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‘The Bachelorette’s Jenn Tran Slams Sam McKinney At “Men Tell All”: “The Man That I Saw On TV Was Exactly The Man That I Sat Across From The Entire Journey”
By Nicole Gallucci,
13 days ago
The Bachelorette ‘s “Men Tell All” event showed 15 eliminated Season 21 contestants reuniting with Jenn Tran for the first time since they left the show. And yes, Bachelor Nation, Sam McKinney was in attendance.
The first impression rose recipient had a mildly mortifying run on the show , so when Jenn took the stage to confront her exes she had a lot to say to Mr. “Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing.”
The 27-year-old contractor from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina spent a majority of his “Men Tell All” screen time defending his actions, apologizing for words, and in some cases trying to take accountability. He even addressed the “disrespectful” casting comment he made about thinking that Bachelor Season 28 alums Maria Georgas or Daisy Kent would be the Season 21 lead. But when Jenn took the stage she had more to say to the man who majorly let her down.
When franchise host Jesse Palmer asked Jenn when things changed for her and Sam, she said, “There were a lot of alarm bells. There were a few red flags I was adding up in my head. But it really was so apparent to me when I realized that this man and I didn’t talk, like we didn’t have any conversations. And he didn’t really know me at all at the end of the day.”
“I’m gonna say this in words that you’re going to understand,” Jenn continued, directing her comments at Sam before using his own cursed catchphrase against him. “I’m gonna keep the main thing, the main thing here. And you know what? I wasn’t upset that you didn’t know how to describe love. Clearly, we’re on very different emotional, intellectual levels. That’s fine. What I was upset about, was the fact that I watched this back and saw how you interacted with all these men, huffing and puffing your chest everywhere. The blatant disrespect to everybody, and then on top of that, our relationship. Everything was about you the entire time — how you were feeling in the moment, what you wanted to do. Everything revolved around you.”
After addressing his behavior on the season, Jenn also touched on Sam M’s actions since the show started airing, saying, “Instead of growing and learning from that, you decided to double down and have your friends and family go out online and defend your honor when you’re a grown man. Instead of taking accountability for your actions, you decided to blame it on the producers, the edit, the TV show, whatever it was. At the end of the day, the man that I saw on TV was exactly the man that I sat across from the entire journey.”
As Decider previously reported , in the weeks since Sam M. was first dubbed a Season 21 villain, the contestant’s family members hopped on social media to come to his defense and criticize the show’s edits. On July 30, his sister shared a video to Instagram calling him “one of the most authentic, loyal, and badass guys that you are ever gonna come across.” She explained that he “can be a hothead and his deliveries aren’t always the best, but he says what he means and he means what he says.” Earlier in the season, Reality Steve also shared screenshots of Sam M’s father, mother, and more family members posting in his defense, so we assume that’s what Jenn was referencing during “Men Tell All.”
Before Sam M. chimed in, Jenn delivered another scathing blow, saying, “I want you to be better from this. But if you don’t take a step back and look at what you saw, and take accountability for your actions, and grow and learn, then I feel very, very sorry for whoever you end up with, because this delusion world that you’re living in right now and this denial is not going to work for anybody.”
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After cheers from the crowd, Sam responded, assuring Jenn that he went on stage and “took a lot of accountability” before she arrived. “I definitely lost myself in some of those moments right there, and I wish I could go back and redo them,” he admitted. “Truthfully, you saw walls that I built up around my heart that you saw before me, and that’s something that I’m forever grateful for, and that’s something that I will be able to take towards my next partner. For that, I really just want to say thank you.”
Before Jesse Palmer moved on to the next topic, Jenn said, “I truly hope that you mean that, and you’re not just saying that to say that, because I do want the best for you.”
Phew! We all survived the most anxiety-inducing “Men Tell All” reunion. Good job, Bachelor Nation fam.
Wondering how Jenn Tran’s Bachelorette journey ends? Tune into the three-hour live finale event live Tuesday, September 3 at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC.
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The whole show is fake. It's made up drama every week with couples having sex in the spotlight. If that was my daughter. I would never let her on this show. The shows a discrase. The show should be canceled. It's out lived it's life.
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