Joey Graziadei’s three finalists — Daisy Kent, Kelsey Anderson and Rachel Nance — are getting some golden advice ahead ofFantasy Suites!
In PEOPLE’s exclusive sneak peek at Monday’s episode ofThe Bachelor,The Golden BacheloralumsLeslie Fhima,Sandra MasonandSusan Nolesmeet up with Daisy, 25, Kelsey A., 25, and Rachel, 26, to offer some insight as women who have been in their positions before.
“Can you look at a future with him?” Susan, 67, asks Rachel in the clip.
The nurse answers Susan honestly.
“I think admitting it out loud is so scary to say,” she tells Susan, who officiatedGerry TurnerandTheresa Nist’sGolden Wedding. “But it’s OK. I think I need to let myself be OK with that.”
‘The Golden Bachelor’ contestants (from left) Susan Noles, Leslie Fhima and Sandra Mason.Disney/ABC
Disney/ABC
Rachel says in an on-camera interview that she found Susan to be “such a welcoming presence.”
Next,Gerry’s runner-upLeslie, 65, chats with Kelsey.
“When I look at Kelsey, I see myself in her,” Leslie tells the cameras. “I know what it feels like to be hopeful for the future.”
The junior project manager has only positive things to say about her time with Joey, 28.
Kelsey A. and Bachelor Joey Graziadei.Jan Thijs/Disney
Jan Thijs/Disney
“Since the beginning, things just feel right with him,” Kelsey tells Leslie.
Similarly, Sandra, 75, asks Daisy, “How are you feeling right now?”
Daisy admits she feels “a bit nervous.”
“Be open. It’s the relationship you develop with him,” Sandra advises. “I’m just giving you old lady advice. No, no, excuse me. Not old lady advice —goldenlady.”
“I do feel better,” Daisy says.
Bachelor Joey Graziadei and Daisy.Disney/John Fleenor
Disney/John Fleenor
But Joey had made up his mind, and the executive assistant didn’t receive a rose.
“We’ve had a bumpy road, but you know I fought for you every time and I’ve chosen us,” Joey told Maria when he walked her out. “And I’ve tried everything in my power to get to the point of continuing to see a future. And I went into hometowns with you very open and ready to see what came next. And you said everything I needed to hear.”
Maria recognized that she gave too little, too late.
“It makes me sad because it’s like, Joey was everything that I’ve always wanted and it doesn’t come often where I feel this way,” she told the cameras. “But I should have told him how I felt a lot sooner than I did and that’s my biggest regret.”
The tennis pro previously told PEOPLE that he doesn’t look back on his season thinking aboutwhat he would’ve done differently. “I’m really a guy that tries as much as possible not to live with any regrets,” he said.
And viewers can anticipate seeing him tackling serious subject matter with his finalists as hisBachelorjourney comes to a close: “Those are a lot of the conversations I think people can expect — talking about family, talking about your real emotions, talking about if you can really see this at the end of the day.”
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The Bachelorairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
source: people.com
