Clayton Echard: Why I Didn’t End Things With Gabby and Rachel Sooner — and How Susie Felt Watching

Hoping for the best. Nick Viall is looking forward to Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia‘s joint Bachelorette season — as long as the show doesn’t affect their friendship.

Let their rosy journey begin! After Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia were named joint leads of The Bachelorette earlier this month, their season is already underway.

Wait a minute! Connor Brennan set the record straight on his future with Bachelor Nation, denying any involvement with season 19 of The Bachelorette.

Exciting news for The Bachelorette fans!

Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are ready to hand out the roses! On Wednesday, ABC released the names, photos, ages and hometowns of 35 men who may appear on the upcoming season of , which will feature two leading ladies for the entirety of their journey.The men in question, who range in age from 23 to 36, hail from across the U.S., with 12 potential suitors calling California home. Also of note is the fact that two of the men, Joey and Justin Y., appear to be twins.

Twins, two Bachelorettes and 30 other men walk into the mansion, what could go wrong? Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey are both set to star as the Bachelorette on season 19 and ABC has released the first look at their potential suitors.

Virginia Is for Lovers! Clayton Echard and Susie Evans jetted off to her hometown for a family-filled trip following the Bachelor finale.

Two Bachelorettes are better than one! For season 19 of the ABC dating series, Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will embark on a journey to find love — at the same time.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentBachelor Nation got whiplash this week from the season finale of “The Bachelor” Season 26 — which went from breakup to makeup to another breakup and another makeup to a dual breakup, all ultimately for leading man Clayton Echard to end up with contestant Susie Evans, who had actually left the show the week before the finale.If that sounds confusing, it’s because it is.Never, since the two decades its been on-air, has the dating show seen such a change-of-heart from its lead than it did this season: Echard told three women (Evans, Gabby Widney and Rachel Recchia) that he was in love with them, also admitting to sleeping with two of them.After being left alone and single in the final episode, which filmed roughly four months ago, Echard ended up walking away with Evans, despite her turning him down in the shocking finale. And in last night’s “After the Final Rose” episode, instead of a proposal, Evans confirmed she was his girlfriend, accepting Echard’s final rose — but not before he was reamed out by Widney and Recchia on live television with both women calling him selfish, manipulative and thoughtless.

Clayton Echard is delighted by the announcement that both Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will be the next Bachelorette. The co-Bachelorettes were revealed on Tuesday's season finale of , which saw Clayton have uncomfortable post-split conversations with each of the soon-to-be leading ladies.«I wish the best for them. I was extremely happy when they announced they were dual Bachelorettes,» Clayton told ET's Denny Directo.

Susie Evans had a hard time watching her beau reunite with his exes. The morning after the season finale of , Clayton Echard's final pick told ET's Denny Directo that watching the medical sales rep's conversations with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia was «heartbreaking.»During the two-part season finale, Clayton reeled from Susie's decision to leave the show, after learning that he'd been intimate with and was in love with multiple women.Clayton came clean to Gabby and Rachel about the same thing, and convinced them to stay and meet his parents, but ended up breaking up with them when he couldn't get Susie off of his mind.Those splits led Clayton to have awkward live conversations with Gabby and Rachel on Tuesday's episode, both of which Susie watched from the wings as she waited to make her couple debut with the Bachelor himself.«It was really tough,» Susie told ET. «We obviously knew those conversations were coming.

The Bachelorette, coming this summer. "After unwaveringly supporting each other through a devastating dual breakup in the season 26 finale of , fan favorites and fierce women Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will stand by each other's side yet again as they set out on a journey to find love," ABC said in a press release.Here's everything to know about the new Bachelorette Gabby Windey, a 31-year-old ICU nurse looking for love, who has coincidentally dated two Bachelor Nation . Season 19 of The Bachelorette premieres Monday, July 11, on ABC. She's an ICU nurse. She works as a registered nurse in the medical ICU at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital.

The Bachelor due to her instant deep connection with from the very start. But as the journey went on, things took a turn for the worse when Clayton told three women, including Rachel, that he was in love with them despite knowing he could only give one his final rose."After unwaveringly supporting each other through a devastating dual breakup in the season 26 finale of The Bachelor, fan favorites and fierce women Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will stand by each other's side yet again as they set out on a journey to find love," ABC said in a statement.Rachel's path to love will continue on The Bachelorette on July 11. Here's some things to know about our new Bachelorette Rachel Recchia.She's a flight instructor and commercial pilot.

The most dramatic season yet? Clayton Echard‘s Bachelor journey came to a shocking end on Tuesday, March 15, and even former ABC stars couldn’t see the twists coming.

Clayton Echard and Susie Evans shocked everyone when they revealed that they had gotten back together after their emotional breakup in Iceland on the season finale of The Bachelor. The two shared the news on the March 15 After the Final Rose special, which aired alongside The Bachelor finale. Clayton also confirmed he would be packing up and moving to Virginia to be with Susie. Now, they’re dishing on what’s next. “It’s important for us to live our lives alongside each other, and what’s most important is that we take things at our own pace,” Clayton told People. “We haven’t set a timeline for ourselves. We haven’t talked about an engagement, but we’re having fun getting to know each other and enjoying this time.”

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentSPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead, if you have not watched Clayton Echard’s finale of “The Bachelor,” which aired March 14 and 15 on ABC.After replacing Chris Harrison as host of “The Bachelor,” Jesse Palmer has inked a deal to return as host of the franchise’s female-led series, “The Bachelorette,” which will return with its 19th season this summer.“The Bachelorette” Season 19 will make history in a franchise first with two leading ladies: Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, both finalists from Clayton Echard’s season of “The Bachelor.”On Echard’s dramatic season finale, which aired on Tuesday night, Windey and Recchia faced a dual breakup, shocking viewers who sounded off on Twitter about Echard’s decisions. Over the last few episodes, Echard told both women he was in love with them, in addition to admitting to sleeping with both of them in the fantasy suites.

Speaking their minds. Clayton Echard‘s exes Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia didn’t hold back during After the Final Rose on Tuesday, March 15.

Haley Kluge Senior DesignerSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the March 15 finale of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”Clayton Echard’s run as “The Bachelor” has been less than smooth. His season’s conclusion was no different.During Monday’s penultimate episode, Clayton attempted to salvage his relationships with finalists Gabby Widney and Rachel Recchia. He confessed that he loved and had slept with them both, which had everyone in hysterics and nearly caused Gabby to self-eliminate.Despite the dramatic rose ceremony, both women stuck around and met Clayton’s family in Iceland.

Let the rose ceremonies begin! Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia were chosen to be the next Bachelorettes after failing to find love with Clayton Echard.