Clayton Echard Calls His Season of 'The Bachelor' a 'Train Wreck': I'm 'Embarrassed and Disgusted'

Clayton Echarddoesn’t look back on his time onThe Bachelorfondly.

“It was a train wreck, honestly, of a season,” he toldThe Virginian Pilot.

Evans, 28, ultimately chose to leave the competition over what Echard thought washer dropping a “bombshell” on him, resulting in a heated exchange between the two.

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Fans also slammed other decisions Echard made throughout the season, including keeping Shanae Ankey in the competition after she mockedElizabeth Corragainfor having ADHD. Echardlater apologizedfor how Corragain was treated, and for not knowing the context of the pair’s tension.

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The reality star added: “And that was hard because that’s not really who I am. I don’t feel that what I was on the show is who I truthfully am but I did those things, I became that person.”

Echard dealt with criticism from fans from the moment his season aired. This, in fact, proved to bevery challenging for him to endure.

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In the end, Echard was able to make it work with Evans. The pair reconnected shortly after filming the ABC series.

Echard told the news outlet that finding Evans was a perk of being on the show, but he’d “never, ever do it again.”

The Bachelorette, starring Windey and Recchia, airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com