Bachelor After the Final Rose Recap: Daisy Knew Joey Would not Pick Her


Daisy Kent and Joey Graziadei
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After an emotional exit from The Bachelor finale on Monday, March 25, Joey Graziadei reunited along with his runner-up at After the Final Rose.

Daisy Kent walked away from Joey at the ultimate rose ceremony after experiencing doubts about his feelings for Kelsey Anderson. Daisy went to go to Kelsey to speak about things and the 2 women rode to the ultimate rose ceremony together — a Bachelor first. After telling Joey that she knew they weren’t right for one another, Daisy hugged Kelsey and Joey went on to propose to Kelsey.

During their live reunion, Jesse Palmer asked Daisy when she knew that Joey had stronger feelings for Kelsey than her — and it was actually every week prior to the finale.

“I first realized after we are on the last rose ceremony when Rachel left,” Daisy said. “There was a moment … I just saw you two take a look at one another and I used to be like, ‘Whoa.’ For the primary time I used to be like, ‘I don’t think it’s me.’ I just do not forget that. After which I used to be sort of attempting to suppress my feelings. … Then going into our last date, I’m just feeling anxious going into it. I remember considering, ‘It shouldn’t feel like this. I shouldn’t feel this anxious.’”

Joey’s emotional final rose ceremony had been teased all season. “I do know that they’re real emotions,” he teased to Us Weekly in February. “I do know that from what I’m told, it’s something that hasn’t happened before, and I feel when you get to that time and also you follow the actual story line, people will understand what those tears mean.”

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Daisy was a frontrunner from early on within the season, with Joey seemingly smitten together with her. Several guests on Us‘ “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast were convinced she would take home the ultimate rose, including Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise alum Hannah Godwin.

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Joey Graziadei and Daisy Kent
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“She’s very confident but so subtly confident where she’s just sweet and completely happy. I feel she seems amazing and, I mean, I’m going to be shocked if … I’m considering he’s going to decide on her!” she said in January. “That is pretty early on, but they definitely have amazing chemistry.”

More recently, TikToker Connor Wood told Us that he thinks “Daisy’s got it within the bag.” The creator, often called @fibula, added earlier this month: “No questions. I knew that from the beginning, sort of. I saw it once they first met, the primary episode, they hit it off.”

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Daisy also became a fan favorite as she opened up about her past battle with Lyme disease, which led to her getting a cochlear implant after hearing loss. Her journey clearly resonated with viewers as she gained nearly as many followers on Instagram because the Bachelor himself, with greater than 519,000 people maintaining together with her on the social media app.