Bachelor in Paradise participant Juelia Kinney won't apparently become friends with Samantha Steffen any time soon.
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During her appearance on After Paradise Monday night, Kinney discussed Joe Bailey's relationship with Steffen and how she was blindsided and hurt from the events that transpired.
"[Joe] told me he cared about me, asked about my daughter. I trusted him," Kinney told host Chris Harrison.
Watching the season back on TV has made things more difficult for Kinney.
"Honestly, it just makes me extremely angry. I left my daughter and I don't take that lightly. I missed her every single day and I do want to find love, and for someone to deceive me like that is just disgusting. I treat people the way I want to be treated. I treat people kindly and I'm genuine, and I just can't imagine anyone would be so deceitful and malicious. It's gross," Kinney explained.
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"I knew I was played... but I had no idea the things that were being said behind my back. I had no idea how intentional him and Samantha were. I didn't know."
When Harrison asked if Kinney is still friends with Steffen, the single mom bluntly replied, "No."
In fact, Kinney said Steffen's betrayal was even worse than how Bailey had treated her. Bailey sought after Kinney's rose just so he could meet Steffen down the road, but Kinney tried to open up to her close friend, Steffen, about the situation only to get completely shut down.
Kinney told Harrison she was closest to Steffen on Chris Soules' season of The Bachelor. They had lied out all night talking, shared secrets and gone on vacation together. Steffen had FaceTimed with Kinney's daughter and they were apparently invested in each other's lives.
"For someone like that to come in, it's way more hurtful, tenfold actually, more than Joe -- somebody I didn't even know. He's another level, but it's sad," Kinney told Harrison.
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"I was watching out for her even though I had been hurt by this guy... You can do whatever you want with this information, but as your friend and somebody who cares about you, you should know this."
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