Clayton Echard Gets Emotional Reflecting on Susie Evans Split: I Had ‘Zero Energy to Fight This Battle Any Longer’

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Season 26 of The Bachelor had a happy ending when Clayton Echard and Susie Evans reunited, but it didn’t take long for the couple to realize they needed to work on themselves before they could be in a healthy relationship.“I would never wanna speak for her.

We’ve been very careful with what we’ve shared because so much of what we went through is private and it doesn’t need to be shared,” Clayton, 29, began on Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast while promoting his new book. “We just wanted to ultimately be there for each other and be supportive.

And that’s why we’ve been very adamant about letting people know that like, ‘Hey, I’ve got nothing but love for her.’ We both know that we could have done things differently, but ultimately, the outcome was the outcome.”Fans learned during the March 2022 finale that Clayton and Susie, 29, had reconnected off air.

The duo previously split on the show when the wedding photographer learned the former football player slept with his other finalists, Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey.“It was really, really complicated because we were pitted against each other.