Not here for hypocrites. Katie Thurston stood up for fellow Bachelor alum Madison Prewett after her whirlwind engagement to Grant Michael Troutt.The Alabama native, 26, announced via Instagram on Monday, August 1, that her boyfriend had popped the question after nine months of dating, gushing that Troutt, 26, was “worth the wait.” Though some Bachelor Nation fans believed the milestone came too soon, Thurston, 31, was quick to shut down the negative comments.“Contestants get engaged after 6-8 weeks which really translates to even less time when you consider the actual time spent together,” the former bank marketing manager tweeted on Monday. “You don’t get to cheer on leads but s–t on Madi.
Happy for her! Congratulations to finding love your own way!”Prewett made her Bachelor debut during Peter Weber‘s season 24, which aired in 2020.
The basketball player ultimately walked away from the pilot, 30, after he revealed that he was “intimate” with other contestants during the fantasy suite dates, which she previously noted was a dealbreaker for her.
Weber proposed to Hannah Ann Sluss, but he broke off the engagement after realizing he still had feelings for Prewett.
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