Season 16 of The Bachelorette was always going to be different, thanks to the influence of the coronavirus pandemic on filming schedules and locations. However, no-one could have foreseen the dramatic changes that have been taking place on-set, during the last few weeks.
Bachelorette Clare Crawley, who found her Mr. Right in Dale Moss early in the show, is set to be replaced by Tayshia Williams, who fans will remember from season 23 of The Bachelor and season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise. And it’s safe to say that Bachelorette fans are excited to see her return to the Bachelor Nation!
Change For The Better
This Twitter user managed to sum up most fans’ thoughts on this season’s two Bachelorettes – with a bit of help from the kombucha girl! It’s safe to say that Clare Crawley has been something of a disappointment, and there were even rumors that the producers of the show forced her to quit.
But new Bachelorette Tayshia has a legion of fans from her previous appearances on The Bachelor and there is already a lot of excitement about her being passed the Bachelorette torch. Let’s hope she can live up to the hype!
Bachelor Nation Love For Tayshia
Bachelor Nation is thrilled, according to this viral Ellen meme. Fans have shared their excitement, with an impressive 16,000 retweets, and it seems that viewers simply cannot wait for Tayshia to show up and save the show.
Tayshia is already proving to be a much more popular choice as a Bachelorette than Clare, and fans haven’t even seen her first episode yet. How excited will Twitter be when Tayshia finally does make her long-awaited debut?
Second Thoughts
Clare isn’t the only one leaving The Bachelorette, of course. She will be riding off into the sunset with Dale, the guy who she very clearly had her eye on from the day filming began.
However, fans think that Dale might be having second thoughts about his relationship with Clare when he sees her replacement. Others hoped that Clare called it off with Dale so that Tayshia could dump him on TV, for a bit of Bachelorette karma. It seems unlikely that we will see Dale or Clare again, however, as there are rumors that the “happy couple” are now engaged.
Crisis Call
Clare could well be the most unpopular Bachelorette ever, and that isn’t just bad news for her, it is also bad news for the show’s producers. Twitter joked that host Chris Harrison had to call in Tayshia to save the day, using a classic clip from Supernanny, with Jo Frost responding to a crisis call!
The Bachelor Nation loved this, with one fan describing it as “chef’s kiss” and another summing up all our feelings about The Bachelorette 2020 by describing it as the most dramatic season ever. But don’t we all just love the drama?
How To Make An Entrance
Tayshia’s first appearance in The Bachelorette previews was memorable, to say the least. Wearing a skimpy bikini, she emerged from a swimming pool in slow motion, channeling her inner Phoebe Cates in the iconic scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
There can’t be many Bachelorette fans who haven’t seen the promo by now – and there will be many who will have seen it more than once! – but just in case, Twitter was on hand to alert us all to Tayshia’s arrival at the mansion with a suitably frenzied gif.
Warm Welcome For Tayshia
This tweet perfectly encapsulated the mood of the fans as Tayshia’s jaw-dropping preview aired for the first time. Welcoming the new Bachelorette with a clip of Hollywood celebrities giving Tayshia a tearful standing ovation, it seems that everyone is happy to see the new Bachelorette – and to see the back of Clare.
Is Clare going to go down in history as the worst Bachelorette? One thing’s for certain: if the mood of Twitter is anything to go by, Tayshia looks set to save the season for fans.
Tayshia Saves The Season
Another iconic celebrity meme was employed by this tweep to respond to the exciting news from the Bachelor Nation. The tweet showed Meryl Streep hollering “Bring out Tayshia!” and it seems that the Bachelor Nation is eager to see the new girl in action, and to put the disappointment of Clare behind them.
Twitter couldn’t help but respond with a few more digs at Clare’s lackluster performance, and it certainly seems that there is a lot of pressure on Tayshia’s shoulders to give every fan someone to root for!
Team Tayshia
Tayshia has already caused a commotion with her NSFW entrance in The Bachelorette preview, and there are lots of fans out there who are expecting big things from the new star.
This tweep has her own very clear ideas about how she wants new Bachelorette Tayisha to make her entrance on this show, if this tweet is anything to go by, and Twitter wholeheartedly agrees. It remains to be seen just how Tayisha will be introduced to the male contestants on the show, but I’m sure they will be just as glad to see her as the Bachelor Nation are.
Causing A Commotion
The mass hysteria which met the news that Tayshia was replacing Clare on The Bachelorette cannot be underestimated, as this very exuberant tweet demonstrates.
Fellow tweeters loved this gif of a sports crowd celebrating a win by throwing their drinks in the air with one tweep describing it as “literally my living room” and another apologizing to her neighbors for reacting in just this way when she saw Tayshia’s preview for the first time. If this is how Twitter is reacting to her preview, how excited are we all going to be when Tayshia hands out her first roses?
Time For A Change
It’s safe to say that Clare is not going to be missed by the rest of the Bachelor Nation, especially if this brutal but hilarious tweet is anything to go by! Tayshia has already made this year’s Bachelorette her own - and we haven’t even seen her first episode yet.
This gif of “Tayshia” unceremoniously bumping “Clare” from the screen has summed up the situation perfectly. Bachelor Nation tweeps are obviously no fans of Clare, as one follower tweeted that she could watch this ruthless clip all night.