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Bachelor’s Grant Ellis Admits He ‘Struggled to Let Somebody Down’ During Each Rose Ceremony
Grant Ellis’ journey to find love just started to play out during season 29 of The Bachelor, though he has already admitted to having a difficult time during the rose ceremonies.
“Every rose ceremony, I struggled,” Grant, 31, told E! News in an article published on Monday, January 27. “I struggled to let somebody down, and things only got harder as the season progressed.”
Grant went on to reflect on choosing between the final two women of the season. “I’m happy with the ending and I’m happy with how things turned out,” he said. “There was a tough decision to make and it wasn’t all on my part.”
He said that the 25 women selected to date him were all “so amazing,” which made it difficult to say goodbye at the end of every rose ceremony.
“They were so wonderful that it made it a lot harder for me as time went on,” the reality star said. “Connections were formed, I met families, I heard people’s stories and I really started to develop a bond and cared for these ladies.”
Fans watched Grant meet the women during the season premiere on January 27, which included the first rose ceremony of the season. Before he sent the first batch of women home, Grant chose to give contestant Alexe Godin the first impression rose.
“Looking back, I wouldn’t have done it any other way,” he told the outlet about the decision. “That night was meant for her and I really don’t know if I had any runners-up, honestly.”
Before the season premiere, a teaser clip hinted that Grant had to be nudged by host Jesse Palmer to choose between his final two women.
“We got both women, they’re here on standby, and of course, I have to know which to send first,” Jesse, 46, told him in the clip.
While fans will have to wait until the season finale to see Grant make the decision, Jesse previously reflected on filming the tense moment during an interview with Us Weekly.
“It’s not something that I want to say or I should say. I mean, it’s sort of implied. Everybody gets it. But it got to the point during our conversation where it was so up in the air. I mean, we had to get it going,” he told the outlet in a story published on January 21. “He’s got to make a decision and we have to have an ending. And I’m sorry I did it and I said it that way and to break that fourth wall, but I had to say it to help him understand. I know Grant understood, but that’s kind of where it went. And that I think shows just kind of how real that was.”
Jesse added that Grant’s indecision in the moment was “real.”
“I don’t know if you could tell from watching that from my reaction, [but] I was surprised. That was something that I haven’t encountered yet as the host in the last four years on any of the franchises,” the host said. “Normally, I think, our leads have a little bit more clarity — a lot more clarity — heading into the final day. And I really think that’s how conflicted Grant really was.”
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