The Golden Bachelorette’s Pascal Gets Shockingly Honest About Chock, Hurting Joan’s Feelings, and More

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The Golden Bachelorette’s Pascal—, private jets, and coiffed hair—made a name for himself as soon as he walked into the mansion.

Whether it was his inability to do his own laundry or his expectations that the Bachelor mansion came with butlers and maids, he was certainly one of the most interesting men the show had ever seen.But in due time, the 69-year-old salon owner from Chicago won over viewers with his genuine connection with the other men in the house (who could forget his bond with Mark?) and the sobering story of how he came from nothing as a young boy in Paris and built a massively successful salon business in America.

Sure, he might talk about himself in the third person a little too much and have trouble going all in on a relationship, but if the point of The Golden Bachelorette is to help get contestants to become more vulnerable and in touch with their feelings (okay, and find love), then mission accomplished.Still, in the end it was too little too late (or for anyone else to truly capture Joan’s heart), as Pascal got spooked by a traditional Tahitian bonding experience and realized he couldn’t move forward with the .

While it was commendable of Pascal to be upfront and let Joan know right away, the fallout was heartbreaking. Joan revealed her walls were now going back up—have we ever heard so much talk about walls in one episode?—and she didn’t feel as worthy of being loved.Time will tell (actually, we’ll know in two weeks when The Golden Bachelorette finale airs) whether Joan will be able to dust herself off and get back on the ceremonial horse; for now, we sat down with Pascal following the taping of the Men Tell All episode to find out what we didn’t see on camera and what he really thinks about Chock.