[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHEERING]
Woo!
Good evening, all.
I hope you all had a wonderful evening.
How was it?
Great. TOMMY MILES: Huh.
Was it good?
Yeah.
Huh.
A little nervous now, huh?
All right.
Unfortunately, the time has come for our first goodbye.
Someone's got to go home.
There still was a couple of people I may not have gotten
a chance to make that connection with,
so it was a little nerve wracking.
Gentlemen, one of you--
your first impression was far from impressive.
Lamont and Corey.
The ladies said they had a little bit
more questions than butterflies, when it came to you fellas.
I just feel this thing in the pit of my stomach.
I'm like, oh man.
One of you gentlemen will be leaving right now.
I was really just feeling defeated.
I was like, I'm cool to go home right now,
because I totally blew this.
The gentleman who is going home is Lamont.
Your journey ends here.
All right.
Please say your goodbyes.
[CLAPPING]
My journey's ended.
It was that close.
You're a good man, Lamont.
Thank you, sir.
Imagine having great conversations
with beautiful women, excited because of the opportunity
and chances that you were given, setting the tone
for the rest of the day.
And just that quickly, all of it goes away.
It's always hard to let somebody go,
especially somebody that's looking for their happily
ever after.
He definitely was.
And we're not done yet.
Remember.
What did I say?
I said two people were going home.
Ladies, there are two women that many of the fellas
questioned if this might be their last night with us.
Libba.
Oh.
OK, then.
And Tasiya.
Is this a joke?
I definitely thought I made genuine connections,
and so I thought I was being punked.
Between you two, the one woman that the fellas
felt was a little less ready to love and is going home
is Libba.
Oh.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
I have no doubt that you'll find
the love you're looking for.
Thank you.
OK.
I need a do over.
I did not expect to be eliminated.
But the truth of the matter is that, the men got it right.
My forever wasn't there.
And it's OK, because it's on our timing.
That's right.
Listen, God's timing is perfect timing.
Love is waiting on me, and I'm waiting on it.
Come on, baby.
Come on.
Now, tonight we're down to 18 people--
nine men and nine women.
Remember, every week the power to eliminate
shifts back and forth between the men and the women.
And at the end of our time together, only the strongest
couples will remain to decide if they're ready to take
their love to the next level.
All right?
All right.
Everybody want to take a deep breath now?
OK.
Thank y'all.
See y'all tomorrow.
But let's get ready to love in Washington, D.C.
[APPLAUSE]
OK.
I'm going to bed.
Touché.
Baby you OK?
I'm not.
Y'all know [BLEEP] well this is not true.
I got four or five numbers in my phone,
so I honestly don't believe it.
I am pissed off at this point.
I've made genuine connections.
Why are y'all flexing and lying on me?
Why are y'all acting like that?
And so, yeah.
I am not the one for that.