Star of The Bachelorette Katie Thurston has no regrets about sending Thomas Jacobs home, and she wants to make sure other women have no regrets about him either. Her elimination of the 29-year-old on Monday's episode was an unforgettable moment, though some, like Ashley Ianconetti, found it "harsh." Katie, unapologetic as always, gave more insight into the situation on Nick Viall's podcast.
Thomas became the house's main villain after admitting he thought about being the next Bachelor before coming on the show. While co-host Kaitlyn Bristowe pointed out that's one way not to become the next Bachelor, Thomas could still end up on a spin-off like Bachelor In Paradise. Season seven's full cast has yet to be confirmed, but Thomas has been a rumored cast member. Katie didn't hold back on what to expect if he reappears on that series.
Katie was brutally honest with Nick on Wednesday's episode of his Viall Files podcast. “I am nervous for any woman who interacts with Thomas, honestly. He’s a smooth talker,” she said, echoing her comments about him on Monday's episode. The former bank manager continued, “I wouldn’t be surprised if he recycles some lines with me on some of these women...Good luck to them.” Nick was a Bachelorette villain who redeemed himself on BIP, but Katie shot down the suggestion that Thomas could follow in his footsteps. “No. If he’s on Paradise, I don’t care who he’s with, I’m going to be like, ‘Watch out, girl.’” The 30-year-old stood firm in her decision to ax him. “If I wanted to keep Thomas, I would have. My connection with him was, I think, more sexual than mental [or] emotional."
Katie made it clear she had hesitations about Thomas (who fans dubbed a walking red flag) that the other men, like Tre Cooper, confirmed. She explained, "[Thomas] 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.’ My intuition was like, ‘I don’t know about this guy.’ And the second Tre said what he said, I was like, ‘Boom! I’ve been thinking about this for weeks.’” Another part of the conversation that wasn't aired? Thomas admitting he was mean to Tre.
Katie explained why that was “the nail in the coffin” for her. “Tre is, like, the most kindhearted man. Once I heard that I was like, if you can't handle, like, conversations — I've already experienced it firsthand, like, you aren't able to communicate in a normal, effective way — now, you're being mean to Tre, who's a sweetheart, I don’t have time for you," she said, adding, "Like, yeah, he's hot and I really was hoping, to be honest, to take him [to] a fantasy suite, but I don't have time to waste.” She continued, “Thomas was the one who admitted it. He was just spilling words after words after words…that conversation was way longer.”
While Katie's shown a zero-tolerance policy for villains, she admitted Thomas isn't the last. In fact, someone worse is coming up. The Washington native confirmed, "I tried to get rid of the villains. I tried to get rid of them, ‘Boom, boom, boom, go,’ and then they just keep reappearing.” She also teased how her season, which wrapped filming early, ends. “The end gets crazy. It’s, like, not traditional at all. And I’m like, ‘What the f— is happening?’”
The Bachelorette airs Mondays at 8 pm ET on ABC.
Source: Viall Files