Jonathon Johnson says he knew Jenn Tran was going to send him home after Fantasy Suites because there was something "missing" between them.
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"[I was like], 'You know what? It would be kind of weird if I went home. We just had an amazing conversation, in my opinion,'" Jonathon told Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt of his pattern of thinking during the filming experience.
Jonathon explained how "things felt so great" with Jenn, especially after his hometown date when she had met his family and got along fabulously with his brother.
"It just would've felt, like, 'I just got sent home after that? She must be already saying she's in love with somebody if I'm getting sent home after that!'" Jonathon explained.
But Jonathon said the Rose Ceremony following Fantasy Suites in Hawaii -- when he was up against Devin Strader and Marcus Shoberg -- just "felt different" to him.
"This was the first Rose Ceremony I walked into when I was like, 'You know what? It's probably me [going home],'" Jonathon shared.
"I thought that," he added.
Jonathon explained, "I think there was just an X factor missing. Especially watching it back, you can kind of see it. She's confessing her love for Marcus, and Devin's saying that he's in love with her."
But Jonathon said he was sitting in "this middle ground" with Jenn in which neither of them had reached that type of depth or feeling of emotion for one another.
"We were like, 'Everything is great, everything is fun, and we have no issues with each other!'" Jonathon recalled.
"There was no drama and it was just free and easy, but that next step was there [and we were behind]."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWJonathon also acknowledged that he was competing against guys who had received multiple one-on-one dates with Jenn as well as group-date roses and first roses at Rose Ceremonies.
But Jonathon and Jenn had a mutual understanding that he was "a slow burn" in relationships.
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It took Jonathon time to trust Jenn and believe that she was showing her true colors because he had been hurt and fooled by a woman in his past.
Jonathon therefore admitted on "Bachelor Happy Hour" that he wasn't ready to get engaged at the time Jenn had met his family.
However, Fantasy Suites changed Jonathon's mindset and convinced him that Jenn was "my person."
In the morning after their Fantasy Suite, both Jenn and Jonathon were beaming ear to ear, and Jonathon told the cameras he felt more confident in his relationship with The Bachelorette star than ever before.
"The vibes, the energy and the happiness is so through-the-roof that we can't contain it... We had conversations with no words being held back. It was letting loose and enjoying the person we're choosing to pursue," Jonathon shared at the time of filming.
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Jonathon claimed he and Jenn had received the "clarity" they needed during that date in terms of who they are as people and what they could have together.
Jenn, however, chose to send Jonathon home in third place, and he told the cameras, "I regret the fact that I wasn't able to just jump into [with Jenn]."
Jonathon told Jenn that she was perfect for him but he couldn't be the perfect man for her in return.
"I'm so mad at myself. I could've gotten there sooner," Jonathon tearfully said in his final words.
"I could've done better. I could've been better. I can see an amazing future with this girl, and I feel like the biggest idiot in the world because something amazing was right in front of me and I was too much my own enemy to see it until I was too late."
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Jonathon acknowledged that he was "just tired of standing in" his own way.
But Jonathon revealed on The Men Tell All special that he will be joining the cast of Bachelor in Paradise's tenth season when the spinoff returns to ABC in 2025.
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