The Bachelor star Joey Graziadei has reacted to a theory he accidentally spoiled which bachelorette he chose as his winner at the end of his season.
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[The Bachelor Spoiler Warning: This article reveals the latest spoilers on Joey's The Bachelor season, including his reported winner].
Based on recent social-media activity, many The Bachelor fans believe that Joey picked Kelsey Anderson as his winner and that they ended up together.RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOW: WHO IS STILL TOGETHER?? (PHOTOS)
Joey and Kelsey A. recently posted separate TikTok videos of themselves, and eagle-eyed fans noticed that the backgrounds in their 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.
Joey responded to the Kelsey A. spoiler rumors in a Thursday, February 22 interview with Us Weekly.
"Obviously anything that comes out like that, I can't really speak on it. I know people are really trying to figure out what's going on," Joey said.
"Yeah, I can't speak to anything that's said because it's not really something that I'm paying attention to."
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Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone, however, reported back in November that Joey had chosen Daisy Kent as his winner and the pair got engaged at the Final Rose Ceremony. Carbone had also reported that Kelsey A. finished as Joey's runner-up bachelorette.
When asked about his connection with Daisy, The Bachelor star told Us, "I think everyone's seen where the feelings are at this point, and if she does continue to move forward, I think you'll be able to see that too."
"Daisy's a very sweet and kind person who I think that we connected really early on," he added, "and that's what people have seen."
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Carbone had stood by his spoilers about Daisy winning for months. Even as recently as February 20, Carbone had insisted that his initial spoilers were correct, even though he'd heard rumblings lately that he may have been wrong.
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But on February 21, Carbone responded to photo evidence that had surfaced on social media showing that Kelsey A. may actually have been the bachelorette to win Joey's heart.
"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.
"I'm looking over everything right now... I will address it when I have some answers. That's the best I can give you right now."
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 went on to call the Joey and Kelsey A. pictures "hard evidence" on February 22, and he promised fans that he'll be able to provide some answers about the conclusion of Joey' s The Bachelor season soon.
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Another theory in Bachelor Nation, which appears to lack any type of evidence, is that Lexi Young returns after to The Bachelor and wants a second chance with Joey.
Lexi had quit The Bachelor because she and Joey are on different timelines for marriage and children.
Joey said on the show he would like to be engaged for two-to-three years and be married -- and truly "enjoy" marriage -- for a couple of years before starting a family.
Lexi, on the other hand, suffers from endometriosis and wants to try for a baby as soon as possible since it may be hard for her to conceive.
"I think I can speak for a lot of guys [that a children timeline is] not usually something we think through all the time, but I'm glad that she asked that because it's an important conversation to have and I think more people should think about that," Joey shared with the magazine of Lexi.
"I gave my honest answer about the engagement and kids and everything because it is a different timeline that we're on. You meet someone very quickly through this process. You take the engagement seriously if it does happen, and then you want to make sure you have enough time to test that engagement and be in the real world."
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Joey said it's "really important" to try out the relationship in the real world for a while and "pay attention" to if it will work out long-term.
"So that is why I had the two-to-three-year engagement in my head because I would feel like it'd be wrong to both of us if I ended up with someone and we kind of rushed into the idea of marriage," Joey said.
Joey elaborated on how he definitely wants to be married and have kids, but he'd never want to rush into it.
"I explained to Lexi that I would be open to change that timeline with the right person. And if she was willing to kind of see through that, I would've loved to have kept her there," Joey revealed.
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"But it was her decision and I respect it 100 percent, and as I said, I wish her nothing but the best and know that she's going to be a great mother someday."
Joey previously teased that the ending of The Bachelor's 28th season is going to be "unprecedented" and "emotional" for viewers.
He said on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast earlier this year, "From what I'm told, the ending is something that hasn't happened before. I know they say that every time, but this is actually, from what I'm told, that is the case."
Carbone teased of Joey's ending last week that it's not exactly a 10 on a shock scale from 1-10.
"But it's not a one either," Carbone clarified.
"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. 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 Nance, Maria Georgas, Jenn Tran and Kelsey Toussant.
Click here to read the rest of the spoilers for Joey's The Bachelor season, including which women received hometown dates and Fantasy Suites.
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