Clayton Echard Breaks His Silence On Divisive Bachelor Breakup

Not all breakups are created equal.

Clayton Echard‘s dramatic dismissal of Susie Evans on the March eight episode of The Bachelor despatched Bachelor Nation right into a state of fury, with a lot of the vitriol directed again on the Bachelor himself. 

If you happen to want a primer on all of the juicy, dramatic particulars of the breakup itself, learn here. Mainly, Susie did not like that Clayton had informed the 2 different remaining ladies—Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia—that he beloved them and slept with throughout their fantasy suite dates. Clayton defended himself and ultimately despatched Susie packing after some heated conversations.

Now, Clayton is taking possession for his half within the debacle.

“I am embarrassed. I knew that this second was coming,” he mentioned on the March 9 episode of The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast. “I would sort of alluded to it in earlier weeks. I am not precisely shocked by the reactions on-line.”

See, even The Bachelor reads the remark part!

“Individuals are very a lot in opposition to me and favoring her,” he mentioned, “however I completely perceive that. I completely get what I am seeing.”

Clayton defended his resolution to sleep with all three girls, arguing that intercourse is one thing he takes very severely.

“[Sex] is such a crucial a part of a relationship,” he mentioned. “I can not get engaged to any person if there isn’t any sexual chemistry. It is simply me. Perhaps that is not everyone else’s. However for me, that is so unbelievable. If I’ll get engaged, that needs to be there.”