Rachel Recchia and Zach Shallcross Come Face-to-Face Live After He Questions If Their Romance Was ‘Real’

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The first part of the season 19 Bachelorette finale put Rachel Recchia and Zach Shallcross in the hot seat.The Tuesday, September 13, episode of the ABC series picked up with the 26-year-old tech executive asking Rachel, also 26, to talk ahead of the rose ceremony.Zach, who had a rocky overnight date with the co-lead, told Rachel that he didn’t think he was seeing “the real Rachel” but instead the “Bachelorette version” of the pilot during their overnight date.“I felt like the ‘concerns with the age part’ was a complete blindside,” Zach, who is six months younger than Rachel, said. “It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around it.

I did really love you. I saw a future with you, but I need to go.”Rachel noted that she wishes she could’ve “gotten there” with Zach, but they both know it’s over.

He subsequently left Mexico and she gave roses to Tino Franco and Aven Jones.“Her response — it felt so cold. I thought, maybe, that I meant more,” Zach said in the car after his elimination. “One of the things I fell in love with was she made me feel, like, special.

And I cared for her and I question if any of that was real or if that was just an act.”The show then cut to Rachel live with Jesse Palmer, waiting to see Zach for the first time since his exit.