The next Bachelorette has arrived — and she’s ready to find love. Clare Crawley joined host Chris Harrison on stage during the live Bachelor finale on Tuesday, March 10, to begin her adventure.
Bachelor Nation has seen its fair share of controversial contestants and final picks, but when it comes to choosing the franchise’s lead it’s usually easy to call — but not always. When The Bachelorette announced Clare Crawley — who hadn’t been on a Bachelor series or one of its spinoffs since 2018’s Bachelor Winter Games […]
Crawley explained why she was willing to try to find Mr. Right via the franchise again. “I never will give up for it,” she said of true love. “To me, even more so as I developed more self-esteem, more self-worth, even more so I’m deserving of it, as everybody is.”
The new bachelorette Clare Crawley.ABC/John Fleenor
She also looked back on her “empowering” breakup from Juan Pablo Galavis. “I do not regret that moment, and I would not change that moment for anything,” she noted. “I had been through some pretty terrible relationships, and I was that girl that let guys walk all over me, and I had never stood up for myself ever before. And it was just one of the greatest moments of my life to finally stand up there and say, ‘None of it is OK.’ And not just to him but to essentially every guy that ever hurt me before and took advantage of me. It was like, ‘No more.’”
Clare Crawley competed on The Bachelor and several spinoffs before becoming the season 16 lead of The Bachelorette in March 2020. Her love story, however, didn’t end there. During her historic season — she was the oldest Bachelorette lead ever, filming at age 39— Crawley connected with Dale Moss on night one and less than […]
Fifth time is hopefully the charm for Crawley, who made her Bachelor Nation debut in 2014, coming in second place on Galavis’ season of The Bachelor — and famously telling him she wouldn’t want to have children with him when he blindsided her.
Now, Crawley knows exactly what she’s looking for.
Clare CrawleyABC/Paula Lobo
“I want a man who is strong, who is willing to take off the body armor, open himself up and be vulnerable,” she said on Good Morning America on March 2. “I think that [shows] some serious strength right there, so I want a man who can do that.”
A pleasant surprise! Bachelor Nation was seemingly very happy with the Monday, March 2, announcement that Clare Crawley is the next star of The Bachelorette. Crawley, 38, was also shocked, she admitted on Good Morning America on Monday. “I cannot believe it. I mean, six years later. What is happening?” she said, revealing she had […]
“I feel like a lot of people put [age] out there as this negative thing, but for me, it just is more years under my belt, more learning and knowing what I want, what I don’t want and what I won’t settle for,” Crawley said on the morning show.
The Bachelorette season 16 premieres on ABC Monday, May 18, at 8 p.m. ET.
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