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The 2021 Bachelorette Has Apparently Been Leaked & We’re Here For It

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The identity of the 2021 Bachelorette has apparently already been leaked and tbh, we’re here for it!

According to the So Dramatic! podcast (where else would we get this scalding tea?!), Bachelor In Paradise fave Renee Barrett is in talks to step into the role next year. “Renee is moving to Melbourne next year with her BFF Sam Royce. And when I inquired more into this, I discovered that this was because she was in the final stages to be our Bachelorette,” host Megan Pustetto claimed.

OK, OK, OK…just hear me out: Renee is the perfect Bachelorette. While we may have first met Renee as an intruder on Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor, it wasn’t until BIP that viewers became invested in Renee’s quest for love. We watched her struggle getting over her ex Ciarran Stott, triumphantly toss Ciarran’s ring into the sea, before moving on with another Bachy castoff, Matt Whyatt.

But sadly, this wasn’t meant to be. The couple split before the finale even aired, and they did not end on good terms, as Renee revealed that he dumped her over text. She has since edited her lovey-dovey BIP captions of him, referring to him as “this tool” and “my biggest mistake”, which is truly the pettiness we all need in our lives.

 

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She’s clearly not afraid to stand up for herself or call it as she sees it. While Renee isn’t a new face to the Bachy franchises, we barely scratched the surface of getting to know her as a person — and there’s so more to her than the dudes that have caused her heartbreak. She would be our first Bachelorette hailing from Darwin and as a proud Larrakia woman, Renee would be Australia’s first Indigenous Bachelorette.

We are convinced she’s the perfect pick but to be fair, it doesn’t sound like any contracts have been signed yet as Pustetto’s claims are unconfirmed. “One friend of Renee’s gave a very vague, but very telling response when I reached out saying: ‘Renee has lots on next year, so that’s why she is moving to Melbourne,’” she said.

“Another said: She has so much going on next year with her job, and there’s going to be so much more happening for her in the new year. So who knows?’ A third friend said: ‘yes she is in talks to be the Bachelorette, she’s in the final stages of contract negotiations. It’s all very exciting.’”

Fingers crossed.

We have reached out to Network 10 regarding Pustetto’s claims.

Listen to the full episode of So Dramatic! here.