Liz Sandoz on Nick Viall: We Got Drunk and Had Sex!

The Bachelor Season 21 star Liz Sandoz opens up on tonight"s episode about how having had sex with Nick Viall is "weighing" on her.

She was also hammered apparently.

You didn"t need to read The Bachelor spoilers to know that ol" Nick has a reputation as a … guy who will readily have sex with women.

Case in point? He met Liz, 29, at Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert"s January 2016 wedding, and the two hit it off, then hit it with each other.

Why are we talking about it now?

Because Sandoz surprised the two-time Bachelorette runner-up by appearing on Monday"s season premiere to compete for his heart …

… despite having refused to give him her phone number after their fling! Nick questioned her intentions, but gave her the last rose.

"I"ve been carrying around a secret," Liz tells the camera in a clip from this evening"s episode. "I met Nick at Jade and Tanner"s wedding."

And we all know what happens at weddings …

"We had sex," Liz notes, as she did Monday. "But it"s just kind of weighing on me just because you want to be able to talk those things out."

Sandoz was the maid of honor for former Bachelor contestant Jade, while Nick scored an invite to the wedding because he"s Nick. 

Jade Roper slammed Nick for his handling of the situation, claiming that Liz did in fact try to get ahold of him after the one-night-stand.

Anyway, where do we go from here?

In the clip below, Liz chats with Christen by the pool, and opens up about the steamy rendezvous she had with the reality star.

"Like, I felt very comfortable with him, you know?" Liz tells her fellow contestant, adding the qualifier, "I was also wasted."

Not so wasted that she forgot about Nick; Viall, for his part, seemed to take a moment to remember where he"d seen her face before.

Christen, a 25-year-old virgin, was surprised by the scope of the admission. "Player say what? She sure laid it all out there."

"It"s probably nothing I want to put on the family-friendly Monday night channel, but she laid it all out there," she joked.

What will happen when she and Nick get together and rehash the events of that night? Will they even get that opportunity?

Check out the scene below:

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Jade Roper Rips Nick Viall For Liz Sandoz One-Night Stand

While The Bachelor spoilers have told us plenty about the coming season, the biggest drama so far is playing out on the air, and online:

Jade Roper Tolbert is “disappointed” with The Bachelor’s Nick Viall and his handling of a one-night stand with her maid of honor a year ago.

How so? This may require a bit of an explanation …

The background on Nick Viall and Liz Sandoz:

A contestant on Chris Soules’ season of The Bachelor, Jade made it to the hometown dates stage of the season before being eliminated.

She went on to find true love soon after, however, when she married Tanner Tolbert, a Bachelorette star she met on Bachelor in Paradise.

Nick, a two-time Bachelorette finalist and franchise mainstay, scored an invite to the wedding … then evidently scored with Jade’s MOH.

Now the star of The Bachelor, Nick met 30 eligible ladies on Monday’s premiere, one of whom was Liz, obviously cast by the producers.

Really gotta hand it to the show for that stunt.

Viall immediately recognized contestant Elizabeth “Liz” Sandoz, but when the two first came face-to-face, he couldn’t quite place why.

Then he remembered Jade and Tanner Tolbert’s January 2016 wedding, which ended with Nick and Liz getting it on after the reception.

Sources say he asked for her phone number after their steamy night together, but the maid of honor refused … only to regret that later.

Whether she truly regretted it or just sensed an opportunity after he was picked as ABC’s newest leading man is the subject of debate.

In any case, she threw her hat in the ring for another shot with Viall, who questioned her motives for being on The Bachelor season premiere.

Their exchange was the highlight of a dramatic night for viewers, and from the looks of it, Nick was far from pleased with the whole thing.

Nevertheless, he gave her the final rose that night.

As for Jade’s take on what happened?

“She had talked to me about it before she went on [the show], and I kind of tried to prep her for it and I’m proud of her for doing it,” she said.

“I feel like it’s really brave. She really did have an interest in Nick and she went there to see if there was anything and I totally support her.”

“I’ve heard a little bit [about what happened] and I know the whole situation is awkward, but I’ll say I’m a little disappointed,” Jade added.

“He could’ve gotten her number, too.”

According to Jade, talk of Nick being shot down by Liz is not the real story, or at least the whole story. Says the former Playboy model:

“She didn’t really think about him till a couple months later … [Liz] tried to invite him to charity events, but he rejected [her invitations].”

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In a blog post earlier this week, Nick addressed his surprise reunion with Sandoz, which he says he never saw coming for a second:

“When she stepped out of the limo I was in utter shock.”

According to Nick, “I had absolutely no idea that she was planning on coming, and I hadn’t spoken with her in about nine months.” 

“I was eager to speak with her and had a ton of questions.”

As to why she got the rose, despite his suspicions?

“The night of Jade and Tanner’s wedding was great, and this was a girl that I was once intrigued by when we first met.”

“I also considered the fact that Liz must have been very nervous and I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt.”

View Slideshow: 7 Girls From The Bachelor Franchise That Nick Viall Has Slept With

And so he did. Liz will court Nick for at least another week.

Says the controversial leading man of his rose recipient:

“I wanted to at least have the chance to finish that conversation with Liz before I made any drastic decisions regarding our relationship.” 

Sounds fair and reasonable. Of course, it was only week one.

Between Vanessa Grimaldi, Raven Gates, Corinne Olympios and Rachel Lindsay, Liz has her work cut out for her, through no fault of her own.

Here’s a look at all the women competing for his heart …

View Slideshow: The Bachelor Season 21 Contestants: Meet Nick’s Ladies!

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