Clayton Echard, Bachelor Nation Slam ‘Ridiculous’ Dishonest Rumors

As Clayton Echard’s rekindled romance with Susie Evans has heated up, they had been faced with cheating allegations.

“I can’t even consider I’m addressing this, that is ridiculous, however let’s simply make this as straightforward as doable,” the Missouri native, 28, mentioned in a Saturday, April 9, Instagram Story video, revealing his iPhone settings confirmed he was at a Mountainside Health in Arizona on Friday, April 8.

Earlier that night, a TikTok consumer alleged that she attached with a former Bachelor star, who was nonetheless engaged to his last choose, after assembly at a bar in New York Metropolis. Whereas she initially didn’t identify her casual hookup, she later admitted within the feedback it was Echard.

“Those who make these false accusations needs to be held accountable,” the previous soccer participant added in his caption. “Making an attempt to achieve clout by ruining a relationship is embarrassing and intensely immature.”

The truth TV star, who claimed to have been in Arizona alongside brother Nate Echard, doubled down on his protection and shared an alleged screenshot with the social media consumer. Within the messages, she allegedly wrote that the Bachelor’s “proof isn’t proof.”

He seemingly replied: “Hope you be taught a invaluable lesson by this. Not all publicity is sweet publicity.”

Whereas neither Clayton nor the New York-based influencer have additional addressed their alleged encounter, a number of members of Bachelor Nation have swiftly taken to the University of Missouri grad’s defense.

“It doesn’t add up: there are receipts [and] Clayton is an effective human being,” Michael Allio, who competed on The Bachelorette season 17, defined in a Saturday video on his Story, noting that it’s “incorrect” of followers to touch upon this matter. “I do know him [and] he’s a good friend of mine. That is the flip facet of what folks don’t see, which is, anybody could make these false accusations towards you. You’ll be able to’t defend your self.”

The 37-year-old Ohio native continued: “Their feedback harm folks’s character, they disrupt folks’s lives [and] they shouldn’t be entertained.”

Clayton reshared the enterprise proprietor’s submit onto his web page, captioning it, “Thanks brother. Having people like you in my corner means a lot.”

The Bachelorette season 18 alum served because the franchise lead earlier this yr, the place he shaped a robust reference to Evans, 28. The marriage videographer eventually left the show after learning that her beau had been intimate with fellow finalists Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia. Clayton later admitted he was the most interested in the Virginia native, sending the two season 19 Bachelorettes dwelling to rekindle their relationship.

“We’ve talked about it and we all know from right here on out, like, this can be a relationship in the actual world the place you by no means know — something can occur and we’re conscious of that,” Clayton exclusively told Us Weekly last month after the finale aired. “We’re gonna give this each likelihood that we are able to. We love one another. And as of proper now, we’re each very, very pleased. However relationships take effort. They’re onerous at occasions. And so we all know that there’s gonna be these moments that lie forward. There’s by no means any assure in life, however with all that being mentioned, I am incredibly happy to be with her. I’m so excited to have the ability to simply go get dinner, to go mountain climbing, do all these items together with her, journey.”

Scroll beneath to see how Bachelor Nation has defended Clayton’s character: