Bachelor’s Maria ‘pulled stunts’ before Joey sent her home
Maria Georgas played almost every role in season 28 of The Bachelorbut she is confident that her relationship with Joey Graziadei ended at the right time.
“Looking back, I think this was my closure and everything turned out exactly as it should have. I think our relationship ran its course and, yeah, it got to a point where I was pulling stunts, trying to leave and we were just all over the place,” Maria, 29, shared We weekly after the Women tell everything to withdraw.
Bachelor Nation almost saw Maria quit the show before securing a date in her hometown earlier this month. While she stayed and accepted Joey’s rose, the move was seemingly the death knell for her relationship with the 28-year-old tennis pro. Maria tried to save things, with plans to tell Joey she loved him after he met her family, but she called it quits. Maria finally pulled Joey along during the final rose ceremony to drop the L-bomb, but he sent her home anyway.
“I just think it was the right time to do it,” Maria said Us of her decision to let Joey know how she felt Rachel Nance, Daisy Kent And Kelsey Anderson waited for him to hand out roses. “I don’t want to see it as regrets. I said what I said and I don’t regret it because I didn’t want to leave with any regrets and I would have regretted it if I hadn’t said it. And maybe it was the bad timing, but it is what it is and I’m certainly happy with the way it turned out.”
How things will play out is also still very unclear, as fans are calling for Maria to be the next Bachelorette.
Joey Graziadei and Maria Georgas
Disney/Jan Thijs“It’s driving me fucking crazy,” she told Us and another reporter of the intense support from fans. “I didn’t expect it to be as overwhelming as it has been and I really appreciate them.”
The Canadian is all over the place when she is asked whether she would like to accept the assignment to hand out roses herself.
While some roses stand the test of time, others wither before Neil Lane’s engagement ring can be resized. The Bachelor premiered on ABC in March 2002, with Alex Michel being named the World’s Most Eligible Bachelor. More than twenty women competed for his heart and one of the most successful reality TV franchises was born. […]
“I mean, it’s crazy to think that I’m even being thought of and that people want to see me in that position. I never thought about it, to even think I would get the opportunity,” she said. “That would be a crazy experience. I mean, it would be stupid to say no. But yeah, I mean, even if I’m told to do that, I don’t know. Don’t know! It is much. But I really appreciate it when people want to see me and see more of me. It was very nice to hear.”
Joey’s journey with his final two, Kelsey and Daisy, concludes on ABC Monday, March 25 at 8pm ET.