As predicted by The Bachelorette spoilers every season, a contestant came on the ABC dating show for … wait … the wrong reasons.
This is not surprising after 30-plus seasons, but DeMario Jackson upped the ante with the brazen nature of his motives and deception.
DeMario, a 30-year-old executive recruiter from Century City, Calif., had just finished impressing The Bachelorette star with his balling.
On the court, that is. Turns out he was balling a girl back home, though … for seven months … until days before he went on the show!
Oh yes. And Lexi, the scorned girlfriend DeMario apparently ghosted before wooing Rachel, showed up on The Bachelorette to tell him off.
It was pretty much awesome.
In an incredible scene (above, in all its glory), Lexi told Rachel that she’s dating DeMario – or was, right up until he mysteriously bailed.
There was no breakup, either. This was ghosting at its finest … dude abruptly cut off communication, then went on a reality TV show!!
Lexi says she got wind of this only when DeMario appeared on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose special following Nick Viall’s season.
In a franchise first, Rachel got to meet some of the men from her season before the premiere taped; DeMario was one of those chosen.
Suffice it to say, Lexi was pissed.
Having coordinated this with the producers ahead of time, they made sure cameras were rolling for one of the all-time Bachelor scandals.
A scorned Lexi promptly called DeMario “trash” and “a piece of s–t” … as Jackson awkwardly pretended not to know his own girlfriend.
When that lie didn’t work, he pivoted to calling her “crazy and “psycho” and alleged that it was just an on-again, off-again fling a while ago.
That didn’t pass muster either.
Lexi showed Rachel Lindsay some text messages on her phone that proved DeMario was indeed with Lexi right before filming began.
Pressed to explain the nature of their relationship, he asked to talk about this off camera (request denied) then squirmed … and squirmed.
It was cringe-worthy to watch.
Eventually, he conceded that he had “sexual intercourse” with Lexi, after which Rachel kicked him to the curb in demonstrative fashion.
“You don’t make sense right now,” The Bachelorette star told DeMario. “I don’t know her, but to be honest, I don’t know you either.”
When he said he wanted to be there, she responded, “I believe you want to be here … I just don’t think you want to be here for me.”
“So let me tell you something.”
“I’m not here to be played,” she said. “I’m not here to be made a joke of, which is what I feel like you’re doing right now with me.”
“So I’m really going to need you to get the f–k out. I don’t like being f–king embarrassed, like, I can’t even look at you right now.”
DAMMMMMMMMMMMMN!!
DeMario got the message and sheepishly departed, only to return to the mansion and ask security to speak with her later that night.
The other men recoiled at this.
Upset that anyone would pull such a stunt on two women, and take away screen time from them for that matter, they were all livid.
Jackson, one Bachelorette suitor said, is about to “get his ass whooped” if he tries to show his face in the Bachelor house again.
Will that happen, though?
Next week, we’ll witness the resumption of this incident and see exactly what he had to say, but expect a lot of chest-puffing and bleeping.
