Kaitlyn Bristowe has no issue with Jesse Palmer, but she wishes she was hosting the upcoming season of "The Bachelorette," not him.
"OK, so I've been getting a lot of questions, whether or not I'm being on the next 'Bachelorette' season, so I thought I would just quickly touch base on it," said during her "Off the Vine" podcast. "I saw at the end of the ['Bachelor' Season 26] finale that Jesse was announcing the two 'Bachelorettes,' and he said he was going to be by their side for that. So I guess, spoiler alert: I'm not coming back."
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Kaitlyn, a former "Bachelorette" lead, co-hosted back-to-back seasons of the reality TV show with fellow former franchise lead Tayshia Adams. The ABC show, however, has dubbed Jesse, himself a former lead of the franchise, as host of the upcoming season starring Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey.
"He'll be a great host and I hope he helped Gabby and Rachel in any way that he can," Kaitlyn, who's engaged to former "Bachelor" contestant Jason Tartick, said. "It's been a wild year, and I'm coming off filming two 'Bachelorette' seasons, my live podcast tour and now ending the 'Dancing With the Stars' tour."
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For Kaitlyn, she thinks it would only be appropriate for a female to host Rachel and Gabby's season.
"I want to support Gabby and Rachel and be there for them so bad," she said. "I think it makes sense to have a woman being there for them."
Still, she called the end of her co-hosting responsibilities a "blessing in disguise," as she can now focus on wedding planning and her businesses.
"There's a lot of exciting things coming up in the next few months, and it all just feels very overwhelming," she continued. "But I guess it's that saying, like, 'You can have it all, but you can't have it all at once' … I will be sad, though. I want to be there to support them, but that's the update."