Ryan Said Being Dumped On ‘The Bachelorette’ Was One Of The Biggest Shocks Of His Life
Australia was left shocked tonight after Angie said goodbye to Ryan Anderson – the dog lover intruder from this year’s series of The Bachelorette.
Ryan rocked up in the second week to join the race to win Angie’s heart and had been a frontrunner from the start. We quickly learned that he and Angie kinda, sorta knew each other in the outside world, exchanging Instagram DMs over a 12-month period.
In fact, Ryan stated numerous times he was there for one reason only: Angie. He also said he never would’ve done a show like this if it was someone else. He was determined to make up for his missed chance of asking Angie out before she was announced as this year’s Bachelorette.
It seemed like pretty smooth sailing for the couple as they continued to get to know each other, until last week when it was dropped at the very last cocktail party than Ryan had applied for last year’s season of The Bachelorette also.
Regardless of how shocked and annoyed she was that Ryan hadn’t told her this, Angie still took him through to hometowns and it appeared they quickly made up and moved on from the debacle.
In appeared in tonight’s episode that things were back on track for the pair after they shared a romantic whale-watching boat ride and Ryan dropped that he was falling in love with Angie. She even said to Ryan that him appearing on the show and her not picking him would be like “slapping the universe in the face.”
In a very emotional rose ceremony, faced with choosing between Timm and Ryan, Angie broke down and walked out. She returned, only to continue sobbing as she said goodbye to Ryan and questioned afterward if she made the right decision.
We chatted to Ryan about what really went on in his DMs with Angie, the Bachy mansion bro-code, and the decision that shocked the nation.
Here’s what Ryan said about his time on The Bachelorette:
On whether he was shocked by Angie’s decision
“It was one of the biggest shocks I’ve had to endure in my life. Since we got over the whole distrust issue during hometowns, I thought unless I do something really dumb I’m in with a fairly good shot of getting to the final two. I kinda blanked out. It was really hard to think about anything other than ‘holy shit, what just happened.’
It was really hard to process at the time and I feel like there was a lot of unfinished business in the sense of things that weren’t said and there were things I wanted to say to her but couldn’t get out, but you have to cop it on the chin and trust her judgement.”
On whether he keeps in touch with the guys from the show
“From top 10 onwards, and especially top six, it’s no coincidence those blokes were the ones in the end. They’re all the guys I was mates with. We’re all similar individuals but all completely different in another sense and I think Angie is a good judge of character. I’d like to catch up with 95% of the blokes.
“There was some irrational, unwarranted distaste towards me, but I don’t know if that was just environmental and based on the experience, or if it was played out for the cameras. I think put us all in a different scenario and we’d probably all be pretty good mates regardless.”
On being stitched up by Alex at the final cocktail party supper
“Oh was it Alex? I didn’t know that! No hard feelings whatsoever, it’s a fair question. To be honest, I answered it and I didn’t think much of it. It was something I had been asked to apply for in the past but I didn’t pay much attention to it. Had I known it would’ve been such an issue, I would’ve brought it up straight off the bat.”
On how often he and Angie had been DM-ing before the show
“It was sporadic and this is what I said to the boys too and I know it didn’t help with the whole trust issue, but it was purely about dog stuff! But it was enough for me to think that I see something in this girl and it’s something I wanted to pursue quite seriously and I was right, I’m glad I did.”
On not being “cray” enough for Angie
“I don’t know whether it was whilst I was on the show, but for me, I’m like a jackrabbit jacked up on caffeine most of the time. I know she had the impression I was very cool-headed, which I am, but I think it does take a lot for me to be able to drop my guard. But she never came out and said ‘I don’t think you’re going to be crazy enough for me’ but look, I was who I am, if I’m not the right one, I don’t want to be the wrong fit for Angie just because everything else seems right.”
On whether he’s spoken to Angie since filming
“I just touched base to say thank you and that I’d love to remain friends but in the same sense I respect her new relationship and I don’t want to cross any boundaries there as well. I’m just keeping my distance, it’s odd, we were friends beforehand and we want to stay friends but it’s just something we have to work out. First and foremost I want to respect her relationship.”
On who he thinks will win Angie’s heart
“I still have no idea who’s won. For me, it’s opposite ends of the spectrum and I thought I was the happy medium. My gut was like ‘It’s gotta be Carlin’ but now I’m second-guessing myself, I have no idea!”
On whether he’d do Bachelor In Paradise
“Look, to be honest, I did consider it because I was sort of like… Fiji, beautiful people, why not?! But then I thought about it again and I thought, [the Bachelorette experience] was mentally taxing so I’m going to say it’s a firm skip on that one.”