The Bachelorette star Katie Thurston is warning all women to stay away from Thomas Jacobs, including those ladies looking for love on Bachelor in Paradise this summer.
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"I am nervous for any woman who interacts with Thomas, honestly. He's a smooth talker," Katie said on the Wednesday episode of The Viall Files podcast hosted by Season 21 The Bachelor star Nick Viall.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he recycles some lines with me on some of these women... Good luck to them."
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Bachelor in Paradise reportedly began filming its seventh season in early June, and based on Thomas' villain role on Katie's season of The Bachelorette, it's likely show producers asked Thomas to join the cast in Mexico.
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(While ABC has yet to officially announce the Bachelor in Paradise cast, Reality Steve spoiler blogger Steve Carbone recently reported Thomas is a part of it. Katie also tweeted Thomas will be "just fine" after his The Bachelorette exit along with a palm tree and wave emoji).
Katie has therefore sent out a warning to The Bachelor bachelorettes who may be interested in the 28-year-old real estate broker from Poway, CA.
"If he's on Paradise, I don't care who he's with, I'm going to be like, 'Watch out, girl!'" Katie admitted.
When asked if she's "open" to "changing [her] mind" about Thomas and "learning" more about him if he appears on Bachelor in Paradise, Katie immediately cut Nick off and replied, "No."
Katie apparently doesn't believe that filming The Bachelorette simply brought out the worst in Thomas given the show's competitive and tense atmosphere.
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"If I wanted to keep Thomas, I would have. My connection with him was, I think, more sexual than mental [or] emotional," Katie shared with Nick.
"He said all the right things and I wish they showed it, I questioned [him] very early on. I was like, 'No one is this perfect.' So my intuition was like, 'I don't know about this guy.'"
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Katie, however, was very drawn to Thomas and told The Bachelorette co-hosts Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams that she had even pictured him in her Final 4 bachelors for hometown dates.
But Katie's cast of men banded together to bring Thomas down.
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Everyone seemed to believe Thomas was "manipulating" Katie and feeding her lies. The overall consensus was that Thomas was on the show for the wrong reasons, especially after he confessed to thinking about possibly becoming the next The Bachelor star in 2022.
Although Thomas told Katie and his fellow bachelors that he was developing strong and sincere feelings for Katie, no one was buying it.
Tre Cooper, a 26-year-old a software engineer from Covington, GA, therefore warned Katie about Thomas' The Bachelor confession and said he didn't want to see her get hurt or played during Monday night's episode.
"The second Tre said what he said, I was like, 'Boom! I've been thinking about this for weeks,'" Katie claimed.
Katie felt in her gut that Thomas was using her as a stepping stone to reach his goals and didn't genuinely care about getting to know her or falling in love with her.
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So instead of handing Thomas a rose at the third Rose Ceremony of the season, Katie called the bachelor's name and then took a step back from him.
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"Thomas, you told me things I wanted to hear and what I learned about you tonight is that you're selfish, unkind and a liar! Your Bachelor audition ends tonight, so get out," Katie said.
Thomas, for his part, reflected on his The Bachelorette experience via Instagram on Wednesday.
"Well, that was a whirlwind! Thankful for the experience and the lessons that came with it," Thomas wrote a couple of days after his exit aired.
"All the support pouring in means the world and I have nothing but love for all of you #DemonsterizedAF."
Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season is set to premiere Monday, August 16 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
The season will reportedly be hosted a rotating group of celebrity guest hosts and comedians -- including, reportedly, actor David Spade, rapper Lil Jon, former NSYNC member Lance Bass, and actor Tituss Burgess.
The guest hosts will reportedly each preside over one week of the dating process, but ABC has yet to officially announce anyone's participation following longtime host Chris Harrison's permanent exit from the franchise.
Bachelor in Paradise is currently filming and scheduled to premiere Monday, August 16 at 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
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