Bennett Jordan Explains The Real Problem With The Bachelor Leads

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Bachelor Nation's very own 007, Bennett Jordan, explained why he believes The Bachelor leads keep coming up short. Bennett was only ever in Tayshia Adams' season of The Bachelorette but became a fan-favorite almost instantly due to his suave personality and well-dressed manner. Despite making it pretty far, around week eight Bennett and another contestant, Noah Erb, got into a bit of drama that resulted in a two-on-one that sent Bennett packing. In a twist, Bennett returned the following week, only to be sent home once again.

While Tayshia was pretty universally liked, the current season with lead Clayton Echard hasn't exactly gone over as well. Clayton's actions have gotten him in hot water more than once, with the fantasy suites being the latest in a series of errors. Ever since the episode aired in which Clayton admitted he'd been intimate with and expressed feelings for two other women, only to blame it on the third, various members from Bachelor Nation have been sharing their opinions, with the latest being Blake Horstmann, who made it all the way to second place during Becca Kufrin's season.

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In an Instagram post, Blake shared a tweet he wrote after the first part of the finale aired in which he claimed, "The leads have a better shot at finding love if they are from the top 3 and have fallen in love in this environment." Though this claim was met with lots of support in the comments, Bennett had a different take, "I would counter this argument and say whether you’re top 5 or top 3 does not matter at all as long as you know the journey works." Bennett's point is that they don't have to make it far into the competition to empathize with