The Bachelor alum Christina Mandrell has dished about potentially appearing on Bachelor in Paradise and what type of man she'd be hoping to meet.

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Christina hinted she'll be looking for love in Mexico on Paradise this summer during the April 20 episode of the "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation" podcast, which was co-hosted by Jill Chin, Mari Pepin, and Aaron Clancy.

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When asked if she'd like to film Bachelor in Paradise, Christina replied, "I mean, never say never."

"I mean, if I had a 'friend' who was thinking about maybe possibly going -- you guys have all been -- what's some advice you would give them?" she continued. "What's the best daybed there she should be calling dibs on?"

The group agreed on "the middle" daybed, and then Jill flat out asked, "Is this 'friend' hypothetically you?"

Christina laughed and responded, "Yeah."

In terms of whether she already has her eye on somebody, the Season 27 The Bachelor alum shared, "I don't really have a type per se. I think in my recent adult dating years... I'm just so open-minded. And to prove my own point that I don't know what I want, I got married and divorced."

Christina therefore said she has "no expectations" or anybody particular man in mind.

Christina then flipped the script on the "Click Bait" co-hosts and asked, "Hypothetically speaking, if I were to go, who do you think I'd be cute with?"

Jill suggested her "dear friend" Tyler Norris because he's "such a cutie pie," but Christina countered, "No," adding, "What you're saying about him being a cutie pie, I think I might run right over him with my loudness."

However, Christina, who lives in the South, insisted she's "over the whole toxic masculinity" thing.

"If I go on a date and I ask the guy on a date, I'm going to pay if I was the one who asked him on the date. I want an equal relationship," Christina said.

"It's like a teeter-totter -- sometimes we're going to need to give and take. It's not equal all the time, but I don't like the whole, 'He needs to do this for me.' I want to spoil my man. No, I'm just kidding."

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Christina shared how she simply wants "a partnership!"

"Or not. I'm independent. It's not just me, I've got my baby girl, and so I don't need anyone," she noted.

Aaron pointed out how Christina has "queen energy" and so she should have no problem finding a good man in Paradise -- if she chooses to go.

Christina competed for Zach Shallcross' heart on The Bachelor's 27th season earlier this year, but she quickly became a polarizing bachelorette and only lasted a few episodes.

During an early group-date afterparty, The Bachelor made it seem like Christina wanted -- and was expecting -- Zach's group-date rose.

However, Zach gave the rose to Charity Lawson instead, which prompted Christina to complain, "I'm just confused, honestly. Maybe I missed something, but I'm just confused... I'm mad that it wasn't me. Duh!"

Christina had already angered and frustrated her fellow bachelorettes by allegedly constantly talking about her one-on-one date with Zach and meeting his family. Christina's reaction to Charity's rose then put an even bigger target on Christina's back.

"Christina definitely hijacked that moment from Charity like she's trying to intimidate and manipulate and be calculated. I'm just sick of her B-S," Brooklyn Willie complained to the cameras.

Before the third Rose Ceremony of the season, Brianna Thorbourne warned Zach during a pool party that Christina had made Charity and herself cry.

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Brianna claimed Christina was making the women in the house feel insecure. Brianna said that due to Christina's overconfidence in her relationship with Zach, the other women were reluctant to open up and be their authentic selves.

Brianna essentially led Zach to believe that the bachelorettes' dating environment didn't feel safe because of Christina's presence.

"I'm feeling such a strong connection with Zach, and I know he feels it too," Christina, a single mother, vented in a confessional.

"I can see him being a stepdad. I feel like I'm just hanging on for my life. I think he trusts me, hopefully, but how do you say three girls -- and one who went home because of me -- are lying? It just doesn't look good for me, and it really hurts."

Although Christina addressed her conflict with the other women and insisted she never meant to hurt anybody, Zach denied her a rose at the Rose Ceremony.

Zach said he felt a strong connection with Christina, but he told her, "I have to be cautious for myself and look at the big picture."

"There's a little sliver in me that wants to forget what happened today even happened," he elaborated. "It's the biggest internal battle I've had in maybe forever, and it's the most difficult decision I've made to date."

While the show was airing in February, Christina slammed the editing.

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