Welcome back toThe Bacheloretteand be ready to “Roll Tide” becauseAlabama Hannahhas arrived at the mansion, ready to meet her match.
Months after falling forColton Underwoodon his season ofThe Bachelor— where she left before hometown dates —Hannah Brownarrived in Monday night’s season premiere hopeful and excited.
“Bless the man who spends forever with me because I’m so much to handle, but what I want to give somebody is really special,” Miss Alabama 2018 told the cameras. “I’m nervous but excited. I’ve got to be completely myself and the desire of my heart is to find love. I don’t know what I’m doing, but bring on the men.”
Hannah, 24, met five of her suitors duringAfter the FinalRosein March, and software salesman Cam, 30, entered having already earned a rose from that initial introduction. But afirst impression roseremained on the table asthe 30 menarrived at theBachelormansionready to find love.
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Hannah ignored the remark about her last love, saying, “Somebody’s already jumping fences for me!”
Other notable entrances included: Chicago Box King Joe, 30, who arrived inside a package and exploded in a sea of packing peanuts; unemployed Grant, also 30, who brought “mustard to a sausage party” and made endless meat puns; medical device salesman Matt Donald, 26, who drove in on a tractor and did an admittedly “bad” version of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”; and 24-year-old Luke P., who jumped atop the limo and did his best Tarzan impression to show “Hannah Beast” he’s ready to make her the queen to his jungle king.
“There’s a few that I’m definitely interested to get to know more, but I don’t have just somebody in mind just yet,” Hannah told hostChris Harrisonafter meeting all of the men.
Hannah with her suitors.Craig Sjodin/ABC
“I’m not perfect,” she said. “I’m going to stumble over my words. I’m going to make mistakes and you are too. I don’t want perfect, I want real. I’m gonna be real with you and I want you to be real back with me. And if you’re not — if that’s not what you want — then I’m not the girl for you.”
After a group toast, Luke P. swept in to grab the Alabama native and told her she’s the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen in his life. Connor J. set up a “bachelorette party” for Hannah, which had more carnival games than penis straws and strippers. Singer-songwriter Jed, 25, performed an original “Roll Tide”-inspired song on guitar, which caused Hannah to tell the cameras, “I have a total crush on Jed.” But it was Cam, who she met onAfter the Final Rose,who stole the season’s first kiss.
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“All these guys are so great,” Hannah said. “I’m so lucky.”
Chris brought Hannah outside to the van, where Demi and Kate were staked out, and Demi broke the news to thenew Bachelorette. “I read messages between the girlfriend and her friends of her talking about how they saw each other Monday before he came and they’re going to be together whenever this is all over, and they’re going to go on a trip together,” Demi told Hannah.
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“I knew you were nervous coming in today,” Hannah started. “It might be because you have a girlfriend.”
Scott quickly denied the accusation. “I don’t have a girlfriend,” he claimed. Once Hannah recounted what Demi told her, then Chicago sales exec explained that he didn’t consider this woman to be his girlfriend, but they did date until he left for the show.
“We were never serious like boyfriend and girlfriend,” he said.
Hannah didn’t accept that as an excuse, and instead invited him to go back home to the woman he was seeing. “There’s 29 other guys in there that I hope are here for the right reasons and don’t have other girls just waiting back at home,” she said. “And you’re here and taking up so much time — it’s not fair to me. It’s definitely not fair to that who thinks that she’s your girlfriend back at home. If you’re not here for what I’m wanting then it’s your chance to leave.”
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The nail in Scott’s coffin came when he brought up Colton. “If you want to get this upset with me that’s totally fine,” Scott added. “But I could also say that you just dated Colton for the last two months, the last three months. You were just madly in love with him and then all of a sudden this is like the same exact thing.”
“You are such a jerk!” Hannah responded before asserting, “I’m done with this! There’s no reason for you to be here if you’re not serious. It’s time for you to head out.”
His kind words later earned him thefirst impression rose— and the most passionate kiss of the night. “I am just ecstatic,” the import/export manager from Gainesville, Georgia, told the cameras after his steamy makeout with Hannah. “My heart is literally exploding. Before I met Hannah, I knew that there was going to be something strong between us, and after tonight I can totally already see myself falling madly in love with her and spending the rest of my life with this girl.”
Hannah meeting Luke P. onAfter the Final Rose.ABC/John Fleenor
During the first rose ceremony, Hannah sent seven men home: Joe the Box King; Matt Donald; math teacher Brian, 30; pilot Chasen, 27; pro surfer Hunter, 24; roller boy Ryan, 25; and pro international basketball player Thomas, 27.
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source: people.com
