FURIOUS SHOWDOWN
Bachelorette Katie Thurston slams Greg Grippo as a ‘LIAR’ who ‘used her for exposure’ after he hid acting past from her
BACHELORETTE Katie Thurston SLAMMED Greg Grippo as a “liar” who “used her for exposure” after he hid his acting past from her.
On tonight’s shocking three-hour finale, the unfriendly exes had a furious showdown during the portion and the ABC lead even claimed , 28, is “not a man.”
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, 28, came out with a tense energy and did not acknowledge Greg as she walked right past him in fury.
While sitting in the hot seat with hosts and , Katie shouted at Greg: “You’re a liar! If you think that's love, you don't know what love is!”
She fired off at him: “In the moment I didn’t realize it but watching it back, I gave you all the validation you needed.
“But the anger I had watching it back, using me to get the experience, the exposure, dare I say the acting practice at my expense."
'YOU'RE ACTING'S PRETTY GOOD'
She then slammed him further: "Your acting was pretty good by the way up until you f**ked it up at the end."
“I hate to break it to you but I am no Meryl Streep,” he said to Katie’s eyeroll.
Katie yelled: “Oh, we know! I heard rumors after the show that he’s not this shy guy he’s a cocky Jersey boy. You gaslighted me!
“You came at me like I did something so terrible that you had to leave. You could’ve been a man and handled the situation better instead of being rude and dramatic.
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“He can go to acting school but he can’t act with me. The second he got scared he ran? That is not love. That is not what love is you’re not a man.”
Attempting to diffuse the situation, Greg tried to apologize: “I’m sorry you feel like that. It was a tough environment to be in.
“My head was in a million places at once. I truthfully didn’t want to leave in that moment.
“I’m sorry you questioned my integrity and my character. But I felt like you were playing the Bachelorette role with me instead of just being Katie," he insisted.
Greg said in a disappointed tone: “I felt like I was giving her my everything and I just wanted something back in that moment. I wish we could’ve gotten on the same page, there was a clear disconnect.”
However, when asked if he would’ve handled the situation differently, he said “no” and added he had “no regrets.”
“Greg was not my person and when he left, so did everything I felt for him,” she quipped at the conclusion of their heated argument.
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The pair continued to argue in front of a shocked live studio audience for several more minutes.
They both wished each other “nothing but the best” before the scene awkwardly came to a close.
Bachelor Nation appeared amused by Katie's acting jab towards her former suitor.
Alongside a thumbs up gif, one fan wrote: "Bingo Katie. You don't know Greg. You met the actor Greg."
"Grippo is an actor and Katie is tossing flame throwers tonight," someone else wrote with flame emoji's.
A third laughed: "Not katie accusing him of being an actor girl just admit u lost lmao."
Before he came out, she said with tears swelling in her eyes: “I was literally on my f**king knees begging for him to come back but it wasn’t good enough.
“I didn’t even know Greg before that, like who are you?”
'I QUESTIONED MY WORTH'
“You start to question your worth, in that moment. I didn’t know how to handle whatever my next step would be.”
During last week’s , Greg admitted to reaching his “breaking point” during a .
The former contestant in an emotional scene as he told Katie: “I had no idea I was going to fall in love with you but I did.
“I have never been this vulnerable in my life with anyone. I won’t get down on one knee twice, it’s a one-deal thing for me and I know I won’t have any regrets at the end of this.”
However, Katie simply responded: “I just love looking at you.”
Greg appeared very upset with the short answer, which led Katie to add: “I told your family our connection is so strong and I believe in us. You know how I feel about you though, right?”
GREG'S DRAMATIC ENDING
She ended up leaving their one-on-one disappointed and is left asking himself “what the f**k just happened?”
The next morning, Greg visited Katie’s hotel room and admitted it “scared the hell out of him” that she had “zero reaction” to his confession of falling in love with her.
Following several minutes of fighting, Katie appeared distraught and asked: “I can’t even comprehend what you’re saying right now. Are you done?”
“Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying. It was never about a rose, all I was asking for is Katie. I love everything about you and really saw you as my girl,” Greg assured her.
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The New Yorker then stormed out of Katie’s hotel room - causing her to chase him down in tears.
Once she finds him huddled over in a chair, he told her: “All I know is I deserve more than what I’ve been given on your side.”
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“Well I’m not happy here anymore. I’m not. I’m done here,” Greg responded before storming off set - leaving Katie crying on the floor alone as she insisted he was “the one.”
The Washington native ended up saying "yes"
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