Bachelor in Paradise bartender Wells Adams has revealed how much of his over-dramatized story about The Bachelor alum Salley Carson dubbed "The Saga of Salley's Suitcase" was actually true.
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"This is all I can say," Wells told Entertainment Tonight the day after the Bachelor in Paradise episode aired.
"This is what was told to us by that producer. Now, how much of that was true, I don't know. Was it 80 percent true? Was it 90 percent true? Was it all true, but just embellished a little bit? I'm not really sure."
The mystery about Salley began when Lace Morris discovered a suitcase with Salley's name on it inside the women's villa -- but Salley was nowhere to be found at the Bachelor in Paradise resort in Mexico.
Lace, Genevieve Parisi, Jill Chin, Hunter Haag and Sierra Jackson therefore sought Wells out for some answers, especially since Genevieve was afraid Salley would join the cast and potentially steal Justin Glaze away from her.
When sharing "The Saga of Salley's Suitcase," Wells began by saying a female producer had planned to take Salley to the airport so she could be a part of Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season.
"She wanted a second shot at love and we wanted to grant that to her, but we were a little apprehensive. I mean, she didn't even get out of a limo the first time. So we decided to send a producer to make sure that she got on her flight," Wells explained.
The producer allegedly arrived at Salley's house, only to be informed that Salley couldn't come outside because she had "explosive diarrhea."
The producer therefore knocked on Salley's front door, and then a man answered and yelled, "Salley ain't here!"
The producer texted Salley to "get [her] ass home," and then four hours later, Salley showed up at the hotel where the producer was staying.
"I really want to go to Paradise. I'm really ready," Salley allegedly told the producer.
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But before packing, Salley demanded to see her ex-boyfriend -- whom she had been engaged to before going on The Bachelor 26 -- and talk to him.
Salley and the producer therefore drove to "a freaking mansion," where Salley's ex lives.
"[Salley] freaks out and says, 'Listen, if he sees you in the car, he's going to lose his mind. You need to get in the back... in the trunk.' And so the producer gets in the trunk. This is dead freaking serious," Wells insisted to the women listening to his story.
Salley allegedly promised the producer her conversation would only take 10 minutes -- but then four hours went by.
Once Salley came back outside, she told the producer that her ex no longer loved her and she wanted to go to Paradise. The next morning, Salley was allegedly hell-bent on going to Paradise and having a good time.
Wells said Salley packed her suitcase, went to the airport, and checked her luggage.
"We're at the gate. Then, all of a sudden," Wells recalled, "the producer looks back and Salley is on the phone with somebody. She's crying uncontrollably. She's on the phone with her freaking ex."
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"The producer said, 'You have to make a decision. Do you want to stay with someone who said they don't love you and want you to go to Paradise, or do you want to go to Paradise and find maybe your person?'" Wells shared.
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Salley allegedly froze and the producer boarded the plane alone, with Salley's suitcase onboard.
Genevieve asked Wells if Salley was still coming to Paradise, and Wells responded, "As of today, she says she's coming. Is she coming today? Is she coming tomorrow? I don't know."
Genevieve was afraid Salley was going to show up and "f-ck all of our chances up" with the men, and even Romeo Alexander noted how Salley is "a stunner" and would probably "wreak havoc on this beach."
The silly skit -- which featured Wells changing wigs and playing multiple characters in the "saga" -- received some backlash from Bachelor Nation.
Many fans accused Wells and the show of bullying Sally and mocking her feelings and emotions.
"I think that the audience needs to remember, it's obviously tongue-in-cheek because of how we presented it to the audience," Wells told ET.
"I saw some people on Twitter being like, 'This is bullying. This is mean.' We did a Drunk History reenactment of something. You can't take this too seriously."
Wells also said he's "amazed" at how much Bachelor Nation has talked about Salley given she only appeared in one episode of Clayton's The Bachelor season.
"It's pretty impressive," Wells marveled, "if I'm being honest."
Bachelor in Paradise currently airs on Monday and Tuesday nights at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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