'The Bachelor: The Women Tell All' recap: All apologies - Entertainment Weekly
Perhaps this onscreen disclaimer — which essentially says, "Hey guys, we know some of you don't want Chris on your screens right now, but we filmed this before he really stepped in it" — counts as their official statement?
Harrison starts with the MJ-Jessenia rivalry, and neither of the women has really changed her story: Jessenia says her big problem with MJ was that she never owned up to her role in the "bullying," while MJ insists that she did tell Matt everything and apologized for it.
Mari, who just piped up to defend MJ, begins by saying that while Victoria is a "girl's girl" and "funny," she also can go too far sometimes: "I don't think that, for example, calling other women disgusting or a slur is okay under any circumstances." (Side note: I had to listen to this three times, because Mari pronounced "slur" like "sloor," and I thought maybe she had come up with a new word — a combination of "slut" and "whore.").
"I know some of you guys are experiencing backlash right now, and that's your own karma," she says.
"I think death threats are unacceptable, body shaming is unacceptable, but we all said what we said.
"I would like to know how you felt like bringing up anything in the house was gonna help your relationship with Matt," asks Pieper.
Katie says she owed it to herself and Matt to speak up, but Khaylah is all, Why didn't you talk to the "ladies" before running to Matt.
"She's had weeks to reach out to me," says Brittany, "but I didn't get any of that." Okay, but there's no escaping now?
"I was insecure about my time with Matt… I know that what I said can't be unsaid, and the damage can't be undone, but I would like to help repair some of that damage."!
Because she recognizes that two wrongs don't make a right, Brittany says she's not looking for people to destroy Anna's life over this — she just wanted to say her piece.All Brittany wants the world to know from this experience is: Words.
"You don't think it's real until you feel something crawl up your hand," shudders MJ.
I don't really blame Victoria for cheating — pancakes and beer is a pretty disgusting combination. ."I definitely felt very out of my element on that date," notes Kit good-naturedly.
"I was hoping that wasn't ever gonna air," she says wryly.
(Agreed, as I said in my recap last week.) So now that she's had a few weeks to think about it, does Serena still think dumping Matt was the right call.
At her hometown date, she was really hoping that her family would validate her "relationship" with Matt — if they had, says Serena, she might have been able to take the leap for at least another week.
"I wasn't sitting there, 100 percent that Matt is my person, and he is the man I'm going to spend my life with," says Serena.
"I care about him still so much and the last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt him," she says.
"I feel like I came out of this a little bit wiser," says Matt, by way of explanation!
"I'd gone through a lot with all these women." (Side note: This was taped on Feb. 4th, and while we don't know exactly when Matt found out about Rachael's 2018 "plantation party" photos, he was aware of rumors alleging past racist behavior.).
Time to talk to the "ladies." MJ tells Matt that she doesn't have any hard feelings about the two-on-one, and Serena C!
(I'm paraphrasing.) "I don't think you're a bad person?
I don't think anybody here is a bad person," says Matt?
"I know y'all's heart.
She goes on to say Matt hurt her feelings when he suggested she should reflect on her behavior: "I felt like I had done my best to open up and I just have, like, tremendous fear of rejection." Even though he did nothing wrong, Matt apologizes to Victoria for offending her?
"There's a lot more there that I felt like I could have done for you that I didn't get the chance to," says the Bachelor. !
"I didn't know that was, like, a no-no," admits Matt, after sitting through the very cringe-worthy montage
"I didn't know you were supposed to have your eyes closed… But when I'm watching it back, I'm like, that's kind of weird… I should probably start kissing with my eyes closed." Correct
(I'll admit, seeing that Matt's dad makes an appearance was a legitimate surprise.) Before you go, rose lovers, let me know how you felt about this audience-free Women Tell All