>> TONIGHT...
GET READY FOR THE DRAMATIC
SEASON FINALE OF
"THE BACHELORETTE."
>> I KNOW THAT I AM GETTING
ENGAGED, BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHO IT'S GOING TO BE.
>> WHEN CHARITY FACES
THE MOST DIFFICULT CHOICE OF HER
LIFE...
>> I STILL SEE YOU AS A WIFE.
>> YOU ARE MY TREASURE.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY.
>> 110%.
>> THIS WAS THE MOST SPECIAL
NIGHT THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER.
>> I'M SORRY I'M CRYING.
>> THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT,
LIKE, MY HEART IS BEATING.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME
DOWN TO ONE PERSON.
>> I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE
AND REGRET MY DECISION.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> IT'S SCARY.
TO THINK THAT CHARITY MIGHT NOT
CHOOSE YOU.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE CHARITY WITH
ANYBODY ELSE BUT ME.
>> YOU'VE GOT GUYS THAT HAVE
BEEN TO THE FANTASY SUITES.
AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS MIGHT BE
SOLIDIFIED ALREADY.
>> CAN I JUST, LIKE,
HAVE A MOMENT, PLEASE?
>> HOW WILL SHE MAKE THIS
LIFE-CHANGING DECISION?
>> THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING.
I'M JUST TORN.
>> DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU,
I BELIEVE YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT
DECISION, CHARITY.
YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.
>> CHARITY'S EMOTIONAL SEARCH
FOR HER HUSBAND ENDS TONIGHT.
>> [SOBS]
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK
IN ALL THIS, I'M, LIKE,
TRULY NOT OKAY.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT OUR STORY ENDS
TODAY.
>> IT'S LIVE.
>> [SOBBING]
>> AND IT ALL STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING H
HERE.
GOOD EVENING,
BACHELOR NATION!
IT'S SO GREAT SEEING ALL OF YOU!
I'M JESSE PALMER
AND I'M COMING TO YOU LIVE
FROM LOS ANGELES!
[CHEERING]
THIS IS THE DRAMATIC THREE-HOUR
SEASON FINALE EVERYONE
IN AMERICA HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE AND SO
MANY BACHELOR NATION FAVORITES
HAVE JOINED US
TO SEE HOW THIS WHOLE THING
UNFOLDS.
SO LUCKY TO HAVE SO MANY OF OUR
BACHELOR NATION FAMILY WITH US
ON SUCH A NIGHT.
NOW WHILE I'M NOT GOING TO TELL
YOU HOW CHARITY'S JOURNEY ENDS,
I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT LATER
TONIGHT, SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN
RIGHT HERE ON THIS VERY STAGE
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
ON ANY SEASON.
EVER.
WHAT IS IT?
OOH, YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND
OUT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR
BACHELORETTE, CHARITY, PEOPLE!
HAS SHE NOT JUST BEEN AMAZING?
SHE REALLY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
OF COURSE THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN
WHO WILL WIN HER HEART.
IS THAT DOTUN?
OR WILL IT BE JOEY?
OR MAYBE IT'S AARON WHO HAS JUST
FLOWN ALL THE WAY TO FIJI FOR
ANOTHER CHANCE AT LOVE WITH
CHARITY.
WHAT I CAN PROMISE YOU IS IT
WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE,
ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL AND
WITHOUT QUESTION
ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING
FINALES IN "BACHELORETTE"
HISTORY!
AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH,
YOUR NEW BACHELOR IS HERE!
YEAH!
I WONDER WHO THAT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT EVEN THAT'S NOT ALL.
NOT ONLY WILL YOU MEET THE NEW
BACHELOR RIGHT HERE ON THIS VERY
STAGE, BUT SOMEONE SITTING HERE
IN OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE WILL
IN FACT BE DATING HIM
NEXT SEASON.
YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
AND GUESS WHAT?
THIS LUCKY LADY HAS NO CLUE
THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING.
SO WHO IS THE BACHELOR GONNA BE?
AND WHICH DESERVING WOMAN
FROM OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE WILL BE
DATING HIM?
WE'LL ALL FIND OUT TOGETHER.
BUT FIRST LET'S GO BACK TO FIJI
WHERE CHARITY'S JOURNEY
HAS TAKEN AN UNEXPECTED TURN.
THE LIVE "BACHELORETTE" FINALE
STARTS RIGHT NOW!
[APPLAUSE]
♪
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON.
AARON WALKS UP TO ME,
LITERALLY OUT OF NOWHERE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
LIKE, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM.
I...
EXCUSE ME, I'M HAVING ACID
REFLUX.
I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HIM.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE I
LITERALLY WAS FALLING IN LOVE
WITH.
AND AFTER HOMETOWNS, I DID NOT
WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO THIS
MAN.
IT WAS THE HARDEST THING
I EVER HAD TO DO.
BUT, LIKE, I DID SEND HIM HOME.
OH.
HELP ME, LORD.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CANNOT
SHUT OFF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
SOMEONE, WHETHER THAT'S TWO DAYS
GO BY, A WEEK...
ALWAYS GREET ME WITH A SMILE.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS
NOT JUST ME AND AARON.
I'M IN LOVE WITH JOEY AND VERY
MUCH IN LOVE WITH DOTUN AS WELL.
[SIGHS]
>> THAT'S HOW I FEEL.
OH, MY GOD.
>> THERE'S A ROSE CEREMONY
TOMORROW.
>> LET'S GO SIT OVER HERE.
>> THIS IS INSANE.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, LIKE,
YOU SHOWING UP OBVIOUSLY SAYS
A WHOLE LOT.
AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU,
LIKE, IN THIS MOMENT, WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU WANT?
>> YEAH.
UM...
[SIGHS]
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> LIKE, THIS JOURNEY WAS NOT
EASY AT ALL.
LIKE, THE [BLEEP] WHAT I HAD TO
DO TO JUST KEEP IN IT, CHARITY.
>> THIS HAS BEEN THE TOUGHEST
JOURNEY.
NOW HERE I AM, PUTTING MYSELF
OUT THERE AGAIN.
I REALLY HOPE THAT CHARITY JUST
ACCEPTS ME BACK AND ALSO GIVES
ME A CHANCE TO SHOW HER THE MAN
I TRULY AM.
CHARITY, I THINK SO HIGHLY OF
YOU.
I JUST HOPE YOU KNOW THAT.
LIKE, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH,
HOW MUCH I SEE IN YOU
AND OUR FUTURE.
I STILL SEE YOU AS A WIFE.
I STILL SEE YOU AS THE MOTHER OF
MY CHILDREN.
THOSE FEELINGS HAVE NOT GONE
ANYWHERE.
AND, UM...
[EXHALES]
LIKE, IT HIT ME PRETTY HARD.
AND I NEVER FORGOT HOW YOU MADE
ME FEEL.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ME AS SOMEONE
THAT CAN BE YOUR HUSBAND.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST HOLD THIS
IN, NO TEARS.
>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO STAY
AND HAVE MORE TIME WITH YOU.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SHOW YOU.
I WANT TO BE PROTECTIVE.
I WANT TO BE IN YOUR CORNER,
REGARDLESS OF ANY DECISION THAT
YOU MAKE.
BUT I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT
THAT'S WHY I AM HERE.
AND I AM WILLING FOR ANY RISK
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WORTH IT,
CHARITY.
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW I
ENDED UP HERE, BUT MY GUT IS
TELLING ME THAT I OWE IT TO THIS
MAN TO GIVE HIM TIME, GIVE
MYSELF TIME, TO NOT GIVE UP
RIGHT NOW ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY
HAVE BUILT.
OUR FIRST DATE, I REMEMBER AND I
WILL NEVER FORGET, YOU WERE THE
ABSOLUTE FIRST PERSON THAT I
ENVISIONED AS, LIKE, MY HUSBAND.
AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT
IF YOU WOULD STAY.
WE COULD DO, LIKE, DINNER
AND JUST HANG AND CHAT
IN MY ROOM IF THAT'S OKAY?
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> OKAY?
>> YEAH.
>> OH, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
YOU LOOK GOOD IN FIJI,
BY THE WAY.
>> YOU LOOK GOOD.
YOU LOOK SO GOOD.
[LAUGHTER]
>> KISSING CHARITY, IT JUST
FEELS LIKE THIS ALL WASN'T
FOR NOTHING.
THERE'S LIFE COMING BACK INTO
ME NOW.
AND I'M RIGHT BACK IN IT
EMOTIONALLY.
AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T SMILED
THIS BIG IN DAYS.
>> I WILL SEE YOU LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> SEE YOU IN A BIT.
>> OKAY.
>> SEEING HER JUST BROUGHT BACK
ALL THE EMOTIONS THAT I'VE
ALWAYS FELT.
IT'S GOOD TO FEEL AGAIN.
CHARITY.
>> UH-OH.
OH, HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
WHAT?
>> ONE LAST KISS.
>> OH.
>> LOOKS LIKE AARON IS STAYING.
>> CHASING AFTER ME!
>> YOU BETTER GET READY NOW.
>> BYE!
>> I'M GLAD THAT HE DID NOT GIVE
UP ON THIS AND THAT HE SAW ME AS
SOMEONE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
♪
I RECOGNIZE, LIKE, THE EFFORT
HE HAS PUT IN TO COMING ALL
THE WAY HERE.
IT'S NOT A SMALL EFFORT.
LIKE, THAT IS A GRAND GESTURE.
AT THIS POINT, MY FEAR IS,
CAN WE GET THERE?
HELLO.
>> HELLO.
WOW, YOU LOOK GORGEOUS.
OF COURSE.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO.
AARON IS HERE NOW.
TWO OTHER GUYS ARE STILL HERE
AS WELL.
NO CLUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST
TO, OOH, A HARD RESET.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT, TRULY, JUST YOU BEING HERE
AND TAKING THE TIME TO COME BACK
MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO ME.
AND I'M BEYOND APPRECIATIVE OF
THAT.
AND WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
CHEERS.
>> AARON BEING HERE, I WAS
OVERWHELMED INITIALLY SEEING HIM
TODAY.
BUT HIS ENERGY IS GREAT.
I FEEL LIKE HE'S IN A GOOD
HEADSPACE.
IT'S HELPING ME TO BE OPEN AND
COMFORTABLE AROUND HIM AND TO
KNOW, LIKE, THAT HASN'T
NECESSARILY SHIFTED OR CHANGED
ANY, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING
WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
THAT IS HUGE.
>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY INSECURITIES
THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY,
THIS PROCESS?
>> EVERY DAY.
>> EVERY DAY?
>> I MEAN, WE'RE HUMAN -- NO.
FOR ME, YEAH.
AS I GO THROUGH THIS, IT'S LIKE,
I QUESTION MYSELF.
I QUESTION LITERALLY WHILE WE
ARE HERE IN THIS MOMENT,
AM I MAKING THE BEST CHOICES?
AM I CAPABLE OF DOING ALL OF
THIS SOMETIMES?
THOSE ARE THINGS I SIT
AND I JOURNAL ABOUT.
AND I TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF MY
THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.
AND IT'S TROUBLING, AT TIMES,
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I BATTLE
AND I GO BACK AND FORTH WITH
ON THE DAILY.
I'M NOT PERFECT, AND NO ONE IS
BUT, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES
THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE THERE.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
CARRY THAT.
>> WOW.
YOU'VE ALWAYS ROSE TO THE
OCCASION.
YOUR STRENGTH IS DEFINITELY
APPARENT.
YOU MAKE ME FEEL VERY SPECIAL.
AND WHETHER YOU KNOW THAT OR
NOT, I JUST FEEL GOOD EVERY TIME
I SEE YOU.
NEVER STOP BEING YOU, CHARITY.
>> COMING INTO THIS WEEK, I FELT
CONFIDENT WITH JOEY AND DOTUN.
BUT AARON, SOMEHOW, MADE IT ON
FIJI AIRWAYS AND DECIDED TO COME
ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.
LIKE, NOW I AM RECONSIDERING
EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING
AND BEING HERE.
>> OF COURSE.
>> LIKE, IT'S...
THIS IS A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
HE CAME BACK AND I GRANTED THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM BECAUSE I
KNEW HOW MUCH I REGRETTED MY
DECISION LAST TIME.
I DO OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT STILL
ON MY PLATE TO THINK ABOUT
AND PROCESS AND DEAL WITH.
BUT I WILL TALK TO YOU VERY,
VERY SOON.
OKAY?
OKAY.
LET ME WALK YOU OUT.
>> AARON SHOWING UP TODAY, THERE
IS THIS NEW ADDED LAYER OF
PRESSURE GOING INTO THIS NEXT
ROSE CEREMONY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
DO I KEEP HIM?
DO I NOT KEEP HIM?
DO I MOVE FORWARD?
DO I NOT MOVE FORWARD?
>> I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> OKAY, BYE.
>> RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MOMENT,
I HAVE NO IDEA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE LIVE
"BACHELORETTE" FINALE
THAT ALREADY HAS ALL OF
AMERICA TALKING.
SO MANY QUESTIONS.
UP TO THIS POINT.
WHO WILL WIN CHARITY'S HEART?
WHO WILL THE NEXT BACHELOR BE?
AND WHO HERE FROM OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE DATING
HIM?
YOU'LL GET ANSWERS TO ALL THOSE
QUESTIONS SHORTLY.
BUT FIRST, CHARITY HAS
THREE HOPEFUL MEN.
AND SHE HAS ONLY TWO ROSES
TO HAND OUT.
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
>> GOING INTO TODAY'S ROSE
CEREMONY, I HAVE THREE
INCREDIBLE GUYS:
AARON, JOEY, AND DOTUN.
ALL GREAT GUYS.
WITH AARON, AARON CAME ALL THE
WAY HERE AND CONTINUOUSLY SHOWS
THAT HE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL PUT
IN THE EFFORT AND THE ENERGY
TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK.
I HAD THE FIRST DATE OF THE
SEASON WITH HIM, AND IT WAS
A GREAT DATE.
IT WAS A DATE THAT SET THE TONE
FOR WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
AND THE FIRST PERSON IN ALL OF
THIS THAT I SAW POTENTIALLY AS
MY FUTURE HUSBAND.
WITH JOEY, IT'S SWEET.
IT'S PURE.
AND I SEE JOEY AS SOMEONE WHO IS
WILLING TO EMBRACE EVERY SINGLE
ASPECT OF ME.
WITH DOTUN, IT'S EXCITING.
IT'S EASE, IT'S EFFORTLESS.
HE SHOWS ME THAT THIS IS SOMEONE
I CAN FOREVER COUNT ON.
AND WILL DO LITERALLY ANYTHING
FOR ME.
TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE PURE
CONFUSION FOR ALL OF THE GUYS.
AARON HAS NO IDEA THAT XAVIER IS
NO LONGER HERE.
JOEY AND DOTUN ARE GOING TO WALK
IN THINKING THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE SEEING XAVIER AND INSTEAD,
THEY WILL BE SEEING AARON.
IT IS INSANE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT THIS WEEK.
I HAVE THREE GUYS, TWO ROSES.
THAT IS BOTH EQUALLY TERRIFYING
BUT EXCITING.
♪
>> THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK
FOR ME.
I FINALLY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TELL CHARITY THAT I WAS IN LOVE
WITH HER.
BUT THEN FOR HER TO RECIPROCATE
AND SAY IT BACK IS EVERYTHING
YOU WANT IN THAT MOMENT.
AND THEN WE GO TO OUR FANTASY
SUITES AND HAVE AN AMAZING NIGHT
TOGETHER.
LIKE, WE JUST TOOK OUR
RELATIONSHIP TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN
SO MANY WAYS.
THE ROSE CEREMONY IS A WEIRD
FEELING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M
NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.
I HAVEN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
FACT THAT XAVIER AND DOTUN BOTH
HAD OVERNIGHTS AND HAD THE
CHANCE OF ALSO GETTING THAT
ADDITIONAL TIME WITH CHARITY.
I'M SURE THERE'S A CHANCE THAT
THEY BOTH WENT VERY WELL.
BUT I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO START
TO LET MY MIND GO THERE.
BECAUSE IT'S SCARY TO THINK THAT
CHARITY MIGHT NOT CHOOSE YOU.
>> COMING INTO THIS ROSE
CEREMONY, I'M FEELING READY
AND PREPARED AND HAPPY,
ECSTATIC.
I LET CHARITY KNOW THAT I AM
FULLY IN LOVE WITH HER AND SHE
ALSO LET ME KNOW THAT SHE'S ALSO
IN LOVE WITH ME.
AND THAT JUST MAKES ME FEEL
LIKE I'M ON CLOUD NINE.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THOSE
NERVES, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS
I STEP UP ON THE PODIUM.
ALWAYS, THOSE NERVES COME.
BECAUSE THEN YOU START THINKING,
"WHAT IF SHE'S HAVING THE SAME
FEELINGS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER
GUYS"?
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME
NERVOUS.
♪
>> WITH CHARITY, MY FEELINGS
HAVEN'T CHANGED FOR HER.
I REALLY SEE HER AS THIS
INCREDIBLE WOMAN.
THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN,
MY FUTURE WIFE.
THERE'S NO DOUBT I STILL HAVE
THESE STRONG FEELINGS.
THAT'S VERY APPARENT.
BUT YOU'VE GOT GUYS THAT HAVE
BEEN TO THE FANTASY SUITES.
AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS MIGHT BE
SOLIDIFIED ALREADY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE END,
I PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD.
SO, HOPEFULLY SHE FEELS
CONFIDENT IN ME TOO.
♪
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
AARON'S HERE, XAVIER'S NOT.
I'M DOING DEFINITELY
DOUBLE TAKES.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD
WRAPPED AROUND IT.
I'M QUESTIONING HOW AARON GOT
HERE.
♪
>> HI, GUYS.
I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY
SAYING I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE
WEEK THAT I'VE HAD IN FIJI.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF YOU ALL SO MUCH.
IT'S ALSO BEEN A VERY EVENTFUL
WEEK.
THE OBVIOUS: XAVIER'S NOT HERE.
IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT IT WAS
NECESSARY.
MOVING ALONG IN THIS WEEK, AARON
SHOWED UP IN HOPES OF JUST
CONTINUING TO FIGHT.
AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU.
I OWE IT TO MYSELF TO CONTINUE
TO BE HONEST AND OPEN WITH EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF YOU ALL.
I SAY IT EVERY SINGLE CEREMONY.
I TRULY AM ONLY DOING MY BEST.
BUT AT THIS STAGE, I'M DOING
WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT.
AND WHAT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE
MOST CONFIDENCE IN.
AND I VALUE AND I CHERISH EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF YOU ALL, NO MATTER
WHAT.
♪
JOEY.
JOEY, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS ROSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
♪
AARON, CAN YOU COME WITH ME?
>> YEAH.
>> [SIGHS]
TWISTS AND TURNS.
THIS [BLEEP] IS CRAZY.
>> I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY
SAYING...
I KNOW I EXPRESSED, LIKE, HAVING
REGRETS WITH LAST WEEK.
BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS
TIME THAT WE HAD THIS WEEK TO
JUST, I GUESS, GET MORE CLARITY.
AS, LIKE, UNFORTUNATE IT IS,
IT'S JUST TIME WASN'T ON OUR
SIDE AND WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO
HEAR.
BUT THAT'S ME BEING HONEST
AND TRUTHFUL IN THIS MOMENT.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW I AM
BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR GETTING TO
KNOW YOU AND MEETING YOU AND
YOU SHOWING ME YOUR HEART AND
THAT NEVER WAVERING AT ALL
IN THIS PROCESS,
IN THIS JOURNEY.
JUST, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT, THE RISK
THAT I TOOK, YOU ARE JUST THAT
SPECIAL OF A WOMAN, CHARITY.
I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT.
IT JUST GAVE ME HOPE FOR WHAT MY
WIFE EVEN LOOKED LIKE AND...
CHARITY, I'M ALWAYS IN YOUR
CORNER.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALWAYS IN YOURS.
>> [EXHALES]
>> I DON'T THINK HE'S COMING
BACK, DUDE.
I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD-BYE.
>> SAYING GOOD-BYE TO AARON
TONIGHT WAS NOT EASY.
BUT I KNOW, LIKE, ME AND AARON
BTOH SHARE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR
EACH OTHER.
I KNOW THAT HE WOULD ONLY WANT
HONESTY OUT OF ME.
AND I GAVE HIM THAT.
>> BYE, AARON.
>> BYE, CHARITY.
>> IN THE END, I HAD TO BE
TRUTHFUL.
TRULY TO MYSELF.
AARON COMING HERE, TRYING TO GET
MORE TIME, IT JUST TRULY,
HONESTLY, WASN'T GOING TO BE
ENOUGH TO PRECEDE OR SURPASS
WHERE I STOOD WITH JOEY
AND DOTUN.
OKAY, SORRY.
I'M BACK.
I JUST WANT TO OBVIOUSLY ADDRESS
YOU GUYS BEFORE I HOP BACK INTO
EVERYTHING.
COMING INTO THIS WEEK, I DID NOT
KNOW WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND WHEN AARON SHOWED UP,
IT 100% TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.
BUT I WILL ALWAYS GIVE 100% TO
EVERY SINGLE RELATIONSHIP AND BE
PRESENT AND EXHAUST ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING.
BUT IT JUST WAS NOT IT.
AND THAT'S OKAY.
I DO FEEL SO CONFIDENT WITH YOU
TWO.
SO, WITH THAT...
DOTUN.
DOTUN, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS
ROSE?
>> I WILL.
♪
>> IT'S JOEY AND DOTUN.
TRULY, LIKE, TWO OF THE BEST
GUYS EVER.
I AM SO HAPPY.
I'M SO BLESSED.
I REALLY AM.
AND NOW I HAVE TWO INCREDIBLE
PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
A FOREVER WITH.
>> TO LOVE!
>> WHOO-HOO!
[APPLAUSE]
>> I'M HERE NOW WITH AARON.
AARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
HOW HARD WAS IT FOR YOU TO FLY
ALL THE WAY TO FIJI FOR ANOTHER
CHANCE
ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT WORK OUT?
>> THE 12-HOUR FLIGHT WAS THE
HARDEST PART, TO START OFF WITH.
I WAS THINKING, WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
I KNEW SHE KNEW I WASN'T COMING
BACK.
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS RIGHT BY THE
POOL, SIPPING A MARTINI.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I AM OUT HERE
JUST KIND OF INTRUDING, IN A
WAY.
I FELT A LOT OF THINGS.
I WAS LIKE, I NEVER PUT MYSELF
OUT THERE LIKE THAT BEFORE.
PAST RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN IN MY
FOUR-YEAR RELATIONSHIP IN
COLLEGE, I'VE NEVER COME OUT OF
MY SHELL THAT WAY, JESSE.
IT WAS A HUGE RISK BUT I KNEW IN
THIS CONFINED ENVIRONMENT HAD TO
PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND I
COULDN'T GIVE UP.
>> YOU HAVE PUT EVERYTHING ON
THE LINE.
SAD THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR
YOU AND CHARITY BUT I KNOW THIS
ISN'T THE LAST WE'VE SEEN OF YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE PACKING YOUR BAY
FOR THE BEACHES OF PARADISE, OH,
YEAH
WE HAVE A SNEAK PEEK LATER.
IT IS SOMETHING.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT.
WE COME BACK, DOTUN AND JOEY
MEET CHARITY'S FAMILY AND WE
COME BACK, THE NEW BACHELOR WILL
BE HERE LIVE ON THIS VERY STAGE
AND SOMEONE IN OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE DATING
HIM.
WHO IS IT?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ALL COMING UP WHEN THE
LIVE FINALE OF "THE
BACHELORETTE" CONTINUES
>> DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE TO LIVE IN A
FAIRY TALE?
WE CAN HELP.
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[APPLAUSE]
>> IT'S A NEW DAY IN FIJI.
YESTERDAY, SENDING AARON HOME,
THAT WAS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW.
BUT AN ENGAGEMENT IS DAYS AWAY.
AND I'M DOWN TO THE TWO MOST
INCREDIBLE GUYS, JOEY AND DOTUN.
I DO LOVE THEM BOTH.
I CAN'T DECIDE ON WHAT DIRECTION
I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN.
I REALLY NEED HELP.
AND THAT'S WHY TODAY IS A VERY
BIG DAY.
BECAUSE I GET TO SEE MY FAMILY.
>> SO, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO
CONNECT ON WITH THE GUYS?
>> IF DO THEY ENJOY SPORTS,
YOU KNOW, HEY.
THAT'S SOME POINTS.
[LAUGHTER]
>> AH!
>> [LAUGHS]
>> HI!
THIS WEEK, MY FAMILY IS MEETING
BOTH JOEY AND DOTUN.
I HAVE MY MOM, VICKIE.
MY DAD, DAVID.
AND MY SISTER, MIA.
MY FAMILY'S INPUT IS HUGE.
WHILE I VALUE EVERYONE'S
OPINION, MY MOM IS TRULY MY
BEST FRIEND.
SO HER OPINION IS EVERYTHING.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.
>> TODAY, WHEN I SEE CHARITY
WALK IN, THAT MAKE ME FEEL VERY
GOOD.
I HADN'T SEEN HER IN A WHILE.
SO AS A MOM, I CAN EXHALE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> I MISSED YOU GUYS A LOT.
>> WE DID, WE MISSED YOU TOO.
>> YEAH.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD JOURNEY THOUGH,
I WILL SAY.
I STARTED WITH 25 GUYS BUT WE
ARE DOWN TO TWO.
JOEY AND DOTUN.
HONESTLY, LIKE, THE GREATEST
PEOPLE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MET
EVER.
>> [LAUGHS]
GOOD.
>> SO THAT RESULTS IN ME
TWO PEOPLE, WHICH IS CRAZY.
THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE ALSO IN
LOVE WITH ME.
SO IT'S A HAPPY THING BUT ALSO
MAKES MY JOB A LOT HARDER.
>> WHEN CHARITY SAID WHAT SHE
SAID ABOUT BEING IN LOVE WITH
TWO PEOPLE, IT MAKES ME FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE.
FOR CHARITY?
"DECISIVENESS" IS A WORD THAT
SHE HAS TO REALLY GET
COMFORTABLE WITH IN LIFE.
>> TODAY, YOU GUYS WILL BE
MEETING JOEY FIRST.
HE IS SOMEONE WHO IS INCREDIBLY
COMPASSIONATE.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS WILL REALLY
LOVE HIM.
I'M GOING TO GO GRAB HIM.
>> I THINK IT MAKES HER FEEL
GOOD ABOUT THE FACT THAT, "I CAN
SAY THAT I'M IN LOVE WITH TWO
PEOPLE."
IN REALITY, SHE HAS TO
UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ON
THE SAME SCALE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOTTA
MAKE A CHOICE.
♪
>> HI!
>> HELLO.
HOW WE DOING?
>> GOOD.
TRYING TO STAY DRY.
>> DOING MY BEST.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
>> YOU LOOK SO CUTE.
>> TODAY IS HUGE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET
CHARITY'S FAMILY.
I KNOW THIS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT DAY TO CHARITY.
HER FAMILY'S OPINION
MEANS THE WORLD TO HER.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> OF COURSE I'M EXCITED.
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS A LITTLE?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
>> YEAH.
>> I WAS FEELING GOOD ALL DAY
AND THEN I THINK AS IT GETS
CLOSER, YOU GET NERVES.
>> IT DOES, YEAH.
YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'LL BE GOOD.
>> YEAH.
>> GIVE ME A HUG.
>> TO BE HONEST, COMING INTO
THIS, I THINK SHE'S THINKING
ABOUT CHOOSING ME AS THE PERSON
SHE WANTS TO BE WITH.
I JUST HAVE THOSE FEELINGS FROM
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE AND I
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THAT.
>> HELLO!
>> HI!
>> EVERYONE, THIS IS JOEY.
>> SO GOING INTO THIS TIME WITH
HER FAMILY, I'M VIEWING IT AS
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS KIND
OF, MESS IT UP?
>> I THINK YOU GUYS CAN JUST
SEE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S WRITTEN ALL
OVER MY FACE WHEN HE'S HERE,
HOW I FEEL.
BUT JOEY HAS THIS UNIQUE ABILITY
TO JUST TRULY MAKE ME FEEL
SO SEEN, SO VALIDATED.
AND TRULY HAS SWEPT ME OFF MY
FEET SINCE DAY ONE.
I SAID, JOEY GOT OUT THE LIMO.
LOOK AT HIS EYES, OKAY?
I CAN'T HELP IT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I TELL HER EVERY TIME, I
PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN STRESSED
IT ENOUGH, YOU ARE THE REASON
WHY THIS HAS BEEN COMFORTABLE.
I KNOW YOU LOVE TO GIVE ME
CREDIT, BUT I DO BELIEVE A LOT
OF IT COMES FROM HER AND JUST
HOW SHE IS, HOW SHE CARRIES
HERSELF, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS
KNOW.
SO I DON'T NEED TO REITERATE
THAT.
BUT IT'S THE TRUTH OF IT.
IT REALLY IS.
>> I SAW A CONNECTION IN CHARITY
AND JOEY WHEN THEY SAT DOWN.
I SAW HIM MAKING EYE CONTACT
WITH HER.
JUST LOOKING AT HER IN A WAY
WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOOD TO
LOOK AT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE FITS IN
WITH OUR FAMILY.
SO I'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT
AND SEE HOW THAT PLAY OUT.
>> I'M GLAD I COULD GET THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU
A LITTLE BIT TODAY AND FIND OUT
MORE WHO JOEY IS.
>> YEAH.
I'M AN OPEN BOOK.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR SISTER AND
THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT
HER AND LOVE HER AND MAKE HER
FEEL SPECIAL EVERY DAY.
BECAUSE SHE DESERVES THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT SHE DOES.
>> WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU
FEEL YOU AND CHARITY HAVE IN
COMMON?
>> ONE THING THAT WE REALLY
CONNECTED ON THAT WE HAVE IN
COMMON IS DEFINITELY FAMILY.
GETTING MARRIED TO SOMEONE, I
WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF THEIR
FAMILY AS MUCH AS I WOULD WANT
THEM TO BE A PART OF MINE.
>> OKAY, GOOD.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS AT LEAST IN
GENERAL ABOUT HER BEING IN AN
INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIP?
>> I LOVE IT.
IT'S NOT A POINT OF RACE.
FOR US, IT'S ABOUT LOVE.
>> YES.
>> IT'S ABOUT HER HEART
AND ABOUT HER BEING PROTECTED.
SO IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON --
[LAUGHS]
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
>> AND I FEEL IT.
SO IT WASN'T A DOUBT, IT'S JUST
IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE
I'LL NEVER GET WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
BE IN HER SHOES AT ALL.
YOU NEVER CAN BE THE PERSON
SAYING YOU DON'T SEE COLOR,
YOU DON'T SEE RACE, BECAUSE
THAT'S IGNORANT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
HERE THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HER
FEELS GOOD ABOUT IT TOO.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOU
SAY THAT.
>> AND I'M GLAD
YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
>> YEAH, NO, IT'S NOT AN EASY
CONVO TO BRING UP.
>> I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO
POTENTIALLY BE MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
ONE DAY.
>> I LOVE THE SOUND OF THAT.
>> JOEY WAS GENUINE IN HIS
RESPONSES.
AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN HIS
LOVE FOR CHARITY.
HE LOVES HIS FAMILY AND COULD
FIT INTO OUR FAMILY AS WELL.
SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> SO...
>> CHARITY.
>> [LAUGHS]
I KNOW.
GO AHEAD, ASK THE QUESTIONS.
>> HAVE YOU FALLEN IN LOVE?
>> YES.
HOW I FEEL ABOUT JOEY HAS SO FAR
SURPASSED JUST FALLING IN LOVE.
>> DO YOU FEEL YOU COULD BE YOUR
GOOFY SELF AROUND JOEY?
>> OH, I'VE ALREADY CUT UP
SEVERAL TIMES, I FEAR.
>> SEVERAL TIMES?
>> [LAUGHS]
SEVERAL TIMES.
I DON'T WANT IT TO STOP.
>> DON'T WANT IT TO STOP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T.
SO, YEAH.
I DO WANT TO ASK, WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY IS YOUR FEAR FOR ME?
SEEING ME AT THIS POINT
AND KNOWING WE ARE DAYS OUT?
LIKE...
>> I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE THE
CHOICE OF YOUR HEART.
THAT'S TRUE TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
THIS WHOLE TIME, AS I WAS
NARROWING IT DOWN, AM I MAKING
THE RIGHT CHOICE, AM I MAKING
THE RIGHT CHOICE?
AND I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE I'M AT
A PLACE WHERE I HAVE THE TWO
BEST PEOPLE.
BUT --
>> THERE'S STILL ANOTHER CHOICE
TO MAKE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT'S "THE" CHOICE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
EASY.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET THERE?
I DON'T KNOW.
♪
>> SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING TODAY.
FINALLY GET TO MEET YOU.
>> I KNOW, YEAH.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING
MY FEELINGS FOR CHARITY ARE,
LIKE, VERY REAL.
AND I'VE OBVIOUSLY TOLD HER NOW
THAT I'M IN LOVE WITH HER.
AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW MORE AS A MOM, BECAUSE I
KNOW FROM YOUR SIDE, HOW SCARY
THIS CAN BE -- TO BE PUTTING
YOUR DAUGHTER'S HEART OUT THERE
AND TO HEAR THAT SHE'S IN LOVE
WITH SOMEONE, I DON'T TAKE THAT
LIGHTLY.
>> ONE QUESTION I HAVE, THOUGH,
WITH YOU, AS FAR AS CHARITY IS
CONCERNED -- HAS SHE REALLY
FULLY, FULLY OPENED UP HERSELF
TO YOU IN THAT WAY?
>> YEAH.
SHE HASN'T BEEN CLOSED OFF
AT ALL.
>> OKAY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN CHARITY THAT
IS OF A QUALITY FOR YOU?
>> YEAH.
SHE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I CAN
BE THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF.
BUT NOT ONLY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE
IT, MAKES ME WANT TO BE.
>> GOOD STUFF.
I LOVE TO HEAR THAT.
I MEAN, SHE'S THAT KIND OF
PERSON.
>> OH, IT'S OBVIOUS.
>> SHE REALLY IS.
HAVE YOU AND CHARITY ACTUALLY
TALKED ABOUT YOUR VALUES BEING
ON THE SAME PAGE?
>> YEAH, VALUESWISE FOR ME AND
CHARITY, IT WAS THAT FIRST DATE
WE HAD IN L. A. WHERE WE REALLY
GOT TO TALK ABOUT, JUST, WHAT'S
MOST IMPORTANT TO US.
IT WAS "FAMILY FIRST."
IT WAS JUST EXACTLY RIGHT AWAY.
MY FAMILY MEANS THE WORLD TO ME.
THEY'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT
PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
AND I'M HOPING I CAN BE A PART
OF YOUR GUYS' FAMILY.
YOU GUYS HAVE SO MUCH WARMTH
ABOUT YOU THAT I HAD ZERO DOUBT
THAT I COULD FEEL LIKE I'D BE
A PART OF IT.
I WAS JUST HOPEFUL THAT YOU GUYS
COULD SEE ME BE A PART OF IT
TOO.
>> UPON YOUR ARRIVAL TODAY, I
JUST SEE YOU AS A VERY GENUINE
PERSON.
SO, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT.
YOU FELT COMFORTABLE WITH US,
SO THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT AT
EASE AS WELL.
>> YEAH, YOU GUYS MAKE IT EASY.
>> WELL, I HOPE SO.
>> THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU
GUYS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, TOO, FOR
BEING THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE.
>> I'M GOING TO GET A HUG NOW.
>> [LAUGHS]
YOU ARE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> JOEY MADE IT EASY FOR ME.
I DID SEE THE QUALITIES OF,
HONESTLY, GENUINE TRANSPARENCY
IN HIM.
THE WHOLE FAMILY CONNECTED WITH
JOEY.
>> YEAH, I WAS BACK THERE
LISTENING TO THE NFL DRAFT.
>> WHO'S YOUR TEAM?
>> ACTUALLY, THE ATLANTA FALCONS
TEAM.
>> YEAH, THEY'VE GOT SOME
GROWING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
HOPEFULLY THEY ARE GETTING SOME
PIECES THERE FOR YOU.
>> [LAUGHS]
YEAH, YEAH.
>> JOEY FITS IN WITH OUR FAMILY
JUST FINE, OKAY?
[LAUGHS]
>> NICE MEETING YOU.
>> SEE YOU GUYS SOON.
>> OKAY!
>> BYE.
>> YEAH.
I THINK JOEY COULD BE THE ONE.
YEAH.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> GOOD.
>> REALLY?
>> NO, TRUTHFULLY.
LIKE, TODAY WAS ALL GREAT.
THEY ARE ALL AMAZING.
>> WELL, I'M SO HAPPY AND THAT
WARMS MY HEART.
I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE
HAS JUST GIVEN ME CONFIRMATION
IN WHAT I FEEL FOR YOU.
I'M IN THE BEST PLACE.
AND, YEAH.
>> GOOD.
I'M IN A GREAT PLACE TOO.
THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO BE.
>> EVERYTHING WENT GREAT
WITH MY FAMILY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M SO HAPPY.
>> JOEY ALSO LEFT TODAY FEELING
GREAT.
I MEAN, I'M ON CLOUD NINE.
BECAUSE I DID WALK IN AND I WAS
NERVOUS.
>> OKAY, LOVE YOU.
>> LOVE YOU, TOO.
>> I THINK MY MOM WILL SEE AFTER
TODAY, MEETING JOEY, AND HAVING
THE OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW TO MEET
DOTUN AS WELL, WHY MY FEELINGS
ARE SEPARATED IN TWO DIFFERENT
PLACES.
AND IT'S HARD.
IT'S A BIG DECISION.
I HOPE MY FAMILY WILL HELP ME
MAKE SENSE OF WHAT I'M FEELING,
BECAUSE I CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE DRAMATIC
AND SOON-TO-BE HISTORIC FINALE
OF "THE BACHELORETTE."
NOW OF COURSE CHARITY IS DOWN TO
TWO GREAT MEN.
BOTH HOPE TO BECOME HER FIANCE.
BUT OF COURSE,
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
AND THEN LATER TONIGHT,
YOU'RE ALSO GONNA MEET
THE NEW BACHELOR.
AND ONE WOMAN HERE IN THE STUDIO
AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE DATING
HIM.
DID I MENTION SHE HAS NO IDEA?
SO I WONDER WHO COULD IT BE?
MAYBE IT'S THIS WOMAN
STANDING BESIDE ME.
MY NAME IS JESSE.
SO MISTING --
SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> HI, GUYS.
MY NAME IS LEA.
I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND I
CURRENTLY LIVE IN LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA.
I AM ORIGINALLY FROM OAHU,
HAWAII, AND I AM SUPER PROUD TO
BE FROM THERE.
I THINK IT'S A HUGE PART OF WHO
I AM.
YEAH.
AS MUCH AS I'M SUPER PROUD TO BE
FROM THERE, IN TERMS OF DATING,
NOT THE BEST PLACE TO DATE.
IT'S LIKE A LITTLE ROCK.
SO THE POOL IS NOT THAT BIG.
SO I CAME TO LOS ANGELES LIKE
OKAY, IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.
IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.
IT DIDN'T GET BETTER.
>> LISTEN, THERE'S A CHANCE
HOWEVER OUR NEXT BACHELOR'S, YOU
MIGHT BE DATING HIM VERY, VERY
SOON SO WE ARE GOING TO FIND
THAT OUT.
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
SO NICE MEETING YOU TONIGHT.
I'LL HOLD THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO FIJI
WHERE JOEY HAS ALREADY IMPRESSED
CHARITIES FAMILY.
HOW WILL THEY FEEL ABOUT DOTUN?
LET'S FIND OUT.
♪
>> YESTERDAY, MY FAMILY HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET JOEY.
AND IT WENT WAY BETTER THAN I
EXPECTED.
AND SO, TODAY, MY FAMILY WILL BE
MEETING DOTUN.
AND I AM HOPING ALSO THAT IT
GOES GREAT.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
>> HELLO.
>> HEY!
>> SO, TODAY, IS A VERY, VERY
SIGNIFICANT DAY.
BECAUSE I AM IN LOVE
WITH TWO PEOPLE.
AND, HOPEFULLY, AFTER SEEING
JOEY ALREADY AND THEN SEEING
DOTUN, MY FAMILY WILL BE ABLE TO
GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
CLARITY ON WHERE I STAND AND
ENCOURAGEMENT OF HOW TO MOVE
FORWARD.
BECAUSE MY FEAR IS THAT I CAN'T
MAKE A DECISION OR I WON'T BE
ABLE TO AT ALL.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT FOR
THE END OF THIS.
>> DOTUN IS TODAY.
AND I KNOW AS MUCH AS YESTERDAY
WAS GREAT, I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL
DO GREAT WITH IT.
BUT JUST HAVE AN OPEN MIND AND
HEART BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOUR
OPINION AND PERSPECTIVE WILL BE
HELPFUL FOR ME.
SO I NEED YOU GUYS TO GO INTO IT
WITH A CLEAR HEADSPACE AND CLEAN
SLATE, EVEN PLAYING FIELD.
>> YESTERDAY AFTER MEETING JOEY,
I CAN SEE HIM AS MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW.
SO I'M EXCITED TO MEET DOTUN.
I WANT TO SEE THIS SECOND PERSON
THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I FEEL LIKE WHEN I SAY THAT,
YOU GUYS ARE STILL LIKE,
"WHAT IN THE WORLD?"
OKAY, I'LL BE BACK.
>> COMING IN TODAY, HAVING TO
MEET DOTUN...
>> HELLO, HELLO.
>> HELLO.
YOU LOOK SO CUTE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO IT
WITH COMPARISONS, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, I HAD SUCH A STRONG
CONNECTION WITH JOEY.
AND THAT'S MY TRUE FEELING AT
THIS POINT.
BUT IT COULD BE CHANGED.
I'M NOT SURE.
BUT, YEAH.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT
ANXIOUS.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
>> LET'S GO.
>> I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT MEETING
CHARITY'S FOLKS GOES AS WELL AS
HER MEETING MY FOLKS.
IT WAS HONESTLY JUST BEYOND WHAT
I EXPECTED.
SO HOPING TO GIVE HER FOLKS THE
SAME TYPE OF COMFORT.
>> HELLO!
>> HI!
>> I'M BACK.
GOT TO DO THE CLEARANCE DUCK.
ISN'T HE SO TALL?
[LAUGHTER]
>> IT'S CRITICAL TO MAKE A GOOD
IMPRESSION TODAY.
MOMENTS LIKE THIS CAN MAKE OR
BREAK A RELATIONSHIP.
AND SO I'M JUST CONSTANTLY
THINKING OVER HOW I WANT TO SHOW
CHARITY'S PARENTS AND HER
FAMILY THAT I REALLY DO LOVE
HER.
>> WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE
HERE.
>> YES.
>> THIS IS DOTUN.
AND I'M SO EXCITED, OBVIOUSLY,
SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
YOU GUYS MEAN SO MUCH.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU ALL
NONSTOP THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY.
ESPECIALLY MOM, JUST HOW YOU'VE
BEEN MY ANCHOR FOR A LOT OF
THINGS.
SO, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
SO, YEAH.
[LAUGHS]
>> IT REALLY HAS BEEN
A HECK OF A JOURNEY.
IT'S VERY UNLIKELY TO BE IN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK I'M VERY AVERSE TO THIS
WHOLE EXPERIENCE, IN A BIG WAY.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> BUT SOMETHING JUST TOLD ME,
"LET ME JUST TAKE THE STEPS
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
IT WAS A BIG SACRIFICE FOR ME
TO COME HERE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS I HAD
TO LEAVE ON THE TABLE, WORKWISE,
CAREERWISE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THINGS KEEP TELLING ME TO GO
FOR IT AND DO THIS THING.
IT'S REALLY JUST BEEN AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE FROM START TO FINISH.
THE FOUNDATION THAT WE'VE BUILT
IS SO STRONG.
AND IT'S SO RELIABLE.
DEFINITELY, I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE
THIS EVER IN MY LIFE WITH
ANYBODY.
AND, SO, 100%.
>> YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS FEELING?
>> WE ARE DOING GREAT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
OH, MAN.
>> DOTUN, CAN WE GO HAVE A CHAT,
PLEASE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANKS.
>> YESTERDAY, OF COURSE, I FELT
GOOD ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS AND
WHERE WE WERE WITH JOEY.
I THINK HE JUST FITS IN WITH OUR
FAMILY VERY WELL.
BUT...
I WILL LOOK AT DOTUN AND HEAR
HIS CONVERSATION AND SEE HOW
WELL HE PROJECTS HIS THOUGHTS
AND FEELINGS.
>> WHEN DID YOU REALLY FEEL THAT
CONNECTION WITH CHARITY?
>> YEAH, THE CONNECTION HAS COME
IN STAGES, RIGHT?
SHE JUST CHECKS ALL THE BOXES OF
WHAT I IMAGINED MY PARTNER TO BE
LIKE.
I TOLD HER THIS WEEK THAT I'M
TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH HER.
BUT I HAD KNOWN IT FOR THE PAST
FEW WEEKS.
AND, YEAH, JUST TOTALLY SMITTEN
OVER HER.
SO, THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THE
CONNECTIONS HAVE GONE.
>> GOT YOU.
>> AND I KNOW THAT ALSO,
I, AGAIN, I'M A RUTHLESSLY
INTROSPECTIVE PERSON.
AND I CHECK IN WITH MYSELF EVERY
DAY.
I'M LIKE, "OKAY, HOW ARE THINGS
GOING?"
AND I LOOK FOR THE HOLES MYSELF.
AND I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY.
AND SO THAT IS WHY I HAVE SO
MUCH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHARITY.
CHARITY HAS BEEN SO CAPABLE
AND COMPETENT.
RIGHT?
>> MM-HM.
>> SOMEONE THAT I THINK I CAN
LEARN FROM.
AND THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN MY
PAST RELATIONSHIPS AND FOR HER
AS WELL.
SHE'S JUST REKINDLED AGAIN THE
PASSION FOR ME TO, LIKE, OKAY,
FAMILY, KIDS, ALL THOSE THINGS
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED BUT I KIND OF
PUT ON THE BACKBURNER FOR WORK.
AND NOW I'M LIKE, NO, I WANT
THOSE THINGS
WITH A SPECIAL PERSON.
AND I THINK I FOUND HER.
>> OKAY.
>> DOTUN, HIMSELF, HE SEEMS TO
BE A VERY GENUINE, VERY HONEST
PERSON.
AND I FEEL THAT DOTUN CHECKS THE
BOXES.
BUT FOR ME, HIS MANNERISM, HIS
SWAG KIND OF THING?
I WOULD SAY THAT HE'S FAMILIAR.
AND CHARITY HAS A TYPE OF MAN
THAT SHE VERY WELL TEND TO
GRAVITATE TO.
AND DOTUN IS THAT TYPE OF
PERSON.
SO, ANY TIME SOMETHING IS VERY
FAMILIAR, THAT'S EASY.
>> OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A REALLY
BIG DECISION TO MAKE.
>> YOU DO.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN I
WALKED IN TODAY WITH DOTUN,
DO YOU SEE ME BEING HAPPY?
OR WAS IT -- BECAUSE I KNOW THE
THINGS YOU LOOK FOR AS MY MOM.
I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE, "ALL RIGHT,
SHE HAS THE PEP IN HER STEP."
>> IT WAS A SIMILAR PEP BUT IT
WASN'T AS FULL-FLEDGED AS I SAW
THE OTHER DAY.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THAT
QUESTION, IT WAS DIFFERENT
TO A POINT.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.
THAT'S MY TRUTH.
MM-HM.
♪
>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
NECESSARILY SITS WELL WITH ME.
BECAUSE THAT'S AN INITIAL
IMPRESSION THAT SHE GETS FROM
DOTUN.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PERSON I
LOVE AND CHERISH SO MUCH.
MY MIND IS REALLY GOING A
MILLION PLACES.
>> GO WITH YOUR HEART, GO WITH
YOUR GUT.
>> I KNOW.
MY GUT DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.
>> IT DOES.
MM-HM, IT DOES.
YOU PROBABLY WANT TO DENY THAT
FACT.
BUT IT DOES.
IT DOES.
DON'T DENY THE FACT WITHIN
YOURSELF.
>> I'M STILL NOW SITTING HERE
WITH TWO GREAT GUYS THAT I'VE
GOTTEN TO KNOW AT THEIR ABSOLUTE
CORE.
AND STUCK.
>> ARE YOU WILLING TO SACRIFICE
FOR CHARITY, IF SHE DECIDES TO
CHOOSE YOU?
>> YEAH.
I LOOK AT HER AS A
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME KIND OF
PERSON.
I REALLY DO.
AND SO NOT GETTING TO THE END OF
THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO ME
IN THAT REGARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER FIND
A TYPE OF LOVE LIKE THIS.
AND SO THAT MAKES ANY SACRIFICE
WORTH IT.
>> IMPRESSIONS ARE EVERYTHING.
AND MY SISTER'S EXTREMELY
OBSERVANT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING
TO SEE, LIKE, WHAT SHE GATHERED
FROM TALKING TO DOTUN
AND THE INITIAL IMPRESSION OF
HIM.
>> HELLO.
>> HI, CHARITY.
>> TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK.
[LAUGHS]
>> SO, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE
A CERTAIN CHEMISTRY.
>> UH-OH.
>> YOU AND DOTUN.
HE'S VERY INTELLIGENT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND...
>> WHAT?
>> JOEY MAKES YOU GLOW.
>> OKAY.
>> HE DOES.
LIKE, I COULD SEE IT.
YOU WERE HAVING MORE PDA
WITH HIM.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT YOU LAUGH A LOT WITH
DOTUN.
REAL HARD.
>> YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
BAD.
>> IT'S NOT A BAD THING.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD THING.
I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I SEE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> DON'T READ TOO INTO IT.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT.
I WASN'T.
AH, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
>> YEAH.
>> SORRY.
>> I SEE IT.
I JUST HAVE TO GET TO KNOW HIM
A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR MYSELF.
BUT I CAN SEE IT.
♪
>> IT'S JUST, LIKE,
OVERWHELMING.
LIKE, THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING.
>> SEEING CHARITY BREAK DOWN
TODAY, MY HEART HURTS FOR HER.
IT ACHES FOR HER.
AND I JUST FEEL SAD THAT SHE IS
SO TORN.
>> LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
>> LOVE YOU, BABY GIRL.
>> DOTUN.
>> AND FOR HER TO MAKE IT THIS
FAR WITH TWO WONDERFUL MEN,
COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE.
THE DECISION THAT CHARITY HAS TO
MAKE -- REALITY IS JUST, LIKE,
HITTING HER HARD RIGHT NOW.
BUT THIS IS HER DECISION TO
MAKE.
>> I'M STRESSED OUT.
BECAUSE I AM JUST SO CONFLICTED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE DAY THAT MY FAMILY HAD
WITH DOTUN DID NOT GO AS
PLANNED.
THE REALITY IS, I'M NOT WHERE
I SHOULD BE AT WITH MY
DECISION-MAKING.
AND I STILL DON'T HAVE THE
CLARITY THAT I PERSONALLY WANT
TO HAVE.
I'M REALLY NOT OKAY.
♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> MY FAMILY HAS MET BOTH DOTUN
AND JOEY.
AND I AM CONFLICTED BECAUSE I AM
IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE AND THAT
FREAKS ME OUT.
I'M INCREDIBLY OVERWHELMED.
I'M FEELING NERVOUS.
AND I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE
HERE WITH TWO PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE
SO CLEAR.
MY FAMILY'S OPINION, IT'S HUGE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE MY ANCHOR, MY
CORNERSTONE FOR EVERYTHING THAT
I DO HAVE MY LIFE.
AND THEY KNOW ME BEST.
SO THEIR OPINION MEANS THE
WORLD.
AT THIS POINT, I'M LITERALLY
A CAR STUCK IN MUD.
MY WHEELS ARE TURNING.
I NEED SOMEONE TO JUST
COME AND PUSH.
GIVE ME A NICE, GENTLE PUSH.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING HOW
STRESSED I AM.
AND EXHAUSTED.
OBVIOUSLY, YESTERDAY, YOU SAW
A DIFFERENT SIDE OF ME.
JUST PARTIALLY BECAUSE I WAS
OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU GUYS.
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY.
BUT BEING HERE TODAY,
I AM RECOGNIZING THAT I AM
OVERWHELMED.
SO OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW AT THE END
OF THE DAY, THE DECISION AND THE
CHOICE WILL BE UP TO ME.
BUT THIS IS MY MOMENT TO HAVE
THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH Y'ALL.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE
Y'ALL SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON
JOEY AND DOTUN.
>> BOTH JOEY AND DOTUN ARE
AMAZING INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK WITH JOEY, I LIKE THE
FACT THAT HE'S NOT AFRAID TO
ADDRESS DIFFICULT ISSUES.
>> MM-HMM.
>> THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
DOTUN, HE IS SUPER INTENTIONAL.
HE DEFINITELY HAS YOUR BEST
INTERESTS AT HEART AND HE'S
WILLING TO SACRIFICE.
WE TRUST THAT YOU WILL MAKE
THE ULTIMATE DECISION.
>> EITHER ONE WOULD BE A GREAT,
GREAT, GREAT CHOICE.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE
DECISION BASED ON WHERE YOU ARE
WITH THAT.
YOU DO.
>> I KNOW.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW YOUR
THOUGHTS.
>> IT'S HARD FOR ME.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THE
COMPARISON THERE.
>> WHY?
DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE
TOO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE?
>> PRETTY MUCH, PROBABLY.
>> WHY?
>> I...
BECAUSE YOU'RE HAVING
A DIFFICULT TIME ALREADY.
>> I KNOW, BUT MAYBE YOU SAYING
WHAT YOU SAYING WILL HELP ME.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>> SHE'S ALSO AFRAID, ON THE
OTHER HAND, THAT IT MIGHT NOT
HELP YOU.
SHE'S NOT SURE WHICH WAY IT
MIGHT GO.
>> WELL, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T
THINK ANYTHING CAN HURT ME MUCH
MORE THAN THE FACT THAT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT I'M DOING YET.
SO, HERE WE ARE.
>> EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
>> IT'S NOTHING NEW.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THAT
WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED.
♪
>> CHARITY WANTED TO HEAR ME
JUST TELL HER.
BUT I CAN'T JUST TELL HER.
I CAN'T PUT OUT WORDS BECAUSE I
WILL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THOSE WORDS.
AND NO MATTER WHAT I SAY TO HER
AT THIS POINT IN TIME,
IT'S HER DECISION.
AND I THINK SHE KNOWS THAT SHE
HAS TO DO THIS HERSELF.
I JUST WANT YOUR DECISION TO BE
YOUR DECISION.
>> I KNOW, MOM.
HONESTLY, IT'S FRUSTRATING ME
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT TELLING ME.
>> WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, BABY.
WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT YOU
IN ANY DECISION YOU MAKE.
>> I'M, LIKE, I'M SITTING HERE
AND I'M JUST REALLY TORN.
AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HERE
AND REGRET MY DECISION OR JUST
BE LIKE, "I SHOULD'VE MADE THIS
CHOICE."
LIKE, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE
THE CASE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THIS TIME
IS FOR.
BECAUSE WHEN I LEAVE YOU GUYS,
LIKE, I'M ON MY OWN.
[CRYING]
MOM, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE JUST
MORE THOUGHTS?
LIKE, I WANT YOU TO BE DIRECT.
YOU'RE THE MOST DIRECT PERSON
HERE AND I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
NOT BEEN.
>> I'VE BEEN DIRECT.
>> LIKE, NO, I WANT YOU TO SAY
STRAIGHT UP -- I SAW THIS,
I THINK THIS WILL WORK -- OKAY.
>> I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO
GIVE NAMES.
>> OKAY.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT'S WHAT
I WANT.
>> OOH, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
>> WHY, THOUGH?
>> I WANT IT TO BE YOUR
DECISION.
>> IT STILL WILL BE.
>> IT WILL BE BUT IT'LL GUIDED
BASED ON WHAT I SAID WITH NAMES.
I DON'T PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE I
WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T.
>> I'M FRUSTRATED THAT MY MOM
DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ME A CLEAR
ANSWER.
LIKE, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE TO DO.
I'M LITERALLY TRYING TO THINK
AND CREATE WAYS FOR ME TO HELP
TO GET MYSELF TO WHERE I NEED TO
GET.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK?
>> SURE.
>> OKAY.
>> THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG
ANSWER.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SHE
WAS THINKING.
>> YOU WANT TO RESPECT JOEY AND
DOTUN BOTH, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THEIR
NAMES BECAUSE IT'S JOEY AND
DOTUN.
>> THEY HAVE THE SAME VALUES,
LIKES, CHARACTERISTICS.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
EITHER WAY, I'M HAVING TO
NAVIGATE SOMETHING I HAVEN'T.
>> TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES.
TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
EVEN DIFFERENT FROM ME.
>> DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU,
I BELIEVE YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT
DECISION.
CHARITY, YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.
YOU KNOW, BUT --
>> I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
I'M BEING REAL WITH YOU.
I DON'T KNOW, MAMA.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> OKAY, WELL, THEN IF YOU DON'T
KNOW, THEN YOU CAN'T MAKE A
DECISION.
>> OKAY, WELL, THEN THAT'S WHAT
IT WILL BE.
♪
WHATEVER.
♪
>> MY CONVERSATION WITH MY
FAMILY DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED.
I STILL DON'T HAVE THE CLARITY
THAT I PERSONALLY WANT TO HAVE.
I'M DRAINED.
I'M EXHAUSTED EMOTIONALLY,
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY.
LIKE, EVERYTHING.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I THINK
IN ALL OF THIS, I'M TRULY NOT
OKAY.
I'M A MESS.
[APPLAUSE]
♪
>> WELCOME BACK,
BACHELOR NATION.
WE'RE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
LOS ANGELES.
AND CHARITY IS NOW DOWN TO TWO
INCREDIBLE MEN:
THERE'S JOEY AND THERE'S DOTUN.
BOTH WON OVER CHARITY'S FAMILY.
BUT OF COURSE
ONLY ONE IS GOING TO WIN HER
HEART.
WILL A LAST DATE WITH EACH MAN
GIVE HER THE CLARITY SHE NEEDS?
LET'S FIND OUT.
♪
>> DOTUN'S MET MY FAMILY.
JOEY HAS MET MY FAMILY.
AND I DID NOT GET THE CLARITY
THAT I CAME IN WANTING.
AND IT IS SCARY.
MY MOM IS QUESTIONING ME BEING
IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE BUT THE
REALITY IS, THAT I AM IN LOVE
WITH BOTH OF THEM.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M GOING
TO CHOOSE.
VERY SOON, I WILL JUST HOPEFULLY
WILL WAKE UP AND I WILL HAVE A
CLEAR
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
BUT IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO
DO.
♪
TONIGHT IS MY LAST DATE WITH
JOEY.
IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE THIS IS THE
LAST OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK
ABOUT EVERYTHING BEFORE WHAT
COMES NEXT, WHICH IS THE BIG,
BIG, BIG DAY.
THE PROPOSAL.
IT'S IS INSANE.
>> HELLO.
>> HI!
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M WITH YOU, SO, AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> JOEY IS SOMEONE THAT I FEEL
LIKE ONLY COMES AROUND EVERY
BLUE MOON.
>> YAY.
YOU DID GOOD.
>> I DID GOOD.
>> I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT, JOEY
WILL FOREVER PRIORITIZE ME.
HE IS SOMEONE WHO IS MADE FOR
ME.
IT'S SO HARD, THAT I'M LIKE,
CAN I EVEN REACH A DECISION?
>> HONESTLY, THIS IS LIKE, CRAZY
THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR LAST
DATES.
BUT I FEEL SO, SO GOOD.
AND I JUST WANT TONIGHT TO
HONESTLY JUST CONTINUE WHERE WE
ARE AT.
LET'S JUST CHEERS TO A GREAT
EVENING TOGETHER.
>> CHEERS TO THAT.
>> PERFECT.
>> TASTY.
[LAUGHS]
>> SO, LET'S, OBVIOUSLY, TALK
ABOUT THE DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
YOUR CONVERSATIONS, HOW YOU FELT
THINGS WENT ON YOUR END.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> I KNOW I CAN DO THE SAME BUT
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO ASK YOU
FIRST.
HOW WAS IT?
>> IT WENT GREAT.
I'M LIKE, HONESTLY, GENUINELY
SURPRISED THAT IT WAS JUST SO
GOOD.
MY MOM, HONESTLY, COULD NOT STOP
RAVING ABOUT YOU.
>> SHE'S TOO EASY TO LIKE.
>> NO --
[LAUGHS]
>> VICKIE WAS A LOVER.
>> SHE COULD NOT STOP RAVING
ABOUT YOU.
SO THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.
BECAUSE I WILL SAY, MY MOM IS A
TOUGH COOKIE AT TIMES.
>> IT WAS AMAZING TO MEET HER
FAMILY.
LIKE, THEY SAW HOW REAL THIS IS
AND THAT REASSURANCE IS HUGE.
HOW WELL THEY RECEIVED IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO ME.
BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE MOMENTS THAT YOU KNOW WILL
MAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP STRONGER.
>> MY GOAL FOR THAT TIME WITH
YOUR FAMILY WASN'T TO TELL THEM
THAT I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU BUT
FOR THEM TO SEE IT.
AND THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO
ME.
AND I REALLY STRESSED THAT WITH
YOUR MOM AND SHE SAID SHE SAW
IT.
WE TESTED THAT PART PRETTY
STRONG.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW?
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE
OBVIOUSLY HOLD CLOSEST AND CARE
MOST ABOUT.
FOR THEM TO FEEL IT, THAT SHOULD
GIVE US CONFIDENCE ON HOW REAL
IT ACTUALLY IS.
>> YEAH, 100%.
DON'T LAUGH AT ME.
[LAUGHS]
>> SO I DO HAVE A GIFT.
>> REALLY?
>> DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT?
>> OKAY.
OKAY, WOW.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY THE CUTEST.
THIS IS SO CUTE.
>> JOEY GIVES ME THE POEM FROM
OUR DATE IN NEW ORLEANS.
IT'S SO SPECIAL.
IT'S EVERYTHING, IT'S EVERY
SINGLE EMOTION POSSIBLE THAT I
COULD THINK OF.
I AM FEELING.
>> OKAY.
"FOR CHARITY AND JOEY.
HOLD MY HAND, HOLD MY PAST
AND MY FUTURE.
I SINK INTO YOU WITHOUT
THINKING.
IT'S SO EASY.
I'M SCARED.
COULD IT REALLY BE LIKE THIS?
CAUGHT IN THE WIND, LITERALLY,
LETTING IT TAKE US WHEREVER IT
NEEDS.
I SEE MYSELF IN YOUR EYES."
>> "LIKE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
LIKE MY HEART WAS ALWAYS
SEARCHING FOR YOUR WORDS TO MAKE
IT SING.
SO HOLD MY HAND, FEEL THE SKY
BREAKING OPEN, THIS IS OUR
CHANCE TO BREATHE IN THE
EVERYTHING."
♪
>> HEARING THAT HONESTLY MADE
THE HAIRS ON MY ARMS STAND UP.
JOEY'S SPECIAL.
WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE EMBODIES,
I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED.
AND I CAN'T ENVISION WALKING
MYSELF WALKING AWAY FROM HIM.
IT FEELS GOOD.
>> I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU ENOUGH
HOW MUCH TONIGHT HELPED ME GET
TO WHERE I NEED TO, FOR WHAT
COMES NEXT FOR US.
THIS WAS THE MOST SPECIAL NIGHT
THAT WE'VE HAD TOGETHER.
>> SORRY I'M CRYING.
>> DON'T APOLOGIZE.
YOU'RE GOOD.
>> LIKE, I FEEL SO GOOD AND
LIKE I FEEL BEYOND GRATEFUL.
LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A DOUBT IN
THE WORLD.
>> SAME.
>> MM-HM.
I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU, TOO.
♪
>> TRUTHFULLY, RIGHT NOW, THIS
IS THE BEST I'VE FELT THROUGH
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
AND SHE'S THE REASON WHY.
>> I FEEL GOOD.
>> I FEEL SO GOOD.
GOT ALL THAT I NEEDED.
>> I'M GOING TO PROPOSE TO
CHARITY.
I HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT THAT.
I'M GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN A
COUPLE OF DAYS TO A WOMAN
I'M IN LOVE WITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING
NIGHT.
THE REST OF THIS IS NOW OUT OF
MY CONTROL.
BUT I'M READY TO TAKE ON LIFE
WITH THIS GIRL.
I TRUTHFULLY BELIEVE THAT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE
SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT SHE WON'T
BE ABLE TO SAY NO TO.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELL, JOEY IS CERTAINLY
CONVINCED HE'S THE ONE.
BUT IS HE?
YOU'LL FIND OUT LATER.
BUT FIRST, AS PROMISED,
ONE WOMAN HERE IN OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE WILL BE DATING THE NEXT
BACHELOR.
SO WHO WILL IT BE?
YOU KNOW MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY
ALL OF BACHELOR NATION ALREADY
KNOWS.
LIKE THESE TWO WOMEN.
PLEASE WELCOME KAT AND BROOKLYN.
I KNOW YOU BEEN WATCHING HER
JOURNEY UNFOLD.
WHO DO YOU HOPE THE NEXT
BACHELOR'S?
>> I COULD SEE JOEY BEING THE
NEXT BACHELOR.
I THINK HE'S VERY SENSITIVE,
ADVENTUROUS, AND HE HAS A LOT
LEFT TO GIVE.
>> ONE VOTE FOR JOEY.
>> DOTUN IS SO EMOTIONALLY
INTELLIGENT ON THE WAY HE PUTS
CHARITY FIRST IN EVERYTHING,
HE'D MAKE A GOOD BACHELOR.
>> ONE FOR JOEY, ONE FOR DOTUN.
I THINK MAYBE AFTER TONIGHT ONE
OF THOSE MEN MIGHT NOT BE
AVAILABLE.
OF COURSE THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
ONE OF YOU MIGHT ALSO BE DATING
OUR NEXT BACHELOR.
WERE GOING TO FIND THAT OUT.
>> NEVER SAY NEVER.
>> ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THE
TWO OF YOU ON THE NEXT SEASON OF
"BACHELOR IN PARADISE."
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WOULDN'T YOU JUST KNOW IT?
WE'VE GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF THAT
RIGHT HERE.
ENJOY.
♪
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
>> PARADISE IS BACK.
[BLEEP]
>> AND IT'S GOING TO HIT HARDER
THAN EVER.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
PARADISE IS CRAZY.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON.
>> GET READY FOR A WILD TIME ON
THE BEACH.
>> WOULD YOU SUCK MY TOES?
>> DATES.
>> HE IS SO HOT.
>> 42 ABS ON HIS BODY.
DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO LICK
THEM?
>> FOUR FORMER BACHELORETTES.
CRASHING THE PARTY.
>> SHE IS HERE TO DATE.
>> HI, GUYS.
>> CAME OVER.
I'LL JUST COME HOME.
>> GET THE MEDIC TO THE BEACH
PLEASE.
>> SOMEONE HAS A SERIOUS MEDICAL
EMERGENCY.
>> I'M GOING ON NINE DAYS OF NO
POOPING.
>> IF WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD...
MOVEMENT, SUNRISE TOMORROW
MORNING?
WE WILL HAVE TO DELIVER ALMOST
LIKE A "POO BABY."
>> DELIVER A "POOP BABY?"
OUT OF YOUR BUTT?
ARE YOU INSANE?
>> WHO WILL FIND THEIR SOULMATE?
>> I HAVEN'T FELT LIKE THIS IN A
WHILE.
>> THIS IS CRAZY.
GETTING A SECOND CHANCE, I THINK
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.
>> REALLY FALLING IN LOVE WITH
YOU.
>> WHO BELIEVE IN TEARS?
>> I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN TRUST
HIM.
>> I FEEL BETRAYED AT THIS
POINT.
>> [SOBS] I'M TRYING TO DO THIS
THE BEST WAY I CAN.
>> I HAVE ZERO RESPECT FOR YOU.
NONE.
>> THIS, RIGHT HERE, IS THE
"PARADISE" TRUTH BOX.
>> THE TRUTH BOX IS DEFINITELY
GOING TO DESTROY SOME COUPLES.
[SCREAMS]
>> OH, MY GOD, DUDE!
>> THIS IS LIKE A MADHOUSE.
>> AND WHO WILL DECIDE TO GET
MARRIED IN PARADISE?
>> I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND
AND WIFE.
FIND OUT, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE
OF "BACHELOR IN PARADISE,"
COMING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH!
[APPLAUSE]
>> THERE IS SO MUCH CRAZINESS
GOING ON IN MEXICO.
BY THE WAY, THAT WAS KAT THAT
GOT BOWLED OVER BY THAT WAVE ON
THE BEACH.
IT'S CRAZY.
THERE ARE RUMORS ALSO FLYING OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW THAT THERE WERE
SOME SPARKS FLYING DOWN IN
MEXICO BETWEEN RACHEL AND
BRADEN.
WOULD YOU JUST LOOK WHO HAPPENS
TO BE SITTING BESIDE EACH OTHER
IN OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE TONIGHT?
COINCIDENCE?
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TUNE IN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 FOR THE
PREMIERE OF "BACHELOR IN
PARADISE.
BECAUSE WHAT ALSO PREMIERING
SEPTEMBER 28 "THE GOLDEN
BACHELOR."
BACHELOR NATION IS LITERALLY
TAKEN OVER THURSDAY NIGHT BUT UP
NEXT, CHARITIES JOURNEY
CONTINUES.
WILL HER FAIRY TALE COME TRUE?
WE ARE ALL GOING TO FIND OUT
TOGETHER WHEN WE RETURN.
THAT WAS AWESOME.
♪
>> LAST NIGHT WAS MY LAST DATE
WITH JOEY, AND HE SHOWED ME THAT
THE LOVE WE HAVE IS JUST SO
STRONG AND SO GOOD.
TONIGHT, GOING INTO MY LAST DATE
WITH DOTUN, I'M JUST REALLY
EMOTIONALLY ALL OVER THE PLACE.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
I LOVE DOTUN, BUT I DON'T HAVE
A DECISION MADE.
I STILL HAVE TONIGHT.
>> HELLO.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> HI.
>> HEY, CHARITY.
>> I'M COMPLETELY TORN BETWEEN
JOEY AND DOTUN.
I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE HERE WITH
TWO PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE SO
CLEAR.
THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE,
MY HEART IS BEATING.
>> EXCELLENT.
CHEERS TO THE END OF WHAT HAS
BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING
JOURNEYS IN MY LIFE.
CHEERS TO THE POTENTIAL LOVE
THAT WE MAY HAVE AND THAT WE GET
THE FAIRY TALE ENDING THAT WE
BOTH DESERVE.
SO, CHEERS TO YOU.
AND CHEERS TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, GREAT.
>> YES.
>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I WOULD LOVE TO RECAP ON FAMILY.
I WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY CURIOUS TO
KNOW, HOW WERE CONVERSATIONS?
AND WHO YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE WAS
THE HARDEST?
WAS I RIGHT IN WHAT I KIND OF
PREPARED YOU FOR?
YOU LET ME KNOW.
>> YEAH.
TO JUST SUM UP YOUR FAMILY,
THEY ARE AWESOME PEOPLE.
AND SO BALANCED.
I WANTED TO SHOW THEM AT LEAST
GIVE THEM A GLIMPSE OF WHAT I
COULD OFFER YOU AND THE LOVE
THAT I HAVE FOR YOU.
I'VE STILL GOT SOME WORK ON
MOMS, YOU KNOW?
MAMA VICKIE HAD ONE EYEBROW
RAISED THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION
PRETTY MUCH.
>> [LAUGHS]
NO WAY, NO WAY.
>> NO, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE DID IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT BY THE END OF IT, I THINK I,
AGAIN, SHOWED HER THE LOVE THAT
I HAVE FOR YOU.
THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM.
>> IT FEELS GREAT JUST TO
HAVE CHARITY HERE WITH ME.
YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT THIS IS
POTENTIALLY THE LAST TIME I GET
TO HANG OUT WITH SUCH
A WONDERFUL PERSON.
I'M JUST BASKING IN THAT.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING
WITH YOU
AND LEAVE US WITH SOMETHING TO
KIND OF REMINISCE ABOUT BEFORE
YOUR BIG DECISION.
IF THAT'S OKAY?
>> OKAY.
>> CAN I GO GRAB IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> OKAY.
>> TONIGHT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
ME.
I JUST WANT TO LET HER KNOW THAT
I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING AT
THIS POINT.
AND I WANT TO BE WITH HER
FOREVER.
SO...
>> LOTS OF THINGS.
>> HERE'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO.
WE ARE GOING TO GO ON A LITTLE
TREASURE HUNT.
>> I LOVE THIS.
>> SO, IF YOU'RE READY...
>> I AM.
AM I GONNA CRY?
OH, WAIT, OKAY.
>> [LAUGHS]
>> OH, WAIT.
YOU!
BABY DOTUN.
YOUR CARD.
THIS WAS, LIKE, OUR FIRST REAL
CONVERSATION.
>> I BROUGHT THIS CARD WITH ME
THAT I TAKE WITH ME EVERYWHERE.
AND THIS IS THE CARD I GOT WHEN
I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN I
WAS FOUR.
AND THIS LITTLE KID MEANS
EVERYTHING TO ME.
>> THIS IS SUPER SWEET
AND SPECIAL.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS.
LIKE, IT'S A LOT.
IT REALLY IS A LOT.
>> FOR ME, THIS WAS A CRITICAL
MOMENT.
AND I THINK IT WAS FOR YOU
TO A CERTAIN EXTENT TOO.
>> IT WAS, IT WAS.
>> SO, YEAH.
THERE'S NUMBER ONE.
GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT DOWN.
>> OKAY.
DOTUN, HE JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO
SPECIAL.
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON WHERE ME AND
DOTUN STARTED OFF, NO WAY DID I
THINK THAT WE WOULD BE HERE.
>> THIS IS TOO CUTE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
>> YES.
>> THIS IS SO CUTE.
WE HAD S'MORES!
>> THIS REPRESENTS WHEN I
STARTED LOVING THE HELL OUT OF
YOU.
AND I REALIZED, HOLY CRAP, IS
THIS REAL?
SHE WASN'T LYING.
THIS REALLY WORKS.
>> FROM OUT THE LIMOS,
NIGHT ONE.
TO SO MANY DAYS, HOMETOWNS,
EVERY SINGLE MOMENT LEADING UP
TO WHERE WE ARE AT HAS BEEN
NOTHING SHORT OF BEAUTIFUL.
>> X MARKS THE SPOT.
>> OH, THERE IS AN X.
>> THAT'S THE TREASURE.
WHAT IS THE TREASURE?
>> AW, IT'S A LOCKET.
THERE'S SOMETHING INSIDE.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
THAT'S OUR FACES.
IT'S OUR BABY FACES.
>> THE TREASURE IS US.
YOU ARE MY TREASURE.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY.
>> 110%.
>> MY LOVE WITH DOTUN IS NOT
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
I SEE THAT WE ARE BOTH TWO
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SO DESERVING
OF ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE.
♪
>> THE FEELING THAT HE GIVES ME
IS INDESCRIBABLE.
>> YOU'VE GOT A BIG DECISION.
>> BUT...
I HAVE A STRONG LOVE WITH JOEY
TOO.
MY LOVE FOR JOEY, IT IS...
A LOVE THAT IS STRONG.
AND THIS IS CRAZY.
THIS IS JUST CRAZY TO SAY.
BUT I HAVE TO SIT HERE IN THIS
MOMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
>> ARE YOU FEELING CONFIDENT?
>> ME?
>> YEAH.
I'M CONFIDENT IN OUR CONNECTION.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, I'M GOING
TO ASSUME THERE ARE TWO STRONG
CONNECTIONS, RIGHT?
AND SO I'M NERVOUS.
VERY NERVOUS.
BUT IT'S, OBVIOUSLY,
THE DECISION IS UP TO YOU.
BUT AGAIN, I TRUST WHATEVER
DECISION YOU MAKE,
I REALLY DO.
I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY.
BUT, YEAH, I'M STILL PRETTY
NERVOUS.
>> MM-HM.
>> BEING HERE WITH CHARITY
TONIGHT, THE TONE IS A LITTLE
MORE SERIOUS THAN WHAT I GUESS
WHAT I EXPECTED.
YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL THAT THIS
WHOLE PROCESS IS TAKING A TOLL
ON HER.
AND ESPECIALLY THIS FINAL
DECISION.
>> THESE PAST FEW DAYS, I'VE
JUST BEEN THINKING AND TRYING TO
CONSIDER A LOT.
AND IT HAS BEEN, THE BEST WAY TO
PUT IT, EXTREMELY OVERWHELMING.
AND PART OF THAT, IF I'M BEING
REAL AND TRANSPARENT, LAST NIGHT
WITH JOEY, I JUST KNEW I HAVE
A LOT TO DO AND THINK ABOUT.
LIKE, MY BRAIN IS CLOUDED.
>> I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF
SURPRISED -- GENERALLY, WE'VE
ALWAYS KEPT THINGS, JUST BASED
ON OUR RELATIONSHIP -- BUT THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE'S
KIND OF BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT
THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON.
YOU KNOW, SO, YEAH.
KIND OF SCARY.
>> SHALL WE?
>> YEAH, WE SHALL.
>> IT'S STILL DIFFICULT NOW,
KNOWING THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY
ELSE THAT COULD STEAL HER AWAY
FROM ME.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SADNESS,
KNOWING THAT THIS MAY BE THE
LAST TIME I EVER GET TO SPEND
A NIGHT WITH CHARITY.
IT'S A WEIRD FEELING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
>> BIG DAY TOMORROW.
>> BIG, BIG DAY.
>> GET SOME REST.
>> MM-HMM, YOU TOO.
I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE.
>> BYE.
♪
>> LEAVING MY LAST DATE
WITH DOTUN, I'M...
SO CONFUSED.
PROPOSAL DAY IS TOMORROW.
IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE
BIGGEST DECISION OF MY LIFE.
AND I HAVE NO CLUE HOW IT'S
GOING TO PLAY OUT.
NOT A CLUE AT ALL.
♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE DRAMATIC
FINALE OF "THE BACHELORETTE."
WELL, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER.
WHO WILL BECOME CHARITY'S
FIANCE?
AND WHO'S GONNA GO HOME
BROKEN HEARTED?
I WAS THERE,
AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING.
SO GET YOUR TISSUE BOX READY.
HERE WE GO.
>> TODAY IS PROPOSAL DAY.
AND IT'S CRAZY REALIZING THAT I
AM IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE.
JOEY AND DOTUN.
TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST VERY
DIFFERENT.
BUT TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE SO OPEN
AND READY FOR LOVE AND GAVE
THEIR ABSOLUTE ALL.
JOEY IS SO LOVING,
A PERSON WHO I HAVE FELT SAFE
WITH.
BUT TO ALSO JUST BE SO SEEN BY
HIM FOR WHO I AM AND NOTHING
MORE.
NOTHING LESS.
BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DOTUN
IS THAT IT'S EFFORTLESS.
HE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD.
AND HE'S SOMEONE THAT I CAN
WHOLLY SAY I TRUST.
I MEAN, JUST HEARING HIS NAME,
I SMILE.
BOTH OF MY RELATIONSHIPS
ARE SO GOOD.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT ONLY ONE
REALLY IS "THE ONE."
>> I'M NEIL LANE.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, NEIL LANE.
MY NAME IS DOTUN OLUBEKO.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
HAVE A SEAT.
AT THIS STAGE, I HAVE BEEN
FEELING A STRONG MIXTURE OF
EXCITEMENT AND NERVOUSNESS.
>> BIG DAY, HUH?
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAYS OF MY
LIFE, CERTAINLY.
YEAH.
IT DOESN'T GET MORE REAL THAN
TODAY, KNOWING THAT I'LL BE
HOLDING AN ENGAGEMENT RING TO
GIVE TO POTENTIALLY THE PERSON
THAT I'M GOING to SPEND THE REST
OF MY LIFE WITH IS AN INSANE
THOUGHT.
YOU WAIT YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO FEEL
THE TYPE OF CONNECTION THAT I'VE
BUILT WITH CHARITY.
I'VE FOUND SOMEONE THAT I REALLY
LOVE.
BUT I CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT
THERE'S STILL ONE MORE PERSON
VYING FOR CHARITY'S HEART.
>> SO YOU KNOW, JOEY, I HAVE TO
ASK YOU.
>> MM-HM.
>> YOU ARE READY?
>> I'M READY.
>> IS SHE READY?
>> I HOPE SHE IS.
>> I'VE ALWAYS ENVISIONED THAT
A DAY LIKE THIS WOULD COME.
THAT I WOULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT I
WAS CRAZY ABOUT, THAT I COULDN'T
WAIT TO GET DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND
TELL THEM THAT I WANT TO MARRY
THEM.
I THINK SHE'LL LOVE IT.
IT CAN BE SCARY AT TIMES, BUT
SHE'S MADE ME FEEL SO CONFIDENT
ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND I'M SHOCKED HOW MUCH I'VE
FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CHARITY IN
SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT I'M READY.
I'M READY TO GET DOWN
ON ONE KNEE.
♪
>> I NEVER IMAGINED BEING HERE
AT THIS POINT.
IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE.
LIKE, THIS IS THE BIGGEST
DECISION I'VE EVER HAD TO MAKE.
BECAUSE I'M WALKING AWAY HERE
WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
AND NOW I'M AT A POINT WHERE...
I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.
>> HEY THERE.
YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY ENCHANTING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
OH, MY GOSH.
WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.
HERE YOU ARE.
>> WE ARE HERE.
>> HOW YOU FEELING?
>> OH, I MEAN, I'M EMOTIONAL
RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHS]
UM...
IT'S BEEN HARD.
BEING IN LOVE WITH TWO PEOPLE, I
NEVER IMAGINED MYSELF HAVING TO
MAKE THAT DECISION BETWEEN TWO.
AND ALSO JUST KNOWING THAT
THEY'RE BOTH INCREDIBLE GUYS
WHO ARE DESERVING OF SO MUCH,
SO MUCH LOVE.
>> YEAH.
>> SORRY.
>> DO YOU WANT THIS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
SO TOUGH.
BUT, ULTIMATELY, THERE'S LOVE
AND HAPPINESS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> THERE IS.
IT'S WEIRD.
THIS IS INSANE, GOING BACK AND
FORTH BETWEEN TWO BIG EMOTIONS
ALL DAY.
BUT THERE IS HAPPINESS ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
FOR SURE.
>> REALLY, I'M IN AWE OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY.
BUT YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU
NEED TO BE TO BE.
>> I KNOW.
>> AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IT FEELS GREAT, YOU SAYING THAT.
>> I'M SO GLAD.
ALL RIGHT.
THE TIME HAS COME.
GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT
THAT I DESERVE THIS.
BUT WHILE IT WILL BE A VERY,
VERY HAPPY DAY, IT WILL BE
EQUALLY, LIKE, ONE OF THE
HARDEST DAYS OF MY LIFE BECAUSE
I'M HAVING TO SAY GOOD-BYE
TO A PERSON I AM VERY MUCH
STILL IN LOVE WITH.
♪
HE DESERVES SO MUCH.
BUT I HAVE TO LET HIM GO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO
THIS.
>> I'M EXCITED.
I'M CONFIDENT FOR A REASON.
LIKE, I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT
HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE.
I JUST, I THINK I'M A LITTLE
NERVOUS ABOUT TALKING TO HER.
MAKING SURE I EXPLAIN MYSELF
THE BEST WAY I CAN.
I'M VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH
CHARITY.
AND I WANT THIS TO END TODAY
WITH US ENGAGED.
AND I WANT IT TO BE THE START OF
THE REST OF OUR LIFE.
HAVING THIS RING ALL DAY NOW,
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE LONG
LOOKS AT IT AND THE ONLY THING
I WANT TO SEE NOW IS IT
ON CHARITY'S FINGER.
>> HELLO.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
>> YOU LOOK UNREAL.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> SO GOOD.
>> OH, GOD.
>> HI.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> CHARITY, I'VE TOLD YOU TIME
AND TIME AGAIN THROUGH THIS
JOURNEY HOW I FELT LIKE
IT'S BEEN YOUR STORY.
AND I WOULD JUST BE LUCKY TO BE
A PART OF IT.
WHETHER IT WAS THAT FIRST KISS
WE SHARED IN L. A., SOMETHING I
KNOW WE WILL BOTH NEVER FORGET,
EVEN THAT DAY WE HAD IN
NEW ORLEANS, THAT JUST FELT
PERFECT IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND I JUST KNEW THAT I WAS
FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU.
I KEEP THINKING BACK TO THAT
POEM THAT WE HAD CREATED.
AND HOW MUCH IT MADE US REALIZE
HOW REAL OUR FEELINGS WERE FOR
ONE ANOTHER.
THERE WAS ONE LINE IN PARTICULAR
THAT I THINK BACK TO, WHERE IT
SAYS, "I SINK INTO YOU WITHOUT
THINKING.
IT'S SO EASY, I'M SCARED."
TO ME, THAT JUST MEANS, YOU
KNOW, IT'S OKAY TO LEAN INTO HOW
COMFORTABLE THIS FEELS,
EVEN THOUGH IT'S SCARY.
AND I STAND HERE NOW, VERY
CONFIDENT THAT IT HASN'T JUST
BEEN YOUR STORY.
IT HAS TURNED INTO OUR OWN
BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY THAT WE CAN
LOOK BACK ON AND BE CONFIDENT
IN.
AND I REALLY JUST CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.
>> YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WAIT --
>> ARE YOU NOT READY?
>> YEAH.
SHARING THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU
HAS BEEN FAR MORE THAN I COULD
HAVE EVER ASKED FOR.
AND WHEN I THINK AND LOOK AT OUR
LOVE, IT IS SO SPECIAL.
IT'S RARE, AND PEOPLE SEARCH
THEIR WHOLE LIVES LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES,
I'M REMINDED OF HOW YOU ALWAYS
PUT ME FIRST.
AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT
IN THE LOVE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN.
AND THOSE THINGS, I'VE NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
I NEVER DOUBTED, NEVER
QUESTIONED HOW DEEP OUR LOVE IS.
I KNOW IT'S THERE.
AND I FEEL IT.
BUT...
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> OH, GOD.
AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS,
I'VE FOUND LOVE THAT'S DEEPER
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
AND IT WON'T MAKE SENSE IN THIS
MOMENT, AND IT'S HARD --
IT'S HARD TO GET THESE WORDS
OUT.
BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, JOEY,
THAT I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS
REMINDED EACH OTHER --
I'M SORRY.
[SOBS]
WE'VE REMINDED EACH OTHER HOW
DESERVING OF, HOW MUCH LOVE WE
BOTH NEED AND WANT.
[SOBS]
I'M SORRY.
>> IT'S OKAY.
CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG?
IT'S OKAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.
>> [SOBS]
OH, GOD.
>> IT'S OKAY, CHARITY,
SERIOUSLY.
>> NO.
I KNOW, BUT I NEED TO GET
THIS OUT.
BECAUSE I NEED TO LEAVE YOU
WITH THIS.
>> I'M LISTENING.
>> MY LOVE FOR YOU IS TRULY
NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY.
I WANT YOUR HAPPINESS.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT OUR STORY ENDS
TODAY.
BUT...
I'M TRULY BROKEN.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD FOR YOU.
>> I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY,
THAT'S ALL.
AND THIS IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO YOU BEING HAPPY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND YOU TOO.
I KNOW YOU'LL FIND IT.
>> I BELIEVE IT.
>> I KNOW YOU WILL.
CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG?
>> YEAH, OF COURSE.
>> OH, GOD.
[SOBS]
I'M SORRY.
>> DON'T BE SORRY.
YOU'RE GOOD.
♪
>> [SIGHS]
OH, GOD.
GOD.
>> YEAH, OUT OF THE MUD.
GO AROUND THIS WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
OH, MY GOD.
>> I'LL ALWAYS HAVE LOVE
FOR YOU, CHARITY.
>> I WILL ALWAYS HAVE IT
FOR YOU.
[SOBBING]
I'M SORRY.
OH, GOD.
>> ALL RIGHT,
I'M GOING TO GO.
>> OKAY, BYE.
OH, GOD.
♪
>> [SOBBING]
>> I WAS ENVISIONING OUR LIFE
TOGETHER.
I GOT DOWN -- I WAS GETTING DOWN
ON ONE KNEE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS HAPPENING.
I WAS CERTAIN.
I HAD ZERO DOUBT.
I WANTED TO LEAVE HERE
WITH CHARITY.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED.
SHE GAVE ME EVERY REASON TO
BELIEVE IT.
TO GET TO THIS POINT OF BEING
READY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
YOU ENVISION IT.
AND THEN IT JUST GETS TAKEN AWAY
JUST LIKE THAT.
I WANT LOVE, BAD.
I THINK IT'S JUST SHOWN ME HOW
BADLY I WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE
ELSE AND GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE LIFE WITH THEM.
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK
OF.
SO I JUST WOULD ASK THE
UNIVERSE, WHEN?
WHEN IS IT GOING TO HAPPEN
FOR ME?
♪
>> OF COURSE I'M SITTING HERE
WITH JOEY,
IF YOU JUST JOINED US,
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
MOST GUT-WRENCHING BREAKUPS
I CAN SEE THE EMOTION IN YOUR
EYES.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'RE
WATCHING THAT BACK?
>> IT'S RAW.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER
SEEN IT AND TRUTHFULLY I BLACKED
OUT DURING THAT TIME.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER A LOT OF
THAT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING YOU
NEVER THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GO
THROUGH.
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET TO THE
POINT OF BEING READY TO GET
ENGAGED TO SOMEONE AND ACTUALLY
WORRY ABOUT IT NOT BEING ME.
IN THAT MOMENT, I DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE MEAN,
OBVIOUSLY.
SO YEAH, IT'S TOUGH TO SEE.
I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON ANYONE.
BUT IT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S WHEN I SIGNED UP FOR.
>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO CHARITY
SINCE THAT DAY IN FIJI?
>> NO.
>> OBVIOUSLY ARE AWARE SHE'S
HERE BACKSTAGE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SEEING
HER?
>> I'M EAGER TO.
IT'S WEIRD THAT THAT'S THE LAST
TIME WE GOT TO SPEAK TO EACH
OTHER.
I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE ANOTHER
CONVERSATION.
>> HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
GET SOME CLOSURE.
YOU'LL GET THAT CHANCE VERY SOON
BECAUSE WE COME BACK, JOEY WILL
SEE CHARITY FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THAT HEARTBREAKING DAY IN
FIJI.
STAY TUNED.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE VERY
EMOTIONAL FINALE
OF "THE BACHELORETTE."
I'M HERE WITH JOEY, WHO HASN'T
SEEN CHARITY SINCE THAT
FATEFUL DAY IN FIJI WHEN SHE
BROKE HIS HEART.
>> YOU HANGING IN OKAY?
>> YEAH.
DOING EVERYTHING I CAN.
>> ARE YOU READY TO SEE CHARITY?
>> 100%.
>> LET'S BRING HER OUT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
WELCOME YOUR BACHELORETTE,
CHARITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> ALL RIGHT, LOOK.
I KNOW YOU TWO HAVE A LOT YOU
WANT TO SAY TO EACH OTHER SO
I'LL JUST OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO
YOU, JOEY.
>> HI.
HELLO.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD.
THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE MOST
FUN THING TO WATCH BACK BUT I
WAS WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU AND
JUST SHOWER YOU WITH GRATITUDE,
AS I SHOULD, THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S WEIRD.
LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WEIRD THIS
IS.
>> IT'S VERY WEIRD.
>> THE FACT THAT THAT WAS THE
LAST TIME WE SPOKE TO EACH OTHER
FEELS WRONG.
BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE
RIGHT NOW TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME
CONVERSATION OF HOW I FEEL NOW
OR WHAT THAT WAS LIKE.
BUT JUST KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT
ALREADY, HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM
OF EVERYTHING.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SEE HOW
YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
I CARE MOST ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS MY
FIRST TIME WATCHING IT BACK TOO.
A LOCKED OF EMOTIONS KIND OF
CAME UP WITH THAT.
IT PUT ME RIGHT BACK IN THAT
MOMENT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE AND TO MAKE
SENSE OF HONESTLY WHAT I WAS
FEELING THAT MOMENT, WHICH IF
I'M BEING HONEST AND AS YOU CAN
SAY I WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL,
NOT AN EASY DECISION BY ANY
MEANS.
AND HOW I GOT THERE WAS NOT EASY
AT ALL.
I WAS CONSTANTLY GOING BACK AND
FORTH LEADING UP TO THOSE HOURS
OF THOSE EXACT SECONDS AND
MINUTES.
BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU, WITH
WHAT I SAID IN THAT MOMENT,
HIGHWAYS WILL HAVE SO MUCH
RESPECT AND LOVE FOR YOU AND I
CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR JUSTD
HELPING ME GROW AS AN
INDIVIDUAL, AS A WOMAN ON THIS
JOURNEY AND FOR YOU BEING A
PART, A CRUCIAL PART OF THE
STORY FOR ME.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOEY.
I REALLY DO.
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S HARD.
I AM SHAKING.
I'M A LITTLE ANXIOUS.
I'M NERVOUS.
IT'S HARD.
THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
THE LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE IN
TEN MY HEART AND I HAVE THAT
STILL AT THIS POINT FOR YOU.
>> YEAH.
WE BOTH SAID IT AT THE END OF
THAT DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE
WOULDN'T BE IN LOVE WITH EACH
OTHER WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE LOVE
FOR ONE ANOTHER.
THAT'S STILL HOW I FEEL.
[APPLAUSE]
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T EVEN
EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE ELSE.
>> IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
>> IT DOESN'T.
SOMEONE DOESN'T GET HOW YOU GET
TO THAT POINT.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU
CAN FEEL WHAT YOU'RE FEELING.
BUT FOR ME, I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW THAT A REASONABLE TIME
THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, AS MUCH
AS YOU'RE GRATEFUL TO ME SAYING
WHAT YOU DID, YOU BROUGHT THAT
OUT ME.
YOU WERE THE REASON WHY THIS WAS
YOUR STORY.
AS I SAID AS I SAID THAT DAY.
I FELT LUCKY TO BE PART OF IT SO
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
AND YOU KNOW I WISH YOU AND
WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT, NOTHING
BUT THE BEST AND YOU KNOW THAT.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
YOU BOTH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO
GREAT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE
ANOTHER RATHER WANT TO THANK YOU
BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR GRACE AND
HONESTY REHASHING THIS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY.
JOEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK
MOVING FORWARD.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR JOEY,
EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT, ONE WE COME BACK,
COULD IT BE THE FAIRY TALE THAT
WE'VE ALL BEEN HOPING FOR?
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT.
REMEMBER THAT I SAID SOMETHING
HISTORIC IS GOING TO HAPPEN
TONIGHT THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE
BEFORE?
WELL, IT WON'T JUST BE THAT
SOMEONE IN OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE WILL BE CHOSEN
TO DATE THE BACHELOR.
IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN MORE THAN
THAT.
IT'S A LOT MORE.
AND TRUST ME, ALL OF BACHELOR
NATION IS GONNA BE SHOOK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK TO THE DRAMATIC
FINALE OF "THE BACHELORETTE"!
OF COURSE WE'RE HERE LIVE
IN LOS ANGELES.
CHARITY IS DOWN TO ONE MAN:
DOTUN.
SO, DO WE BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES
HERE IN BACHELOR NATION?
LET'S FIND OUT.
♪
>> DOTUN IS GOING TO BE HERE
SOON.
AND IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, I'M
ABOUT TO BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON.
IT'S JUST CRAZY.
OUR LOVE, THIS WHOLE JOURNEY,
IT HAS JUST CONTINUOUSLY GROWN
AND BUILT AND STRENGTHENED
TIMES A MILLION.
♪
WITH DOTUN, IT BOILS DOWN TO
JUST A FEELING THAT YOU CAN'T
REALLY PLACE.
YOU CAN'T REALLY PINPOINT.
BUT YOU JUST HAVE IT
AND YOU KNOW IT'S THERE.
AND WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER,
IT COMES ALIVE.
I LOVE DOTUN.
I SEE SO CLEARLY A FUTURE
WITH HIM.
A FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO BRING
ME THE MOST HAPPINESS.
>> THIS JOURNEY WITH CHARITY HAS
BEEN UNLIKE ANYTHING I'VE EVER
EXPERIENCED.
THE KID ON MY IMMIGRATION CARD
WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHERE I STAND
TODAY.
HE JUST WANTED TO BE LOVED,
YOU KNOW?
AND GIVE LOVE.
AND SO FOR ME TO BE IN THE
POSITION TO DO THAT,
HE WOULD BE SO HAPPY.
I'VE SPENT SO MUCH OF MY LIFE
FEELING MISUNDERSTOOD.
BUT CHARITY UNDERSTANDS ME IN A
WAY THAT I JUST HAVE NEVER FELT.
SO, YEAH.
THEY ARE NOT TEARS OF SADNESS,
PER SE.
YOU KNOW.
IT'S TEARS OF HAPPINESS AND SAD.
IT'S JUST ALL IN.
YEAH.
>> HEY.
>> HI, CHARITY.
>> HELLO.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M NERVOUS AS HELL.
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> BUT YOU LOOK AMAZING.
>> YOU DO TOO.
GIVE ME A HUG?
>> PLEASE.
>> DEEP BREATHS.
>> [EXHALES]
YEAH.
>> OKAY.
>> CHARITY.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE'VE
EXPERIENCED, FROM OUR VERY FIRST
KISS AT THE MANSION, WHERE I WAS
JUST LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M DOING BUT I'M GOING FOR IT."
ALL THE WAY TO CONQUERING OUR
FEARS 200 FEET IN THE AIR.
RUNNING THROUGH NEW ORLEANS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
FALLING IN LOVE.
YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ME
FEEL SO INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.
YOU'VE MADE ME FEEL ADORED
AND VALIDATED AND WANTED.
AND TO RECEIVE THAT FROM A WOMAN
OF YOUR CALIBER, CHARITY,
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL EVER
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS
TO ME.
BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT I WANT TO
SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE
SHOWING YOU.
100%.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I'M FULLY COMMITTED TO YOU.
AS YOU STAND HERE IN FRONT OF
ME, AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE
A THING ABOUT YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM...
[EXHALES]
OKAY.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT BEING HERE
AND BEING ALONG THIS JOURNEY HAS
TAUGHT ME THAT ONE CONVERSATION
CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING.
WHEN I THINK OF THAT MOMENT AND
WHEN I THINK OF YOU, IT TAKES ME
BACK TO OCEANSIDE, WHEN WE
SHARED THAT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL
MOMENT, THAT CHANGED MY LIFE,
TRULY, FOREVER.
OH, GOD, OKAY.
WHEN I LOOKED IN YOUR EYES IN
THAT MOMENT...
I'M SORRY.
I SAW A MAN THAT RESPECTED ME,
THAT VALUED ME, THAT ADORED ME,
BUT A MAN THAT I COULD LOVE
FOREVER.
YOU HAVE MADE ME FEEL ALIVE.
YOU'VE MADE ME BELIEVE IN LOVE
AGAIN.
♪
YOU'VE MADE ME FEEL SO VALUED
AND SO SEEN.
AND SO, DOTUN, WHEN I STAND HERE
IN THIS MOMENT, I WANT A FOREVER
FUTURE WITH YOU.
I SEE YOU AS MY HUSBAND.
I SEE YOU AS MY FUTURE.
I SEE IT SO CLEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBTS.
I DON'T QUESTION IT.
AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
>> SO MUCH.
[EXHALING]
>> CHARITY, YOU'VE INSPIRED ME.
YOU'VE TAUGHT ME.
YOU'VE SHOWN ME THAT
A GOOD THING CAN REALLY
JUST BE A GOOD THING.
THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE IS
PERFECT.
AND SO, MISS CHARITY LAWSON,
WOULD YOU DO ME THE HONOR OF
TURNING THIS FAIRY TALE
INTO A REALITY?
I LOVE YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
♪
>> MISS CHARITY LAWSON...
>> OH, GOD.
♪
>> WILL YOU MARRY ME?
>> A MILLION TIMES YES.
♪
ABSOLUTELY.
I LOVE YOU.
OH, MY GOD.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
[CHEERING]
I LOVE YOU.
OH, GOD, I'M SHAKING.
>> I CAN BARELY STAND UP.
>> OH, MY FREAKIN' GOD,
I'M SHAKING.
OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
>> [LAUGHS]
OH, MY GOD.
>> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
>> I LOVE YOU.
I'M SHAKING.
>> I CAN BARELY STAND.
IT'S TAKING EVERYTHING IN MY
BEING TO BE ABLE TO STAND.
>> OH, MY GOD.
I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION.
AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME
I AM GOING TO DO THIS.
>> YES!
>> LITERALLY THE LAST TIME.
OH, MY GOD.
OKAY.
DOTUN, WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS
ABSOLUTE LAST AND FINAL ROSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I'M SO HAPPY TO DO SO.
HAPPY TO CALL YOU MY FIANCEE.
>> OH, MAN.
AH!
WE'RE ENGAGED.
>> [LAUGHS]
WE ARE ENGAGED!
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> WE ARE ENGAGED.
>> THE PERSON OF MY DREAMS.
>> NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I LOVE YOU.
>> THIS IS UNREAL.
LIKE --
>> I KNOW.
IT'S HERE.
WE MADE IT.
WE DID IT.
>> THIS IS THE MOST INSANE
THING I'VE EVER DONE.
I'M SO GLAD I CAME.
>> [LAUGHS]
I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME.
I'M SO GLAD YOU STAYED.
EVERYTHING.
>> I CANNOT WAIT TO DO
EVERYTHING WITH YOU.
THIS IS JUST A TASTE OF WHAT WE
HAVE.
>> JUST A TASTE.
JUST A LITTLE.
>> JUST A TINY BIT.
>> JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE
SPRINKLE.
♪
ALWAYS.
I CANNOT WAIT TO TAKE ON
THE WORLD.
I MEAN, WITH HIM BY MY SIDE?
>> YEAH.
>> AS MY FIANCE?
FUTURE HUSBAND?
FUTURE BABY DADDY?
LIKE.
[LAUGHS]
>> YES!
>> LIKE --
[LAUGHS]
>> DAMN RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE TALL!
>> I AM.
I GREW A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT GIVES
YOU A COUPLE INCHES.
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> YEAH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE'RE ENGAGED!
>> WE DID IT!
>> WE DID IT.
>> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
>> I LOVE YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HOW BEAUTIFUL WAS THAT?
LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN FOR CHARITY
AND DOTUN EVERYBODY.
THEY JUST LOOK SO HAPPY
TOGETHER.
WILL WE COME BACK, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE VERY
FIRST TIME IN PUBLIC.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT.
STILL TO COME, ONE WOMAN HERE IN
OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE WILL BE
CHOSEN TO DATE OUR NEW BACHELOR.
WHO'S THAT GOING TO BE?
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE YOU.
U STAND UP.
MY NAME IS JESSIE.
>> I AM ANNIE.
>> NO PRESSURE, TELL MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE ABOUT YOURSELF.
>> I LIVE IN NEW YORK.
I'M FROM PHILLY.
NOT FAR FROM WHERE JOEY IS FROM.
AND I WORK IN CONSULTING BUT
MOST RECENTLY I BECAME A
CERTIFIED LIFE COACH.
YEAH.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THE
BACHELOR BECAUSE ANYONE WHO
KNOWS ME KNOWS I'M A HOPELESS
ROMANTIC.
AND I'M READY TO MEET MY PERSON.
HONESTLY, I JUST THINK THAT IN
NEW YORK, EVERYONE IS SO BUSY.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND TIME.
>> IT CAN BE VERY TOUGH.
VERY HELTER-SKELTER.
>> I LOVE THE BACHELOR BECAUSE
HE CAN REALLY TAKE THAT TIME.
>> WHO DO YOU WANT THE BACHELOR
TO BE?
>> JOEY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT SOON
ENOUGH.
HOWEVER OUR BACHELOR'S, MAYBE
IT'S GOING TO BE YOU WHO GETS TO
DATE HIM.
YOU SEEM VERY DESERVING.
WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
COMING UP NEXT, OUR HAPPY COUPLE
JOINED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
PUBLIC.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS
THIS.
STICK AROUND.
>> WELCOME BACK,
BACHELOR NATION.
WELL, IT'S THAT TIME,
TIME TO CELEBRATE
OUR NEWEST HAPPY COUPLE.
WE WATCHED THEM DATE, FALL MADLY
IN LOVE AND FINALLY GET ENGAGED.
PLEASE WELCOME FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN PUBLIC,
CHARITY AND DOTUN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN.
HOW ARE YOU?
HAVE A SEAT.
OH.
>> WE LOVE YOU!
>> WE ARE HEARING ALL THE LOVE
FROM BOTH OF YOUR FAMILIES.
YOU BOTH ARE ABSOLUTELY GLOWING.
WE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOR THE
TWO OF YOU.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FINALLY BE
OUT IN PUBLIC?
YOU DON'T GOT TO KEEP THIS A
SECRET ANYMORE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> WE ARE FEELING OVER THE MOON.
WE HAVE ANTICIPATED THIS MOMENT
OBVIOUSLY SINCE PROPOSAL UP
UNTIL THIS MOMENT.
WE WANTED EVERYONE TO SEE OUR
LOVE AND YOU GUYS HAVE.
BUT NOW JUST TO BE FREE AND BE
IN PUBLIC AND LIVE LIVES
NORMALLY.
THIS IS EVERYTHING.
>> I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU
BACKSTAGE AND USE IT TO ME, I
CAN'T WAIT FOR AFR BECAUSE I
WANT TO BE IN PUBLIC WITH THIS
MAN.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, CAN WE
ABSOLUTELY SEE THIS STUNNING
ENGAGEMENT RING?
WOW.
THAT LOOKS INCREDIBLE.
NEIL LANE DEFINITELY HOOKED YOU
UP.
>> SHOUT OUT TO NEIL LANE.
WHERE IS HE?
>> I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU
BEFORE YOU MET CHARITY BEFORE
THE PROPOSAL.
THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN
YOU.
I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU LIKE THAT
BEFORE.
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND?
>> MORE THAT I CAN PUT INTO
WORDS.
THIS FEELING OF EITHER KNOWING I
WAS GOING TO GET THE GREATEST
THING IN MY LIFE THAT I REALLY
WANTED OR BEING DEVASTATED AND
HEARTBROKEN.
IT'S A WEIRD MIX OF FEELINGS.
BUT TO KNOW YOUR LIFE IS GOING
TO CHANGE THE MATTER WITH THE
OUTCOME IS.
IT WAS REALLY HEAVY.
I WENT INTO IT REALLY HEAVY,
UNSURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER
RELATIONSHIPS ARE LIKE.
I DON'T WANT TO EXPECT ANYTHING
AND BEING IN A MORE HEARTBROKEN
SO WENT INTO IT WITH A SERIOUS
GAME FACE.
I REALLY WANTED THIS GIRL AND
LUCKILY IT WORKED OUT.
>> IN ALL HONESTY, HOW CERTAIN
WASN'T THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
YOU?
>> I WAS SOMEWHAT CERTAIN UP
UNTIL THAT DAY.
[LAUGHTER]
SOMEWHAT CERTAIN UP UNTIL THAT
DAY.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
THE RELATIONS WERE LIKE AND HAVE
THE JUXTAPOSITION OF BEING
HEARTBROKEN AND FINDING THE
WOMAN OF MY DREAMS.
IT'S TOUGH.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TO
EXCITED.
YES, YOU GOING TO GET AWAY WITH
HER.
I TRIED TO BE LEVELHEADED AND
WENT INTO IT WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THERE COULD BE TWO
OUTCOMES.
>> GREAT MIND-SET.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE BOTH OF
YOUR FAMILIES IN THE AUDIENCE
HERE TONIGHT.
CHARITY, I WANT TO ASK YOUR MAMA
QUESTION.
HOW HAPPY IS YOUR FAMILY TO BE
WELCOMING THIS FINE YOUNG MAN
INTO YOUR FAMILY.
HOW HAPPY ARE YOU THAT SHE HAS
FOUND DOTUN.
>> I'M HAPPY, VERY HAPPY WITH
THEM.
I'VE SEEN THE JOURNEY AND I GOT
TO KNOW DOTUN A LITTLE BIT
BETTER SO YES, I'M VERY HAPPY.
>> DOTUN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS
THING, AS YOU ARE SITTING HERE
NOW IS A BEAUTIFUL ENGAGED
COUPLE, JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU
LOVE THIS WOMAN?
>> AGAIN, THERE'S NO WORDS AND
I'VE TOLD THIS TO HER.
LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH OF A WORD TO
DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER.
SHE'S EVERYTHING TO ME.
SHE IS ONLY BECOME MORE OF
EVERYTHING SINCE FILMING ENDED.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE CERTAIN
ABOUT ANYTHING IN MY LIFE.
I WANT TO KEEP ROCKING AND KEEP
MOVING.
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE SO DESERVING OF ONE
ANOTHER.
WE ARE ALSO HAPPY FOR THE TWO OF
YOU.
I HAVE A FEELING BUT VERY SOON
THE TWO OF YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO
BE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER AS WELL.
>> OKAY, WHY?
>> I'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
>> WHAT IS IT?
>> DO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
IT IS?
OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU.
RIGHT AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.
BUT TRUST ME, IT'S A GREAT
SURPRISE AND WORTH WAITING FOR.
BUT SPEAKING OF GREAT SURPRISES,
HE'S THE MOST TALKED ABOUT MAN
IN AMERICA: OUR GOLDEN BACHELOR,
GERRY!
HIS JOURNEY TO FIND LOVE
BEGINS THIS FALL, BUT HE
WOULDN'T START THIS JOURNEY
WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT
OF HIS FAMILY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR?
>> DATING ON THE SHOW IS GOING
TO BE AN ALTOGETHER NEW
EXPERIENCE.
WHAT I HOPE IS THAT I CAN LOOK
AT ONE OF THOSE WOMEN AND KNOW
THAT I HAVE FOUND THE RIGHT
PERSON.
>> I HOPE YOU GET BACK, I REALLY
DO.
YOU HAVE A GREAT PERSONALITY.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE
IT.
YOU ARE MY DAD.
YOU ARE THE MOST AWESOME PERSON
ANYWAYS.
>> FOR MODERN DATING, WHAT ARE
THE THINGS YOU DO DATING RIGHT
NOW?
>> IT STARTS WITH TEXTING.
YOU NEED TO UPGRADE.
DON'T START WITH "DEAR...
HER NAME."
YOU FIRST STARTED TEXTING.
HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DAD.
WE KNOW IT'S YOU.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR MIND
ABOUT ALL OF THESE WOMEN AND HOW
DO YOU NARROW IT DOWN?
>> WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS
I'M LOOKING FOR?
HOW DO YOU LIKE TO SPEND YOUR
SPARE TIME?
DO YOU LIKE ADVENTURE?
DO YOU LIKE TO COOK?
WE WOULD HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME
IN THE KITCHEN.
IT'S A MESS.
IT'S CHAOS.
I SEEM TO ALWAYS GET CLEANUP
DUTY.
>> GOING THROUGH A ALL OF THIS,
WHAT'S YOUR ULTIMATE HOPE ONCE
IT'S ALL OVER?
>> I WANT TO FIND THAT PERSON
THAT I KNOW IS THE RIGHT ONE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS
WANTED ME TO BE HAPPY.
AND THAT ONE PERSON IS OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE THAT WILL DO THAT.
>> I HOPE YOU GET THAT.
I REALLY DO.
>> COME ON.
YOU GUYS ARE SO GOOD.
>> LOVE YOU, DAD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK,
BACHELOR NATION.
I'M HERE WITH OUR NEWLY ENGAGED
COUPLE, CHARITY AND DOTUN,
AND I JUST COULD NOT BE HAPPIER
FOR THE TWO OF YOU.
SO WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD
FOR YOU BOTH?
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST TOTALLY
ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO DO THE
WHOLE THING, MARRIAGE AND THE
HOUSE AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT
RIGHT NOW WE JUST WANT TO
CONTINUE HAVING FUN IN BUILDING
A RELATIONSHIP.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR.
>> YOU MENTIONED MARRIAGE.
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, IS IT
SOMETHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
DOING SOON?
DO YOU PLAN ON WAITING?
>> IT WILL BE SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER.
WE DON'T HAVE A SET DATE OR
ANYTHING.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE PART ABOUT IT
BUT LIKE HE SAID WE'RE JUST
ENJOYING THE SEASON OF LIFE.
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AFTER
EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.
YOU CALLED HIM YOUR FUTURE BABY
DADDY BACK IN FIJI.
>> I DID.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT?
>> NO.
>> EVERYBODY IS JUST EXCITED.
PERSONALLY FOR ME, CHARITY, IT
WAS AN ABSOLUTE THRILL TO WATCH
ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.
THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S
BEEN ON MY MIND.
I WATCHED YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO.
YOU ARE DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA" AND YOU
SAID SOMETHING AND I JUST HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THINKING
ABOUT IT.
I HAVE A REMINDER HERE OF WHAT
YOU SAID ON GMA.
HERE IT IS.
>> ON THIS JOURNEY OF THE SHOW,
THERE'S SOME AMAZING TRAVEL
OPPORTUNITIES.
DO YOU GET TO CHOOSE THAT?
HAVE YOU PICKED ON WHERE SOME OF
THE AMAZING DATE OPPORTUNITIES
MIGHT BE?
SOME OF THE EXCITING PLACES IN
THE WORLD?
>> YEAH.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH OF THE
SAME BUT I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE
SOME DESTINATIONS THAT I TOSSED
OUT THERE OF WHERE I WANT TO GO.
GREECE IS ONE OF THEM.
>> GREECE IS ONE OF THEM.
SO WE THOUGHT THE TWO OF YOU
MIGHT USE A LITTLE TIME AWAY
TOGETHER.
>> NO WAY.
>> WE ARE SETTING THE TWO OF YOU
ON A PREHONEYMOON TRIP TO GRACE!
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S IT.
YOU KNOW I'VE GOT YOU.
CHARITY, HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
STEVE I WANT TO JUMP.
I'M EXCITED.
>> I KNOW THIS IS A PLACE YOU'VE
ALWAYS DREAMED OF GOING.
IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.
YOU HAVE THE SUN AND SAND AND
WATER.
I'M SURE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU
CAN BUNGEE JUMP OFF OF TOGETHER.
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU AN
INCREDIBLE TRIP AND ALSO AN
AMAZING ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.
>> WHAT?
>> THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER SURPRISE
IN STORE FOR YOU.
DOTUN, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO TELL
YOUR BRAND-NEW FIANCE.
>> SO HE DOES KNOW.
OKAY.
>> I MIGHT KNOW A THING OR TWO.
>> WHAT IS THIS?
>> I KNOW YOU LIKE TO CUT UP, HE
LIKED TO DANCE AND YOU LIKE TO
GET DOWN.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS ABOUT HOW AMAZING THIS
OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE.
I AM SO HAPPY TO BE THEY WANT TO
TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS"!
>> YEAH!
>> WOW!
>> YES, BABY.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE!
CHARITY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON
"DANCING WITH THE STARS."
GET THOSE DANCING SHOES READY.
>> I AM LOOKING LIKE THE MIRROR
BALL.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO BE A BUSY
WOMAN.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT TRIP
TO GREECE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSY.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
THE FUTURE JUST COULD NOT BE
BRIGHTER FOR THE TWO OF YOU.
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S HEAR IT FOR CHARITY
AND DOTUN, EVERYBODY!
IT'S AMAZING.
WHEN WE COME BACK, YOUR NEW
BACHELOR IS HERE.
AND WHICH WOMAN IN THE STUDIO
AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE DATING
HIM?
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT TOGETHER!
SO STICK AROUND.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WELCOME BACK TO LOS ANGELES.
WE'RE OF COURSE LIVE WITH OUR
STUDIO AUDIENCE.
WOW, WHAT AN EVENING IT'S BEEN
ALREADY.
GUESS WHAT.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN OVER YET.
ARE YOUR READY TO MEET
THE NEW BACHELOR?
[CHEERING]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW
BACHELOR,
JOEY!
[CHEERING]
HAVE A SEAT.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T GO TOO
FAR.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD IF YOU
HAD HEADED OUT TO THE AIRPORT.
I AM JUST GOING TO GO OUT ON THE
LIMB HERE AND SAY I THINK
BACHELOR NATION IS PRETTY HAPPY
YOU'RE OUR NEW BACHELOR, AM I
RIGHT?
SO HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> DEFINITELY SURREAL.
IT IS SINKING IN VERY SLOWLY BUT
I AM TRYING MY BEST JUST TO STAY
PRESENT, ENJOY IT.
BUT IT'S CRAZY.
I'LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SAY.
I NEVER EXPECTED THIS AT ALL.
DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS WHAT MY LIFE
WAS TURNING INTO.
CRAZY STUFF.
>> WE ARE REALLY GOOD ON THE
SHOW OF KEEPING YOU ON YOUR
TOES.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL
ROLLER COASTER FOR YOU.
THINKING BACK TO FIJI, I KNOW
THAT HEARTBREAK WAS REALLY REAL
FOR YOU, RIGHT?
HOW READY DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
ARE TO TURN THE PAGE AND GIVE
LOVE ANOTHER SHOT?
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
MORE READY THAN I WAS IN THAT
MOMENT.
FOR ME, IT WAS JUST YOU HAVE TO
TAKE SOME TIME TO GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE CLOSURE.
WATCHING DOTUN AND CHARITY'S
CONNECTION WAS ENOUGH FOR ME.
I'VE GOT SO MUCH LOVE FOR THAT
DUDE AND OBVIOUSLY FOR HER
COMPLETELY AS WELL.
IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE
SOMEONE SO SPECIAL THE WITH HER.
THAT IN GENERAL GAVE ME A LOT
MORE ABILITY TO SEPARATE MYSELF
FROM IT COME APPRECIATED FOR
WHAT IT WAS.
TRUTHFULLY KNOW THAT MOST FAULT
IT OPENED A PART OF ME THAT
WANTED SOMETHING SO BADLY.
SO I AM PRIORITIZING SOMETHING
IN MY LIFE THAT I PUT ON THE
BACK BURNER FOR A WHILE I'M
READY TO PRIORITIZE IT AGAIN.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN A PARTNER?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR ANY
PARTNER?
SOMEONE THAT IS JUST HIMSELF,
THAT I CAN TRUTHFULLY BE A
PARTNER WITH.
SOMEONE THAT CHALLENGES ME.
SOMEONE I CAN CHALLENGE.
SOMEONE WHO DO LIFE WITH.
SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE MY
PERSON AT THE END OF THE DAY
REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE FACE FOR
GOING TO BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TOGETHER.
>> IN A MATTER OF WEEKS WERE
GOING TO BE FLYING OUT SOME OF
THE MOST DOZENS OF BEAUTIFUL AND
INTERESTING WOMEN ALL ACROSS
AMERICA TO MEET YOU AND I KNOW
FOR A FACT MANY OF THEM ARE
WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO JOEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY
TO YOUR FUTURE GIRLFRIENDS OUT
THERE?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
JUST BE THEMSELVES.
FOR ME, FOR THIS WHOLE ENTIRE
EXPERIENCE I HAD, IT'S TOUGH.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT
HAPPENS AND THINGS THAT KIND OF
MESS WITH YOU.
BUT WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF FROM
THIS JOURNEY FOR ME IS THAT I
HAD THIS WEIRD INKLING OF
COMFORT AND FELT LIKE I COULD BE
MYSELF AND I KNOW CHARITY
BROUGHT A LOT OF THAT OUT IN ME
BUT I'M HOPING TO DO THE SAME
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND
WANT TO MEET ME.
ALL I CAN ASK IS FOR THEM TO BE
THEMSELVES AND I'M EXCITED TO
GET TO KNOW THEM.
>> JUST TO BE AUTHENTIC.
GREAT ADVICE.
EARLIER TONIGHT I WAS TALKING TO
SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE WOMEN
IN OUR AUDIENCE AND I WAS ASKING
THEM WHO THEY WANTED TO BE THE
BACHELOR AND YOUR NAME, IT CAME
UP ONCE OR TWICE I'D SAY.
DOES THAT FEEL ABOUT RIGHT?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE
WOMEN IN OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE JOINING YOU
ON YOUR JOURNEY TO FIND LOVE.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> SOMEONE GAVE ME SOME INSIGHT
ON THAT.
THAT FEELS EXCITING.
I'M READY TO MEET WHOEVER THAT
PERSON IS.
SPEAK WE'VE GOT LOTS TO FIGURE
OUT.
WHO IS IT GOING TO BE?
WHO'S GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO
MEET OUR NEXT BACHELOR, JOEY?
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY
RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME
BACK AFTER THE BREAK AND FIND
OUT AND IF THAT'S NOT EXCITING
ENOUGH WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE
EPIC SURPRISE.
I FEEL LIKE OPRAH TONIGHT.
TRUST ME.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS
THIS.
STICK AROUND.
♪
>> WELCOME BACK,
BACHELOR NATION.
OF COURSE I'M HERE LIVE WITH
JOEY, OUR NEXT BACHELOR.
JOEY, AS YOU KNOW, ALL NIGHT
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME
OF THE LADIES IN OUR AUDIENCE.
ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE
JOINING YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY TO
FIND LOVE THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
HOW CRAZY IS IT TO NOTE THAT
YOUR FUTURE WIFE MIGHT ACTUALLY
BE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW?
>> CRAZY.
THAT'S WILD.
>> I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY
WONDERING WHO IT'S GOING TO BE.
I'M SURE THAT LADY IS ALSO
WONDERING.
IT'S A MINOR DETAIL.
LIFE PLANNING.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL WONDERING
WHAT MIGHT BE, RIGHT!
LEAD TIME HAS FINALLY COME TO
FIND OUT.
COULD IT BE YOU LEA?
[APPLAUSE]
LEA IS FROM HAWAII.
JOEY, I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN HAWAII YOURSELF.
COULD IT BE ANNIE?
[APPLAUSE]
ANNIE HAS ALSO SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE I
KNOW YOU'RE FROM.
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE IT IS KAT OR
BROOKLYN.
WE HAVE SEEN KAT AND BROOKLYN.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ON
"BACHELOR IN PARADISE" THIS
UPCOMING FALL.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE HERE IN
OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE THAT WE
HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF.
ACTUALLY, REAL QUICK.
FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DATE JOEY, WHY DON'T YOU STAND
UP RIGHT NOW SO YOU CAN GIVE
YOURSELF A SHOT?
STAND UP, EVERYONE.
WOW.
OKAY, BRADEN STOOD UP.
OF COURSE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS GOT BAD.
HE'S CONSISTENT.
ALL RIGHT, THE TIME HAS FINALLY
COME.
ARE YOU READY TO DO THIS?
>> LET'S DO IT.
>> THE WOMAN WHO WILL BE JOINING
JOEY ON THE NEXT SEASON
OF "THE BACHELOR" IS...
>> YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS.
>> LEA!
CONGRATULATIONS!
AND GUESS WHAT!
YOUR JOURNEY TO FIND LOVE
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
COME ON UP, MEET JOEY!
JOEY, COME ON UP.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
>> STAND RIGHT OVER HERE.
LEA MEET JOEY.
JOEY MEET LEA.
THIS ISN'T AWKWARD AT ALL.
WHY DON'T YOU GET TO KNOW EACH
OTHER A LITTLE BIT.
I WILL JUST BE THE CREEP OVER
HERE EAVESDROPPING.
>> THIS WAS TOUGH FOR YOU.
I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME, THIS
IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE TO
START.
THIS IS A LOT THAT YOU HAD TO DO
BUT I'M EXCITED AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
I CAN'T WAIT.
>> GOOD TO MEET YOU IN PERSON.
>> IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.
>> IF YOU THINK THIS IS WHERE
JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU ARE IN A
HOT TUB AND THERE IS 75 CAMERAS
AROUND.
IT WILL GET WEIRD REAL QUICK.
LEA, HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DATING JOEY?
>> I'M HONESTLY REALLY EXCITED.
JOEY IS SOMEONE I WATCHED ON
CHARITY'S SEASON AND YOU CARRY
YOURSELF WITH SUCH GRACE.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
I'M EXCITED TO EXPLORE THAT.
MAYBE WE CAN EVENTUALLY COME
BACK HOME TO EACH OTHER.
I HAVE BEEN KIND OF HOMESICK.
I KNOW THEY ARE OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
ALSO JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN AWESOME
JOURNEY FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOEY, HOW ABOUT YOU, WHAT ARE
YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LEA?
>> OBVIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL.
BUT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU CAN
BE HERE WITH THIS MUCH POISE
SPEAKS A LOT.
I KNOW HOW NERVOUS I WAS ON THAT
FIRST NIGHT TO BE THERE.
THE FACT THAT YOU CAN BE UP HERE
DOING THIS, JUST TO SAY SWEET
THINGS, I'M EXCITED TO GET TO
KNOW YOU.
>> LEA, I'M CURIOUS.
HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU SITTING IN
THE AUDIENCE NOT KNOWING WHETHER
YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS
OPPORTUNITY?
>> I THINK I HAVE BEEN NAUSEOUS
FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS.
I FOUND OUT I WAS COMING HERE ON
FRIDAY.
SO FROM FRIDAY UNTIL NOW.
IT'S SO SURREAL.
I AM LIKE, IS THIS A REAL
PERSON?
>> NORMAL GUY.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED.
>> I CAN TOTALLY SEE THAT.
I LOVE THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE HITTING IT
OFF REALLY, REALLY WELL.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE.
>> HERE WE GO.
>> I HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR
YOU.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE
ON THE SHOW EVER.
BUT WE ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU READY?
>> I GUESS.
>> OKAY.
LEA.
THIS ENVELOPE IS FOR YOU.
YOU CAN'T OPEN IT RIGHT NOW.
COURSE I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT'S INSIDE BUT I WILL GIVE
YOU A LITTLE HINT.
THAT IS NOT A DATE CARD.
HOWEVER, IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOING
TO HELP YOU ON YOUR JOURNEY TO
FIND LOVE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN
RIGHT HERE.
BELIEVE ME, IT WILL ABSOLUTELY
CHANGE EVERYTHING.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
YOU CAN'T OPEN IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
YOU STEP INSIDE THE MANSION
BEFORE YOU CAN OPEN IT.
DO ME A FAVOR, PLEASE BRING THAT
WITH YOU ON NIGHT ONE, OKAY?
HOW'S THAT FOR A PLOT TWIST,
BACHELOR NATION?
WELL, WHAT A NIGHT IT'S BEEN!
WE GOT A NEW BACHELOR COUPLE,
A NEW BACHELOR, AND A NEW TWIST
THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN A NIGHT
FULL OF SURPRISES, HASN'T IT?
BEFORE WE GO, PLEASE GIVE IT UP
ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR
HAPPY COUPLE, CHARITY AND DOTUN!
WE CERTAINLY WISH THEM THE BEST.
AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO THANK
OUR NEW BACHELOR, JOEY,
AND LEA, ONE OF THE WOMEN HE
--
THAT WILL BE DATING HIM NEXT
SEASON.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH.
FINALLY, TO ALL OF YOU WATCHING
AT HOME, TO OUR STUDIO
AUDIENCE AND TO OUR FANS
WHO HAVE MADE THIS SEASON
ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS.
FOR EVERYBODY HERE
TO ALL OF YOU, BACHELOR NATION.
I'M JESSE PALMER.
GOOD NIGHT.