The Bachelor alum Clayton Echard and Rachel Recchia have reunited after their messy and emotional breakup on national television last year.
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In the video, Rachel's close friend Michelle Young -- who starred on The Bachelorette's eighteenth season in 2021 -- lip syncs, "Are you going to tell me what's going on?"
"I would," Rachel responds, "but I think explaining it might give us both an aneurysm."
As Rachel mouths her line while sitting on a couch, the camera pans to the other side of the couch and shows Clayton sitting beside her.
Clayton, a former medical sales representative and football player, proceeds to flash a smile and shrug his shoulders.
The clip raised eyebrows and prompted gossip about the status of Clayton and Rachel's relationship in Bachelor Nation.
"I was seriously team rachel in Clayton's season y'allll I thought the chemistry they had was more than just a connection," wrote one TikTok user.
Another person joked, "Remember when he said he loved Susie more?"
And a third fan commented, "Cue Chris Harrison voice -- this will be the most dramatic plot twist... ever."
Clayton, Rachel and Michelle were apparently traveling with The Bachelorette alum Blake Horstmann and his girlfriend Giannina Gibelli, who appeared on Love Is Blind.
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Clayton posted a video of the group on Instagram Stories late last week, according to Entertainment Tonight.
"Hey, guys, it's me hanging with my friends. A little breakfast action," Clayton said, before the camera zoomed in on Rachel and the group giggled.
Giannina also uploaded a video of the five former reality TV stars mouthing, "A win is a win!"
She wrote over the footage, "When you get over your reality TV trauma."
Clayton competed for Michelle's heart on The Bachelorette's eighteenth season, and then he was selected as The Bachelor star for 2022.
On The Bachelor's 26th season, Clayton slept with both Rachel and Gabby Windey in the Fantasy Suites and had told both women that he was in love with them.
However, Clayton eventually realized that he was in love with Susie Evans more. Clayton therefore dumped Rachel and Gabby simultaneously -- after the ladies met his family -- in order to chase Susie down and pursue her.
Susie broke up with Clayton at the Final Rose Ceremony in Iceland, but the pair reconciled in the real world and decided to date. Clayton even moved to Virginia Beach after the show ended in March 2022 to be with Susie, but then they announced their split in September of last year.
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Rachel got engaged to Tino Franco at the Final Rose Ceremony of her season, but he cheated on her with another woman shortly after the finale filmed.
Once the pair appeared on After the Final Rose in late September, Rachel revealed she had dumped Tino the month prior and was single again.
During an interview with The Bachelor alum Nick Viall on his "The Viall Files" podcast last year, Tino recalled why exactly his relationship with Rachel had fallen apart and why he ultimately cheated on the flight instructor.
Meanwhile, Blake, who competed for Becca Kufrin's heart on The Bachelorette before appearing on Bachelor in Paradise, has been dating Giannina since late 2021. They went Instagram official in April 2022, and the couple decided to move in together in Denver, CO, in late November.
Giannina appeared on Love Is Blind in 2020. She got engaged to fellow Love Is Blind contestant Damian Powers, but during the season finale, Damian reportedly admitted at the altar he couldn't go through with marrying her so soon.
The pair chose to stay together and continue dating, but then Giannina announced in August 2021 she and Damian had split.
For Michelle's part, she is currently single after starring on The Bachelorette's eighteenth season in 2021. Her season ended with an engagement to Nayte Olukoya, but the pair split up in June of last year.
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