Note: The following contains spoilers for “The Bachelor” Season 27 premiere,
“The Bachelor” is already off to a drama-filled start as Zack Shallcross welcomes 30 women to vie for his attention in the coveted Bachelor mansion, trusting his intuition and finding one lucky lady ahead of the season. Best judgment given to first impression. First Rose Ceremony. But before Zach can begin the ceremony, a rocky collision seals one of the women’s fates.
After learning that Zach was sealing their first conversation with a kiss, Madison shoots her shot with a fireside chat with the man of the hour — which closes with a warm hug. However, this was not enough for Madison, as he stole her away for another conversation that this time ended with a brief kiss. That kiss resulted in an enlightening conversation between the pair about their (lack of) chemistry, before Zach finally sent Madison home – well before the rose ceremony.
“You can’t force it — if it’s not there, it’s not there,” Zach told TheWrap. “I’m doing her a disservice and myself a disservice to keep her around longer.”
Since Zach knows “how much sacrifice it takes to be here,” given that the contestants are away from their families, friends, and jobs, he takes a realistic approach to the lack of spark with Madison, and states that he “Can’t make [the chemistry] just magically be there.
“It was really hard to do,” he recalled. “I certainly wish him the best but you can’t force that feeling. You can’t force love – you can’t force any of that – so I just wanted to be honest and upfront with him and Didn’t want to waste his time.
Despite this difficult moment, Zach takes the reins on his first night, sharing a lip lock with his suitors, including his first impression, Rose Pick, Greer, who shares his dreams of settling down in Austin, his “ultimate goal”. About bonding with Zach. , tx.
“When I was trying to figure out who I give my first impression to, it really dawned on me that this night is absolutely insane — it’s going a million miles an hour,” Zack told TheWrap . “I looked back on my time with Greer, and during that time, it felt really calm and comfortable … I felt like I was being taken out into the wildness.”
For first-time bachelors, their tender, sometimes goofy conversation about Greer’s move from Houston, TX to the Big Apple gives Zach the grief he needs as he ends up in the mansion with several women. Waiting for her turn to talk.
He added, “I didn’t realize at the moment, really, that I needed to get away from everything and breathe.” “It was really cool that she was able to provide that for me that night.”
New episodes of “The Bachelor” premiere Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT and 7 p.m. CT on ABC.
