During last weekâs episode of The Bachelorette, Kaitlynâs obvious final two dudes, Shawn and Nick, had a pretty stupid fight. Not content with having one pointless conversation, Nick âdecidedâ to come back and try again with Shawn, resulting in a pointless argument in which nothing of substance was discussed or concluded.
Nick clearly thought this second producer-manipulated conversation would improve his standing as the ânice dudeâ of the two of them, explaining that he thinks Shawn is a hot-head who got âso fired upâ and threatened him. âI didnât think that was classy, I didnât think that was the move,â said Nick, whoâreminderâhas been on this show not once but twice.
âI just hope Kaitlyn is as smart as I think she is,â he said, perhaps not for him, but for his family, who, when they were introduced yet again later in the episode, were very hesitant about him doing the show again (they cried). âI think everyone in my family is very worried about how this is going to play out again,â he said.
The sensitive, loving Nick seemed, as it usually does, at odds with the Nick who knows how this game works. âItâs down to two, once again,â he said (while grinning) after Kaitlyn sent Ben H. home. âFor better or worse, Iâve been in this position before.â
Shawn, who has not done this whole thing before, was mad mad mad about Nick and not having Kaitlyn to himself. Neither of them came off very well, and their dumb antics were contrasted sharply by the unsurprising exit of Ben H., who, if he wasnât rumored to be the next Bachelor before, set himself up perfectly for the role with his classy goodbye.
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