so thankful.

‐ Hannah Ann, Madison, it's always good to see you.

‐ Bye, Chris Harrison.

‐ Thank you. ‐ Bye.

‐ When we return,

he caught Kaitlyn's eye right out of the limo.

It almost felt like love at first sight.

But his love for Kaitlyn and his hatred

for one of the other guys almost brought them to blows.

I'm talking about Shawn.

This is about to get wild,

and it's all coming up when "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!" returns.

[upbeat music]

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

For Shawn Booth,

the moment he stepped out of the limo

and saw Kaitlyn, it was love at first sight.

As each day passed,

Shawn fell deeper and deeper in love.

At one point, it really seemed that these two

were just destined to be together.

So how did it all begin for Shawn and Kaitlyn?

Here it is.

‐ How you feeling?

‐ Um, a little nervous.

‐ Why?

‐ 'Cause I'm already crushing on you pretty hard.

‐ Yeah, are you? ‐ Yeah.

‐ It's weird, isn't it? ‐ That usually doesn't happen

to me, so‐‐ ‐ I know.

I'm really attracted to you.

‐ Well, then. ‐ And I'm excited.

And I can't wait to take you on a date,

and there's so many things, and will you accept this rose?

‐ Absolutely. ‐ Yeah?

‐ Yeah.

I believe in love at first sight,

and I actually think that it might have happened tonight.

‐ You feel good? ‐ I do.

I haven't been this happy in a long time.

[romantic music]

♪ ♪

‐ Kissing Shawn, I just feel good.

♪ ♪

I don't think I've ever felt

that immediate of a connection with somebody.

This is the closest I've felt to love at first sight.

Hi.

‐ What's up? ‐ How are you?

‐ You look beautiful.

‐ Shawn is so hot. He's such a babe.

I love his voice.

I love his smell.

Eww, I'm getting creepy. That's creepy.

Oh, I'm cruising now!

‐ I'm very proud of you.

‐ My relationship with Shawn

definitely has moved quicker than others.

‐ That's a good swing. ‐ Okay, ready?

Every time I'm with Shawn,

I just get reminded how great it is.

Oh, that felt good!

‐ It looked good. ‐ It feels right.

It feels passionate.

The connection's there.

The chemistry, it's‐‐

it just solidifies everything I'm feeling.

‐ That's my nephew Luke and... ‐ Oh, my God.

‐ Isla. ‐ Look at them there!

‐ And that's my sister Jessie, the oldest.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

That's awesome.

‐ And there's my boy. ‐ [gasps]

‐ I know.

‐ That's a great picture.

‐ Thanks. ‐ Look how happy he is.

Aww!

‐ Kaitlyn's an absolutely amazing girl.

I know our connection is strong.

‐ How great is this?

‐ Every time I talk with her,

I just fall harder and harder for her.

Someone needs to wake me up from this dream.

Like, where am I right now? ‐ Aww.

‐ I'm just so thankful and grateful to be here.

It's like a big, uh, part of my life.

Uh...

Um, like, five or six years ago,

I was in, like, a really bad car accident.

‐ You were?

‐ Mm‐hmm. Um...

It was, like, early in the morning,

7:00 or 8:00, and I was in New Hampshire

and going up to snowboard,

and I got hit by some kid

who was going, like, 75 miles an hour.

‐ What?

‐ Hit me, like, right in the driver's side.

There was, like, a snowbank there,

so he hit my Jeep into the snowbank

and it, like, got airborne... ‐ [gasps]

‐ And then, like, landed on the roof

and flipped six times.

‐ What?

‐ Yeah, um, crawled out of the window

and then I basically, like, collapsed

and then passed out in the road,

and, like, you know,

I literally thought I was dying and, uh‐‐

‐ That just gave me, like, chills.

‐ I'm just, like...

‐ Oh, my God. ‐ So happy right now.

Like, where I am right now...

‐ I'm really happy you're here right now.

‐ Like, just to think I could've, like,

missed out on all this.

‐ Shawn has been through a lot.

He's really opening up to me and opening up about feelings,

and it just feels right.

‐ [sighs]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

I'm falling in love with you.

[tender music]

♪ ♪

‐ When Shawn tells me that he's falling in love,

I feel the luckiest I've felt so far.

What I'm feeling right now is, that was my husband

telling me that he loved me for the first time.

[chuckles]

[firework screeching and booming]

Oh, my God.

Ah!

‐ I'm very confident that I see my wife in Kaitlyn.

♪ ♪

I feel like this is where I'm meant to be

and this was all supposed to happen

and everything that I've done before this in my life

has led up to this moment, and it's perfect.

Unbelievable.

♪ ♪

‐ [laughs, screams]

♪ ♪

‐ Coming up...

‐ How's it going? ‐ Oh, my gosh. I's Nick.

‐ Nick crashes the party.

‐ I'm here. Deal with it.

‐ We all put our lives on hold

and she's just gonna throw a guy in

in the middle of this? ‐ Bringing Nick in,

I don't question his intentions.

I question yours. ‐ And then...

‐ You're just a little smooth talker.

How about you just get the [bleep] out

of my place right now?

‐ Tensions boil over

after one of the most controversial moments

in "Bachelor" history.

‐ Nick just makes me feel like a woman,

a desired woman.

‐ And later...

‐ In that moment,

I remember wanting to push her in the pool.

‐ Nick's no‐holds‐barred interview.

Plus, the shocking proposal you don't want to miss.

‐ Wait, is this happening right now?

‐ Yes, this is. This is hap‐‐ ‐ I'm, like, feeling‐‐

[laughter]

Oh, my God!

[dramatic music]

‐ Welcome back, Bachelor Nation.

We're about halfway through Kaitlyn's journey,

and up to this point,

everything was going great for her,

especially her strong relationship with Shawn,

but everything is about to change.

What you are about to watch altered the course

of "Bachelor" history forever.

[hip‐hop music]

[horns honking]

[crowd cheering]

‐ First date in New York City, and I hope these guys

are ready for a... [mimics record scratching]

Rap battle.

‐ ♪ Welcome to the Ryan Gosling ♪

♪ And Matt Damon feud ♪

♪ I'm about to tear apart this dude ♪

♪ First impression rose, come on, man ♪

♪ You got that 'cause you're a creepy‐ass fan ♪

[crowd cheering]

‐ ♪ You say you're a big‐time personal trainer ♪

♪ Kaitlyn, his body, my body, no‐brainer ♪

[crowd cheering]

‐ Thank you guys so much.

‐ Thank you, Kaitlyn. ‐ Thank you.

‐ Yay! You guys look‐‐

‐ I was taking photos with a bunch of people

that were here as, like, fans,

and then I looked over and I was like...

I‐‐oh, hi. ‐ Hanging out.

‐ Nice to meet you! ‐ Nice to meet you.

‐ I was gonna say, like‐‐ ‐ Hi.

What are you doing here?

Oh, my gosh. It's Nick.

[laughs]

When did you‐‐ when did you get here?

‐ Yesterday.

[indistinct chatter]

‐ Nick is from Andi's season.

We struck up a friendship over social media

and we just started talking.

What is going on right now?

‐ Um, I just had to‐‐you know we talked a little bit.

‐ Oh, my‐‐ ‐ Just a brief‐‐briefly.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ Um...

The idea that you could potentially get engaged

and I wouldn't have met you kind of bugged me.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

My mind is a little blown right now.

‐ I just figured, listen, I would totally regret it

if I didn't try.

‐ Nick and I talked a couple times over text.

Now he just shows up in, like, what, week four,

and I'm like, "Oh, shoot.

This is happening?"

So, like, like, are‐‐ are you gonna stay?

‐ Well, I don't know if that's my call.

‐ Is that a thing? Is‐‐is it my call?

‐ Might be.

‐ I definitely need to think about this.

‐ And I get it. Like, it's too late.

‐ I do not know what to say right now

because I know I just need to think about it.

‐ Perfect. Nice to meet you.

‐ [laughing] Nice to meet‐‐ ‐ Guess you'll let me know.

All right.

[dramatic music]

‐ Having Nick just show up out of the blue

after relationships have developed

and saying that he wants to date me,

I mean, that's a lot to take in.

‐ Hi. ‐ Hi.

Like, I want to, but I know that's

so rude to the other guys.

I'm just torn.

Hi. ‐ Great to see you.

‐ I know that the guys are not

gonna be very happy to hear about this,

but I have to be honest with them.

My heart is pounding out of my chest right now.

[breathes deeply]

So something came up today after you guys left.

This guy was there who I had talked to

before I came on the show‐‐

he was from another season‐‐

and said, like, he's here.

I‐‐I just wanna give him a chance and see what happens.

I realize that's gonna cause some serious problems.

I just don't want in any way for you guys to feel like

I disrespect you, 'cause I care about each person here so much.

‐ Is it‐‐is it fair to ask the full context

of your relationship prior to the show?

‐ Yeah, never met him until today.

‐ Oh, okay. ‐ We chatted, like,

a handful of times.

‐ What's his name? ‐ Nick.

‐ Nick who? ‐ Viall?

‐ Yeah. ‐ The guy from Andi's season?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[groans]

I feel sick.

I hate this.

‐ Are you not confident in what's here?

Like, are you looking for more? ‐ No, I am.

No, I am confident.

‐ That didn't sound very confident.

‐ If she was 100% confident in our connection

and our relationship, then she wouldn't even consider

bringing him here.

‐ I still really don't know

what I'm doing with Nick,

but, um, I'm gonna sleep on it.

‐ We all put our lives on hold

and she's just gonna throw a guy in

in the middle of this? That's kind of disrespectful.

‐ She said she truly believes her husband is in the room.

Does she still feel that way,

or is it now kaput? ‐ Yeah.

‐ And what in the hell does she potentially see in this guy

that she didn't see in 25 guys

to make her think about bringing him on?

‐ It's very desperate for a guy to fly out to New York...

‐ I agree. ‐ And beg for an opportunity.

‐ Kaitlyn, we know,

is a very strong woman...

And she can make a decision.

‐ Hi. ‐ How's it going?

‐ And, um, it sounds like there was some hesitation.

‐ How are you? ‐ Good. How are you?

‐ Good. ‐ Good to see you.

‐ But I think we need to make it clear

that, like, we're not gonna all revolt.

‐ Yeah. ‐ Maybe we should.

‐ So how you feeling?

‐ [laughs]

Well, I just have to think, you know, like...

Mm.

Nick.

‐ I'm not here to waste your time.

I know you're not.

I know.

‐ Like, I'm not here to be the villain.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ I'm here 'cause of you,

and I wanna get to know you more than I already have.

‐ Mm.

You know, I've‐‐I've built, like, a couple of relationships

with these guys. ‐ Sure.

‐ And then I had to have that, like, conversation

with the guys, and I don't know.

I was really hard. ‐ I know.

‐ 'Cause some of them were, like, not happy about it.

I don't wanna just do what I think, you know‐‐

people are gonna be mad at me if I do this

so I'm not gonna do it.

You know, I'm looking for someone to spend

the rest of my life with. ‐ Yeah.

‐ So I kind of have to be selfish.

‐ Yeah.

‐ Like, I think I would regret

if I let you go.

[dramatic music]

‐ Okay.

‐ So what do you say?

‐ I'm‐‐I'm not gonna get cold feet now.

‐ [laughs] ‐ So yeah.

‐ I'm glad you're here. ‐ Let's do it.

I'm psyched. ‐ Oh, my gosh!

There's definitely chemistry.

And the fact that there is something between Nick and I,

I‐‐I have to explore it.

♪ ♪

Because I would regret it if I didn't.

But at the same time,

all I can think about is how the other guys

are gonna react when I tell them.

‐ Holy crap. ‐ Yo.

‐ Look who it is. Hey. ‐ How's it going?

‐ I'm good. How are you guys?

‐ Good. ‐ I've been thinking about,

like, what's been going on with Nick,

and, uh, I've decided, like,

he is gonna be moving in tonight.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

I do not like the energy right now in this room.

‐ There's a lot of guys here

that are pretty upset about Nick.

I mean, it's a cloud.

It‐‐it definitely hangs over,

I think, the whole group.

‐ It's‐‐it's‐‐ it's kind of rough.

I'm not gonna lie about that and‐‐

‐ I definitely get it, and I think he knows

what he's walking into as well.

♪ ♪

‐ Last season for me was extraordinary,

and it was also not that much fun.

But if she really wants me here,

I'm gonna stay because I do feel that there's

a legitimate chance of something

very special with her.

But at the same time, I'm really nervous.

I can come in and be very unwelcomed

because I showed up late or I showed up at all.

♪ ♪

[relaxing elevator music playing]

♪ ♪

[exhales heavily]

♪ ♪

[elevator bell dings]

[tense music]

‐ Got no interest at all in knowing the guy.

Like, there's nothing about this situation

that tells me this is a good guy,

so it sucks.

‐ This dude's trying to do some serious self‐promotion.

‐ Words are cheap, though.

‐ Well, he's a good talker, obviously,

because he talked himself into getting here, yeah.

‐ If Nick V. does show up,

I don't think any of the guys are gonna take a liking

to him coming in.

♪ ♪

‐ What's up, guys?

‐ What's up? ‐ How you doing?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:"

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

Tonight we're taking a look back

at Kaitlyn Bristowe's season

of "The Bachelorette."

Nick Viall's arrival has shaken this entire season to the core,

and Kaitlyn's decision to keep Nick around

has pushed everybody to the limit.

So what happens next?

Well, we're about to find out.

‐ I guess we'll start with‐‐ we'd like you to start.

‐ Um, I guess I'll just keep it just real simple.

You know, um, I'm not here to cause drama.

I'm not here to create a scene.

I actually kind of dig this girl from the little bit I know

and I'd like to get to know her a little bit more.

[clears throat]

Um...

‐ I guess the question I have is your truest intentions.

I mean, we just wanna make sure you're not here chasing

your 16th minute of fame.

‐ You had your season. ‐ Okay.

‐ Why you want another one?

‐ Well, it has to do with Kaitlyn.

‐ I mean, we read the tabloids.

We heard that you and Andi hung out two weeks ago.

‐ I ran into Andi.

She was in town, and we met up shortly

and kind of, you know,

buried the hatchet, so to speak, you know?

‐ So you're just ready for the next Bachelorette?

I mean, you gonna come back next year

if it doesn't work out with Kaitlyn too?

‐ It's not my plan. Uh‐‐

‐ It just seems odd. It seems like‐‐

You know, there's a lot‐‐ there's lots

of girls out there, right?

‐ Yeah, I know. I get it.

‐ Plenty of connections, so‐‐

‐ I'm sure you appreciate that

Kaitlyn's a pretty cool chick, you know?

And I just happened to talk to her

and start liking her, and as time passed

and she became the Bachelorette,

it was like, "[bleep], you know, I gotta do this."

I had to meet her. It was my‐‐

Like, in my head, I was like,

"I just wanna meet this girl."

‐ I don't like it.

I don't like it at all.

Anybody who comes in halfway through a season

when they've already had an entire season,

I'm automatically gonna question his intentions.

‐ I didn't come here to get, you know, the firing squad,

but I just hope that you at least respect, you know,

why I came.

‐ We're all definitely tense knowing that Nick

had previously connected with Kaitlyn

through text messages and stuff like that.

He may have a leg up on some of the guys

from a connection standpoint, and I‐‐I don't know‐‐

I don't know what that means

going to the Rose Ceremony tonight.

‐ Hi.

[indistinct chatter]

How are you guys? Hi.

‐ How are you?

‐ I'm feeling a little bit anxious

going into tonight only because

this is gonna be the first time I'm all together with the guys

and Nick, and so I'm just a bit anxious

to find out what the guys are feeling,

especially Shawn.

‐ A crazy couple days. ‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ It's so hard for me to let my guard down,

and I told you that.

And I'm sitting there in the house,

and another guy comes in,

and it's like I take two steps back

and my guard just starts going back up,

and that's the last thing I want.

‐ If you want this to go downhill fast and fail,

you will put your walls back up.

‐ I don't want‐‐that's the last thing I want to happen,

and you know that.

‐ Look...

I've told you from day one

how strongly I feel about our connection.

Like, this is not taking away from that.

[inhales sharply]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Hey, can you, like, hold my hand or something?

♪ ♪

‐ I don't know.

I would just hope that you were smarter‐‐

I‐‐not smarter.

I just think...

[scoffs]

The guy is full of [bleep].

110%.

I don't know why she allowed the other guy to come here.

I'm not even gonna say his name.

To me, he's just the other guy.

I don't think he deserves it.

He's just a pompous, arrogant guy

that needs to go home.

[wind whistling]

‐ Nick.

♪ ♪

Nick, will you accept this rose?

‐ I will. Thank you.

♪ ♪

Kaitlyn has decided she wants

to explore whatever it is with me.

I think there's some guys who want nothing to do with me,

but I'm here.

Deal with it.

[upbeat music]

♪ Kaitlyn, I love your smile ♪

♪ I hope I stick around for a while ♪

♪ We have such a great connection ♪

♪ It gives me such a huge [bleep] ♪

‐ [laughs]

‐ ♪ The guys were pissed I showed up at all ♪

♪ But for your heart, I'm willing to brawl ♪

[cheers and applause]

‐ I'm not playing. ‐ What?

‐ I'm not playing.

I don't like Nick.

I don't like how he showed up.

I don't trust him.

I mean, in all honestly,

his intentions to me are still pretty dicey.

My guy intuition and my gut feeling says

nothing about him is good. ‐ Yeah.

‐ There's not a doubt in my mind

that the guys that are left

are in this for the right reasons.

And then to have a guy weasel his way in

that's already been here before...

You know.

‐ Josh is like a little bomb,

and it's just like... [mimics bomb beeping]

And you're just watching it wind down,

and sooner than later,

he's just gonna explode.

‐ I‐‐there's just‐‐

something just doesn't sit right with Nick.

‐ On what? ‐ His intentions

and why he's here when he claimed his absolute love

for Andi. He feels wrong.

Nobody is comfortable with him in the house.

Nobody likes him.

Nick's gotta watch out for it.

He doesn't belong in this setting.

If he got the group date rose tonight,

that'd be a kick to the groin.

‐ Nick, I just have to trust my heart,

so will you accept this rose?

‐ I will. Thank you.

♪ ♪

‐ You giving me the group date rose‐‐

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ It meant a lot that you stood up

for your connection with me.

‐ Is there anybody talking to her right now?

‐ I'm assuming Nick 'cause he's not here.

‐ [groans]

‐ He just completely

land mined everybody else.

It's frustrating.

‐ Yeah, I don't know.

It's just really tough.

‐ I like you. ‐ I like you.

‐ I'm, like, totally liking you.

[smooching]

You do not disappoint.

‐ [moans]

‐ You haven't talked to her yet, right?

‐ No, I haven't talked to her yet.

‐ I haven't talked to her either.

‐ Nick's been with her, like, the past 20 minutes.

That's a long talk to be in.

‐ It's really difficult for me

because I came into this process for Kaitlyn

and I expected to have a deeper connection with her.

[smooching]

But Kaitlyn just seems like she wants

to make out with people and have a good time.

Like, I'm not here just to have a good time.

I don't think that Kaitlyn understands the full extent

of who I am,

and who I am is a catch.

I bring so much more to the table than Nick.

Hey. ‐ How's it going?

‐ How's it going? ‐ Are you swooping in?

‐ Yeah, swooping in. Waiting on you.

How's, uh, San Antonio?

‐ I love it. Are you loving it?

‐ No.

My patience is at the end,

so when I talk to Kaitlyn,

I'm leaving it all on the table.

I look around the house

and I look at you and I feel like

everybody's kind of on a vacation from life,

and for me, this isn't a vacation.

I came here for love and I came here to find a wife,

and bringing Nick in,

I don't question his intentions.

I question your intentions.

I really see you as a surface‐level person

at this stage,

and that deep person is who I am,

and I wonder if you're really that shallow...

Because I don't see anything beyond the surface.

I came here expecting to meet

the girl that had her heart broken

and was devastated by Chris Soules,

not the girl that wanted to get her field plowed,

and I feel like you're here

to make out with a bunch of dudes on TV.

And I don't think we're here for the same reasons.

‐ [scoffs]

So you don't think I'm here to find a husband?

‐ Not from what I've seen.

‐ [scoffs]

I'm really‐‐my blood is boiling a little bit right now.

I'm super offended by you.

I am not as deep of a person as you are.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ It doesn't mean that

I am surface level and that there's not more

to me than you know. ‐ Okay.

‐ And the fact that you're sitting here

calling me surface level, like,

do you not think you're being super rude and offensive?

‐ I mean, that's what I've observed.

I'm not trying to offend you.

I haven't seen more than that.

‐ You just questioned me as the "Bachelorette"

and questioned my intentions and questioned why I'm here

and called me surface level.

You have in no way appreciated the kind of person I am

or seen past that part of it when there's much more to me,

and fine if we haven't gotten the time to get there,

but I'm just really disappointed

in how you just approached that.

‐ I'm sorry; this is where I'm at right now,

and those are the feelings that I have to share.

‐ Yeah, that's fine. If that's how you're‐‐mm‐hmm.

‐ I feel like whatever I've put out‐‐

‐ I'm not gonna sit here and try and convince you

by any means.

If that's how you feel about me, then‐‐

‐ No, and I certainly don't expect you to convince me.

Um, I intend to go home. ‐ No.

‐ I don't belong here. ‐ No, you do not.

‐ I don't belong with this group.

I'm not the guy you're looking for.

You're not the woman I'm looking for.

‐ Definitely not. ‐ And I think that's that.

[tense music]

‐ That's very clear.

♪ ♪

‐ And that's what I have to say.

‐ You feel good about that.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

It upsets me that someone questions my intentions here,

because I am looking for that one person

to spend the rest of my life with,

and I'm just, like, over people questioning me.

I mean, I've never taken something so serious

in my life.

[dramatic music]

‐ Welcome back.

We're halfway through, and Kaitlyn's journey

has gone international.

Kaitlyn has taken her men to beautiful Dublin, Ireland,

but tensions between Nick and the other Bachelors

are at an all‐time high.

When it came time for the first one‐on‐one date,

Kaitlyn made a bold decision.

She took Nick, angering many of the other men.

For those who remember this date,

you know this was the moment that changed the course

of everything for Kaitlyn, Nick,

and everyone else.

For those new to the journey, buckle up,

because what happens next sent shock waves

through Bachelor Nation.

It was truly controversial at the time.

Let's take a look.

[uplifting music]

♪ ♪

‐ This is so great. It's so nice out.

‐ I'm so excited to get out in Dublin

and take Nick on a date.

Isn't it nice to just get out and we can just hang out?

‐ Yeah.

‐ There's a lot of talk that

Nick is one way in the house

and another way with me,

but I can't go off what the other guys say.

I have to go off what I feel.

I have to see what happens.

I wore a holey sweater for you

so you could touch my back.

‐ Appreciate it.

Kaitlyn looks sexy. Super sexy.

Really sexy.

I feel like our hands are just...

kind of all over each other.

It's a beautiful day with a beautiful woman.

I'm having a great time.

‐ Ooh, sweet.

I'm a big ring‐wearer.

‐ The two hands represent, like, friendship.

Crown represents loyalty. ‐ Yeah.

‐ And the heart is love. ‐ Aww!

‐ Nick bought us both rings, and you wear it

on your wedding finger.

I put it on and I was just, like, instantly happy.

[laughs] It just felt right.

It's crazy,

how one week, you think you're not gonna see someone

and then the next week, you're in Ireland walking down

the street with him. ‐ Uh‐huh.

‐ Yes. [moans]

[romantic music]

‐ Since I showed up, Kaitlyn and I‐‐

I don't know‐‐kind of have been all over each other,

which I like.

‐ Oh, boy. Oh, boy.

‐ You know, the physical connection is‐‐

it's rock solid.

Um, I think we're good there.

I'm definitely falling for Kaitlyn.

She's incredible.

You know, it's funny, like,

I knew, like, I took a risk and, you know,

you took the risk on‐‐on keeping me,

but you were worth it to me.

Right now, where my heart is at is,

I want to figure it out with you.

♪ ♪

‐ I'm just so happy he's here.

The only concern I would have with Nick is that

our chemistry is just‐‐ I don't know‐‐too passionate.

Is that a thing?

We definitely have chemistry.

It's intense.

‐ What I feel for you and what we have is‐‐

it's‐‐it is such a magical feeling

and it's‐‐it's everything I thought it would be.

I mean, really, you know,

looking at you and, you know,

looking at you... ‐ [chuckles]

‐ And even kissing you, um...

♪ ♪

‐ The way he pulls me in and the way he kisses me,

Nick just makes me feel like a woman,

a desired woman.

I had such a great day. I really did.

‐ I did too. ‐ And night.

It's awesome.

I also don't really want it to end.

‐ No, me neither.

‐ Do you wanna go back to my hotel

and hang out for a bit? ‐ Yeah.

‐ [laughs]

‐ Are you [bleep] with me? ‐ No.

Do you want to? ‐ Okay. Yeah.

♪ ♪

‐ I just feel like I'm at a point

where the chemistry's there,

the emotions are there,

ev‐‐everything I'm looking for is there

and I'm ready to just be like,

"Hey, you wanna go back to my suite and..."

I don't know. Whatever happens happens.

[whispering indistinctly]

♪ ♪

[giggles]

‐ Obviously would I love to be on that one‐on‐one

date today? Yeah, absolutely.

I'm not happy at all that Nick has a one‐on‐one

with Kaitlyn right now.

It's just very tough to see

a guy that I have concerns about

going out with the girl that I have very strong feelings for.

‐ Hopefully she's having a [bleep] time right now and...

‐ [chuckles]

♪ ♪

‐ Come into my room. ‐ [laughs]

♪ ♪

‐ I think he's gonna come back with a rose tonight, 100%.

‐ I think he's gonna come back with a rose as well.

‐ I think it'll take a little bit more time

for her to figure out his true character

and whatever it is... ‐ Mm.

‐ Whatever intentions he has being here.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

[smooching]

‐ Mm, I don't want this to end.

‐ I know.

[smooching]

‐ I want to know every part of you.

[smooching]

‐ It's getting real. ‐ Yep.

‐ It's getting serious fast.

Who knows? Maybe he does make it to the very end.

[smooching]

♪ ♪

‐ I could get ahold of you.

‐ Well, come here.

‐ [moaning]

‐ He's been in this position before.

He knows what to do.

‐ [moans]

Oh, my God.

‐ I mean, I know I keep going back to it,

but you just gotta trust Kaitlyn.

‐ [gasps]

♪ ♪

[moans]

♪ ♪

[moans]

‐ Coming up...

‐ I really made a mess of things.

‐ The fallout from Kaitlyn's night with Nick.

‐ There are a lot of questions that need to be answered.

‐ That time alone I had with Nick

could ruin everything.

‐ You're the last person I wanna talk to.

I don't care if I ever talk to you again

for the rest of my life.

‐ Feels like the worst feeling in the world.

‐ And later...

These are passionate, romantic love letters.

Find out the truth about Nick and Kaitlyn's relationship

before the show.

‐ I was a bit of a troublemaker.

I'll‐‐I'll own that.

‐ Plus, the shocking proposal

that will change Kaitlyn's life forever.

‐ I'm literally freaking out!

‐ Is that a yes? ‐ Yes!

Yes, yes, yes! Oh, my God!

[dramatic music]

‐ Welcome back, Bachelor Nation.

Kaitlyn and Nick were intimate before the Fantasy Suites,

and this was a big deal.

At the time, it was really controversial

'cause it'd never happened before

in the history of the show,

and it changed many lives forever.

The enormity of what happened quickly sunk in for Kaitlyn.

How did she feel the next day?

Well, let's find out.

[birds chirping]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ Waking up in the morning,

I definitely am feeling guilt.

♪ ♪

The fact that I've been intimate with Nick

was not where the guilt comes from with me.

♪ ♪

I just don't feel like I had to have gone there with Nick

and I feel guilty because of how strong my relationship

is with other guys.

‐ The‐‐the date with‐‐ with Kaitlyn was great.

Uh, we walked around Dublin, drank some whiskey,

and I got a rose, and she said,

"Hey, do you just wanna go back to my suite?"

And I was like, "Great,"

and, I mean, I was kind of shocked,

but we just went and sat on her couch

and we just had more‐‐ we had more whiskey.

We drank a lot of whiskey yesterday,

um, and just talked some more.

Um, it was really personal.

♪ ♪

‐ It terrifies me to think that that time alone I had

with Nick could ruin everything.

I really made a mess of things.

♪ ♪

‐ So that was the emotion and the scene

the morning after when it really started to set in,

and you have to remember this aired five years ago.

It was one of the most talked‐about moments

in television that year.

It was shocking, dramatic,

and really controversial for many reasons.

To help us better understand the gravity of that moment,

I've invited former Bachelorette

DeAnna Pappas Stagliano

and our current Bachelorette, Clare Crawley,

to discuss this with me.

Ladies, thank you so much for being with me tonight.

‐ Nice to see you. ‐ Hi.

‐ I don't know if I should clap or just, like, cheer

or what it should be. ‐ [laughs]

Clare, you know, it's weird to think, as we sit here,

you actually would have been

our former Bachelorette already.

Your season would be over; it would be on the air right now.

So this has to have been incredibly frustrating

for everyone but especially you.

‐ All that goes through my head.

I think the most important thing, though, is that...

I will and do have this opportunity now,

whereas other people are going through much harder,

challenging things right now. ‐ Of course.

‐ So this is something that‐‐

that I'm just thankful for.

What a time is this, right?

‐ Uh, this is wild.

I'll tell you what's wild,

and, uh, DeAnna, you know,

you know as we did this together

as a former Bachelorette many years ago‐‐

‐ A very long time ago, Chris. ‐ A very long time ago.

We moved forward to Kaitlyn's season

and we've been watching that,

and we just watched the emotional day after,

uh, when she was intimate with Nick,

and it really was a big deal.

It really was controversial back then.

‐ I‐‐you know what?

I‐‐I was trying to think of this

and put myself in her shoes, because, again,

I think it was about 12 years ago that I was on the show,

and still to this day, I feel like people question me

to this day on what happened in the Fantasy Suite.

I think that's their number one question:

did you or did you not have sex with someone

in the Fantasy Suite?

And I don't know why that's their first question

because sometimes I feel like the Bachelors

aren't put in that position.

They don't get asked what happens in the Fantasy Suite.

And I still commend Kaitlyn that she stood her ground

and the fact that she knew she was attracted to a man

as a grown woman and made a decision

to explore that. ‐ Absolutely. I commend her.

People are gonna say and have their opinions on it,

but she is a woman that follows her heart,

and I have nothing but pure love for people

who follow their passion,

follow their heart, and lead with that,

where it's Hannah or Kaitlyn or whoever.

These are the type of women that other people

need to be kind of taking notes from,

women that just do what they want to do

and what makes them happy regardless.

‐ Do you think because of the women

that have come before you,

you can be that powerful, strong woman and own it?

Own the intimacy, whatever comes?

‐ Because of the women before me,

yes, but also because of the woman

that I have become.

I mean, I've been judged in the past.

I've had the worst of the worst said to me

and called the worst of the worst names,

but when you believe in yourself

and know what you stand for,

this is something that, um, I will gladly own

and I'm excited for it.

‐ Um, yeah, 'cause I know that

you have been through something,

um, you know, like Juan Pablo's season

when you were shamed not only by viewers

but from the Bachelor himself.

Um, very different situation than we normally run into.

‐ Yeah, I hope that everybody is not necessarily sitting

and judging but looking from an open‐‐open perspective

and an open heart, knowing that this is just my story

and I'm sharing it with you guys,

so I'm excited for it.

‐ DeAnna, before we say good‐bye,

um, you've been in these shoes before.

Any advice for our Bachelorette?

‐ I called producers.

I called them right away and was like,

"This is the best decision

"that you could have possibly made,

to make Clare the Bachelorette."

She's a grown woman.

Clare, you have been given a unique opportunity here.

You have the ability to say, like, "This is who I am

"at my core.

This is what I want for me and for our lives,"

and, man, I‐‐I am there to cheer you on.

I'll be the first one to be watching, you know?

‐ Ah, DeAnna, that means honestly so much to me

because you are what a strong woman is also,

and I think to support another woman,

I think that only lifts me up even higher

and encourages me up even more,

so thank you so much.

‐ Oh, amen, sister.

Welcome to, what, 15 seasons of women

who will be there to support you

and lift you up.

Welcome to it.

‐ I am not getting in the way of that.

In fact, that's a great note to end on.

Um, DeAnna, I just wanna say first, 'cause I see

the beautiful family, my best to Steve and the kids.

Uh, for those that didn't know,

DeAnna is now married to Stephen Stagliano

and has two beautiful children,

so wishing you guys the very best.

I miss you, my friend. ‐ Thank you.

‐ And to you, Clare,

someday we will have our moment

and your journey will begin,

and it cannot begin soon enough,

but I know you're ready and I know, like DeAnna,

everybody is so excited for you to be the Bachelorette.

‐ Oh, thank you so much.

I'm looking forward to it, and I cannot wait

to‐‐to go on this journey.

‐ Clare, DeAnna, thank you so much, ladies.

Always a pleasure. You guys take care.

‐ Thank you so much, Chris. ‐ Good night, Chris.

‐ All right, well, Bachelor Nation,

get ready for Clare to be our Bachelorette.

That is what our priority is as soon as we come back,

and we can't wait to do it.

And when we come back,

it's time to explore how Kaitlyn will handle

this earth‐shattering turning point in her story,

and then we're gonna explore all the explosive fallout

that would follow that.

Then later,

Kaitlyn will be joining me herself

to talk about those difficult days,

and what about those love letters?

Yeah, we're gonna get to the bottom of that as well.

It's all coming up on "The Bachelor:

Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

When we last saw Kaitlyn,

she took an unprecedented step in her relationship with Nick.

During their time in Dublin, they were intimate,

but Kaitlyn still has

incredibly strong feelings for Shawn,

and of course she knows that Nick and Shawn

don't like each other.

That's an understatement.

Will one intimate moment with Nick

ruin everything with Shawn?

We're about to find out.

[tense music]

‐ Are you nervous right now?

‐ [laughs]

Uh, can you tell?

‐ Yeah. ‐ Really?

‐ Yeah. Why you nervous? ‐ What's wrong with me?

I'm usually not nervous around you.

Well, a little bit, but...

My relationship with Shawn

definitely has moved quicker than others,

and I feel compelled to be honest with him

and tell him about what happened with Nick.

I feel sick having to tell him.

That means I feel like it's gonna go worse than I think.

♪ ♪

Um, I don't even know how to say this.

Um...

You know, like...

uh...

‐ It's all right.

You can say whatever you need to say.

‐ I just know that

I want to be honest with you,

and I know that your biggest thing is trust.

[somber music]

And because I don't want you to find out later...

♪ ♪

[sighs]

You know I had that, like, one‐on‐one date with Nick.

Um...

♪ ♪

At night, we went back to my place,

and...

I just feel like it went too far.

♪ ♪

And it's hard for me to admit it,

but we had sex.

♪ ♪

‐ Mm.

[clears throat]

Mm‐‐

Do‐‐do you regret it?

‐ I couldn't stop thinking about, like,

what that might do to our relationship.

‐ Yeah, I mean, I'm just like‐‐

I don't even know what to think, honestly.

I'm trying to figure out why...

you're telling me this right now.

‐ I just thought it was the right thing to do.

‐ Yeah.

‐ There's something...

I think you have to talk me through this.

‐ Yeah, no.

Maybe I should take a minute to regroup

and go to the bathroom and come back.

‐ Okay.

‐ All right.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

I'm so tense right now, I can't even piss.

♪ ♪

‐ I think it's a possibility

that Shawn can't handle it.

This is kind of a bomb to drop on somebody.

♪ ♪

‐ Am I upset about it? Yeah, obviously.

'Cause I told you I was falling in love with you,

and you just told me that you spent some extra time

and went too far with a guy

that you know I've already expressed my thoughts

and feelings about him.

[clears throat] Yeah.

It's just like one thing after another, you know?

‐ I'm just hoping he will be willing to get through this.

He might leave.

Can't rule that out.

I don't know if you know how much I really care

about this relationship and where it goes.

Do you?

‐ I think I do, yeah. I hope so.

I hope I do.

I'm gonna try my hardest

to put this to the back of my head,

not to let this affect our future together,

but it sucks.

[dramatic music]

There are a lot of questions that need to be answered

before I can accept this rose.

I've been operating under the impression

that she values what I'm saying

and that she trusts what I'm saying.

I feel like if she did trust me,

then he wouldn't be here.

Everything is on the line for me tonight.

It's really tough to decide

if I would be able to accept a rose from Kaitlyn.

♪ ♪

It's up in the air.

I really don't know right now.

♪ ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ Shawn.

♪ ♪

Shawn, will you accept this rose?

‐ I need to talk to you.

♪ ♪

‐ Okay.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

‐ I did a lot of thinking last night,

and I had a really tough time sleeping

just thinking about everything that you told me.

♪ ♪

You know, you told me you thought that I was the one,

and I just don't know why you would do something like that

to jeopardize us.

♪ ♪

‐ Telling you that you were the one halfway through

was a mistake.

‐ Mm.

‐ I had no business doing that.

I am here to explore other relationships.

♪ ♪

And I love your honesty.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ And I love that you care,

but you need to let me figure out things for myself.

♪ ♪

You have to trust me,

and I just don't think you do.

♪ ♪

Shawn, will you accept this rose?

♪ ♪

‐ Absolutely.

♪ ♪

As many concerns that I had coming into today,

the bottom line is,

I can't give up on this girl.

I need to trust her.

♪ ♪

‐ Nick.

[dramatic music]

Nick, will you accept this rose?

‐ Yes.

‐ Nick got a rose.

That means he's going to the overnight date

to spend an entire night with her, uninterrupted,

so I'm having a tough time dealing with that.

‐ What's up, Shawn?

♪ ♪

Got a few minutes? Just wanna‐‐

‐ Uh, not really.

I really don't want to talk to you.

[chuckles] At all.

♪ ♪

It sucks.

‐ I thought finally, you know, you wanted

to have a man‐to‐man conversation.

‐ No, I don't want to let you talk.

I don't even want to see you right now.

I don't want to think about you anymore going forward.

‐ I‐‐ ‐ Honestly,

if I hear your mouth one more time,

it's not gonna be pretty.

‐ Are you threatening me?

‐ You're just a little smooth talker

who loves hearing himself talk.

I just want this to be about me and Kaitlyn.

‐ Listen, I think it's a real shame‐‐

‐ I just want this to be about me and Kaitlyn.

‐ I think it's a real shame that we've had to waste time

this week talking about each other...

[both speaking at once]

‐ I don't want to see you right now, honestly.

You're the last person I want to see.

You're the last person I want to talk to.

I don't care if I ever talk to you again

for the rest of my life.

So how about you just get

the [bleep] out of my place right now?

‐ All right. Fair enough, Shawn.

♪ ♪

‐ A lot of emotion.

Bottom line: those two guys just don't like each other.

A lot of tension between them, and for Kaitlyn,

well, she really found herself in the middle

of a truly heartbreaking situation.

At the time, I remember thinking,

"There's no way out of this for her,"

but maybe there is.

When we come back, we're gonna see

how Kaitlyn navigates this difficult situation.

Stick around.

♪ ♪

‐ Hello, Bachelor Nation, and welcome back to my home.

I'm here with my son Joshua.

We're shooting the show here again tonight.

Tonight we are diving into Kaitlyn Bristowe's season

of "The Bachelorette," and right now,

Kaitlyn is caught between two men

who despise one another.

And at the time, I thought there was no way

she could keep Nick around

because of her feelings for Shawn‐‐

they were that strong.

But if I've learned anything after all these years,

it's that the heart wants what the heart wants.

[soft music]

‐ I have a lot of stress and anxiety

because of the animosity between Shawn and Nick.

They're having these jealous emotions

that are causing them to say things

that don't really matter.

But it's really important for me

to focus on each person and each relationship,

and right now,

I feel really excited about Nick,

and I feel happy about him.

How beautiful is this?

‐ This is amazing. ‐ [laughs]

I think about everything that Nick and I have

and what we feel when we're together.

It just feels right.

Everything about us feels right.

Like, I can see him as my husband.

Given that you've been in this position before,

like, how are you feeling?

‐ Especially the last week, I definitely felt like

just an outsider.

I knew it was going to be tough going in,

and I am sorry for showing up late,

and I don't know if that would've made a difference.

And I know it's been hard on you as a result,

and for that, I am sorry,

but I am not sorry for taking a chance,

and...

‐ I don't want you to be sorry for any of it.

‐ Like, I just care about this...

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And, like,

I came here for you.

Like, it's very simple. It's very clear.

It's the only thing that's

keeping me breathing in this world

is knowing why I'm here.

‐ That's sweet.

[chuckles] Damn it.

♪ ♪

‐ I feel very grateful that I'm here with Kaitlyn,

and looking back, Kaitlyn and I's relationship

has grown a lot since I've been here.

More than I could've imagined.

But I'm aware, as confident as I am,

that this could not go my way again,

and I'm terrified

because of how I feel about Kaitlyn.

I liked you before I showed up.

Like, you're not the Bachelorette to me.

‐ Right. ‐ You're just Kaitlyn,

this girl I'm crazy about,

and it's‐‐like, it's more scary than before.

‐ [chuckles]

‐ I want to just be open to her.

I want to be honest with her about how I'm feeling...

[bell tolling]

Because I would absolutely

love to spend the rest of my life with Kaitlyn.

My parents were introduced in church.

‐ Oh, they were? ‐ Yeah.

So it's actually a really romantic story.

So this young boy‐‐

he was probably three or four years old‐‐

came up to them and came up to my dad,

and he whispered in his ear, he goes,

"You're gonna marry that girl."

‐ That's so special. ‐ They got engaged

six months later... ‐ They did?

‐ And married, like, nine months later, yeah.

It's been an incredible run,

and having done this before,

there's a huge difference in how I feel

at this point than I did last time.

"There is magic in your eyes,

"and when I look at you, I see my future.

"There is electricity in your lips,

"and when I kiss you, I feel your energy.

"There is love in your heart,

"and when I touch you,

"I feel a love worth never letting go.

Love, Nick."

♪ ♪

Better or worse, I've been in this position before,

and knowing that I am falling in love with her,

you know, uh, means a lot to me,

and I don't take it lightly.

♪ ♪

[ducks quacking] So I've been thinking.

‐ Thinking about what?

‐ Um, the last time I, like,

expressed love or anything like that,

like, it was in this kind of environment.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ But, um...

I remember, you know, towards the end,

even though I was very sure about my feelings,

I felt like if I was gonna get that opportunity,

I would have to take a leap of faith...

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ A little bit.

Um, and I think about us and‐‐and our relationship

and the things that we have, and with you,

I‐‐I don't have to take a leap of faith.

I don't have any reservations about you or us.

I just don't, and so‐‐wow.

‐ What?

‐ I guess what I'm trying to say

is that‐‐I don't think it's a big surprise,

but I am totally in love with you,

more than I can even say in words.

So...yeah.

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

I absolutely think Kaitlyn is that person

that I want to spend the rest of my life with.

I feel really good about where we're at,

and it's becoming increasingly hard

to imagine it not ending well.

♪ ♪

I'm looking forward to having her by my side

when this is all over.

♪ ♪

‐ Well, as you just heard, Nick is all in.

When we come back, one man's dreams

of a happily ever after with Kaitlyn

will be completely shattered.

You might know whose heart is about to be torn apart,

but do you know this breakup ranks

as one of the biggest blindsides

in "Bachelor" history?

And it turns out

there's a newly revealed bombshell reason

this man was so blindsided.

Plus, we'll finally reveal those letters

that have sat unread and untouched for years.

What will they reveal?

It will completely change

the way you thought about Kaitlyn, Shawn, and Nick

after all these years, so stick around.

[suspenseful music]

‐ Welcome back.

It's the end of Kaitlyn's journey,

and she's now in the ultimate dilemma.

Does she love Nick, or does she love Shawn?

The only thing we do know

is that there's no love lost between those two men.

Shawn and Nick have laid their hearts on the line

and are both deeply in love with Kaitlyn,

each with an engagement ring,

ready to slip it on Kaitlyn's finger.

I know I often say things are the most dramatic ever.

Actually, I always say that, every season.

But in all seriousness,

you're about to witness one of the most brutal breakups

I have ever seen.

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ This is the biggest night of my life.

I think I'll be happy at the end of this.

It's just, that good‐bye is gonna be

the hardest thing I'm gonna have to do.

Feels like the worst feeling in the world

to know that you have to say good‐bye

to somebody that you love and care about.

I really did need to take it this far

to figure it out.

[sniffles]

[cries]

♪ ♪

‐ I can't wait to propose to Kaitlyn tonight.

I'm absolutely in love with her.

I would be very heartbroken if she said no

or if she tells me she's in love with somebody else.

‐ I don't know what type of relationship

that Shawn has with Kaitlyn,

but I know it's not the relationship we have.

Our connection is better than anything else she has.

I hope at the end of the night,

I hear Kaitlyn tell me that she's in love with me

and I'm able to put a ring on her finger.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

[exhales sharply]

I am about to go find out

if Kaitlyn is in love with me

as much as I'm in love with her.

[soft dramatic music]

I absolutely see a future with Kaitlyn.

I know it's a possibility

that I could be totally wrong again,

because last season, Andi sent me home.

When Kaitlyn looks at me,

I feel like she does love every part of me,

and so it's become increasingly harder and harder

to see it go any other way

other than ending up with Kaitlyn.

♪ ♪

‐ [whispering] It's crazy to be here.

‐ Yeah.

♪ ♪

Um...

you look really beautiful.

‐ Thank you.

‐ Um...

I kind of woke up today just...

you know, thinking about this‐‐this whole process.

[stirring music]

Like, how we started talking,

and we had just no expectations

and just how quickly things turned into something more,

you know?

And just how‐‐how crazy

and thinking about standing in front of you right now,

and that‐‐there's a big part of me that kind of expected it.

The reason I showed up in the first place

is because I just felt something about you

and that it was a feeling

I always wanted to feel about someone.

Um...

and I look at you, and...

you know, thinking about how in love I am with you

and‐‐and what you mean to me.

♪ ♪

[sniffles]

Like, I'm not ready to let you go,

and...

and I don't want to let us go,

'cause I am in love with you,

and I look at you,

and I have such confidence in you

and‐‐and us,

and, you know, I am yours forever if...

[sniffles] If you'll have me.

♪ ♪

And...

um, Kaitlyn‐‐

‐ Please... ‐ [sighs]

No? All right.

‐ [inhales deeply]

[exhales shakily]

‐ [sniffles]

‐ [softly] Oh, my God.

[shakily] Oh, my God.

I'm sorry.

‐ What's wrong?

‐ I know that we talked about,

like, if I didn't feel this

that I would let you know,

and I don't want to take away‐‐

because I did need every single second that we've had together.

[breathing shakily]

The only single explanation I have‐‐

I've looked for everything, and I'm, like‐‐

I want to find something that has gone wrong,

and the only explanation that I have

is that my heart is just with somebody else.

It's‐‐ ‐ Okay.

‐ Like, I really needed all this time with you to,

in‐‐in my head, like...

Oh, God.

[somber music]

♪ ♪

‐ I'm not‐‐I'm just‐‐

♪ ♪

I'm not trying to be short.

I just...

I don't think there's anything you could say

that would make me less confused, so, um...

‐ Well, do you think that I didn't fall in love with you?

Do you think... ‐ [sighs]

If you‐‐listen, if you were in love with me,

we would be having a different conversation.

‐ I don't think that's true.

♪ ♪

‐ [softly] I do. Yeah.

‐ Everything that has happened between us,

including, like, when we had off‐camera time

and we were intimate, like,

everything was real to me in those moments,

and I‐‐I don't take it back, and I don't regret it,

and I was feeling everything in those moments,

and overnight dates‐‐

like, everything that we've been through

and done, it's because it was real to me.

‐ I‐‐I‐‐listen. I don't‐‐ ‐ I'm not‐‐I'm not‐‐

‐ I‐‐I believe all that.

I just‐‐I don't need to hear it, you know?

And I‐‐I resp‐‐

‐ But I want to talk to you about it

because I care about you more than you know.

‐ I appre‐‐ I appreciate that.

I do, just‐‐I don't need to continue to hear

how you love or loved me.

I don't‐‐ ‐ I know.

‐ I don't need to keep hearing that,

because I heard it the whole time, and...

‐ But I don't want you to question that or doubt it.

‐ You took things from me.

‐ That was because it was real to me in those moments.

‐ It wasn't that real. ‐ It was.

‐ What I felt for you was greater than a moment.

‐ [crying]

‐ And you knew how I felt about you,

and it was‐‐ I think that sums it up.

It was more than just a moment.

It was more than just‐‐

‐ I'm not trying to take away from what it was.

It was all those things to me too.

‐ It‐‐it wasn't.

It's not fair for you to tell me

that what I feel, you feel the same,

'cause you don't.

And if you did,

you'd have a ring on your finger right now.

‐ [crying]

This is the most confusing, difficult thing

I've ever done, and I'm, like‐‐I‐‐

‐ I hope you‐‐and I hope you're sure of it,

and I hope you have no regrets,

and I hope it works out for you.

I don't want to sit here and say things that are hurtful

and‐‐but you don't want to be with me,

and you don't feel what I feel.

You don't love me.

[solemn music]

♪ ♪

‐ [whispering shakily] I'm sorry.

♪ ♪

Can I walk with you? ‐ Sure.

♪ ♪

‐ I just feel awful.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

I needed to see it out until the end

to‐‐to figure it out.

♪ ♪

How do you explain that to somebody

and just say that "you're not the one"?

I don't understand how to explain it.

He won't understand how to take it.

It just doesn't make sense.

It's just how it is.

♪ ♪

[ring clinks]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ I just don't know what to think right now.

♪ ♪

Just feel sick.

♪ ♪

I think I'm just probably a little in shock right now.

♪ ♪

[sniffles]

Obviously I feel a little foolish.

♪ ♪

You know, to actually hear her

tell me she loves me more than once,

it is like a [bleep] joke.

♪ ♪

I'm the world's biggest joke.

♪ ♪

‐ I've seen that so many times,

and every time I see it, it is just gut‐wrenching.

Nick was so in love.

He was so sure he would finally

get the happy ending he'd been dreaming of.

When we come back, Nick will join us.

He's got a lot to say and even more to reveal

about his journey with Kaitlyn.

We're about to see and hear new information

for the first time ever,

stuff I honestly didn't even know about.

That's right, a bombshell revelation

and those letters.

What they contain will completely change

the way you view everything, so stick around.

[upbeat music]

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

We just saw Kaitlyn say good‐bye to Nick Viall

in one of the most heartbreaking breakups

in the history of this show.

But now so many questions remain.

How well did Nick and Kaitlyn actually know each other

before he came back on the show?

What is this bombshell revelation?

And what about those love letters?

Well, it's time to get some answers.

Let's go to the man himself, Nick Viall,

joining us from his house here in Southern California.

Nick, it's good to see you again, my friend.

‐ Hey, Chris. How you doing, buddy?

‐ I'm good. How are you holding up?

‐ I'm doing great. Yeah.

I mean, it's fine.

I'm stuck inside, like most people.

‐ Okay, I have so many questions we gotta get to.

So let's go back.

How well did you know Kaitlyn

before you came back on the show?

‐ Um...well, we had never met in person.

‐ Okay. ‐ So...

we‐‐we talked‐‐

like, you know, listen.

Bachelor Nation

has a very unique experience,

and the people who go through it,

they connect and share experiences,

and‐‐and that's how Kaitlyn and I,

um, reached out,

uh, and started just chatting.

It's one of those things that kind of escalated quickly.

You start talking, you FaceTime,

and we‐‐we talked, uh, every day

for a period of time,

and then she was asked to be the Bachelorette,

but that was such a unique season because they‐‐

you guys had two Bachelorettes.

I remember telling Kaitlyn a few times,

"If I'm being totally honest, I hope they pick Britt."

‐ Kaitlyn and Britt went on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

‐ Yeah, yeah.

‐ Kaitlyn gave you a sign.

‐ She‐‐yeah, she's like, "I'm about to go onstage.

I'm gonna‐‐I'm going to kiss my fingers, and just know"‐‐

like, and so, again, this was a fun love affair.

It was‐‐for me at the time,

I'm like, "Here I am watching 'Jimmy Kimmel,'

and‐‐and Kaitlyn is, you know, throwing me signals."

‐ She says, "I'm going to put both my fingers to my lips

"and‐‐and give you a sign

"that basically I'm thinking of you.

This is for you."

And let's‐‐we're taking a look at it now.

This is the moment right here.

‐ Not that I'm wishing any controversy,

but, boy, would that be something else.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ That would be great.

How's it gonna work?

Do you know the guys are going to decide...

‐ Touches her lips.

This was a little shout‐out to Nick.

‐ [laughs]

‐ Uh, you hadn't seen each other.

You hadn't spent time together,

but you started talking, and you were writing.

These are the infamous love letters.

You‐‐ ‐ Yeah, they're‐‐

they're emails, you know, they're emails.

I had told her

that I was going to email her

while she was filming the show.

So I just wrote her a bunch of emails

with no anticipation of coming on.

‐ 'Cause I read them, and these are

passionate, romantic love letters

that you emailed to Kaitlyn as she became the Bachelorette

and‐‐and literally started her season.

‐ What's interesting about them is,

when we were filming,

I think it was, uh, you know, during the Fantasy Suite‐‐

'cause, yeah, at this time, I'm thinking,

"She's gonna pick me."

You know, ha‐ha‐ha.

And I had mentioned, I'm like,

"Hey, I wrote you a bunch of emails

"that when you kind of get back on the grid,

you're gonna get."

Obviously she ended up getting engaged to Shawn,

and so I just forgot about them.

I never read them, I never looked at them,

and, um, you know, not too long ago,

Kaitlyn and I, you know, went on each other's podcasts,

and she has said, "You know, I never‐‐

I never got those letters."

I'm like, "Oh, well, I sent them."

So that‐‐her bringing them up made me think,

"Oh, well, I wonder if I have them."

Like, "I wonder if I have them in my sent emails."

And sure enough, they were there, and I read them,

and they were sweet, and it reminded me

of why I came and what I thought about Kaitlyn then,

and I will say, I'm glad I found them,

just because it did‐‐ especially at this point,

they are definitely nothing but good memories.

‐ You know what's interesting is, I've gotten to know you

over the years, we've become friends,

and now I think back.

I'm like, "Was‐‐was he a villain?"

Like, how is he this controversial figure?

Because you're not that guy now.

‐ I was a bit of a troublemaker.

I'll‐‐I'll own that.

Um, but, uh, it was, uh,

it was certainly sincere.

‐ We just showed your, uh, breakup,

and I said it's one of the toughest breakups

to watch in the history of this show,

and I'm sorry to say this to you.

But it was hard to watch.

‐ In that moment when she broke up with me,

I remember wanting to push her in the pool.

‐ [laughs]

‐ Kaitlyn and I have joked about this.

Like, listen, I‐‐my feelings for her were real,

they were sincere, and I think we're both

grateful she made the choice that she did.

Uh, I know things didn't work out with her and Shawn,

but, you know, I don't think

we would've necessarily made it either as‐‐as a couple,

um, you know, and Kaitlyn‐‐ I mean, heck,

her‐‐her boyfriend now is, like, the hottest guy ever,

you know, so it all works out,

and it's a positive memory in my life, for sure.

‐ Well, Nick, I just want to say thank you so much.

We will, uh, look forward to revisiting your season

of "The Bachelor" very soon,

and, again, I appreciate the time.

‐ All right. ‐ And stay safe,

and I hope to talk to you soon.

‐ All right, thanks, buddy. ‐ All right.

Our thanks to Nick for, uh,

being with us tonight.

Coming up, there is more heartbreak,

more twists, and more tears.

How does Kaitlyn's journey end?

Kaitlyn will join me to tell her side of the story

and reveal her own shocking secrets

when we come back.

[upbeat music]

‐ Welcome back to "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

As you saw, Nick went home heartbroken.

Shawn, of course, went on to propose to Kaitlyn,

and she accepted.

After a few years together, they did break up.

So what's happened since then?

And how does she really feel now

about her shocking and controversial turn

as the Bachelorette?

Well, for those answers,

we turn to the woman herself.

We go to Nashville, Tennessee, where Kaitlyn is standing by.

Kaitlyn, it's good to see you again.

‐ Always good to see you.

‐ How are you doing, by the way?

‐ Oh, um, all things considered,

I'm‐‐I'm doing okay.

I didn't‐‐uh, I don't love the fact

that you guys decided to air this season.

Just kidding.

It‐‐it's fun to relive it, and, uh,

I'm‐‐I'm looking at all the positives.

‐ Your season became so iconic for a lot of reasons.

Obviously it started with two Bachelorettes,

but then there was the Nick of it all.

That was a big, controversial moment.

‐ Yeah, it was very controversial,

and, uh, I mean,

looking back on it now, I still have no regrets,

because I'll tell you what.

If‐‐if he didn't come on that season,

uh, I probably would have thought about him after

because of the relationship we started before.

‐ Earlier, uh, in the show,

I had, uh, DeAnna Pappas Stagliano on

and Clare... ‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ And we were talking about

the moment after the, uh, one‐on‐one date

and the intimate moment with Nick.

This was a watershed moment

of not shying away when it was controversial,

and you really leaned into it.

‐ Uh, I didn't really have any option

but to lean into it, because my whole strategy

in‐‐in life is to be myself.

And, you know, it's no secret I'm not a virgin.

If people are virgins,

they're gonna go about the season differently.

In my situation, that's such a, um‐‐

you know, my sexuality

just comes naturally to me in relationships,

and I didn't want there to be any shame around it.

Even though, at the end of the‐‐the show,

I didn't pick that person, I didn't‐‐

I still didn't want there to be shame around it,

because that was just part of how I got to the end of it.

‐ Now the touchy part of this,

because obviously I know where things stand now.

Uh, but first, you said good‐bye to Nick...

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ And you chose Shawn.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ Talk about those two decisions.

‐ A big part of why I was so sure of Shawn at the end

was because I had taken all the relationships

to the necessary point I needed to

to understand how I truly felt,

and I don't know if I've ever said this out loud,

but the intimate moment with Nick

was kind of the moment where I felt wrong

and thought, "Actually,

my feelings for Shawn are much stronger."

So I'm like, "Thank God I did that,"

because that's what opened my eyes and gave me clarity.

‐ You were engaged.

You guys were living together for quite some time.

‐ Yeah. ‐ It didn't work out.

‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ Um...

how difficult were those days?

‐ Over‐‐I mean, 3 1/2 years

is a long time... ‐ Yeah.

‐ You know, to be with somebody,

so I don't consider it like,

really, a failed relationship.

We tried really hard, and, um, and the end of the day,

it felt like it just started off on the wrong foot,

and we couldn't get past certain things,

and when it comes to thinking about your forever,

it's‐‐you have to, um, either move past that

or‐‐or break up,

and that's kind of where the crossroads came to.

‐ The good news, Kaitlyn: it all ends well.

You have found love, and you found love

with, uh, one of our favorites from the "Bachelor" family.

Jason Tartick and you are madly in love and together,

and so let's‐‐ let's bring him in.

‐ [laughs] Let's bring him in.

Who would've thought?

Who would've thought? ‐ Who would've thought?

‐ Uh, I didn't.

Even watching him on my television,

I wouldn't have thought.

I was like, "Man, that guy needs to be the Bachelor."

‐ Uh, for those that don't know,

Jason, of course, uh, we know and love

from Becca's season of "The Bachelorette."

How did you guys meet? How did this happen?

‐ [laughs] I'll tell you, it was not planned.

Jason came on the podcast,

and I didn't actually realize

how ins‐‐instantaneous the‐‐the connection was.

It was people that listened to the podcast

who‐‐they were like, you know,

"We haven't seen Kaitlyn and Shawn post in a while."

Um, "But did you hear the chemistry

between Kaitlyn and Jason on her podcast?"

‐ I was crushing pretty quickly, actually.

So I had left the podcast, funny enough,

and I turned the corner, called my best buddy,

and he says to me, uh, "So how'd it go?

I know you were excited for it," and I go,

"Yep, just met my future wife," you know?

And I was‐‐I was kind of joking around, but...

‐ No, you weren't. ‐ The banter‐‐

I was like, "Yeah, you know." ‐ Ahh, ah!

And then we kind of just started talking as friends,

and I friend‐zoned him hard for a long time, and...

‐ Oh, yeah.

[laughter] ‐ And‐‐and he pushed through.

‐ J, have you ever watched Kaitlyn's season

of "The Bachelorette"?

‐ I have never watched Kaitlyn's season.

No, I haven't.

‐ And that's why we're still happily together.

[laughter]

‐ Well, luckily

we put it into this nice, bite‐sized show

we're doing tonight, so you can just watch this.

‐ You know, what's interesting is, like,

without this experience‐‐ without this franchise,

without any of this‐‐ we wouldn't be here.

We wouldn't live in the same house.

We wouldn't have two beautiful

golden retrievers that we rescued.

Like, this narrative would've never come together

if we didn't both experience all that,

so it's, um‐‐ it's part of the journey,

and, uh, here we are.

‐ By the way, I know you mentioned

about, uh, meeting your future wife.

You know I'm an ordained minister.

‐ Oh, are you?

‐ Oh, my gosh. Don't even do this.

My stomach just sank 'cause I was like, "Wait."

‐ [laughs]

‐ "Is this happening right now?"

‐ Yes, this is. ‐ I'm, like, feeling‐‐

‐ [chuckles] Oh, those are my AirPods.

‐ Oh, my gosh! [audio freezes]

Felt his pocket, and I thought I felt a ring box,

and it was his AirPods! [laughs]

‐ I wouldn't do that to you again.

Not here, but‐‐but, Chris, you'll be called.

‐ I love that we just zinged her and didn't even try to.

‐ [cackling] ‐ Unbelievable.

‐ That's such a Kaitlyn thing. ‐ Unbelievable.

‐ [cackling] Oh, my gosh.

I'm so embarrassed.

‐ In all seriousness,

I do have a very, very real question for you, Kaitlyn.

‐ [sniffs] Okay.

‐ And this is a question I am so excited to ask you,

because, well, your life is about to change.

‐ What?

‐ And I'm not joking.

‐ Do you know about this? ‐ Mm‐mm.

I just got goose bumps.

‐ Kaitlyn,

will you be on the next season of "Dancing with the Stars"?

‐ [gasps, laughs]

‐ [shrieking] Are you serious?

‐ I'm dead serious.

[both gasp]

‐ Okay, play it cool, Kaitlyn. Play it cool.

Are you serious? ‐ Oh, my‐‐

‐ Chris!

‐ Oh, my God. ‐ I'm shaking.

Oh, my gosh.

Chris, I'm gonna cry. ‐ [laughs]

‐ Oh, my‐‐I feel like this is back to the moment‐‐

‐ Let's go!

‐ I feel like this is back to the moment

where you told me I was the Bachelorette.

And I'm like‐‐that is the last thing I thought

in the world you were gonna say.

I thought you were gonna ask me to take over your job.

I'm‐‐I don't know.

That was, like, the last thing.

‐ I have two kids I have to put through college.

I'm not done yet.

‐ I'm gonna‐‐I'm‐‐ I'm literally freaking out!

‐ Is that a yes? 'Cause I need a yes or no.

‐ Yes!

Yes, yes, yes!

Oh, my God, I am so honored to say yes‐‐and humbled.

‐ Well, then congratulations.

You will be on "Dancing with the Stars."

[upbeat guitar music]

‐ [shrieking] Oh, my God!

‐ You're gonna crush it, and, uh,

thank you for being a part of our family.

Um, obviously your season has gone down in history‐‐

one of the most iconic seasons‐‐

and the reason is, it's you.

You and J, I wish you guys the very best.

Thank you so much for being here,

and, uh, congratulations, Kaitlyn.

‐ Thank you for having us

and for always being so supportive.

I love you.

‐ Bye, guys. Take care.

‐ Bye.

‐ Come on.

That is how you put a bow

on Kaitlyn's season of "The Bachelorette."

It doesn't get any better, any more pure than that.

And I will see you all next week

as we relive Ben Higgins' journey as the Bachelor.

He may not have ultimately won Kaitlyn's heart,

but will Ben, who calls himself unlovable,

be able to find love as the Bachelor?

And what does Olivia,

one of the most controversial women in "Bachelor" history,

have to say about her tumultuous time on the show?

And how is she doing now, all these years later?

Well, we're gonna find that out one week from tonight.

Thank you again for joining me here at my house.

Uh, on behalf of my son Joshua‐‐

J, way to kill it again tonight‐‐

for everyone who's been a part of this one,

I'm Chris Harrison.

Good night, everyone.

♪ ♪

Next week on "The Bachelor:

The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"...

all: Ben, we're coming for you!

[women cheering]

‐ We're taking a trip back to 2016,

when Ben Higgins was the Bachelor.

‐ Ben is the greatest Bachelor on the planet.

‐ It's a worldwide adventure...

‐ Viva la Mexico!

‐ Full of passion...

‐ I will never forget today, ever.

‐ Oh, my God!

‐ And yes, Olivia.

‐ There was electrici‐tay between Ben and I.

‐ She literally makes me want to throw up.

[dramatic music]

‐ Winning!

‐ This season, Ben shocked the world

when he expressed the same deep feelings

for two women.

‐ Ben, I love you.

‐ I love you too. ‐ [giggles]

‐ JoJo, I love you too.

‐ What?

‐ Which set up the most dramatic

and emotional ending in "Bachelor" history.

‐ In order to let myself fully love one woman,

I have to say good‐bye to the other.

‐ Terrified of getting my heart broken.

[crying]

‐ I'm‐‐I'm lost.

[crying] I can't do this right now.

‐ And then...

for the first time in four years,

Olivia joins us for an emotional interview.

‐ [sniffling]

♪ ♪

‐ It's all coming up next week

on "The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons ‐ Ever!"

‐ Be real with me. ‐ Okay.

‐ If I hook up with, like, two of the guys,

like, be real.

Mad about it? ‐ [laughs]

‐ It is fun to see a new crop of people...

Is wine good for your teeth? ‐ [clears throat]

No. ‐ Shh.

Some of whom think, "I could totally do this.

I could really be a comedian."

‐ When I meet girls, like, you know, my pickup line is,

"Hi, I'm JJ, divorced with a kid,

and I live with my parents."

‐ Is that true?

‐ Yeah, it's totally true.

‐ [softly] So...

‐ Is that bad? Should I not say that?

‐ Mm‐mm. Mm‐mm.

I love that.

‐ Sometimes I feel like I'm too smart

for, like, 90% of the audience, and it gets me in trouble.

Like, 90% of the time... ‐ I wanna make you feel better.

‐ No one knows my‐‐ ‐ You're not.

JJ's a sweetheart.

He's just missing, like,

charisma and humility and sense of humor.

I hope it does comfort you that‐‐to know

that you're not‐‐you're not smarter than anybody here.

♪ ♪

‐ [stammering]

‐ But other than that,

you should hire him as the next Bachelor.