The Bachelorette star Katie Thurston has fired back at critics claiming she's still "obsessed" with her exes from Season 17 who are now appearing on Bachelor in Paradise.
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On Tuesday night, Katie shared her live reactions to Bachelor in Paradise's third seventh-season episode on Instagram Stories, and most of her comments were directed at men from her The Bachelorette season.
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Katie watched Thomas Jacobs, for example, and said, "I feel like I'm watching my season."
She also noted Thomas "looks good with the facial hair," adding, "I'll give him that."
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Katie then joked about how Aaron Clancy and James Bonsall had found "their next victim" in Thomas and that Thomas needed to "watch out."
Katie later disagreed with Thomas saying Tre Cooper is "not emotionally strong." Katie argued that on the contrary, "Tre is a man! Tre knows how to embrace his emotions."
Katie went on to watch Thomas sitting down for a group chat with a handful of her exes -- including Connor Brennan, Aaron, James and Tre.
"IDK what is even happening. I'm just in awe that I've made out with all these guys. Wait. Not [Karl Smith]," Katie wrote on footage of the show.
Katie also playfully didn't appreciate hearing Connor sang a song on the beach about his love interest, Maurissa Gunn, a song he had previously written for Katie on her season.
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"That was my song! I have no words," Katie complained.
Katie then shared a screenshot of a DM she had received from one of her followers.
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The troll wrote to Katie, "Imagine being engaged [to The Bachelorette 17 winner Blake Moynes] and you're still obsessing over her exes."
Katie fired back to the message, "Imagine being secure enough in your relationship and still supportive of a group of men who went through something no one else will understand."
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Katie has insisted in recent days that she's very happy in her relationship with Blake and their engagement is definitely still on.
Katie, however, confirmed on her Instagram Stories that she's not in a rush to wed Blake.
When her sister texted her, "How soon do you guys plan on getting married?" Katie replied, "Not soon at all. He's Canadian... So we have a lot to work through first."
Katie subsequently explained how Blake can currently only stay a total of 60 days in the United States on a Tourist Visa given he's a citizen of Canada.
"We really do have a lot we have to look into," Katie shared, "and we just haven't yet -- before we can really plan anything else."
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Katie recently visited Toronto and explored Blake's hometown and stomping grounds, but she plans to move into a San Diego, CA, apartment by the beginning of September. For now, she's in New York and revealed earlier this month that she intends to have Blake join her soon in The Big Apple.
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When Blake proposed marriage to Katie on The Bachelorette finale, he said being Katie's last man standing felt like a fairy-tale and they had a connection that initially seemed too good to be true.
"I know how great of a wife you're going to be and mother you're going to be. But I know there's things that scare you," Blake told Katie.
"I know that you in the past have talked about how you've had to compromise who you are to make relationships work, and I don't want you to do that. But I can't give you what you came her for."
"Because you deserve a lot more than that. You deserve the world, and I'm excited to support you and be there for you every day moving forward... Will you marry me?"
Katie shouted in reply, "Yes!"
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