WARNING: The following post contains spoilers.
What better way to inspire theBachelor in Paradisehopefuls to fall in love than to have them witness a wedding of two of their own?
On Tuesday’s episode, the cast was invited to attendChris Randone and Krystal Nielson’s nuptials, exactly one year after they met last season on the beaches ofParadise. But before that, one painful breakup had to unfold.
Post-rose ceremony,Caelynn Miller-Keyeswas on cloud nine: It was her birthday, and she had just gotten a rose fromDean Unglert. But just as she began gushing about their future, he pulled her aside for a chat.
Instead of dragging things out, he decided it was time to leave.
“I know it sucks and I feel awful about it,” he admitted. “I didn’t want to do this, but I just think that it’s the right thing to do.”
“We’re happy now, obviously, because we get along amazingly and we get to spend every waking moment together while we’re here. But after we leave here it’s not going to be like that. Our lifestyles are not going to be compatible coming out of this,” he explained. “I just think that you deserve someone better than me, to be perfectly honest.”
“I thought he was my forever and he blindsided me,” she said, crying, after he left. “I just want him to be here.”
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There was one very unhappy camper, however:John Paul Jones, who was growing increasingly furious thatTayshia Adams, who he had been spending time with, was starting to gravitate towardsDerek Peth.
“Derek is that creepy guy that graduated high school five years ago and comes back to the high school parties despite the fact that he’s a grown-ass man,” he told the cameras. “I will not allow Derek to swoop in and steal Tayshia away.”
As everyone was milling about after the ceremony, John Paul Jones pulled Katie Morton aside to air some of his alleged grievances about Derek.
“He has expressed to me, multiple times, his reaching out to his fans, taking advantage of them sexually, as a result of acquiring fame through this process,” he claimed. “He’s mentioned multiple times that you can ‘f—‘ some of the women that follow you [on social media].”
“A man that takes advantage of women because of the very temporary status that he has acquired through this process doesn’t really strike me as a man of integrity, it doesn’t really strike me as a man that’s ready for a real commitment,” he continued. “I think Tayshia deserves more than that.”
He finally decided to confront Derek, accusing him of using his “status to hook up with women that are infatuated with public figures.”
“Woah, you don’t get to bulldoze through that statement,” Derek protested.
“You’re full of s—,” he continued, fuming. “You’re in this for fame, you take advantage of women, you’re not in this for the right reasons.”
“All of that is false,” Derek insisted.
But John Paul Jones wasn’t backing down.
“You said, verbatim, ‘You can f— some of those girls,'” he said. “Seeing you manipulate Tayshia makes me sick. Get out of my sight.”
Derek Peth (left); John Paul Jones.ABC/Craig Sjodin (2)
Tensions aside, there was still love to be found inParadise, so whenConnor SaelifromHannah Brown‘s season ofThe Bachelorettewalked onto the beach the next morning, Caelynn was elated. The two had hit it off at the wedding, and she happily accepted his date card. They spent the day getting down and dirty, covering themselves in paint and rolling around on a giant canvas on the ground.
“Yesterday I was at a wedding crying over Dean, today I’m covered in paint making out with Connor,” she said. “I feel likeParadiseis finally turning around.”
But not everyone was feeling as optimistic — and certainly not Nicole Lopez-Alvar, who began realizing that Clay Harbor was definitely still harboring feelings (pun intended) for his ex, Angela Amezcua, after reconnecting with her at the wedding. And with Angela’s arrival on the beach, Nicole’s chances certainly aren’t looking good.
Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
