The Bachelor 2021 Clayton Echard airs on ABC this evening with an all-new Monday, January 24, 2022, season 26 episode 3 and we have your The Bachelor recap below. On tonight’s The Bachelor season 26 episode 3 as per the ABC synopsis, “Following last week’s cliffhanger, Clayton confronts one of the women about a shocking rumor involving her, but will her explanation check out, or will Clayton break tradition and take back a rose?
Later, Kaitlyn Bristowe pays a surprise visit, leading an emotional date where Clayton and the women bravely open up about their insecurities.”
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Tonights The Bachelor episode begins with the cocktail party the ladies are talking about Cassidy who revealed that she has a friends with benefits at home who doesn’t want her, so she came on the show to make him jealous, and she already got a rose. Susie thinks it is wrong and so do the other ladies. Kate says you can cut the tension with a knife. Sierra is the one who let the cat out of the bag to Clayton who goes to speak to Jesse for some advice – he asks him if anyone has ever taken a rose back. Jesse tells him there are no rules, he can do whatever he wants to do. Clayton returns to the room and asks Cassidy to speak to him.
They sit down, and he is straightforward, he asks her if she was seeing someone up until the point that she came on the show. She claims that she has had no relationship since the summer of 2019. She denies it. He says he was given information that she Facetimed him days before she stepped out of the limo. She says there is a friend of hers that doesn’t want a relationship and he thinks it is cool that she is taking this risk, he supports her and says if it doesn’t work out, he still wants to be friends. Clayton gets up and leaves. Cassidy is reduced to tears all by herself and says out loud that she didn’t do anything.
Clayton goes to see Cassidy and she apologizes if this confused him. He says they have a genuine connection, she leans in and kisses him. He says what he is struggling with is that their trust has already been shaking. His biggest fear coming into this was that if someone came into this for the wrong reasons. The women downstairs are dying to know what is happening. They see Clayton walk her out, one girl says the wicked witch is gone.
In the limo, Cassidy is crying and says she doesn’t know what happened, she thought he liked her. Clayton says being dishonest is a dealbreaker for him.
Time for the Rose Ceremony, Clayton tells them that he is sick to his stomach that he had to take back the rose from Cassidy, but he felt it was in their best interest that she leave. The roses got to Eliza, Rachel, Serene, Sierra, Teddi, Lyndsey, Jill, Gabby, Kira, Mara, Marlena, Genevieve, Hunter, Melina, Elizabeth, Shanae.
It’s a new day, and there is a date card – this one is for Serene, Susie, Eliza, Mara, Marlena, Hunter, Genevieve, Jill, “I see you.” Clayton is really hoping the women go all out on this date. They enter a theater, it’s really dark and there is a woman sitting down on one of the chairs, it is Kaitlyn Bristowe and she is to make sure Clayton knows more about each and every one of them. During the date everyone opens up and talks about their insecurities, Clayton is really touched and says it is the best date that he has ever been on. Later, in the evening, over drinks Clayton makes a toast to the women and tells them that the day was great.
Serene is the first to pull Clayton to the side, she really wants the group date rose and wants some alone time with him. The two have good chemistry, he tells her that he is thankful that she is there. Serene is someone that Clayton has had an early connection with. Susie then spends time with Clayton and she is hoping that she will be there to the very end, he is definitely someone she can fall with.
Another date card arrives, this one is for Sarah, “falling in love is full of surprises.” Shanae is not impressed and hates that everyone is happy for her, are there to find love or make besties, she sees the fakeness and wonders if they want to be in this competition.
Clayton is enjoying his time with Eliza, he feels like she is truly a beautiful woman and he enjoys his time with her. Clayton tell the women that if he could give eight roses he would, everyone was great, but he decides to give the rose to Eliza.
It is time for Clayton’s date with Sarah, Becca Kufrin is there to tell them that she has organized an extreme scavenger hunt that they will compete together as a couple, in their underwear all around the city of LA. The two are completely out of their comfort zone but they have a blast. At dinner, conversation is easy, she tells him that she liked seeing the real him and not a guy trying to impress a bunch of girls.
She tells him that she was adopted when she was born, her family is white, and she was always ashamed for being adopted because she feels like second choice. Her biological parents where twenty when they had her and were too young to take care of her. She says she loves when he looks at her and she doesn’t see judgement, she thanks him for that. He says he is thankful that she is there to help him grow, he has his own struggles and insecurities. He doesn’t know how many other women there would have went through what they did today.
The last date card arrives, it is for Gabby, Rachel, Kira, Melina, Lyndsey, Sierra, Teddy, Elizabeth and Shanae, “loves a beach.” Shanae makes a comment about her not wanting Elizabeth on the date, and wants her gone for the competition. Meanwhile, Clayton gives the rose to Sarah, they grew a lot during the date and took their relationship to another level. They end off their evening with dancing to an orchestra.
Clayton and the women arrive at the beach to be greeted by Nicole Eggert from Baywatch. She is going to put them through a serious lifeguard training program and the woman who stands out the most is going to win extra time with Clayton. First they have to look the part, they all have to change. Gabby wins the challenge and Shanae is furious even though during one of the challenges she ran into Colton’s arms, wrapped her legs around him and kissed him. \
Later in the evening, Clayton spends time with the women one by one. Shanae goes to speak to Clayton and she talks bad about Elizabeth, she says she is interfering with her relationships and she doesn’t like it. She doesn’t want to leave because she likes him, but it is so hard, she doesn’t want someone to be a liar and a bully and take her chances at having more time with him.
Clayton then speaks to Elizabeth and tells her that he talked to Shanae, she is struggling because feels like she is being bullied by her and her mental health is wavering because of the interaction between the two. He wants to hear both sides. She tells him to speak to anyone in the house, it is not true, she has been super kind. She says she doesn’t even think she can talk to him. At this point, Clayton is so confused, there is so much back and forth and it is trying to affect the house.
He tells her that they should hash it out so they can all move forward. Elizabeth goes and tells the other women and they are shocked and say it is not fair that Shanae did that. Sierra confronts Shanae about her saying that she is bullied in the house and why she thinks she had to go to Clayton. Elizabeth and Shanae get into a yelling match, Clayton walks in. Clayton gives the group date rose to Gabby. Clayton mentions about the bullying, he says he will address it tomorrow to the entire house at the Rose Ceremony.
THE END!
