Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, the women said it’s just one of the ways producers were thoughtful about accommodating their unique circumstance as co-leads this season, even if it meant occasionally allowing them to rethink long-standingBachelorettenorms.
The unusual decision to forego the typical first-night eliminations happened because the women didn’t want to to “do a disservice surely to ourselves or the other men,” Windey, 31, told PEOPLE at Tuesday’s WNBA game between the Los Angeles Sparks and Washington Mystics in Los Angeles.
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“What if there’s a connection there that we didn’t have time to really grow because we just went off basic instincts?” she explained. “So I think we were just tapping into logistics and the flexibility that this show allowed us this time around having two Bachelorettes.”
“I feel like in the past, it would be unheard of to not have a rose ceremony night one and they were really willing to let us explore and really have control in that sense of taking it into our own hands,” Recchia added.
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While Recchia and Windey’s journeys as Bachelorettes has only just started for audiences, season 19’s co-leads told PEOPLE that their unique time spent together on the series has only strengthened their friendship. Windey even referred to herself and Recchia as “each other’s safety nets” in the interview.
Asked whether they would be in each other’s weddings, theBacheloretteseason 19 co-leads took the suggestion one step further and proposed that they get married at the same time.
“Yeah, let’s make it easy,” Windey told PEOPLE at the idea of her and Recchia getting married at he same time.
“We’ll walk each other down the aisle,” Recchia added.
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source: people.com
