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00:01How are you feeling this morning?
00:03Nervous.
00:04Oh, I can't imagine how the nerves are going to be tonight.
00:07It's just, like, first date, but the time's 20.
00:10And this world is vastly different.
00:12Oh, yeah.
00:14I've never been in this setting before, this experience,
00:16so it's all new.
00:17For those of you that don't know me,
00:18I'm Taylor Franke-Paulo,
00:20and I am the Batso Rutt.
00:22Today is where your book begins.
00:25The rest is still unwritten.
00:30After tonight, my life is going to change forever.
00:35I'm ready to fall in love.
00:36I'm ready to find my person to find happily ever after.
00:40I am really excited.
00:42There's nerves.
00:43And I think that, as a mom of three,
00:44for me, it's like finding, like,
00:47almost a missing puzzle piece of my life.
00:49Tonight is the big night,
00:50and right now we are headed to the mansion.
00:53Jessie's meeting me there.
00:54I get a tour of it.
00:56Maybe it'll calm my nerves.
00:57Maybe it'll make me more nervous.
00:58I don't know yet.
00:59But let's go.
01:04But as a bachelorette,
01:05I have no idea what is coming.
01:12Hey.
01:12Hi.
01:13How are you?
01:13It's so good seeing you.
01:14You as well.
01:16Oh, welcome to the mansion.
01:17I know it's your first time here.
01:19What do you think?
01:19It's beautiful.
01:20I'm, like, so giddy to be here right now.
01:22I'm so excited you're here as well.
01:23And I know, obviously,
01:24we're kicking off the main event here pretty soon.
01:26Yeah.
01:27You're following in the footsteps
01:27of a lot of amazing women.
01:29I can't wait to start.
01:31Let's do it.
01:32Bring on the man.
01:35Rachel!
01:37Hannah!
01:38Somebody's already jumping chances for me.
01:40Let's toast to Caitlin.
01:41Yes.
01:42Caitlin!
01:44Yes!
01:45You're the bachelorette, Becca.
01:46Michelle!
01:48Woo!
01:49Do you mind stepping me up?
01:51Mm-hmm.
01:52Ah.
01:52Yeah.
01:53What would I do without you, Kermie?
01:55I am having a blast.
02:00Wow.
02:01Why do you have a rubber?
02:02What do you think is going to happen?
02:04It's down.
02:04It's so bad.
02:05If you choose me, Ali, I'll forever be yours.
02:11Have you thought about that at all?
02:12Yes.
02:12Yeah, I think that's what also is nerving me out,
02:14is, like, trying to, like, I hate to say, but, like,
02:15step into those shoes of, like, all of the amazing ones,
02:18and I'm also very new to this.
02:20I didn't get a season before where I, like,
02:21kind of got a feel for it.
02:22Right.
02:22I know nothing, so.
02:24All you can do is be your authentic self if you do that.
02:27I know this is just going to be amazing.
02:29I think you should just head on in.
02:30It's your new home.
02:30Go in.
02:31I admire all the women that stood before me.
02:35See you, Taylor.
02:36Stepping into this role as a bachelorette will be new for me.
02:40There's a lot of unknowns.
02:40I'm scared.
02:42I need some help.
02:45Yeah.
02:49Woo!
02:50Oh, my God!
02:53Woo!
02:57So tonight is the start of Taylor's journey,
03:00and we are all here to get obviously cozy with her,
03:03because we know Taylor likes her sweatpants,
03:05and give her some advice.
03:06So my heart is like this right now.
03:08I am so excited to welcome her into the sisterhood
03:12of the bachelorette.
03:13I am here with Caitlin, Rachel, and Ashley,
03:17and Deanna, and Desiree.
03:19Joan is here.
03:20Like, we've got almost all of us.
03:22It's kind of giving sorority vibes a little bit,
03:24but I'm not mad about it.
03:25It's like we're a family.
03:27We're all on a text thread together,
03:28and, like, we support each other through life,
03:30and it's just such a special group.
03:32I honestly have so many questions,
03:34because I am nervous.
03:35This is the sisterhood.
03:37We're here for you, girl.
03:39I have the shoes to fill.
03:41We are here to make her feel comfortable,
03:42to keep it real.
03:44Now you're official.
03:45Thank you so much.
03:47I get a match with you guys?
03:48You do.
03:5122.
03:51I'm number one.
03:52Oh, my God.
03:55She is the 22nd bachelorette,
03:58and I have been married for 22 years.
04:02Let that sink in.
04:03Okay, I'll be right back.
04:04Okay.
04:05You can tell that she is a little nervous,
04:08which is warranted.
04:09I think I was shaking in my boots, you know,
04:12shaking in my high heels,
04:14because it's a really nerve-wracking night.
04:16When I first pull up, I'm always like,
04:18oh, yeah, there was two of us.
04:20That's right.
04:21How are you?
04:22I'm great.
04:23I'm Ben.
04:23Hi, Ben.
04:24Nice to meet you.
04:25You look absolutely beautiful.
04:26Me and Britt, and then the guys had to choose.
04:29But what I really picture when even just standing on this balcony
04:31is all of them lining up and saying,
04:33Caitlin!
04:35Hello, Caitlin!
04:36It's crazy to come back to the mansion.
04:37I've been back a couple times, and there's a smell.
04:40I just have the best memories in this house.
04:42Yeah.
04:43So many emotions.
04:44Oh, my gosh.
04:45Just devastated.
04:46I just want to find somebody that loves me.
04:49Balling, anxious, nervous, excited, happy, in love.
04:53I'm in love with you.
04:54It's one of those things where if the walls could talk.
04:56I'm leaving.
04:57I'm literally quitting.
04:58I have cried in so many places in this mansion.
05:02The front bedroom, the back bedroom, the big bathroom.
05:04I'm such a failure as a bachelorette.
05:07In the rose room.
05:08I'm sorry.
05:09It's okay.
05:10This is not supposed to be like this.
05:12Like, I don't know where I haven't cried.
05:17Falling in love.
05:18Falling in love, I think, with multiple people.
05:20How do you navigate that?
05:21We'll start there.
05:22It is possible to have feelings.
05:24Obviously, we all have for more than one person.
05:26Yeah.
05:26But you get more clarity as you go on.
05:28I did a few things wrong.
05:30Can you tell me what those were?
05:32Well, I'm so glad you asked.
05:36She's like, what can I get away with?
05:37I want to go.
05:37Yeah, that's what I'm doing.
05:38I had sexual relations with a man before the fantasy suite.
05:42Do you want to go back to my hotel and hang out for a bit?
05:45Yeah.
05:47Are you with me?
05:48No.
05:49I want you?
05:50Yeah.
05:53I want to know every part of you.
05:55It was really in that moment that I went,
05:58oh, this doesn't feel right.
05:59So I think fantasy suites are important.
06:01Off camera, intimacy, no matter what that looks like to somebody,
06:04I do think you get a lot of clarity in those moments.
06:06You do.
06:07I guess, do you hook up with multiple?
06:09Yes.
06:10I feel like I would go back.
06:12No.
06:12I could be that person that's like, I just did it, you know,
06:16for all of them.
06:16I'm like, oh, .
06:17So many questions.
06:20There are some people who couldn't be here.
06:21And so I have something to show you.
06:23My gosh.
06:25Hi, Taylor.
06:26It's Jillian Harris here.
06:28I'm so happy for you.
06:30Here's some advice.
06:31I didn't shave my legs on the very first date,
06:34and we ended up having a pool party,
06:36and I ended up on Jason Mesnick's shoulders with hairy legs.
06:39So shave your legs, embrace the moment, good luck,
06:42and sending you tons of love here from Canada.
06:44Hi, Taylor.
06:45It's Jen.
06:46I'm so sorry I couldn't be there today with you.
06:48I'm so excited for you.
06:49In those moments where I was really pushed past my limits,
06:52that was when I discovered some of the most beautiful things
06:55about myself.
06:56And trust your heart, as cliche as that sounds.
06:58That was adorable.
07:00Of course.
07:02I don't think out of all four of us,
07:04like, none of us were expecting to become the best threat.
07:06Oh, I wasn't.
07:08I thought I should.
07:11I am obsessed with Taylor.
07:13I think she is so perfect for this,
07:15because she doesn't really know what she's doing.
07:20And I love that.
07:22I think that's what's going to make her so lovable.
07:25Honesty is always the best policy.
07:27Not honest in a way where you're like,
07:28hey, I know we're on our fantasy, but two nights ago.
07:32You want to know what I did?
07:33Not that I don't want to say it's going to come out.
07:34Just like being like, hey.
07:35Or you could.
07:36Or you could do it.
07:37I did do that.
07:38I was very mad.
07:39But during fantasy suite,
07:41one of the guys assumed that I wouldn't have been intimate
07:46with anyone.
07:47Like, I totally have all the trust in the world for you.
07:49But at the same time,
07:50I just want to make sure we're on the same page.
07:52If you told me you're having sex,
07:53or you had sex with one or multiple of these guys,
07:57I'd be wanting to go home.
07:59Mm-hmm.
08:00100%.
08:00And it turned into this really heated conversation.
08:04The way that you just said that,
08:07it's like, why do you have the right to do that?
08:09Because you're not my husband.
08:11Can I cut you out for a second?
08:12No.
08:12Okay.
08:13You're questioning me,
08:14that you're judging me,
08:15and feel like you have the right to when you don't at this point.
08:17To the point where I ended up having to tell him,
08:21I have had sex.
08:23Say what?
08:24And Jesus still loves me.
08:27Oh.
08:28I know him now.
08:31And guess what?
08:32We did it a second time.
08:35It was just something that had to be done.
08:37I'm not leaving until I at least have closure.
08:39This isn't over for me yet.
08:41Oh, my God.
08:41Well, all right.
08:43This is my heart we're talking about here.
08:45This is a relationship.
08:46This is not about your heart.
08:48You're .
08:48Leave.
08:49Like, if a guy says he loves you, then flip that way,
08:52then he doesn't love you.
08:53Yeah.
08:54Mm-hmm.
08:55All I want to say is that the end,
08:57and correct me from wrong ladies,
08:59feels like the hardest.
09:00Because you're, like, so invested in these, like,
09:02final guys, as we've all been talking about.
09:04I'm done here.
09:10I'm done.
09:11I am done.
09:12I want to go home.
09:13I am done.
09:14I am done.
09:15I am done.
09:16I am done.
09:17What got you to that point?
09:19What was it?
09:20You're just, you're falling in love.
09:21So it's really heartbreaking.
09:23It's funny.
09:24I have the exact same scenario as you,
09:26as what you just said.
09:27Guy left.
09:27Before I came to Tahiti,
09:29I went to Chicago to see Nicole.
09:31The second I saw her,
09:32all the old feelings came rushing back.
09:35I've given up everything to be here.
09:38I gave up everything to be here, too.
09:40Apparently not everything.
09:43I can imagine that it's gotta be so hard to keep going
09:46when the one you just wanted left.
09:48That, to me, sounds like heartbreak.
09:50How do you really feel?
09:52You know, I really want to be madly in love with you.
10:00I'm sorry.
10:01No, don't.
10:04I'm sorry.
10:05My biggest fear in all of this is that
10:07I'm the one who gets heartbroken.
10:08I underestimated how hard it was.
10:11Like, there was this moment
10:13where I just broke down.
10:18I think we're both going to regret this today.
10:21Do you love me, Rachel?
10:24Do you love me, Rachel?
10:24Do you love me, Rachel?
10:25Do you love me, Rachel?
10:26Do you love me, Rachel?
10:26Do you love me, Rachel?
10:28Do you love me, Rachel?
10:29Do you love me, Rachel?
10:31I can't say no more.
10:32I know.
10:37This person just poured their soul out to me,
10:39and I knew as much as I cared about them,
10:40they weren't the one.
10:42And so, like, that's something I think
10:43that you should be aware of,
10:45because I wasn't.
10:46And it, like, rocked me.
10:48The days are hard.
10:49The emotions run high.
10:50At the end of the day,
10:51have fun and stay true to yourself.
10:54How do you guys weed out the people
10:57that you can feel are not there for the right reasons,
10:58or how do you guys kind of sniff that out?
11:01There are truly some people here right now
11:02that I adore so, so much.
11:04And I don't want other people
11:06taking that time from them
11:07if they're not here for the right reasons.
11:09We see one thing.
11:10She sees something else.
11:11This is crazy.
11:13You're just not here for the right reasons.
11:14All the guys aren't here for the right reasons.
11:16You can't drop something like that.
11:17I'm not telling you.
11:18I won't name a name.
11:19It's for you to figure out.
11:20Why does every single guy here dislike you?
11:22I don't like Nick.
11:23I don't like how he showed up.
11:24He's just an arrogant guy.
11:25You guys want to go?
11:26Chad is public enemy number one.
11:28Let's just pretend you're Hitler.
11:29If I'm friends with you...
11:31Let's not pretend I'm Hitler.
11:32Maybe be more like Mussolini, you know?
11:34Ray is getting time with you.
11:35He's not ready for an engagement.
11:37I'm not really interested in Caitlyn.
11:40Glad I need a rose tonight.
11:41I'm not here to be made a joke of,
11:43which is what I feel like you're doing right now with me.
11:45So I'm really gonna need you to get the out.
11:49You have to listen to yourself and your intuition
11:51no matter what other people are saying to you.
11:54That is such good advice.
11:55That's good advice, yeah.
11:56I love that advice, too, because I truly...
11:58I'm like, I'm getting comfy now.
11:59I'm like, all right, let's get into this.
12:00But, like, I remember I felt this in my season.
12:03This guy, Justin, he had a girlfriend back home.
12:05She called me this morning.
12:07Really?
12:08You promised her that you were gonna come here
12:10and get to the top three and then go home,
12:11promote your wrestling career.
12:13No, no, no, no.
12:13Sit down and talk like a man, first of all.
12:16No, because I'd rather just not say anything.
12:19Like, followed him through the hood.
12:21He was trying to escape from me.
12:22And I was like, oh, no, buddy.
12:23I am confronting you.
12:24Like, you are not gonna waste my time
12:25and everybody's time here.
12:26Justin, talk like a man.
12:30Wow.
12:30There was one guy in my season
12:31who was raised by a single mom,
12:33and that was, like, his, like, connection to me.
12:36One of the guys had told me
12:37that he had called my daughter, like, baggage.
12:39Oh.
12:40I want to go West Virginia,
12:42hood rat, backwoods on his ass.
12:45Do you have anything to say for yourself?
12:47I mean, it's, unfortunately, came up in a,
12:50again, with a negative connotation.
12:51It's gonna be a big responsibility.
12:53It's a huge blessing.
12:55So, is there anything you can say
12:57to say, no, I didn't say that?
12:59No, not at all.
13:00Then get the out.
13:03There's the door.
13:04Yeah.
13:05Yours won't be like that.
13:07That won't happen.
13:07There's one in every group, right?
13:10Yeah.
13:11I mean, she's, now she's spiraling.
13:13No.
13:16Tonight is your first rose ceremony.
13:18For you.
13:19Do you want to practice?
13:20Yes.
13:21Being back at the mansion
13:22makes me feel like I'm 25 and awkward
13:24and don't know how to wear high heels.
13:26They won't be smiling like this.
13:27They're devastated and scared to go home.
13:29And you're gonna go, okay.
13:33I would always feel bad looking at somebody,
13:36and I was like, I know I'm sending you home,
13:37and they're looking at me like...
13:39I'm like...
13:41But all of us bachelorettes,
13:43we've all been there.
13:44We accept this rose.
13:45We've all been nervous on night one
13:47and got through it.
13:50I just remember, like, having this tug of war
13:52of, like, being a mom,
13:54but also being the bachelorette.
13:55Yeah.
13:56And this is like a once in a lifetime opportunity,
13:57and you're always gonna be a mom.
13:59Just focus on you.
14:01I truly had the time of my life
14:03as the bachelorette.
14:05I did it!
14:06And that's what I want Taylor to know
14:08is have so much fun.
14:10Hello there.
14:11Oh, my God.
14:12I could die.
14:13She's allowed to be selfish.
14:15Tonight is the night.
14:16You're official.
14:17Yeah.
14:17I mean, it's you.
14:17I know. It's, like, hard to, like, process it.
14:19Once you stand in the driveway
14:21and Jessie, like, meet you there...
14:23You look absolutely stunning.
14:25I'm all sparkly.
14:26Oh, my God.
14:27Is it kind of all a blur?
14:29Oh, yes.
14:30Well, you know, it was 23 years ago.
14:35Hi.
14:35How are you?
14:36Really good.
14:37It's nice to finally meet you.
14:38You look ravishing.
14:40His, like, humor came out.
14:43He had me rolling.
14:44Do you want to get in the hot tub?
14:46Uh, sure.
14:47Um, hmm.
14:48Let me think about that.
14:49We also had really steamy moments,
14:52and, oh, yeah, in the hot tub, of course.
14:55Oh.
14:59I'm gonna need to take a dive
15:00into that ice water.
15:04Immediately.
15:06Oh, yeah.
15:10I feel grateful every day, um,
15:13for this crazy wild ride
15:14called The Bachelorette.
15:17Ryan and I just celebrated
15:18our 22nd wedding anniversary.
15:20Just looking at my kids,
15:22they are a huge blessing in my life,
15:24and they would not exist
15:25if not for the show.
15:26The fact that Trista, first Bachelorette ever...
15:29Trista, will you marry me?
15:31...still married, has two children,
15:33and is here today,
15:34it gives me hope.
15:35This works.
15:36Yeah.
15:37Yeah.
15:37Which is crazy to think about
15:38in kind of the short period.
15:40Well, hello.
15:42Hey.
15:42How are you?
15:43I could be meeting the person
15:45that I could potentially spend
15:46the rest of my life with.
15:47Yes.
15:47I met my husband,
15:48who's the father of my future baby.
15:51Kissing Jordan feels perfect
15:53and right,
15:54and it just feels good.
15:57Your whole life's gonna change today.
15:59Yeah.
15:59I always had a dating history,
16:01and it was always, like,
16:03emotionally unavailable men.
16:04Yeah, sure.
16:04And I always just thought
16:05that's, like, what I'm drawn to.
16:07Relationships are supposed to be hard.
16:09Yep.
16:09You get to honestly be forced
16:12to date men that you normally wouldn't.
16:14Yes.
16:15And, like, Chris was just, like, so perfect
16:17to where it was, like,
16:18oh, no, you're, like,
16:19there's just something wrong.
16:20You're, like, too perfect.
16:21No.
16:21These are the poems.
16:22Oh, the poems?
16:24No.
16:26No.
16:27Never in my life
16:28did I think
16:29I would meet someone like Chris.
16:31I just feel so lucky.
16:37I have never felt like
16:41anyone has loved me
16:42as much as I have loved them.
16:44And I think that's why it's
16:46hard to feel so loved
16:48because I don't know what it feels like.
16:54So it feels good.
16:58I'm just so lucky and blessed
16:59to be able to say that
17:01I met my husband on The Bachelorette.
17:04We are all in situations
17:06we could have never predicted,
17:07and life is so much better.
17:09I mean, you're pregnant now.
17:11Like, life is so good for all of us.
17:13And, like, we're just really blessed.
17:15And so I just hope, like,
17:16no matter, like, the chaos that comes
17:18with being a Bachelorette for sure,
17:19like, there's so much good on the other side of this.
17:22And we're very excited.
17:23Yeah.
17:24There's gonna be real feelings involved,
17:25and you could get your heart broken,
17:26but you could,
17:27you could have the most amazing love story.
17:31It's that hope.
17:33I had this moment, you guys,
17:35when we were all standing in this room
17:37right before Taylor came in,
17:38and I was just looking around,
17:39and I was looking at how different
17:41our stories have been and our paths
17:43and how no one can truly relate
17:45to what we've gone through.
17:46And I just felt like I was proud.
17:48Nothing makes me happier
17:50than being surrounded by this group of women.
17:52That are independent, are strong,
17:55strong-willed, strong-minded,
17:57beautiful inside-out.
17:59To be in the Bachelor Mansion
18:01with past Bachelorettes,
18:03to send Taylor off on her journey
18:05feels really special,
18:06and it feels empowering.
18:09She's getting that true, like,
18:12induction into this crazy sisterhood
18:14that we have.
18:15Taylor, it's time to begin your journey.
18:18We are so excited for you,
18:20and I have a feeling this is the start
18:21of something truly incredible.
18:24You're gonna kill it.
18:25It's gonna be amazing.
18:26We have a group chat, too,
18:27so you're in.
18:29Group hug.
18:29Let's go.
18:31Who knows if Taylor's gonna take our advice,
18:33and honestly, I don't care.
18:35Like, not in like a,
18:36just do your thing, girl.
18:38You guys, bye.
18:39I needed this to find a partner,
18:41a husband,
18:42and take someone home to my family.
18:43Those are my hopes throughout this,
18:45and I hope I can fall in love.
18:52Coming up this season
18:54on The Bachelorette.
18:56Wish me luck.
18:57I can see him.
18:59It's Jessie.
19:00Taylor.
19:01Yeah.
19:02Let the journey begin.
19:04I love it.
19:05I don't think they made dolls like that
19:06when I was a kid.
19:08And I like cowboys, yeah.
19:10Hug makes the nerves go away.
19:13Yes.
19:13That is impressive.
19:15I think I need CPR.
19:16Sorry, I almost went in for a kiss.
19:17You gotta take me on a date for a song.
19:21I'm ready to fall in love.
19:22I'm ready to find my person.
19:24Taylor is beyond all my expectations.
19:26She's given me so much energy.
19:29All my doubts.
19:30All of this gone.
19:31The guy that's at the end standing across from her
19:33is gonna have to be a dude
19:35that she can see holding her kids' hands.
19:37She's a really confident woman.
19:39She's gentle and sweet.
19:42Unless you piss her off.
19:45Now that you're going home,
19:46I'm all of a sudden a red flag.
19:47You're not gonna try to embarrass me,
19:48nor make me a fool.
19:49And now you're gonna go pack up and leave.
19:53She's a badass.
19:55Do you think you can date a mom, actually?
19:56Not just one.
19:58Date one.
19:58He slept with one of her friends and came here.
20:01I might as well have my ex come in.
20:02Leave.
20:03Get the car and leave.
20:04I think the rose is her powerful symbol.
20:07Don't really care.
20:08I like him back.
20:10This is the epitome of there being no rules at all.
20:19I am absolutely falling for her.
20:21She's what I look for in a wife.
20:23I know her.
20:24I trust her.
20:24And I love her.
20:25I am optimistic that the man of my dreams is here.
20:30Taylor, Frankie, Paul.
20:31I mean, that's when I say it.
20:33You have totally kept us on our toes.
20:35But it's led us to this point.
20:38This ends in love or heartbreak.
20:39Here's a risk that I'm taking.
20:41You're just worried the other person's not ready.
20:43Yes.
20:44Hopefully it's our decision.
20:50Because I made the wrong one thing so many times.
20:53It all starts next Sunday on the most explosive season
20:56of The Bachelorette yet.
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