Whether Zac Clark will get down on one knee and proposes to Tayshia Adams or ends because the runner-up all through the season 16 Bachelorette finale, his ex-wife shall be looking at. Jennifer Stanley-George broke her silence during an unique interview with Us Weekly ahead of the Tuesday, December 22, episode.
“I have watched the show for years. I’ve always watched each and every season — Bachelor in Paradise and the whole thing — so I actually was scrolling through my Facebook feed within the middle of the summer season after I saw his image, and I used to be like ‘Oh, OK!’” she recalled to Us about learning Zac used to be set to compete on the ABC sequence. “It’s been slightly shocking and somewhat hard to look at. I won’t lie. But, I’ve lengthy since moved on with my existence and I’m thankfully married now and I just had a child so, I’ve been clearly distracted, but I've watched this season.”
Zac, 36, is one of the 3 suitors nonetheless competing for Tayshia’s middle. While Brendan Morais eliminated himself during part one of the finale on Monday, December 21, Ben Smith returned to ask for a second chance with the 30-year-old former phlebotomist. The episode ended with Zac and contestant Ivan Hall looking ahead to the rose rite and a possibility to fulfill Tayshia’s circle of relatives.
“I like Tayshia. I watched her on the different shows too and she seems so candy,” Jennifer told Us, including that it’s been “goodbye” since she spoke to Zac. “I’ve stored in touch a little bit together with his sister. … He was in reality with regards to his sister, and we in reality saved in touch on social media and I do know she just had a baby too. She’s the one who wrote him in for the show and I think like he would by no means have done this on his personal as a result of he’s just not into that sort of stuff. He’s no longer searching for fans.”
Zac and Jennifer had been faculty sweethearts who tied the knot in June 2009. The twosome separated in January 2011 and their divorce used to be finalized in February 2012. The dependancy specialist has been open with Tayshia about his past marriage, admitting they split because of his substance abuse issues.
“He lied to me about it for years. Our complete relationship he lied to me about his drug use. I mean, I didn’t know. I was very naive,” Jennifer told Us.
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In a deleted scene from this season, Zac’s father, Douglas, recalled the night time he was arrested for drug ownership and using beneath the influence.
“He mentioned [on the display], ‘I left after a DUI’ — I don’t even have in mind him getting a DUI honestly,” Jennifer informed Us.
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Zac told Tayshia at the ABC collection that he started abusing ache drugs after he underwent surgery to take away a brain tumor. He due to this fact started the usage of more difficult medication earlier than in the hunt for treatment.
“He needed to do [get clean] for himself, no longer for me,” Jennifer mentioned. “And I feel at that time, if we had stayed in combination, he would had been doing it for me.”
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