Serena Pitt Revealed Why She Left 'The Bachelor': "I Really Was Falling in Love With [Matt]"

Aug. 23 2021, Published 10:38 p.m. ET

Spoiler Alert: This article comprises spoilers for Bachelor in Paradise.

People are already pairing off in Bachelor in Paradise. But one surprise used to be when Joe Amabile (Grocery Store Joe) and Serena Pitt found each other and appeared to fall right into a courting. Joe used to be well-known for his two-year courting with Kendall Long, and Serena used to be well-known for self-eliminating from Matt’s season of The Bachelor.

Yes, Serena if truth be told decided to leave Matt behind when she used to be within the ultimate 4. So why did she come to a decision to leave The Bachelor, and why is she back on Bachelor in Paradise if Matt wasn’t her person?

Serena Pitt determined to leave ‘The Bachelor’ after hometowns.

Matt actually met Serena’s family ahead of she determined to leave The Bachelor. Some folks weren’t too shocked since she and Matt didn’t have a lot physical chemistry on their one-on-one date. But it took Serena till almost the end of the display to understand that Matt wasn’t “her individual.”

She explained at the "Women Tell All," “I really used to be falling in love with him, and I truly just wanted that reassurance from my family. I was so hopeful that that was once going to be the day … [But] talking to my mom, it introduced clarity, it just wasn't the clarity I used to be hoping to get that day.”

Serena shared that she “truly wanted it to work out with Matt” however persevered on. “I wasn't sitting there A hundred p.c that Matt is my person and he is the man I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with,” she stated on the Bachelor particular, including that her circle of relatives could see her “seed of doubt.”

Later on, Serena spoke with ET to insist that there was once “not the rest particular” lacking from her dating with Matt, but that it was once just a “intestine feeling.” She reiterated, “I didn't know if it was simply the location, or him and I, or if it used to be one thing else. I simply wanted to be One hundred % confident if I was going to just accept an engagement [and] I wasn't.”

While Serena was once one of the younger contestants on Matt’s season, recognizing that she wasn’t positive of her courting and taking herself off the show was once one of the extra mature strikes from that season of The Bachelor. Now she is on Bachelor in Paradise and seems greater than in a position to jump into an engagement.

Will Serena Pitt decide to leave ‘Bachelor in Paradise’?

Although Serena decided to leave The Bachelor, it doesn’t appear to be she’ll leave Bachelor in Paradise. She is already kissing Joe more than she ever kissed Matt, and she seems to be totally smitten with him. And if spoilers are any indication — stop reading in the event you don’t want this season spoiled — she for sure will not leave Bachelor in Paradise.

According to resident Bachelor spoiler Reality Steve, Serena and Joe if truth be told do get engaged on the finish of this season. But we know that their journey won’t be simple — Joe’s ex, Kendall, makes an look, however it kind of feels like Serena does a just right job of sticking throughout the tricky occasions. Serena appears a lot more confident that Joe is her person despite the fact that Matt wasn’t. But will she and Joe closing?

New episodes of Bachelor in Paradise air each and every Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.

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