Clay Harbor, an alum of The Bachelorette, has seemingly been keeping abreast with the current season of The Bachelor as he tweeted at Teddi Wright, one of the recently eliminated contestants, to introduce her to his cousin Andrew Spencer, who was in The Bachelorette season 17. The idea of the two being a couple could have been a reality as The Bachelor almost made Spencer the lead of season 26. The speculation that Spencer was going to star this season on The Bachelor came from Harbor who, in an episode of the She's All Bach podcast, said that he and his cousin were under the impression that the job was going to be Spencer's.
The producers of the show battled with choosing from many of the contestants from The Bachelorette season 17, including Spencer and Greg Grippo, but decided to go with Clayton Echard, who appeared in the 18th season of the show. The report stated that the producers chose Echard because they resonated with his story and decided to give him a chance. Bachelor Nation fans were not happy about the producers' choice, which became evident to Echard, who then started to feel regret about being the new bachelor as he was not expecting a great magnitude of backlash. While Harbor did not make comments that show whether he disproves the choice for the season, he did say that he believes it would have been great to have an African American bachelor.
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Harbor's first tweet directed at Wright was published on January 10, and though neither Spencer nor Wright replied, the tweet gained a lot of traction from fans of the franchise who also think the two would be a good pair. The lack of response from Spencer and Wright seemed like motivation for Harbor
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