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He claims he got the villain edit.
Clayton Echard felt he was “portrayed” unfairly during his season of “The Bachelor.”
“Watching [my season] back, I was embarrassed and disgusted by my actions and the way I was portrayed or seen on TV,” Echard – who was one of the least popular leads in recent years – told The Virginian-Pilot on Sunday.
He continued, “Ultimately, I had to live with the fact that my narrative is what was shown. And that was hard because that’s not really who I am.
“I don’t feel that what I was on the show is who I truthfully am but I did those things, I became that person.”
The reality TV star, 29, called his season “a train wreck” and added that he was “shocked” that “drama was prioritized over the love story.”
During the infamous “Fantasy Suite” episode, Echard told his three finalists – Susie Evans, Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia – that he was in love with each of them.
However, when he revealed to Evans that he had slept with the other two women, she left the show.
Distraught by her departure, the former NFL player then broke up with Windey and Recchia, who are co-leads on this season’s “The Bachelorette.”
Evans and Echard rekindled their romance and went public with their relationship during the show’s reunion, “After the Final Rose.”
Echard hasn’t been the only “Bachelor” to criticize the production of the show.
Matt James, who was the “Bachelor” in 2021, also accused producers of cutting out important conversations about race.
The first black lead claimed the franchise did not make a “concerted effort to take part in that conversation” even though he and the contestants were.
“That opportunity was lost because everyone was afraid and sitting on their hands,” he told the Los Angeles Times in June. “I understand it, but that’s the kind of thing that happens when you bring people of color into your space. If they’re not willing to have that conversation, they should strongly consider not going there in the first place.”
“When that didn’t come across on the show, it looked like I lacked substance, I lacked depth,” he continued. “We had the opportunity to have those tough conversations, but the show missed the mark.”
“The Bachelorette” airs Mondays on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.
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