Grant Ellis is going to keep Bachelor Nation on their toes. At the end of the trailer for season 29, host Jesse Palmer is shown nudging Grant to make a decision between his final two on proposal day. “We got both women, they’re here on standby, and of course, I have to know which to send first,” Jesse says.
While ABC has been known to trick fans with editing before, Jesse confirmed to Us Weekly that he really did have to nudge Grant to make a choice. “It’s real. And I don’t know if you could tell from watching that from my reaction, [but] I was surprised.
That was something that I haven’t encountered yet as the host in the last four years on any of the franchises. Normally, I think, our leads have a little bit more clarity — a lot more clarity — heading into the final day. And I really think that’s how conflicted Grant really was,” the host told Us in January.
“Without giving away too much, that was authentic and it’s real and it’s not an edit.” When Us caught up with Grant, 31, ahead of the premiere, he shed some light on how he got there. “In my life, I’m a really decisive person, but when it comes to matters of the heart and when it comes to letting people down, I struggle with that sometimes,” Grant told Us .
“So even from night one, I didn’t wanna send people home, but it’s something I had to do. And then when you couple that with the amazing women that are on the season, it becomes really hard. And then you add the absence and t.
