Blake Moynesis feeling the love onBachelor in Paradise!
“Because you’ve dated not just one, not two, but three Bachelorettes,” Jesse responds, referring to Katie, as well as Blake’s previous relationships with season 16 co-leadsClare CrawleyandTayshia Adams.
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Blake plans to avoid seeking the attention of another Bachelorette on the beach, telling Jesse, “Hopefully, I just don’t run into another one down here.”
“Yeah, off you go,” Jesse replies. “Good luck finding your Bachelorette… I mean wife.”
On the beach, all eyes appear to be on Blake, and former BacheloretteRachel Recchiawastes no time greeting him with a hug. Meanwhile Jess Girod, Kat Izzo, Kylee Russell, Kylee Russell — who appeared onZach Shallcross' season — all swoon over his appearance from afar.
ess Girod, Kat Izzo, Kylee Russell, Kylee Russell on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’.ABC
“Blake walked down and I think I’m like starstruck right now,” Jess says in a confessional while Kylee adds, “Blake Moynes is a fine man. He’s so tan. He’s so fit. He’s definitely eye candy.”
However, it won’t be all smooth sailing on the beach for Blake as he’ll be forced to reunite with his ex-fiancée Katie, 32, in Mexico.
Blake Moynes and Jesse Palmer on ‘Bachelor in Paradise’.ABC
During an Instagram Q&A last month, Katie — wholed the 17th seasonofThe Bachelorettein 2021 —confirmedthat seeing Blake onBachelor in Paradisewas their “first time seeing/speaking since we split 1.5 years ago.”
“Can’t say much more for now,” she added of their reunion, which Bachelor Nation first learned about when afirst look at the new season dropped.
Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes.Phillip Faraone/Getty, David Livingston/FilmMagic
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Upon arriving on the beach in the teaser, Thurston told hostJesse, “I don’t think Blake’s going to be happy that I’m here.”
Moynes later said of his ex’s surprise appearance: “I don’t think there’s a worse scenario.”
In another post on her Instagram Story, Thurston — who dated another contestant from her season,John Hersey, for six months following her breakup with Moynes — offered some more clarification on her role in the upcoming season ofParadise.
“I was NOT invited to get closure 👀,” she shared in response to a follower who compared her arrival to that ofKendall Long, who arrived on the beach when herex-boyfriend,Joe Amabile, had taken major steps in his budding relationship with his now-wife,Serena Pitt.
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Bachelor in Paradiseseason 9 premieres Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
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