'Bachelor' Summary: Lea Gets First Impressions Rose, Joey Is Dating Sisters

Joey Graziadei Monday, January 22, officially started handing out roses We weekly shares the biggest moments from the premiere with the Bachelor himself.

The 28-year-old tennis pro met 32 ​​women in the Bachelor mansion, but four participants stood out Us: Daisy, Kelsey, Autumn And Lexi.

“I think you picked four great girls,” Joey said Us with a smile on his face when we read it Us' too early finale four of the latest episode of the Podcast 'Here for the right reasons'. “That's all I can say. I think they're all great and I guess you'll just have to wait and see how those stories continue to come together.

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The limousine entrance

After watching the premiere, you may have gathered that Joey is just too nice to pick a least favorite limo entrance, despite the several tennis puns to choose from.

“I'm not going to call you least favorite. That's just mean, and they all did their best. I know how much pressure is being put on that,” he said Us before giving a shout-out Laurens, who brought two beers to take away. 'I choose another one than my favorite. I like the shotgun. I am a fun loving man. I stand there for a long time. I get some water breaks here and there, but that was a good little refresher to have a beer. So I think Lauren took the cake with that. That was a nice idea.”

The sisters

Speaking of Lauren, 28… she was joined by her youngest sister, Allie, 26, on the first night. And while Joey liked her limo entrance, it was Allie who got Joey's kiss, much to Lauren's dismay. Both received roses, with Allie being the first to be called during the rose ceremony – and Lauren being the last.

“It's a difficult situation. I obviously put two and two together myself when I was doing it because I could see how many similar stories they had,” Joey shared. Us to meet the sisters. “Of course they also look alike. For me, it was always me measuring my energy against theirs, so I tried to make sure they were doing okay. If they felt comfortable with it, even though they knew it was going to be a little awkward, I was going to do that. be as comfortable as I could. The whole situation is weird, dating so many women at the same time. If you add that wrinkle as well, it's still weird. But I guess I'm just trying to follow their lead. That's the best I could answer.”

Drama with Jess

Joey was introduced to drama for the first time back then Jess told the other women that she scored the first kiss and then stole Joey Taylor.

“I think the biggest thing about the first night is meeting so many women, and I'll be honest, my plate was so full that the house dynamic isn't something I'm paying attention to yet,” Joey shared. Us. “That evening is all about connection, meeting people, seeing if there is something that you can at least invest your time and energy in and that you want to learn more about. So the house dynamic wasn't something I focused on that night. It was just meeting the girls.”

Lea's mysterious date card leads to the first impression rose

During the day Charity Lawson After the last rosemet Joey Leahand host Jesse Palmer gave her a special date card to keep until the first night. Fans (and Lea herself) learned on Monday that she had the power to steal a one-on-one date from any contestant, down to dates in her hometown. The 23-year-old opted to burn the date card to keep things honest, impressing Joey enough to make the first impressions soar.

“I think it's something I've done myself,” Joey said Us. “She was dealt a hard hand. She had to be in a very difficult place from the beginning, a lot of pressure was put on her, she handled it with grace and showed who she was, and I think she had great character through it all. I just really liked that she wasn't thinking about herself at that moment. That's a big thing you'll hear me say this season is that I'm looking for someone who is very caring and selfless in that way, and she's shown that from the beginning. And I don't know how I would have acted, because I would have definitely been scared to get a card like that, but I would have hoped to handle it with as much grace as Lea.”

The kissing of everything

Joey may not go down in history as the bachelor who kissed the most women on the first night (Peter Weber reportedly passed that crown on Zach Shallcross last season), but he did get some make-outs. And while a participant, Maryfelt like he was kissing too many people for her liking, that didn't stop her from kissing Joey when she had one-on-one time.

'That whole idea is strange. It is different. I had no expectations. I didn't try to come in with a number or put too much pressure on it,” he said Us rules for themselves before kissing on the first night. “I'm a very emotional person, and I just had moments where it felt like it made sense or it didn't, and I've talked about that before. I think that's a really big part of creating intimacy and figuring out if there's a connection with someone. So it was always trying to be respectful and understanding. I never wanted to be anything that had much to do with the other women. It's probably one of the weirdest aspects of this that it's just accepted to do that, but it's a big part of a relationship in general, and I've been in multiple relationships on the show, so I've dealt with it as best I can dealt with.