Kelsey Toussant worked on The Bachelor franchise before competing Joey Graziadei‘s heart on the show.
“I have a little surprise or a secret, I don’t know what it is, but the Women tell everything was actually a full circle moment for me because I was working on the show,” Kelsey, 32, said on Tuesday, March 19. TikTok video. “It was really crazy to be up there and be on the other side. Life is different and it is really wild.”
Kelsey then shared a photo from her time at ABC, standing next to the host Jesse Palmer on the Men tell everything phase. Kelsey and Jesse, 45, pretended to have a conversation while wearing casual clothes.
According to her TikTok caption, Kelsey was tapped as “Charity [Lawson]‘s stand-in’ during her season 20 in 2023. Fans first met Joey, now 28, during the season of Charity, where he ultimately finished second behind her now fiancé, Dotun Olubeko.
Joey was then cast as the next lead The Bachelor, and Kelsey was recruited as one of his participants. Her official Bachelor Nation biography made no mention of her past with Charity and the show, only calling her an actress.
“Kelsey T. is the kind of woman who radiates joy and ambition wherever she goes. She describes herself as understanding, adventurous and ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime with Joey bio is reading. “Kelsey T. has had several long-term relationships and was engaged to her ex. She says she knows she is ‘ready to fall in love again’ and wants a man who will appreciate the thoughtfulness she brings to their relationship.”
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Joey finally sent Kelsey home in week 7, before the hometown, and she returned for the WTA special, broadcast on Monday, March 18.
Joey is now busy with his last two wives: Daisy Kent And Kelsey Anderson.
“I can’t even tell you if there was a choice,” Joey joked We weekly exclusive earlier this month. “But it’s always like I have some level of excitement because I’m ready to be Joey again. Joey the Bachelor was so much fun, but this is a lot, it’s a lot to go through.”
He continued, “It’s a lot to take in from time to time, and I’m just ready to have the answer and have it all out there, no matter what happened, no matter what people think, all these different theories, I’m ready. are all [put] to rest. And I can kind of know and have what’s going to come out, and then we can just move on.
The Bachelor finale airs on ABC Monday, March 25 at 8pm ET.