‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Premiere: Lace Morris Lies About Her Birthday for Attention, Jill and Kira Fight Over Romeo
28.09.2022 - 05:37
/ usmagazine.com
Season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise wasted no time bringing the drama — and the love connections — during the Tuesday, September 27, premiere.
Returning cast member Lace Morris may beg to differ, however. The BiP season 3 alum, who was briefly engaged to Grant Kemp during the 2016 season, got off to a rocky start as the cast, which included contestants from Katie Thurston’s season 17 of The Bachelorette, Michelle Young’s season 18 of The Bachelorette, Clayton Echard’s season 26 of The Bachelor and Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia’s season 19 of The Bachelorette, didn’t know who she was.
“I’m all for, like, alumni showing up to the beach and everything, but six years?!” Hailey Malles quipped. “Girl, come on. … You’re done here, you have no place.”
During the evening, Lace left the party to take a nap and declared season 8 the “the most boring” installment of the ABC show yet. After Shanae Ankney convinced her to return, Lace opted to tell everyone it was her 32nd birthday — later admitting to bartender Wells Adams that she was lying.
“I told someone it was my birthday and they believed me and I ran with it. And then everyone believed me. And so I just took it and now people think it’s my birthday,” she said. “People want to be fake in Paradise? I’ll be fake too.”
Lace used her fake birthday as a way to spend time with Logan Palmer, but things didn’t end well when he thought her name was “Luc” instead of Lace.
She concluded: “This might be the worst birthday I’ve ever had. And it’s not even my birthday.”
Elsewhere on the beach, Romeo Alexander struggled to juggle time with Jill Chin and Kira Mengistu. Both from Clayton’s season, Jill and Kira were friends until they both took interest in Romeo before the cameras were rolling. While