Jenn Tran Reacts to ‘The Bachelorette’ Happening Pause Forward of Season 22 (Unique)

Jenn Tran is sharing her ideas on the delay of season 22 of The Bachelorette.

In an unique interview with PEOPLE at a taping of Kelly Mi Li’s Stir the Pot, Tran reacted to the information that The Bachelorette wouldn’t be returning for its regular summer season premiere this yr. Because the lead in season 21 of the longstanding courting present, she says she additionally has some theories as to why the change was made.

“It was a shock to me,” she notes. “The franchise has been occurring for therefore lengthy. Typically you hear issues like why [shows go on pause]. I do not know why and what is going on on there. I actually do not know.”

“The Bachelorette does often air in the summertime when persons are touring — I heard that it would not do in addition to The Bachelor, which airs within the fall, the place persons are dwelling and able to watch TV,” she provides. “So possibly it’s going to give an opportunity for the following Bachelorette to air at a time the place there’s extra visibility. That might be good.”

Followers have been caught off guard after Deadline reported earlier this month that the franchise was “pausing” manufacturing, which generally begins in late winter or early spring. Days later, host Jesse Palmer clarified that there was nothing to fret about, however he was additionally a “little bit bummed” by the information.

“The excellent news is I do know it’s not going away. I do know it’s undoubtedly coming again,” he mentioned on a Feb. 11 episode of the Enjoying the Discipline podcast. “With out having the ability to get into an excessive amount of of the artistic choices on it, I do know that when it does [return], I simply suppose it’s going to be completely great.”

He famous that it’s “not unprecedented for The Bachelorette to not air in the summertime,” and promised that “as soon as it does come again, I do know Bachelor Nation will likely be actually excited.”

There have been a couple of seasons of The Bachelorette that didn’t comply with the standard summer season schedule up to now. In 2020, throughout the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, season 16 didn’t air till late October that yr. Season 18 additionally aired in October.

The present additionally went on a hiatus from 2006 till 2007, which was the one time the community didn’t air a season of The Bachelorette since its inception in 2003. 

Tran’s season got here to a conclusion in September 2024 with an explosive After the Remaining Rose episode by which she revealed that she and winner Devin Strader had damaged up. On the time, she claimed their dynamic modified virtually instantly after filming the finale.

“As quickly as we had left Hawai’i, issues have been simply totally different,” she mentioned throughout the After the Remaining Rose particular. “It sort of simply felt like he was pulling away all the guarantees that he had made to me — wanting to maneuver someplace collectively, and eager to have this future deliberate out, and eager to see one another on a regular basis.”

Jenn defined that she stopped receiving calls and texts from Devin, and grew “confused.” Then, one evening, she bought a name from her then fiancé.

“He known as me, and he mainly broke off the engagement,” she defined. “[He said] he did not love me anymore, really feel the identical means and felt like one thing had been off because the second factor he proposed. He regretted getting engaged.”

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The Bachelorette is now obtainable to stream on Hulu.