When she was sent packing, Susie said through tears, “I thought he would have more compassion for me. However people perceive it, that’s the reality of it.” I also learned again that my reality is one thing and someone else’s reality is another, and perception is reality. And I wish I would have just taken a breather and walked outside and said, ‘Give me 20 minutes,’ but I didn’t. Say, ‘I need to take five,’ just step away. He continued: “And so I’ve known this before, but I know now going forward, if I ever get overwhelmed like that ever again, take a deep breath and step aside. And I jumped to a lot of conclusions that aren’t realistic, that weren’t the truth.” “When you allow that to overcome rationale … I saw that I shut down. “One of the greatest things that I learned was the power of emotion,” Clayton told Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti on their “Almost Famous” podcast in March 2022 after their breakup episode aired. At the time, the Bachelor stated that he had given up on finding love on the show but the Missouri native later revealed that he regretted his emotional outburst. When the Virginia native ultimately argued that she couldn’t be with him after his revelation, Clayton accused her of not wanting to “fight” for their relationship and walked her out.
Though Susie noted that she “understands” his side of things, she was still struggling to reconcile that fact with her feelings. If you were in love with somebody, you would just explore that,” he said. “I was having feelings of love with and so I slept with this person because I wanted to see how the psychical connection is.
”Īfter confessing that he had, indeed, told both Gabby and Rachel that he was falling in love (and that he had been intimate with both women), Clayton attempted to defend himself. “If I’m sharing your love with somebody else, I don’t think I would be comfortable. “In knowing that there’s an engagement literally in a week, and there are things I can’t compromise,” Susie explained, before asking if he also told them that he loved them.
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The former football player abruptly sent Susie home on the March 8, 2022, episode of the hit series during their fantasy suite date after the videographer confessed that she was uncomfortable with him sleeping with the other two contestants - Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia - one week before potentially proposing to her. Clayton Echard and Susie Evans‘ eventually found their happy ending on The Bachelor - but it didn’t come without a few bumps along the way.