Another member ofBachelorNation is weighing in on theBachelor in Paradisedrama betweenBlake HorstmannandCaelynn Miller-Keyes.
FormerBachelorNick Vialladdressed the situation on a recent episode of his podcastThe Viall Files,alleging that Horstmann’s release ofhis text messages with Miller-Keyeswas “premeditated.”
Viall, 38, explained that he had “learned some information” from members ofBachelorNation atAshley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon’s weddingover the weekend.
The reality star added: “Then he ended up deleting it when it got really nasty, but it’s not like he didn’t realize. This whole idea, ‘I didn’t think this would affect her the way it did’ — he knew. He admitted to it. There’s texts out there of him saying this.”
“It was premeditated, he knew it,” Viall continued. “It makes it all that much more nasty.”
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Viall then explained that his issue with the release of the texts was that “Blake tried to show up toParadiseand pretend to be someone he’s not.”
“He wanted people to keep thinking he was, say, more [formerBachelor]Ben Higginsthan some other f— boy,” theBachelorstar said. “It didn’t go his way and then he decided to retaliate”
“It was more important for him to try to change people’s opinions back to like, ‘Oh, Blake is just a sweet boy who this was just one weekend where he got a little drunk and had a little bit of sex.’ No, he’s been, like, f—ing like crazy for an entire year,” Viall alleged.
DuringParadise‘s two-night premiere last week, Miller-Keyes revealed that Horstmann hadhooked up with herone day after sleeping with franchise starKristina Schulmanwhile all three were at the Stagecoach Festival in April. Miller-Keyes tearfully told cameras he’d called their night together a “mistake” and begged her to keep the tryst a secret.
Blake Horstmann onBachelor in Paradise.
As the episodes aired, Horstmann posted their text messages from Stagecoach on his Instagram Story. Their conversation seemed todebunk her story, suggesting she sought him out for sex and was just as concerned about people finding out.
Horstmann has since deleted the screenshots, apologized for what went down at the music festival and said he was not trying to “attack” Miller-Keyes.
The scandal hasdividedBachelorNation. Many franchise starssupported Horstmannon Instagram, but others defended Miller-Keyes.BiP‘sDean Unglert, who sources have said is nowdating Miller-Keyes,slammed him for“slut-shaming” her, andParadisealumnusKevin Wendtrevealedhe was with Horstmann “just the day before”he released the texts.
Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
