THE Bachelorette fans think they’ve figured out who Rachel Recchia’s winner is.
It comes after she was rejected by three suitors during season 19’s crushing third rose ceremony.
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Many viewers now believe that 26-year-old flight instructor Rachel ends up engaged to Tino Franco, a 27-year-old general contractor, at the end of the season.
On Twitter, one fan proposed: “I’m convinced Rachel and Tino are engaged. The rest of her guys are just on vacation.”
Another wrote: “Can we just see Tino and Rachel get engaged already? We all know no one else is the one.”
A third guessed: “Rachel chooses Tino, or he’s the next Bachelor. That’s the only option.”
The fans’ theories have been backed up by blogger Reality Steve, who claims that the Florida native’s final four includes Tino along with Aven Jones, 28, Zach Shallcross, 25, and Tyler Norris, also 25.
This week’s episode of The Bachelorette saw sparks fly between Rachel and Tino, who enjoyed a romantic one-on-one date in Paris.
The two strolled the streets of the French capital and made crepes before sharing a series of steamy kisses.
In a confessional, Rachel had plenty of good things to say about her potential fiancé.
THE CITY OF LOVE
“Kissing Tino in the rain, I feel excited again. I see why they call Paris the city of love.
“I don’t want this day to end at all. It feels like a fairytale.”
Her date appeared to be equally lovestruck.
Tino described Rachel as “the most amazing girl I’ve ever met” and said, “I can’t imagine a better day.”
“She’s the most stunning girl I’ve ever got to spend time with, and I don’t ever want her to be unhappy.
‘LOWEST MOMENT’
The blissful date came after Rachel had been left feeling “so unsafe” the previous week.
Ahead of the third rose ceremony, the men had been told that they now had to make a clear choice for the rest of the season.
They could only continue to pursue the one woman whom they accepted a rose from – either Rachel or her co-lead Gabby Windey, 31.
This led to Rachel’s roses being rejected by three men, which she would describe as “the most embarrassing thing ever happen to me.”
Opening up to Gabby in Paris, she revealed how much she had been hurt by the experience.
“The last rose ceremony was the most unexpected thing. I really just didn’t see it coming at all,” she began.
“It’s just really difficult to be so vulnerable. Offering someone a rose, standing up there, having them tell you, ‘No’, multiple times.”
“Rejection just hurts,” agreed Gabby, who had also had three of her roses snubbed by the men.
Rachel continued: “That’s the thing. In that moment I’m like, ‘No one wants to date me, why am I here?’
“That was my lowest moment… hopefully.”
BON VOYAGE
Over the next few weeks, the Bachelorettes and their suitors will be sailing around Europe as they continue their (literal) journey to find love.
Season 19 will reportedly conclude with an engagement for both Gabby and Rachel in Mexico, according to Reality Steve.
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