Joey faced his many exes on “The Women Tell All” reunion.
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Um, you okay, buddy?
Speaking of demanding, shrieking mobs, like welcome the women ofThe Bachelorseason 28!
A shirtless Joey looks mournfully into the mirror on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
No question who wins the introduction applause-o-meter: Maria, hands down.
Looks like the sprinkle heiress has a clear path to Bachelorette status if she wants it.
Anyhoo, enough chit-chat.
‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
Cue the drama montage with awkward picture-in-picture reaction shots!
Maria, being the common denominator with most of these conflicts, comes out swinging.
Hard agree, Madina.
Sydney watches her fight with Maria on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
Palmer, like get control of this situation!
Come on, dude!
Put your back into it.
Maria hugs Lea on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
How about, “It stops shouting over the other women or else it gets the hose again.
That’s right, Precious, it gets the hose!”
Madina finally gets the floor back, and she asks Lea to apologize which she does.
Lexi takes the hot seat on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
With that settled, Jesse pivots to a new topic: Shut the f— up-gate.
Maria swears she never said it to Lea.
Because I said it!
Jenn takes the hot seat on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
interjects Lauren, one of the sisters.
Im the one who said, shut the f— up.
She was telling me to practice patience, and be quiet, super condescending for no reason.
Maria takes the hot seat on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
Jess shows up to comfort her.
Its going to be over soon, she says.
Dont let it get to you.
Maria and Sydney hug on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
Its not worth it.
Thats not what it was!
You just never liked Maria thats what it was.
Kelsey talks to Joey on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
I observed, she says.
Dont venture to stop me from saying what I feel.
The audience LOVES it, because they are 100 percent #TeamMaria.
Rachel, Daisy, and Kelsey on ‘The Bachelor’.ABC
Stay down, Sydney!
Dont have a go at get up from that blow.
Jesse wants to hear from Jess next.
Jesse Palmer and Rachel in ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
What was her fight with Maria really about?
Maria vehemently denies this and unfortunately, she does this by interrupting Jess several times.
I said, zip it, and that was not shut up!
Rachel and Joey on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
And that was one time.
Jess forges ahead, saying she felt shut down by Maria several times before their blow-up in Spain.
The way she handled things was not okay, says Jess.
Rachel sobs on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
And shes not taking accountability for that.
Theres some more back and forth shouting, so much so that Palmer is finally compelled to interrupt again.
Its only a two-hour show, he jokes.
The women discuss online hate on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
And we havent even gotten to the first Hot SeatTM.
Lexi, come on up!
Looking back on telling Joey about her endometriosis diagnosis, Lexi says she was floored by his response.
Kelsey T. makes an appearance on ‘The Bachelor: The Women Tell All’.ABC
He handled that so well, she says.
(All together now, rose lovers: Awwwwwww!)
When I was going through that, I felt so alone, she says, tearing up.
So to hear that I helped people feel seen is so special.
Moving forward, Lexi says Joey has set an extremely high bar for her next relationship.
Wait, Im sorry are producers really giving Jenn a Hot SeatTM segment?
Did anyone really think she was going to make it to the end?
She looks great, though.
Its been incredible to hear, she says.
Okay, fine, Im glad they did this segment.
(But I still think Kelsey T. deserved her own Hot SeatTM moment, too.)
Were half-way through, rose lovers, and the hottest Hot SeatTM has arrived.
Maria says watching the clips of her journey with Joey is sad, but everything happens for a reason.
(Narrator: It doesnt.)
Dad, however, isnt handling their breakup so well.
Joey has a hit out on him currently, Maria says.
He should probably sleep with one eye open.
Shes joking, everyone!
Dont call the FBI!
Ugh, why is Jesse bringing up the Maria-Sydney feud again?
More on that in a bit, rose lovers.
For now, its all love.
I wanna make up!
Maria announces, before trotting over to give Sydney and Lea hugs.
We interrupt this recap to bring you a breakingBachelornews bulletin: Joey Graziadei still cant find his shirt.
But he seems to be in good spirits.
What happened with that, you ask?
Palmer announces that we will now rejoin last weeks episode, already in progress, and find out.
Okay, Im paraphrasing.
I just wanted you to know exactly how I feel about it all.
I just wanted to tell you how much I miss you when Im not there.
Girl, are you serious?
Thats what you wanted to say?
You nearly gave poor Joey a heart attack.
Once the Bachelor realizes that shes not breaking up with him, he lets out an exasperated sigh.
No, Kelsey hes not okay.
It just sucked that I had the beginning of that feeling just a few moments ago, he adds.
Kelsey gets the message.
I feel bad for stressing him out, she admits.
If I could do it over again, I would have wrote the letter differently.
Can we talk?)
But Im getting ahead of myself.
Mexican rose ceremony roll call!
Guys, the way Kelsey, Daisy, and Rachel are all genuinely happy to see each other!
I love them both.
Obviously, I want to be with him and the end of this.
Theyre two of my close friends, and I dont want them to get hurt.
Joey, get in here and hand these roses out before your three potential wives implode from stress!
And the final two are… Daisy and Kelsey.
Not a huge surprise, but its still very sad to see Rachel cry.
I know I have love for you, he says.
Its just, I wasnt able to fully get there.
Hes crying, shes crying, people in the audience are crying.
Back in the Thunderdome, Rachel has materialized on the Hot SeatTM.
Shes crying, but theyre bittersweet tears.
it’s possible for you to see how much love there was between the two of us.
Joey, put a shirt on and get your butt out here.
Rachel kicks their conversation off with a joke.
Did you enjoy that?
she asks Joey, gesturing to the big screen where their breakup played out in glorious technicolor.
Yeah, that was fun.
I was like, At least he was kind of upset that I left, she tells him.
Even typing those words makes me so incredibly angry.
Bachelor Nation, are yall okay?
Truly, what in the name of all thats holy is going on here?
Rachel isnt the only one whos received toxic messages from trolls.
Ladies, like raise your hand if youve been the target of online hate.
The Golden Bachelors Kathy and Susan, who are in the audience, raise their hands, too.
Turning to the camera, Jesse addresses Bachelor Nation directly: We love your strong opinions.
But I think its so important that we uplift these women.
The Bachelor jumps in and asks people to remember how much courage it takes to be on this show.
It should never be met with hate.
Your words have weight to it.
Get it together, Bachelor Nation!
Clearly, some of yall need to touch grass ideally, as youre walking into a therapists office.
Okay, rose lovers, were heading into the home stretch of thisTell All.
After the commercial break, Joey gets a chance to talk to the other women….
Including Kelsey T., finally!
I actually talked to my dad right after the show, she reveals, tearing up.
And he apologized for a lot.
Hes very present in my life now.
You deserve to be happy.
And so do we.
Bring on the outtakes and bloopers!
The evening ends with an extended preview of next weeks heart wrenching finale.
Kelsey cries to Joeys mom about how much he means to her!
Daisy worries that something is off between her and Joey!
The Bachelor breaks down sobbing at the Proposal PlatformTM and then… leaves in an SUV???
Holy cow, rose lovers, the season is almost over!
Before you go, a few questions: Did any of the women surprise you tonight?
Do you think Maria is a shoo-in for Bachelorette?
(If not, who do you think it will be?)
And how many macaroons could you eat in one sitting?
Let me know your thoughts on Twitter@KristenGBaldwinor on Bluesky at@kristengbaldwin.bsky.social.
