Aaron Clancy Reacts To Shanae’s Accusation About Him & Genevieve
During The Bachelor Women Tell All, Shanae Ankney accused Genevieve Parisi of sleeping with Aaron Clancy, from Katie Thurston's Bachelorette season.
During The Bachelor season 26 "The Women Tell All" episode, Shanae Ankney accused Genevieve Parisi of sleeping with Aaron Clancy from Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette, which prompted him to respond to the accusation. Shanae and Genevieve were enemies throughout the whole season as they competed for Clayton's affection. They constantly argued as Shanae's villainous antics disgusted Genevieve. During the infamous "Shrimpgate" scandal, in which Shanae claimed that Elizabeth and the other women ignored her when she offered them shrimp that she had cooked, Genevieve was enraged by Shanae's behavior. The tension between the two women inevitably led Clayton to invite them on a two-on-one date. During the date, Shanae told Clayton that Genevieve had said that she wanted to leave. Clayton then offended Genevieve by asking her if she was an actress. Despite this, Clayton chose Genevieve and finally sent Shanae home. However, a few weeks later, Clayton and Genevieve mutually agreed that their relationship was not progressing, and she left.
At "The Women Tell All," Shanae and Genevieve shared the hot seat as the two rivals discussed their tumultuous relationship. Shanae revealed that when she left the show, she was "grieving" her relationship with Clayton and not eating or sleeping, unlike Genevieve whom she claimed went home and slept with Aaron. Genevieve called the accusation "mind-blowing," explaining that she met Aaron at a bar and did not even kiss him. Genevieve then turned the tables on Shanae, saying that it was Shanae who had been messaging Aaron and that she had the screenshots to prove it. Shanae said that all that she did was like his posts. Genevieve told Shanae that Aaron thinks she is crazy, and she should stop messaging him.
In an Instagram Story post, Aaron responded to Shanae's accusations. Aaron is known for being very upfront with his opinions and susceptible to being sucked into drama, to the point that some people on The Bachelorette and Bachelor In Paradise found him to be confrontational. However, he seemed to not take Shanae's antics too seriously. Aaron began his story with a video explaining that he had been watching The Batman and was catching up on "The Women Tell All" episode, which might have indicated that he was not too invested in the situation. He then said with a laugh, "What the [expletive] am I even watching? This is literally so [expletive] stupid."
Aaron continued with another story in which he said that there were two things that he wanted to share that were facts because, "that's all your boy does - spit facts." He again downplayed the situation by saying that the first thing was that The Batman was pretty good, showing that he was not that interested in the situation. The second thing was, "You should have just kept talking about shrimp. It was honestly less stupid." Aaron was referring to "Shrimpgate" from this season of The Bachelor. Aaron then posted a TikTok video in which he jokingly lip-synched the lines, "Is it me? Am I the drama? I don't think I'm the drama. Maybe I am."
The fact that Aaron is joking about Shanae's accusation that he slept with Genevieve, rather than becoming upset or angry about it as he has on past shows, is an indication that the claim might be entirely fabricated. Although he did not explicitly deny it, it seems as though it is untrue because of his reaction. Aaron is being a good sport about it, perhaps for Genevieve's sake. It is one more reason that this season's "The Women Tell All" was the most dramatic episode ever.
The Bachelor airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.
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