Bachelor: Elizabeth Corrigan Defends Clayton After Drama With Shanae

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Elizabeth Corrigan, who was passed over for a rose this week on The Bachelor, has taken to defending Clayton Echard after her surprising exit from the show. Bad blood between Elizabeth and rival Shanae Ankney had built up over the course of several dates and resulted in Clayton making an effort to get to the bottom of their beef prior to the cocktail party. His attempt turned into a fruitless argument between the women and unfortunately did nothing to clarify the situation for him. Frustrated by the outcome of his investigation, Clayton resorted to the now-popular practice of cancelling the cocktail party and going straight into the rose ceremony where Elizabeth was eliminated (much to the disbelief of her cast mates) and Shanae was left to crow about her victory.

Shanae, an Ohio native, had developed a friendship with Cassidy, another woman who was hard-pressed to find allies in the house after commandeering Clayton's attention on a group date. Cassidy, whose ploy was successful, came home with the group date rose and began advising Shanae on how she might do the same when her opportunity arose. During Shanae's group date, she stirred things up with Elizabeth in an attempt to gain Clayton's sympathy and turn the other women against her, but the whole incident eventually devolved into Shanae making fun of Elizabeth's ADHD diagnosis. Not surprisingly, the women supported Elizabeth and turned on Shanae, immediately confirming her status as villain. The incident, however, flew under Clayton's radar and he remained in the dark about the nature of their animosity.

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Elizabeth's elimination shocked the other women, but she departed gracefully,