Colton Underwood Joins 'Bachelor in Paradise' — and Tia Booth Is Waiting for Him with Open Arms

Good news,BachelorNation: MoreColton Underwoodeye candy is coming your way.After he waseliminatedon Monday night’s episode ofThe Bachelorette, ABC confirmed that the football player will appear on the upcoming season ofBachelor in Paradise.“Welcome to Paradise, Colton! Someone’s waiting for you there,” tweeted the officialBacheloretteaccount alongside a video of Underwood exitingBecca Kufrin‘s season — spliced with some telling footage ofTia BoothinParadise.“There are still feelings there,” Booth admits in the clip. “But I don’t know if he has them for me.”RELATED VIDEO: See Who’s Looking for Love on Season 5 ofBachelor in ParadiseAs fans know, Underwood and Booth have some history. In January, Underwood had ashort-lived relationshipwith Booth, who previously competed onThe Bacheloralongside Kufrin. When he broke the news to Kufrin on this season ofThe Bachelorette, shewasn’t quite sure how to take the newsat first — especially considering the fact that she and Booth are actually good friends. Booth then made an appearance on the show and gave Kufrin her blessing to keep dating Underwood — until Monday night’s episode, when she returned to confess that she was still harboring feelings for Underwood.Kufrin subsquently eliminated him — though she insisted it had nothing to do with Booth’s revelation.“I don’t know if we can completely say my future with Becca was ended 100 percent on Tia,” Underwood said onthis week’sBen and Ashley: Almost Famouspodcast. “I’m sure that that was a heavy portion of why my future with Becca was ended, so yeah, of course I was sad. I was disappointed, I was frustrated, I was pissed off. I had every emotion going through me at that time and I didn’t know how to process it. I mean, I think — you guys watched the breakup — I was speechless. I had nothing to say because I was so caught off-guard.”The Bacheloretteairs Mondays andBachelor in Paradiseseason 5 premieres Aug. 7, both at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

Good news,BachelorNation: MoreColton Underwoodeye candy is coming your way.

After he waseliminatedon Monday night’s episode ofThe Bachelorette, ABC confirmed that the football player will appear on the upcoming season ofBachelor in Paradise.

“Welcome to Paradise, Colton! Someone’s waiting for you there,” tweeted the officialBacheloretteaccount alongside a video of Underwood exitingBecca Kufrin‘s season — spliced with some telling footage ofTia BoothinParadise.

“There are still feelings there,” Booth admits in the clip. “But I don’t know if he has them for me.”

RELATED VIDEO: See Who’s Looking for Love on Season 5 ofBachelor in Paradise

As fans know, Underwood and Booth have some history. In January, Underwood had ashort-lived relationshipwith Booth, who previously competed onThe Bacheloralongside Kufrin. When he broke the news to Kufrin on this season ofThe Bachelorette, shewasn’t quite sure how to take the newsat first — especially considering the fact that she and Booth are actually good friends. Booth then made an appearance on the show and gave Kufrin her blessing to keep dating Underwood — until Monday night’s episode, when she returned to confess that she was still harboring feelings for Underwood.

Kufrin subsquently eliminated him — though she insisted it had nothing to do with Booth’s revelation.

“I don’t know if we can completely say my future with Becca was ended 100 percent on Tia,” Underwood said onthis week’sBen and Ashley: Almost Famouspodcast. “I’m sure that that was a heavy portion of why my future with Becca was ended, so yeah, of course I was sad. I was disappointed, I was frustrated, I was pissed off. I had every emotion going through me at that time and I didn’t know how to process it. I mean, I think — you guys watched the breakup — I was speechless. I had nothing to say because I was so caught off-guard.”

The Bacheloretteairs Mondays andBachelor in Paradiseseason 5 premieres Aug. 7, both at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com