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There’s still hope forRachel Recchia’slove story.
The Bacheloretteconfirmed she’s open to pursuing a connection withAven Jonesafter the series wrapped. “Right now, we are going to see where things go,” Rachel, 26, said onLive with Kelly and RyanWednesday.
The confirmation of a continued romance comes after Aven — Rachel’s runner up — interrupted herpainfulAfter the Final Roseconversationwith ex-fiancéTino Franco.
“You don’t really deserve any of this,” Aven said as he approached Rachel on stage. “Anything that happened between any of us. I was just wondering if you wanted to maybe get out of here and just catch up?”
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Rachel stood up and left the set with Aven, saying she’d “love nothing more.”
Turns out, Rachel and Aven did catch up — and they didn’t bringBacheloretteproduction with them. “We went outside to talk without the microphones on,” Rachel added. “He wanted to support me through this hard time. He has been so incredible.”
When Aven joined Rachel on stage, theBachelorettewas in conversation with Tino — the man who proposed to her on the series, but cheated on her after filming ended. After their breakup unfolded on screen, they updated viewers on their connection — or lack of — after the split.
Rachel Recchia and Tino.Craig Sjodin/abc
“What I did was wrong,” Tino said during their reunion on stage. “You deserve better and I’m really, really sorry.”
“You completely shattered everything,” Rachel responded. “You broke my heart.”
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During their breakup, Tino admitted to kissing another woman, with whom he’d connected before filming. At the time, he said the reason was distance on Rachel’s end, as the Bachelorette was going through a rough personal time.
“I was under the impression we were pretty much done,” Tino said. “But then we started on the right trajectory. You started seeing therapy. You did amazing. You did everything I asked. So as it went on, you know, I kind of just tried to forgive myself, bury it, just not get in your hair over something so tiny.”
source: people.com
