The Bachelor’s Kelsey A. Leaves Joey Graziadei Looking ‘Like He’s About to Cry’ During Talk After Fantasy Suites

Bachelor Joey Graziadei reunited with his exes during a Women Tell All special on Monday.

The episode started with the contestants calling out Lea for calling her “girl” and then swearing at the other women, especially Maria. Madina was particularly angry with Lea (23) because she got angry with her for being good to Maria (29) after the elimination of Sydney Gordon.

“I can be friends with the fucking Dalai Lama if I want to,” Madina, 31, told Lea. “You don’t have to pull me aside to tell me how to do it. Especially after posing as this girl’s girlfriend, which was so frustrating. I think you owe me an honest apology.”

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So Lea did just that. “It wasn’t my place and I’m very sorry,” said the account manager.

The conversation then turned to claims that Maria told Leia to “shut up”, which Maria denied. Lauren actually admitted that she was the one who said it.

“She was telling me to practice patience and be quiet, super thick for no reason,” admitted Lauren, 28.

Season 28 contestants of ‘The Bachelor’ Lea (left) and Madina.

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Lea left crying, followed by Jess. “You know it didn’t happen,” said Lea Jess, 24.

When Lea returned to the stage, Marija hugged her. The women continued to discuss why Madina and Sydney, 28, considered Maria to be a bully.

“Abuser wasn’t the right word,” Madina said. “I felt cornered because Maria really wanted to know who said this comment. On the other hand, Sydney said, ‘Don’t say who said this.’ It felt like two pit bulls fighting.”

Sydney said she felt “compelled to say something.” But Edwina thought, “Sydney never liked Maria from the start.”

Jess also pounced on Maria. “There were just more things, we’ll leave it at that, where I felt closed off from Maria,” Jess claimed.

“This makes me angry,” Maria said.

JOEY’S FIRST REFLECTION

Host Jesse Palmer put several of Joey’s significant others in the hot seat, starting first with Lexi, who left when she realized she and Joey had different ideas about when they wanted to get married and have kids.

“It wasn’t easy for me to make that decision, but I knew it was only fair to myself and to him at that moment to leave,” recalled Lexi, who spoke openly during the season about how she was diagnosed with endometriosis.

Lexi, 30, though Joey coped “so well” with the interview and said she had received loving messages from viewers who had similar health issues.

Lexi and Bachelor Joey Graziadei.

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“I’m so ready to meet my person,” Lexi concluded. “Joey has set the bar extremely high for what I’m looking for in my next relationship.”

Then Jenn tearfully watched him return. “When I left, it was hard to just sit there and wonder what happened,” said the 25-year-old physician assistant student, adding that it was “really heartbreaking to see my heart broken.”

Then it was time for Maria to revisit how her relationship with Joey was going. Maria revealed that the video “sued” her because of how “undeniable” her relationship with the tennis pro was.

Jesse, 45, asked Maria what her dad thought of Jesse and how he handled the breakup. “Joey is on a roll right now,” Maria joked. “You should probably sleep with one eye open.”

They also discussed Maria’s conflict with Sydney, which Maria said she didn’t quite understand.

“I was bored,” Sydney admitted. “I watched it back. Like, I was boring. It was so creepy.”

Season 28 contestants of ‘The Bachelor’ Maria (left) and Sydney.

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Sydney also took the blame for how things turned out for her and Maria. “I don’t blame you for any of that,” Sydney continued. “I think I should have been more resolution oriented down the line instead of pointing the finger at you.”

Lea also apologized to Mari. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a chance to meet you outside of conflict,” Leah said. “And for that I am very sorry.”

Maria said the “hate” Sydney and Lea were spreading online “crossed the line”, and they hugged.

FANTASY APARTMENTS ARE COMING TO AN END

In Mexico, Joey still had to meet with Kelsey A. about the ambiguous message she left him saying they needed to talk.

“I just wanted you to verbalize that it’s hard not seeing you and that the days in between are always so hard,” Kelsey A., 25, said when they met.

The junior project manager also told Joey that she wanted to meet his family. “I was just confused because there was just no way we had left things before that I would think something was wrong,” he said.

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Kelsey A. felt bad about how their conversation had gone. “I didn’t mean to make him feel scared or stressed, but he looks like he’s going to cry,” she said in an on-camera interview.

At the next rose ceremony, Joey gave Kelsey A. a rose despite the fear he gave her. He also handed one to Daisy, leaving Rachel to say “goodbye”.

“The worst thing I could do is keep you here if I still can’t get to the point of expressing feelings of love,” Joey explained to Rachel as he walked her out.

IN THE STUDIO WITH RACHEL

When Rachel sat down with Jesse, she broke down in tears seeing how things ended with Joey.

“You are strong and you let it all out,” The Golden Bachelor Susan Noles told Rachel, 26, from the audience. “That was the most important part.”

Joey joined Rachel on stage and she said “our friendship was rock solid”.

Rachel also addressed the racist messages she received from viewers on social media after her hometown date episode aired. “As soon as the episode aired, lots of likes, racist comments towards me and calling me the n-word or ‘Jungle Asian’ just because I got a rose,” Rachel shared. “It was just very frustrating.”

The Bachelor Joey Graziadei and Rachel.

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Rachel said the comments also hurt her parents. “They really enjoyed the hometown episode and then to see people, you know, attacking our culture and attacking me,” she continued. “I’ve been in this kind of scenario before, but this is like a whole new level. Hundreds of people message me like… or people have made TikToks of them throwing up while we’re kissing. It’s just crazy.”

Jesse asked the audience to be more compassionate. “It’s so important that we lift up those women who are brave enough to be vulnerable and share their stories,” he said.

Rachel concluded with a simple request, “Just be nice.”

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bachelorThe season 28 finale airs Monday at 8:00 PM ET/PT on ABC.

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