The Bachelor star Zach Shallcross has revealed his biggest regret from the season and whether he stands by all of his decisions of whom he sent home along his journey to find The One.
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"The decisions of having to send someone home, I do stand by that because I'm feeling out and seeing who could my person be."
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But to get to the point of making those decisions, Zach confessed, "There were, yeah, a few interactions in general where I look back and I see that I failed myself and I failed that person and it's not necessarily who I am. And I want to get better from it."
"So, the decisions, yes, [I stand by]," he clarified, "but not in the way I handled some of them."
But Zach said he prides himself on how he feels he never led anyone one.
"There are always these articles and the word 'blindsided' comes up a lot, especially I think, The Bachelor created it," Zach began.
Kat Izzo, Brooklyn Willie, Jess Girod and Aly Jacobs all said in the media after their eliminations aired on the show that they were blindsided by their eliminations and never saw their breakup with Zach coming.
"I always wanted to be truthful and honest with how I felt with everyone, and I have. And the feeling of blindside is going to happen no matter what, in a sense, because that's why there's a Rose Ceremony and a decision needs to be made," Zach explained.
"One thing I've done pretty well is always letting them know how I truly feel about them. Now, it's tough when you have to make a decision at a Rose Ceremony and you have to follow what is right to you, but I think in everything I've done, I've been fully honest and transparent with the women throughout our relationships."
Zach acknowledged it would've been easier to "skate by" and tell a woman "a few things here or there," but "the last thing" he wanted was to lead someone on.
"I wanted to be true in what I actually felt with each woman," Zach noted.
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One of the women Zach admittedly felt he "failed" was Jess.
During the February 27 episode of The Bachelor, Zach criticized Jess' fixation on not having been asked on a one-on-one date yet.
When Jess attempted to express how she felt frustrated about her string of group dates and was losing confidence in herself and their relationship, Zach snapped at her and complained, "That shouldn't be a thing."
The tense exchange led to Zach dumping Jess. The Bachelor star later suggested the breakup was mutual, but Jess left in an extremely emotional state, feeling confused and blindsided.
Jess said in her final words, "This doesn't feel fair... All I needed was quality time, and he wasn't processing that."
"Is it the craziest thing to want to go on a date with somebody I could potentially marry?" she vented. "Like, it's the craziest thing that I'm upset that I'm the last one [without a solo date]?"
Jess complained in her final words about how she wanted to feel chosen and it was "crazy" that Zach was so "shocked" by her hurt.
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"It was one of those moments, even watching it back, I don't agree with the way I handled it, but there was never any bad intention behind it," Zach insisted on the podcast.
"It was shocking for me, but also completely understanding where she was coming from. She wanted to just spend that one-on-one time and I took it as, 'It's not just about one-on-ones, it's about everything.' Yet it totally makes sense that's what she needed and I didn't give that to her."
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Zach said he and Jess essentially got caught up "in the heat of the moment" and he wasn't able to process what was going on or think through his response.
"For weeks, I tried to mentally wrap my head around what had happened. And now watching it back and talking with her... I understand where I missed the line, and I wanted her to know that that's not what I wanted for us, and that's not how I wanted her to feel," Zach explained.
"[I wanted] the furthest thing from it, but my actions showed [otherwise]. So I apologized for that, and I think we're on good terms."
Jess told Us Weekly after the episode aired that she and Zach simply had a misunderstanding and she respected the Bachelor for speaking his truth. She said no one was right or wrong in the situation and she didn't think Zach had treated her poorly or too harshly.
But Season 21 The Bachelor star Nick Viall slammed Zach on Twitter for being "a total d-ck" to women on the show.
"It's literally all about the one on one. Zach knows that. He made Jess feel like she messed up for expressing a valid concern," Nick tweeted.
He later added, "Zach is acting like the guy who gets mad at his girlfriend for not letting him know she wanted validation on her birthday."
Zach has also been criticized for scolding Greer during their videochat chat in London and for eliminating Kat Izzo because their romance felt "off" during one group date.
Three The Bachelor bachelorettes remain in the running for Zach's final rose following his round of hometown visits: Ariel Frenkel, Gabi Elnicki, and Kaity Biggar.
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