The Bachelor's eliminated contestant Tara Eddings, who memorably got drunk on the first night of the nineteenth-season competition, has a message for Chris Soules.
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"The main thing that I want him to know is that I don't drink like that," Eddings, who said in a confessional her "best friends are Jameson, Johnny Walker and Jack Daniels" during the premiere episode, told Good Morning America.
She added, "The nerves definitely got the best of me."
Eddings, a 26-year-old sports fishing enthusiast from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, was noticeably wasted during the first Rose Ceremony. She was very wobbly on her feet and had all the girls talking. Soules hesitated to hand her a rose but decided to give her a second chance considering she had made a good first impression on him right out of the limo.
However, Eddings' chance at love with The Bachelor star didn't last long. She got to enjoy a pool party and tractor race on a group date, but then Soules chose to send her home at the season's second Rose Ceremony during Monday night's broadcast.
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"It was very sad to have to leave the show and leave Chris because I really thought we had a great connection," Eddings told GMA.
The bachelorette said her ouster was very "rough," but she apparently still wishes the best for Soules.
"I think Chris will find true love in this," Eddings said. "He is really putting himself out on the line."
Eddings stood out on Night 1 when she stepped out of the limo in Daisy Dukes and cowboy boots to meet Soules, who later received a second -- more appropriate -- greeting when she snuck into a limo and re-introduced herself wearing a black dress fit for the cocktail party.
Eddings was eliminated along with four other women during Monday night's show.
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