The Bachelor bachelorette Gabi Elnicki has shut down social-media hate after her overnight Fantasy Suite date with Zach Shallcross sparked backlash from Internet trolls.
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Gabi, 25, shared photos of her attending the annual Houston Rodeo via Instagram shortly before The Bachelor's latest episode aired Monday, March 20 on ABC.
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"Haw yee!" the Vermont native captioned the pictures, including one of Gabi tipping her black cowgirl hat.
After Monday night's episode aired, one of Gabi's followers called her out for "deleting comments" on her Instagram post, presumably ones that slammed Gabi's decision to sleep with Zach after he had implemented a no-sex rule for the round of overnight dates.
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"Yes I am," Gabi firmly replied. "Because I don't need negativity and hate on my page. It's so unnecessary and unkind."
Gabi added, "There is NO reason to put others down, get off my page if you don't like me."
The Instagram user, however, clarified, "I like you queen just here for the drama."
Gabi appeared to delete most of the comments that criticized or demeaned her. For instance, a troll wrote on her page, "This girl is an embarrassment for female population."
But other people stepped in and defended Gabi, saying that she's "enough" for any man and deserves the world.
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"Screw the haters," wrote one fan.
And another person commented, "You shouldn't have to deal with any negativity or hate on your page. You're a sweet girl and don't listen to any of that sh-t."
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Zach stayed true to his word and abstained from having sex with Ariel Frenkel during his first overnight date in Krabi, Thailand, but then passion got the best of Zach in his Fantasy Suite with Gabi.
"Did I think I was going to get engaged to somebody that I've never had sex with? Probably not. But we're going to work on it later," Gabi told the cameras with a laugh, later adding, "Zach says he's not having sex, but I don't know. Maybe he will."
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Following their date, Zach informed The Bachelor host Jesse Palmer that he had slept with Gabi and they had an "unreal night" together. He said the sexual encounter was "an act of love, not lust."
But Zach felt compelled -- in the spirit of being honest and transparent -- to tell Kaity, his third date of Fantasy Suite Week, that he had been intimate with someone else.
Zach warned Gabi before meeting up with Kaity that he wasn't going to be able to keep their secret about having sex. In order to lessen the blow, Zach told Gabi that he was falling in love with her.
"It's great to hear he's falling in love with me, but in a way, it feels like he's cleared his conscience at the expense of my heart," Gabi admitted in a confessional. "I can't deny the fact that I'm feeling blindsided by it and my trust was broken... I don't know if I want this rose right now."
Zach then broke the news to Kaity during the day portion of their date that he had been intimate in the Fantasy Suite.
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Kaity admitted she was "crushed" and felt "distant" from The Bachelor star; she couldn't pretend to be happy around him.
"It sucks to think about it," Kaity told Zach, choking back her tears. "I figured that was the case, but you telling me and confirming it... honestly, I could've went without hearing that."
Zach feared he had ruined his relationship with Kaity, but she eventually came around and determined that she was truly falling in love with Zach and wasn't prepared to throw their relationship away.
The episode concluded with Zach denying Ariel a rose and advancing Gabi and Kaity to the next stage of The Bachelor: meeting his family.
While Zach was walking Ariel out, Kaity whispered to Gabi when they were alone, "I know you were the only one."
Gabi lamented about how she felt like there was a big "A" on her chest, referencing The Scarlet Letter.
And then when Zach returned to toast champagne with his Final 2 bachelorettes, Gabi claimed that Zach was only making eye contact with Kaity.
"I feel like I've just been put through the wringer here. I thought I would be in a much different state of mind. I thought I'd be a lot happier," Gabi told the cameras after accepting one of Zach's Final 2 roses.
"I have questions that are running through my mind that I need answered before I can confidently move forward with an engagement."
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