‘Bachelor In Paradise’: Eliza Reveals Where She Stands With Justin & Rodney After Breakups (Exclusive)

Eliza Isichei was progressive successful 1 of the biggest love triangles connected play 8 of Bachelor successful Paradise. It ended with her giving her roseate to Rodney Mathews over Justin Glaze, lone to dump Rodney the pursuing time and permission the formation to prosecute Justin. At that point, though, it was excessively late, and Justin didn’t want to beryllium her 2nd choice, truthful Eliza near the amusement arsenic a azygous woman.

“I did scope retired to Rodney erstwhile I got backmost [from filming],” Eliza told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “I person truthful overmuch respect for him, truthful I did scope retired and apologize for however everything went down. I told him it wasn’t idiosyncratic and told him I anticipation he’s doing well. That was the past speech we had, but for [filming the BIP reunion). The aforesaid goes for Justin.”

Eliza and Justin astatine a cocktail party. (ABC)

Needless to say, Paradise was a pugnacious spell for Eliza, but she doesn’t look backmost with regrets. “Overall, it was a lesson,” she admitted. “It was an acquisition and it was maturation for me. I deliberation I handled it the champion that I could. lt was decidedly truthful affectional and it was truly hard for me. I deliberation I truly did my best.”

Eliza was 1 of 5 women to travel connected the amusement during divided week, which was erstwhile the archetypal couples were separated into 2 abstracted locations of guys and girls. The divided happened earlier the 3rd roseate ceremony. Eliza and Rodney formed a transportation and helium dumped Lace Morris to prosecute her. Things were going large until Justin, who had antecedently been eliminated, returned to the beach with the volition of gathering Eliza.

Eliza and Rodney astatine a roseate ceremony. (ABC)

When Justin asked Eliza connected the date, Rodney encouraged her to spell successful bid to research her options. However, she admittedly wanted him to combat for her and archer her NOT to go, which is erstwhile she started questioning their relationship. On the show, she admitted that the remainder of the cast’s affirmative opinions connected Rodney were portion of what pressured her to take him implicit Justin astatine first, but successful the end, her gut said differently.

“I conscionable felt truthful blindsided [by Rodney],” Eliza told us. “I felt similar we started truthful beardown and past having that 1 conversation, I wanted him to combat for maine a small bit. Not [tell me] that I couldn’t spell connected the date, but conscionable beryllium like, ‘I don’t privation you to.’ I deliberation that benignant of derailed america a small bit. In the end, I had feelings for some and I conscionable consciousness similar I had stronger feelings for Justin successful that moment.”