Clare Crawley wasn't flying totally blind on her first night as the Bachelorette. In ET's exclusive sneak peek of Tuesday's season premiere, the 39-year-old hairstylist reveals that a contestant reached out to her before filming.
Whether Crawley had contact with any of her contestants is one of fans' biggest unanswered questions ahead of the premiere. ET learned in August that the Sacramento native's time as Bachelorette came to an end after she fell for a contestant roughly two weeks into filming.
Tayshia Adams was brought in as a new lead, but fans couldn't help but wonder whether Crawley's shortened time frame was due to a pre-season connection with one of her men.Contact between leads and contestants before the show starts usually isn't.
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