It’s Officially Been Three Years Since We Put Our Pot Plants Out For Jarrod

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October, 26 2017. Do you remember the day?

Do you remember where you were when Sophie Monk ripped out Jarrod Woodgate’s heart? When she tossed it into the ocean, and chose Stu Laundy as the winner of The Bachelorette? When we, as a nation, were forced to watch Jarrod slowly walk down a beach in Fiji sobbing? Do you remember that moment in history? DO YOU?

I remember where I was: watching from the office, working finale night, so it’s nice to know my life hasn’t changed at all in the last three years.

Let’s recap the journey: On October 26, 2017, Sophie Monk had to pick between “stage-5 clinger” Jarrod Woodgate and intruder Stu Laundy. Jarrod had previously gifted Sophie with two pot plants for them to nourish and take care of – very “don’t let our love fern die!” vibes, just like Andy in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. Sophie was able to take her plant home and care for it, but Jarrod’s plant didn’t grow.

As we later discovered the plant was subject to some trauma when one of the men in the mansion allegedly pissed on it. All signs pointed to the devious “villain” Blake. It was a whole thing. (This show used to be funny.)

Watch the pot plant drama unfold below:

Woman’s Day later revealed the plant pissing culprit was Ryan, not Blake, but the damage was already done. Jarrod’s love fern for Sophie was dead.

So when Jarrod was brutally dumped in Fiji, left to walk sadly down the beach as he cried about where it all went wrong, the nation came together to support him (even after making fun of his plant all season).

It was time to put our plants out for Jarrod.

Three years later, this still hurts.

Ahhh bring back the days of 2017. When there were wholesome moments mixed in with equally funny moments, the drama was less staged, and the piss was still warm.