BiP’s Jill on Why Teddi Left, Rachel’s Future After ‘Bachelorette’

From Teddi Wright to Rachel Recchia, Jill Chin is weighing in on how her Bachelor besties are coping amid their respective heartbreaks.

“I believe she made the suitable choice for her within the second,” Jill stated on Us Weekly’s “Right here for the Proper Causes” podcast about Teddi after she abruptly stop Bachelor in Paradise on the Tuesday, October 4, episode. “It’s a extremely robust surroundings — having to discover your emotions with individuals that you simply care about and likewise doing it on TV is tremendous laborious. She simply knew what was finest for her in that scenario, and that was to depart. And I help her in all the things she does. I help her choice. She’s a really expensive buddy of mine. I want that I might’ve stated goodbye to her as a result of I keep in mind, like, in our little dialog, I used to be like, ‘Effectively, earlier than you do something, come see me first.’ And I perceive why she didn’t need to say goodbye to us as a result of I’d’ve tried to persuade her to remain, and I knew that wasn’t gonna be good for her, so I perceive. But it surely was a shock, for positive. I had no concept that she left.”

Following her departure, which went down after she ended issues with Andrew Spencer, Teddi shared a cryptic Instagram that learn: “One thing I’m pleased with studying: 1. leaving environments which can be merciless to me & the individuals round me. 2. sticking to my boundaries irrespective of what number of instances individuals in authority attempt to cross them.”

Jill can also be tight with Rachel, who ended her rocky engagement to Tino Franco after he cheated on her throughout The Bachelorette finale, which aired final month.

“I believe any time you’re watching your pals undergo one thing actually laborious, and particularly on the world stage, it’s actually troublesome. I used to be simply actually feeling for her,” the architectural historian advised Us. “I do know she had a extremely tough go this season, however proper now, she’s high-quality. She’s in her sizzling lady period and I like that for her. I simply suppose it’s gonna take everyone time to heal. I believe she’s properly on her approach.”

When requested whether or not she believes something goes down between Rachel and Aven Jones, the pilot’s runner-up who shocked her on the After the Remaining Rose taping, Jill added: “I don’t know. I believe there’s curiosity on each side, maybe. However I’m unsure if something will come from it once more. I believe it’s so sizzling and so recent that all the things simply wants to chill all the way down to sort of see in the event that they find yourself, , exploring one thing.”

As for her personal journey, Jill stated followers can count on to see one other aspect of her on the seaside within the coming weeks.

“You’re positively gonna see a unusual bizarre couple come into the combo,” she teased. “And I’m excited for individuals to sort of see me do the love factor, actually. I haven’t been capable of do a lot of the love factor. There’s positively gonna be some candy moments to come back.”

New episodes of Bachelor in Paradise air on ABC Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET — or stream episodes on demand on Hulu the day following their premieres. For extra from Jill, watch the video above.