Zoe McGrady Recalls Panic Attack During Fantasy Suites, Says Producers Excluded Her from 'Women Tell All'
5/19/20261 hr 16 min
After being "intentionally rejected from every podcast interview," Zoe McGrady finally gets to speak her truth. Zoe joins Stefanie and shares what really happened during her time on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise, why she feels producers purposely excluded her from the Women Tell All, and the moment that "traumatized" her during Fantasy Suites. Plus, there wasn't a coin flip during Grant's season — but there was a pros & cons list? Do not miss this one.
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First 90 secondsStephanie· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to She's All Batch. I'm Stephanie, and today, we have a very exciting guest for you. We have Zoe McGrady. She is from Grant's season of The Bachelor, and also the most recent season of Bachelor in Paradise. Zoe, welcome to She's All Batch.
Zoe McGrady· Guest0:22
Thank you for having me.
Stephanie· Host0:24
I'm very excited to talk to you about your experience on Grant's season. Uh, I know you've been very vocal about it. As a whole, how would you describe your overall experience?
Zoe McGrady· Guest0:34
The answer that no one wants to hear, I mean, it was actually, like, a very traumatic experience for me for, like, a number of reasons. Um, I don't think I quite understood what I was getting myself into. Like, I don't really watch reality TV. I certainly didn't watch The Bachelor. And then I think as we saw, like, on the TV, which, like, wasn't anywhere close to the actual reality, but there was a lot of, like, tumultuous with the women [laughs] and then, you know, I didn't have the best experience, like, f- with him or, like, the traditional experience to have made it to top three. And I think a lot of it was cut out, so it was like I had this horrible experience in the house, I think, just being misunderstood and some, like, I would describe mean girl behavior. A bachelor who we now know, like, was absolutely not looking for a wife, and h- like, being in my, like, back in, like, little me era, like, trying to prove myself to a man because, like, he obviously [laughs] wasn't being authentic himself. And then to come off the back of that and