Bachelor in Paradise bachelorette Rachel Recchia has revealed if she wishes she had her own The Bachelorette season, completely separate from Gabby Windey's journey to find love.
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Rachel and Gabby had to share one lineup of bachelors, even though they did everything in their power not to step on each other's toes. And there was a lot of media scrutiny about whether the women had to compete against each other for the second time.
During a recent Q&A session with her Instagram followers, Rachel was therefore asked if she wishes ABC had given her a solo The Bachelorette season.
"Never," Rachel responded. "The best memories I have were spent with her and I would do it all over again!!!!!!!"
As part of her reply, Rachel shared a photo of Gabby and herself cuddled up in bed together one morning after filming.
One fan asked Rachel when she thinks it's time to leave a relationship.
"I am the WRONG girl to ask, I never know how to leave anything alone," Rachel admitted, according to BachelorNation.com.
"One time I went to a psychic to ask if I should break up with my boyfriend and she said no and I was so mad at her response (an obvious sign that I should have dumped him) and I still dated him for another year."
Rachel continued in her response, "I knew in my gut every time it wasn't right and if you're asking this, you probably know the answer too. I will say this though, if you start making a pros and cons list... dump him."
A third Instagram user asked Rachel to tease what she planned to wear on Bachelor in Paradise's ninth season, which just premiered last week on ABC.
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RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWThe former Bachelorette gushed about how she was "sosososo excited" for her outfits after undergoing a breast reduction surgery.
"The new boobs really came through," Rachel noted. "This is also the FIRST time I felt comfortable in my body while filming, so the clothes really reflect that."
Rachel recently shared how her time on Bachelor in Paradise was "very real" for her following her stints on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
"I'm in Paradise and it's so funny because it started off as something we would all kind of talk about or joke about. And then, it turned into something very real. I can say my time in Paradise was very real," Rachel said during an early September appearance on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast, which is co-hosted by Bachelor in Paradise spouses Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt.
Given Rachel's first two attempts on The Bachelor franchise ended in heartbreak, she admitted that she had low expectations going into Paradise.
But once the former flight instructor arrived on the beach, she said she didn't hold back.
"When I was there, I was serious about knowing what Paradise can be for couples like you, [Joe and Serena], and [Mari Pepin-Solis and Kenny Braasch]... and I'm like, 'Let's see if this could work!'" Rachel shared.
Rachel also pointed out how Becca Kufrin found her forever with Thomas Jacobs on Paradise.
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"Going into this, [I was] like, 'If anything can work, it's going to be Paradise.' Let's try it!" Rachel said.
The blonde beauty apparently thought to herself, "Let's just see if this can work for me... It's worked for so many people... I was very much there to find someone, genuinely, so we'll see if I do. Who knows?!"
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During The Bachelorette's live Season 20 finale on August 21, Bachelor in Paradise host Jesse Palmer hinted how something may have happened between Rachel and The Bachelorette 20 villain, Brayden Bowers, in Paradise.
In fact, Rachel and Brayden were sitting next to each other in the live studio audience for The Bachelorette finale.
And ABC released a trailer for Bachelor in Paradise that showed Rachel kissing Jordan Vandergriff, a suitor whom she had sent packing during Week 2 of her joint The Bachelorette season with Gabby.
"This is crazy -- getting a second chance," Rachel tells the cameras. "I think things happen for a reason."
The trailer certainly had its wild, crazy and emotional moments, but Rachel actually thought it was pretty tame.
Rachel explained on the podcast, "I thought [the trailer] was very underwhelming compared to what actually happened, which is a good thing! I watched it, and I was like, 'Wait, where is the drama? Where is the crying?'"
"There is so, so much more to see [this season]," she elaborated. "I am very excited for everyone to see it. I think what aired [in the trailer] is completely just very mild compared to what actually happened."
Rachel said she had her sights set on an engagement in Paradise and that Gabby was nothing but "supportive" and "happy" for her in her continued search to find The One.
Gabby, meanwhile, is in a happy romantic relationship with a woman, comedian Robby Hoffman.
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"I'll probably watch because I heard rumors that [Aven Jones] and [Tyler Norris] and a couple of the guys I liked from my season went down," Tino shared.
"So I'll be rooting them on, and if [Rachel] thinks she can find love [on Paradise] after everything she's been through, I mean, good for her."
Tino, who had cheated on Rachel during their short-lived engagement, proceeded to give Rachel props for putting her heart on the line again.
"One thing, I think -- whether you like her or dislike her -- you've got to give her credit for is there's no quit in her. I'll be watching, but, you know, I'll be focusing on and rooting for the boys," Tino shared.
Rachel has had a change of heart about Bachelor in Paradise since last year.
When Rachel spoke to Becca Kufrin about her love life during a November episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast, she initially said she'd only be interested in showing up to Paradise if her bestie Michelle Young -- who starred on The Bachelorette's eighteenth season and is single after her split from Nayte Olukoya -- would join her on the beach in Mexico.
But Rachel said at the time she'd "absolutely" star on The Bachelorette again if the show could provide her with her perfect match.
One month earlier, Rachel complained on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast how she just wants a commitment from a man and to be done with dating.
"The fact that I find myself now in the same position [as I was in before The Bachelor], I'm like, 'I don't want to do this.' I wanted to find my person," Rachel vented.
"I want to get married, I want to start a family. That's where I'm at in my life. I don't want to go back to the streets, and now I'm forced to! Literally!"
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