Charity Lawson is gearing up for her season of The Bachelorette, which premieres connected June 26! “I’m grateful,” she told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY. “Truly grateful. I’m blessed with however the play went. It’s going to beryllium a crazy, brainsick ride, but I deliberation it volition beryllium truly interesting, to accidental the least.” While Charity admitted that this won’t beryllium the “most dramatic” play we’ve ever seen, she did tease that determination volition beryllium “some melodramatic elements,” and confirmed that she’s “happy” present that each is said and done.
Charity was a contestant on Zach Shallcross‘ play of The Bachelor earlier this year. She was sent home during hometown dates. The 27-year-old has fond memories of her clip with Zach, and said that she took notes from however helium handled things connected his season erstwhile she went into filming The Bachelorette.

“Seeing however Zach navigated antithetic conversations and was ever consenting to beryllium susceptible and open, that truly paid disconnected successful the agelong tally for america arsenic the contestants due to the fact that it allowed america to unfastened up,” Charity explained. “That’s thing I don’t adjacent deliberation I had to archer myself going into it due to the fact that that’s conscionable who I americium arsenic a person. So I wanted to enactment existent to that and not shy distant from showcasing my emotions and having susceptible conversations.”
While Charity didn’t get to speech to Zach to get immoderate proposal earlier she filmed, she did drawback up with him since returning home. Zach is presently engaged to Kaity Biggar, his last prime from The Bachelor. “I person truthful overmuch respect for Zach,” Charity gushed. “He’s a large guy. He wishes maine the champion and is, of course, ever rooting for me. And likewise — aforesaid for maine for him.”

After ending things with Zach, Charity came into The Bachelorette knowing precisely what she wanted successful a partner. “I decidedly wanted idiosyncratic who was confident, not excessively cocky, which is simply a precise bladed enactment to cross,” she admitted. “So idiosyncratic who was assured and unafraid successful themselves. A bully consciousness of wit — I emotion to laughter and beryllium goofy and authentic. But besides idiosyncratic who is truly compassionate astatine heart. So I paid attraction a batch to however they interacted, not conscionable with me, but with everyone other astir them, similar the guys successful the house, arsenic well.”
When it came to non-negotiables, Charity said she was open-minded. “We didn’t truly dive into talking astir touchy conversations similar governmental parties oregon thing similar that,” she shared. “That wasn’t ever thing that was going to beryllium an eventual deal-breaker. But if those conversations did ever travel up, I would code them and speech in-depth astir them. [What I wanted] ne'er changed for maine passim the season, which was refreshing and I deliberation a motion that I was not wavering. I was present for a purpose.”
Viewers volition get to spot overmuch much of Charity connected the show, arsenic well, and that volition see a broadside of her that we didn’t get to spot on The Bachelor. “I deliberation there’s a large misconception that Charity Lawson has nary personality. I volition beryllium the archetypal to archer you that I bash and you volition spot each of that this season,” she dished. “I cannot hold for that. I decidedly person a consciousness of wit and I tin beryllium sassy, which is bully erstwhile necessary. You’ll conscionable spot maine beryllium a batch much open.”
The Bachelorette airs Mondays astatine 9:00 p.m. connected ABC.
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