The Bachelorette's Jed Wyatt, one of Hannah Brown's finalists for her hand in marriage,
has proven to be full of surprises and his presence has sparked dozens of questions.
Did he join The Bachelorette for his career?
Is it true that he had a girlfriend back home?
Here's Jed Wyatt's untold truth.
Warning spoilers ahead!
If it wasn't already obvious from looking at the guy, Wyatt has a pretty good gym regimen.
His physique, something he shows off quite often on his Instagram page, is arguably quite
impressive, with his visible six pack, bulging biceps, and rippling quads.
No wonder Brown found him to be so dreamy.
Before Wyatt was competing for a chance to become Brown's main squeeze on The Bachelorette,
however, he appeared to consider fitness to be more than just a hobby.
It seems like he was a diet and exercise professional, according to a post on his Facebook page featuring
a text from a client, which he captioned,
"It makes me so happy to see people getting results from my diet and workout plans."
Wyatt also shared a post on his Instagram page, offering dietary advice.
Speaking of side hustles, it looks like being a fitness coach wasn't the only thing Wyatt
did in order to pay the rent.
According to several posts on Instagram, he's pulled a Magic Mike on more than one occasion,
taking off at least his shirt for some appreciating audiences.
Apparently, Wyatt was moonlighting at the Music City Male Revue, a burlesque performance
troupe, located in the heart of Nashville.
It's the only "PG-21" show featuring men in the Nashville area, and the business's website
boasts that it's the kind of place you can take your "soon-to-be-mother-in-law" and not
feel totally weird.
From the second viewers of The Bachelorette were introduced to Wyatt, they learned just
how important his musical ambitions are to him.
And he never missed a chance to serenade Hannah Brown, something she was obviously charmed
by.
But given how Wyatt prioritizes his music career over pretty much everything else in
life, it's a little odd that he's put almost no work into his YouTube channel.
With only two videos both featuring the same song and just around 330 subscribers as of
July 2019, the channel's certainly not going to be his ticket to fame and fortune.
But perhaps Wyatt's original motivation for going on The Bachelorette to bolster his growing
career will pay off for him in the end, as he does have over 386,000 followers on Instagram
as of July 2019.
One thing you can't miss when you scroll through Wyatt's Instagram page is the fact that he
really, really loves animals.
Alongside a pic with an adorable puppy, he wrote in a 2017 post,
"You will not see me happier.
Ever."
In January 2019, the Bachelorette star posed in a picture with a golden retriever named
Basil, and in the same post he included a video of a puppy.
He's posted multiple pictures and videos hanging out with all kinds of different pooches.
But in case you think he's exclusively a dog person, he's also posted several pictures
of himself with cats, a photo of himself hanging out with a monkey, and at one point, he even
had a ferret.
On the heels of Wyatt's admission that his original motivations for going on The Bachelorette
were to advance his music career, people were understandably a bit shocked.
After all, when the endgame is literally marriage, you would think the contestants would take
the show pretty seriously.
But Wyatt also confessed that he was falling for Brown and that he'd never felt quite like
this before, which of course caused her to swoon.
Even though Wyatt did see the show as a huge platform initially, he said in an interview
with Extra TV that some part of him was ready for marriage with the right person, of course.
"I know it's early days but can you imagine marrying Hannah?
… You know, you kind of have to come into this ready for that step."
As for Brown, Wyatt didn't hesitate when he was asked if she was the one.
"She is definitely the kind of person I could see myself with forever...Can you imagine,
it's not that long from now, getting down on one knee?
That's a big deal…
Yeah, it's crazy."
So while some may question his motivations, he may be genuinely into her.
"I also didn't expect to catch this many feelings off the bat, so I'm excited to see where it
all goes."
When Brown finally got the opportunity to meet Wyatt's family, it was very clear that
they're very protective of him and they're extremely close-knit.
And while it's easy to wonder how much is actually real on reality shows, the family
relationship does appear to be the real deal.
In a 2016 post on his Instagram page, Wyatt wrote,
"My family means the world to me.
It's funny how two years ago I wouldn't have wanted to go anywhere near home for spring
break but now I miss it more than ever and wouldn't have wanted to spend spring break
anywhere else."
That was long before he was even being considered for The Bachelorette.
Wyatt also had advice for his Instagram followers, saying,
"Don't take for granted your time with your loved ones.
I promise you will miss it."
Arguably one of the most cringe-worthy moments on the 15th season of The Bachelorette was
that hometown visit with the Wyatt family.
From the looks of it, mom, dad, and sis were lukewarm at best about Wyatt's increasingly
serious romance with the Bachelorette their faces kind of said it all.
But there were also some direct statements from family members expressing their concern.
For one, when Wyatt raised the topic of getting engaged, his mother Gina had a terse response.
"I think this is crazy, like she asked me upstairs if I thought prior to this would
you be ready to be engaged and I said no."
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Jed's sister, Lily, had an equally tepid reaction for Brown.
"Making music makes him so happy and honestly him potentially falling in love with you,
I'm not sure that it's a good thing."
Ouch.
As most people know, the hometown episodes of The Bachelorette air on TV long after those
conversations have actually taken place.
So, when the amazingly awkward hometown episode with the Wyatt family aired, Wyatt's sister,
Lily, took to Instagram to set the record straight, writing in a story,
"They made me look so mean.
I swear y'all our conversation went wayyyy better than this."
Brown also shared a clarifying post on Instagram, expressing nothing but gratitude to the families
who hosted her.
She wrote,
"To the Webers, Camerons, Parkers, and Wyatts… thank you for opening your home, and supporting
your son and me in opening our hearts to each other.
I'm sure it's really bizarre watching, but the moments in your home were real, taken
seriously, and so very special to me."
Easily the biggest controversy of Season 15 of The Bachelorette broke when the revelation
surfaced that Wyatt had been dating a woman named Haley Stevens back home and that they
allegedly didn't break up before he filmed the show.
Speaking to Us Weekly, Stevens claimed they agreed to resume their relationship when he
got home.
She admitted,
"Even though that's not an ideal situation for our current relationship, when you're
not in it, it seems like a movie.
It seems like it's just a TV show.
You don't necessarily think about the fact that hearts are going to get involved, there
are going to be feelings involved."
But once the details of Wyatt and Brown's steamy romance began to go public, Stevens
got more and more upset.
The fact that Wyatt reportedly didn't call her for two weeks after he got home from filming
didn't help, so she said she ignored his call, since she felt their alleged relationship
was over.
"This is embarrassing, how could I let myself be here, how can I have let myself believe
this?"
She added that she has nothing but respect for Brown and wishes her the best.
Unsurprisingly, the internet got really angry when it learned that Wyatt reportedly had
a girlfriend back home and that he'd been less than forthcoming about it.
It's also particularly bad that he came clean about the truth of his original intentions
to get exposure for his music career but neglected to tell Brown about his alleged girlfriend.
But the fallout has far exceeded people dog-piling on Wyatt's social media pages.
He wrote in a post on his Instagram page,
"It goes beyond what is said online.
Threatening letters and phone calls have been sent to our homes.
My parents and sister are being verbally attacked in public.
I beg you to remember what seems like a harmless action is damaging to real people."
Wyatt assured followers that there would soon be answers, and he asked for people to be
patient until then.
He wrote,
"I ask that you please understand how much the actions being taken towards myself, my
family, the men on the show, and above all, Hannah, are affecting all of our mental and
physical health."
Season 23 Bachelor Colton Underwood has been watching the 15th season of The Bachelorette.
And as you would expect, he has some pretty strong opinions about what's gone down and
what Wyatt's fate should be.
"He shouldn't come back from this.
He should just sort of go away."
Underwood added that he can relate to Hannah since he's been in the same position.
"You sort of have these blinders on and you're sort of dialed in and focused on the relationship,
and you don't take in sort of the cues that sometimes you should in regular relationships,
or the red flags."
If anyone understands Brown's circumstances, it's Underwood, and he's definitely concerned
for her happiness.
"I feel for her, because she's so deserving of somebody who is going to make her happy
day in and day out, and not have to worry about lying."
There are plenty of fans of The Bachelorette who don't want to know anything about the
show beforehand so that everything that happens on the show is a total surprise.
So, heads up huge spoiler ahead!
In a post on his website published on May 20th, 2019, blogger Reality Steve revealed
his prediction for the Season 15 winner of The Bachelorette.
After a finale that reportedly came down to Jed Wyatt and Tyler Cameron, Brown is said
to have selected Cameron to be her forever guy, and the two of them reportedly got engaged.
But less than a month later in a post published on June 18th, 2019, Steve backpedaled on his
earlier prediction and issued a new one.
Brown allegedly gave her heart to Wyatt, and Wyatt put a ring on her finger.
So the big question remains what will Brown do now that she's discovered Wyatt allegedly
had a girlfriend back home?
According to Reality Steve, she hasn't exactly taken a stand-by-your-man approach, but she
hasn't run screaming for the hills, either.
He wrote in a post on his Twitter page in June 2019,
"I can confirm that Hannah broke off her engagement to Jed earlier this week.
They are still 'together,' but the engagement is off.
This isn't a 'don't ever talk to me again' from what I'm being told, but it's also not
all rainbows and daffodils either."
Steve went on to add his own commentary on these revelations, saying,
"To end an engagement means Hannah has been bothered enough by what's come out.
I don't see how Jed gets back in her good graces after this.
Nor should he."
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