SPOILER ALERT: This publish incorporates spoilers from “The Bachelor: The Girls Inform All,” now streaming on Hulu.

“The Girls Inform All” has historically been an opportunity for “The Bachelor”s eradicated contestants to replicate on the season and hash it out after failing to obtain the ultimate rose. And this newest installment was certainly filled with such moments — notably with one divisive contestant — together with an emotional walkout, social media receipts and the return of 1 fan-favorite llama. This reporter attended the taping on March 1, which ran from 1-6:30 p.m. PT (together with alternatives for transient interviews – with snacks!).

Fifteen of the 25 whole contestants competing for Grant Ellis‘ affections — minus the ultimate trio of Zoe McGrady, Litia Garr and Juliana Pasquarosa — reunited with host Jesse Palmer and an viewers of Bachelor Nation followers. Maybe to the shock of nobody, Carolina Quixano was essentially the most vocal contestant on the reunion.

Carolina, who was eradicated in Episode 5, has been a “love or hate her” contestant all season, and he or she instantly made waves on the taping with a blue jacket that featured quotes about her taken from each the present and the web writ giant all through the season. The jacket was emblazoned with the road,” “I’m loopy and evil.” In the course of the episode, Carolina took a defensive posture, although, saying, “It doesn’t matter what I did, all the pieces was an issue.”

Whereas Carolina and Dina Lupancu began off as pals, with Dina even defending Carolina in Episode 4 after she was involved about solely getting one date with Grant, issues acquired tense in Episode 5 when Carolina made enemies with the ladies after frequently complaining about not having sufficient time with Grant. Dina got here into “The Girls Inform All” with some issues to appropriate.

“I believe it was vital to say that, truly in Madrid, I stood up for [Carolina] in entrance of Grant,” Dina informed Selection in an interview in the course of the taping. “And so actually, I’m the explanation why she even made it to Scotland. I’m glad that I acquired that on the market and informed her and the viewers members what truly went down, as a result of it wasn’t proven.”

Forward of the discharge of Episode 5, Dina captioned a TikTok publish with: “Once you defend the one individual no one else would… simply to get performed the following week.” Carolina responded with the caption: “Seeing somebody use this sound as if I don’t have screenshots of our dialog as proof.” Whereas the social media drama normally stays off the air, “The Girls Inform All” surprisingly pulled these posts as much as get reactions from the ladies.

After the social media posts have been placed on show in the course of the present — and Dina accused Carolina of deflecting accountability — Carolina started crying and needed to step out of the taping solely to take a second for herself.

Sarafiena Watkins, who was additionally eradicated in Episode 5, defined that everybody was open to listening to Carolina out going into the reunion. However that spirit wasn’t reciprocated, she says. “Sadly, I don’t suppose she was open again, which sucks as a result of on the finish of the day, the expertise is over,” Sarafiena mentioned. “We’ve moved on from that and now it’s similar to, why can’t we be pals?”

For the ladies who acquired chosen for the recent seat, reliving their reminiscences of falling in love with Grant all the best way till their elimination in entrance of an enormous viewers — and the remainder of the forged — got here with heavy feelings. And whereas the episode began off with solely the ladies, the Bachelor himself, as all the time, made an look.

“It’s so humorous, as a result of I assumed that I used to be utterly over it and had moved on and healed from it and all the pieces was all good,” Dina mentioned. “However then as quickly as I got here again, after which I noticed Grant, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ I felt it once more and simply felt heavy on my coronary heart to say one thing.”

However after all, no “The Girls Inform All” episode for this season can be full with out the return of the fan favourite “no drama” llama named Linda, who utterly took contestant Alexe Godin without warning after getting introduced out throughout her sizzling seat phase. As followers might recall, Alexe first introduced Linda onto the present in Episode 1, profitable her the season’s first impression rose.

Versus earlier “Girls Inform All” tapings, none of those contestants are competing to be the Bachelorette — ABC and Warner Bros. Tv have already confirmed that there might be no new season of “The Bachelorette” premiering later this spring. Bachelor Nation, nonetheless, could have “Bachelor in Paradise” to stay up for this summer season for the primary time because it aired in fall 2023 in the course of the twin strikes. And the much-anticipated “Bachelor” finale — when viewers will see who will get Grant’s last rose — will air on March 24.