In a week, fans of “The Bachelorette” will watch as Charity Lawson’s Season 20 journey comes to an end. But of course, before Lawson (hopefully) sets off into the sunset with her fiancé, a handful of contestants got to speak their minds in the “Men Tell All” special airing Monday night.
Brayden Bowers, the season’s villain, is back to share his story, and Xavier Bonner answers questions about the end of his relationship with Lawson. Some OG Bachelorettes stop by to give Lawson advice, and the first “Golden Bachelor,” Gerry Turner, introduces himself to Bachelor Nation.
HuffPost reporters and editors are chatting about the episode. Stay tuned for updates.
'The Golden Bachelor' Got Asked A Really Weird Question
This 'Bachelorette' Contestant Really Let His Personality Shine On The Men Tell-All Special
I am fully the conductor of the Tanner train. All of his comments are sensible and smart, but he also can be tastefully shady, and I respect it so much (the look he gave to the guys when Sean asked to go up to talk to Charity made me laugh out loud). Tanner, my DMs are open. —Alexandra
Tanner’s confident, assured speech to Charity was what Sean wanted his awkward I’m-gonna-get-up-and-sit-next-to-you moment to be. —Jill
Charity Called Out A Liar On 'The Bachelorette' Perfectly
Honestly, I like Xavier even less after seeing the montage of his time on the show; the man was really lying the whole time! Watching him say “I need to see more” the second time around was even worse than the first viewing. Also, I’m so glad Jesse brought up him choosing to say “I love you” as Charity was literally hugging him goodbye — I don’t believe for a second that he only wanted her to know how he felt; that was solely manipulation and desperation. —Alexandra
Yes!!! I agree with all of this. He just really didn’t seem to have grown from the time he cheated on a partner and understood the gravity of that — despite the way he made clear tonight he denounces cheating. Good on Charity for calling out his questionable phrasing of “I don’t want to cheat on you” during their time in Fiji when it should have been “I won’t cheat on you.” (Also, I know Brayden got all the earring attention tonight, but Charity’s are great, too.) I feel like a fool for getting swept up in his knitting charms! —Jill
One 'Bachelorette' Contestant Stayed On Brand With His Fashion Statement
Jesse doing his normal hosting things while wearing the earrings was so good. Listen, I know everyone’s tired of Brayden at this point, but his excitement over earrings being a new thing for him over the past year is endearing. Hate him or love him, he is charismatic. And Jesse confirmed the most obvious news ever: Brayden is heading to “Paradise.” I can’t wait. —Jill
Several 'Bachelorette' Suitors Were Extremely Childish And Mean On The Tell All
In the words of the great Keke Palmer: “I hope I don’t sound ridiculous, but I don’t know who this man is. I mean he could be walking down the street, and I wouldn’t know a thing.” I don’t understand their beef with him at all, like we’re missing so much context to this argument. But, yeah, the FP thing is stupid and mean. Would love to know what spurred this hatred. —Alexandra
Ewww, this is all very immature “you can’t sit with us” energy. Like, what did he do? Wrestler Caleb says it was because Pete dismissed anyone who tried to talk to him, and it seems like he generally rubbed people the wrong way. But, like, he was there for one night … Why are y’all still mad? You don’t have to be his best friend, but you don’t have to bully him, either. Also, I think it’s a little hypocritical to jump down his throat about wanting to make money off being a contestant. Everyone has thought about it! —Jill
Moving On From Brayden To Sean (And His Keister), Briefly
There Was One 'Bachelorette' Contestant Missing At The Men Tell All
Maybe he overslept?! But truly, I would have loved to hear from truly the most unbothered — and unremarkable — contestant this season. —Jill
Justice for Warwick! Hope he’s feeling well rested these days. —Alexandra
There Was Quite A Bit Of Drama Over One Word On 'The Bachelorette'
The thing about this conversation that made me mad is it reminded me that Charity didn’t even get the satisfaction of kicking Brayden off the show. He got to “decide” to leave, and that feels wrong! I wish there was a dramatic moment where she kicked him off. —Erin
OMG, Erin, that’s so true!! Like he really took that autonomy from her, which, now that I think about it, is the most quintessentially manipulative way to leave this show. On brand for him. —Alexandra
He’s gonna be a terror on “Bachelor in Paradise.” —Erin
A 'Bachelorette' Contestant Rewatched His Bad Behavior — And It Was Cringey
That was really the most we’d heard Michael talk in the whole season. Still love him down. Also, I loved Adrian and others schooling him about how the show works. Like, sir, this is what you signed up for! To compete against other men to win Charity’s heart. Don’t try to shit on it now. —Erin
LOL at Brayden trying to argue that Adrian saying “oops, sorry” after he accidentally cursed means he’s putting up a façade, when in reality they all likely got a reminder that this was going to air on TV and it’s probably annoying to bleep out every other word. Like, be so for real right now, Brayden. I loved Adrian’s response: “I just didn’t know if we could cuss or not. But I don’t give a f**k.” —Jill
I really was trying to figure out what kind of point Brayden was making about Adrian. It made no sense! —Erin
I am surprised by some of the guys defending Brayden??? I assumed that they all didn’t like him – also I think it’s just ridiculous to support any of the crazy things he says, so not sure what James and Aaron S. gained from backing him. On a better note, thrilled to see absolute KING Tanner again <3.
Unrelated to all of this, did anyone notice that Sean’s eyebrows are SNATCHED for this? The man put on his Anastasia Beverly Hills brow dip for Men Tell All. —Alexandra
LOL, I have that brow gel and it WORKS, OK! — Erin
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