Bachelorette Jenn Tran appreciated ex Matt Rossi ’s romantic gesture as an attempt to win her back, but ultimately sent him packing. During the Monday, August 5, episode of The Bachelorette , Jenn’s remaining contestants weren’t pleased to find out that her ex traveled to New Zealand for a chance to vie for her affections. After Matt surprised Jenn during last week’s episode , he suited up and headed to the cocktail party.
Several of her suitors, including one of her frontrunners Devin Strader , threatened to quit the show if she let Matt stay. While talking with Matt, Jenn asked why he chose to come back into her life. “I mean, it’s severely now or never,” he replied.
“You’re leaving this thing engaged. There’s no flexibility there.” Jenn noted that she didn’t know Matt “felt that way” about her, which led him to explain how his feelings developed.
“I would say it did happen all at once, but over time, finding us coming back together, I just saw things in you that just made things so deep,” he said. “[When] we first really tried things out, we were much different people. We were not the adults that we are today.
And I just feel like as we’ve grown into more adults over time, we’ve just found this bond growing stronger, and I hope that you can see how much that you mean to me. I’m just not ready to let it go.” Jenn, who dated Matt on and off after their initial relationship began in 2020, replied, “This is hard for me, because you k.