An Ambulance Is Called And Katie Thurston Threatens To Quit In Season 17 Preview Of тАШThe BacheloretteтАЩ
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тАЬThe BacheloretteтАЭ 2021 will feature mud wrestling, tears and plenty of drama, according to a sneak preview.
тАЬIтАЩm done, IтАЩm done, IтАЩm done. Someone book my flight home,тАЭ declares new Bachelorette Katie Thurston during one tense moment.
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Elsewhere in the upcoming season, a game of Bash Ball goes too far, leaving one contestant hospital bound in a speeding ambulance.
Thurston, a former bank marketing manager, first appeared on the тАЬBachelorтАЭ during Matt JamesтАЩ season.
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Season 17 of the reality dating series also marks the first time in franchise history that Chris Harrison will not be the host, after тАЬstepping backтАЭ following his controversial defence of contestant Rachael KirkconnellтАЩs racially insensitive past.
During a recent chat, ET CanadaтАЩs Sangita Patel got ThurstonтАЩs thoughts on the situation ahead of her season premiere.
тАЬThatтАЩs really a decision between him and the franchise,тАЭ the 30-year-old said of HarrisonтАЩs potential return. тАЬI can only speak to what I experienced with Kaitlyn [Bristowe] and Tayshia [Adams] and it worked really well for me.тАЭ
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ThurstonтАЩs mentors тАФ both former Bachelorettes тАФ helped guide her through her adventure.
тАЬThey told me to surrender to the process, let go of control, and that was the hardest thing I did,тАЭ Thurston admitted. тАЬOnce I did, thatтАЩs when the good stuff starts to happen.тАЭ