The Bachelor spoiler about Joey Graziadei's winner has been reported for months now, but possible new evidence suggests the widely-reported spoiler may be wrong.
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[Spoiler Warning: This report reveals all known The Bachelor spoilers currently out there about Joey's final-rose recipient and if he's engaged].
Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone reported all the way back on November 30 that Joey picked Daisy Kent, a 25-year-old account executive from Becker, MN, as his The Bachelor winner and that the couple got engaged at the Final Rose Ceremony of Season 28.RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER?? (PHOTOS)
"Just like every season, people will question, people will doubt, and contestants will post stuff on social media to throw fans off. Happens every season. This one will be no different," Carbone claimed late last year.
"But come finale night, this is what you'll see. Joey and Daisy got engaged in Tulum, Mexico at the end of the season. Obviously the finale won't air until mid-March so who knows what can happen in the next four months. But this is how the season ended."
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Carbone had also reported that Kelsey Anderson, a 25-year-old junior project manager from New Orleans, LA, finished in second place and left the show heartbroken, and that Rachel Nance, a 26-year-old ICU nurse from Honolulu, HI, claimed third place.
Carbone has stood by his spoilers for months, and as recently as his February 20 blog posting, had insisted that his initial spoilers were correct, even though he'd heard rumblings lately that he may have been wrong.
But on February 21, Carbone responded to photo evidence that had surfaced on social media showing Kelsey A. may actually have been the bachelorette to end up with Joey.
Joey and Kelsey A. recently posted separate TikTok videos of themselves, and eagle-eyed fans noticed that the backgrounds in such videos appear to be of a safe house The Bachelor franchise has used in the past for happy-couple visits post-filming.
While Joey and Kelsey A. didn't film themselves with the same exact items in the background, it appears they were at the same safe house at the same time.
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The safe house boasts a fenced-in pool, dark walnut kitchen cabinets, and a fluffy beige rug in the bedroom.
Screenshots of the footage have circulated online, and they've also been posted by The Bachelor spoiler Instagram accounts such as BachelorNation.scoop.
Carbone then changed his tune when discussing the possible evidence with his podcast listeners.
"Joey posted a TikTok and [Kelsey A.] posted a TikTok. I've seen the pictures, I'm very well aware of them. And what I'm going to tell you is I'm looking into it," Carbone admitted on February 21.
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"I'm looking over everything right now. So those pictures, do they match up with what I've heard about the ending? It's tough to say, because I need those details filled in... I will address it when I have some answers. That's the best I can give you right now."
Carbone acknowledged how there's "a lot of speculation out there" and he needs to "look at it."
Carbone continued, "[I'll] let you know what I come up with. Because, for the first time, I fully admit I've finally -- finally -- been presented with some actual evidence."
Carbone reiterated how, for the first time, there is "hard evidence in [his] face" and he needs time to process the information in order to not make some rash judgment.
"I think [the answer] is coming sooner rather than later because I have a good feeling I now know exactly what it is. I just need to fill in some blanks... and details behind the ending. If I can fill that in, all the pieces might come together for me," Carbone said.
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And then on February 22, Carbone repeated how he's working on the possible evidence and so fans can stop sending him the screenshots and videos.
"I'm well aware, and I have the same answer as yesterday: I'm working on it. I'm working on everything, okay?" Carbone stated.
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Carbone then addressed how he previously "went off on a rant about social-media clues," diminishing their accuracy and significance.
"I said [last week], 'Right now, I could put together social-media clues that point to [Maria Georgas] as the winner. I could also put social-media clues that point to Rachel as the winner,'" Carbone recalled, adding how he could do the same for all of Joey's Final 6 bachelorettes.
"Whatever your narrative is, you can find a way on social media to point to somebody that you want to win. That's why all this stuff I was getting -- likes and follows... [I scoffed at] because you could make a case for anybody."
Carbone pointed out, for example, how Rachel Recchia had posted an Instagram photo of herself kissing Clayton Echard on Valentine's Day when The Bachelor was airing its 26th season, yet Clayton's season was a disaster for Rachel and they did not end up together on the March 2022 finale.
But Carbone reasoned, "What's happened in the last couple of days, you've seen it on a lot of the Instagram accounts is the first hard evidence I've gotten all season. So that's what I'm working on... When there is hard evidence, I will absolutely look into it."
Carbone said while he'll hopefully "have answers soon," he can confirm that Joey's ending is "unprecedented" and "interesting" -- but not necessarily jaw dropping or mind-blowing.
Joey previously said on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast that his ending is something that's never happened on the show before.
"It's not a 10 [on the shock scale] but it's not a one either. I think when I tell you, you'll go, 'Oh, well that makes sense, and that's never happened before -- really, really interesting.' I'm just still trying to find the details out of one particular thing," Carbone explained.
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"And then I think we'll have it all wrapped up in a nice bow for you."
At this point in The Bachelor's 28th season, with the cast heading to Jasper, Canada next, the following bachelorettes still remain in the running for Joey's heart: Daisy, Kelsey A., Rachel, Maria, Jenn Tran and Kelsey Toussant.
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