The Bachelorette star Rachel Recchia has announced, in a very sexy way, that she's moved to California.
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The 26-year-old flight instructor took to Instagram earlier this week and posted two pictures of herself posing in a black bikini on the beach.
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"Surprise I moved to California!" Rachel, a Chicago native who had been living in Clermont, FL, captioned the images.
The next day, the Season 19 The Bachelorette star posted another picture from the photo shoot and wrote, "One more for the road."
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According to Bachelor in Paradise star Genevieve Parisi, who competed against Rachel for Clayton Echard's heart on The Bachelor's 26th season earlier this year, she and Rachel are going to be living together.
"My roomie!!" Genevieve gushed in the comments section. "I can't wait to go through this next chapter with you."
Rachel replied to Genevieve's post with multiple emoticons of people dancing.
Additional comments poured in from other members of Bachelor Nation, who were also clearly excited to hear the news.
"Welcome to the westside!!" The Bachelorette 15 star Hannah Brown commented.
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The Bachelorette 18 star Michelle Young posted multiple fire emojis and wrote, "EXCUSE ME!!?!"
Bachelor in Paradise host Jesse Palmer commented with wave, sun and palm tree emoticons, and Kaitlyn Bristowe wrote a simple fire emoji.
Rachel first revealed, publicly, she was moving to California on the September 21 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast co-hosted by Michelle Young and fellow The Bachelorette alum Becca Kufrin.
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Becca asked Rachel on the podcast if she's seen The First Wives Club, and Rachel hadn't.
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"We're going to watch this movie! We're all in L.A. now, right? We're all going to be in L.A.?" Michelle asked.
Becca, who lives fairly close by in San Diego, said, "Yes, Michelle officially lives here now. [Rachel], are you moving?"
"Yeah," Rachel replied. "I have a lease here now."
Fellow The Bachelorette 19 star Gabby Windey, who joined Rachel on the podcast, also currently resides in Los Angeles due to her stint on Dancing with the Stars' 31st season.
The women celebrated news on the podcast and said they needed to have a movie and open-bar night with tequila and more.
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"I can't wait for that!" Becca gushed.
Rachel is clearly getting a fresh start after her emotional journeys on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
On The Bachelorette, Rachel thought she had found her happily ever after with her winner, Tino Franco, who proposed marriage during the finale, but the pair broke up during a "Happy Couple" visit in August because Tino had cheated on her with another woman at a bar in July.
Despite experiencing double heartbreak, Rachel told Kaitlyn Bristowe on her "Off the Vine" podcast earlier this month how she'd "absolutely" star on The Bachelorette again if she'd be guaranteed to find her person.
Rachel called all feelings associated with the show "real," and she said she believes in the process.
"I do feel like I am in the spot where I do want [to date again], but I'm not, like, on the dating apps," Rachel explained to the Season 11 The Bachelorette star.
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And Rachel clarified she's "not actively going out and trying to date at all."
"But I do feel like I'm not in a position where I'm so broken that I need months to heal," she noted. "And I think that's the consensus I've seen online, like, 'She needs to heal,' and I'm okay. I've been doing the work and I've been broken up with [Tino] since before you guys knew."
Kaitlyn told Rachel to feel empowered now that she's single again, to which Rachel responded, "I am empowered, but kind of going through two full [Bachelor franchise] seasons and to end up right where you started, that's where it's frustrating."
Rachel also pointed out how she doesn't just want a boyfriend; she wants a "commitment."
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"I just want commitment. I just want to be done dating. And the fact that I find myself now in the same position, I'm like, 'I don't want to do this.' I wanted to find my person," Rachel lamented.
"I want to get married, I want to start a family. That's where I'm at in my life. I don't want to go back to the streets, and now I'm forced to! Literally!... [Gabby and I] came on as leads because we were committed to finding someone to spend the rest of our life with."
Rachel previously defended wanting a quick The Bachelorette engagement on her "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast appearance last month.
"[The Neil Lane engagement ring] is amazing, it's beautiful. But that's not why me and Gabby are here," Rachel insisted. "We're here because we want someone to stand next to us through these difficult times and for someone to be supportive."
And Rachel claimed at the time that if Tino had chosen not to propose marriage at the end of the process, she would've been accepting of that.
"If, at the end of the day, Tino got down on one knee and was like, 'I can't give you this ring, but I want to commit to you for the rest of my life [and] I want to be with you,' that's all I was looking for," Rachel concluded.
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