Carolina Quixano‘s drama with her fellow The Bachelor season 29 contestants continues during an upcoming group date with Grant Ellis, teased in a preview clip obtained by Us Weekly.
Grant, 31, and his final five contestants were in Scotland, where they donned traditional kilts in the Monday, February 24, episode.
“Another exciting day in Edinburgh, Scotland. Kilts everywhere and this is the last group date before hometowns. So, the stakes are high,” Grant explained in a confessional.
Despite the other women seemingly enjoying their date with Grant, Carolina, 29, seemed more detached.
“It’s definitely hard to see other people’s connections with Grant right in my face,” Carolina complained in a confessional. “I don’t want to be asking for validation, and, ‘Please tell me that you want me here.’”
As the Puerto Rico native sat alone at a table, Grant took notice of her downcast mood, much to the consternation of the other contestants on the date.
“Carolina, like, could not show more disdain for being on this group date,” Dina Lupancu told producers as Grant asked Carolina, “What’s going on?”
When Carolina and Grant walked away to have a talk, Sarafiena Watkins confessed, “I’m definitely a little annoyed. To have someone that’s so negative still getting time is definitely hard.”
“I’m not playing damsel in distress, so it didn’t make sense for him to pull me aside, right?” Zoe McGrady snarked. “It’s the Carolina show, yet again.”
Carolina’s behavior caused a stir among her fellow contestants on the Monday, February 17, episode of The Bachelor. She got called out for not seeming appreciative enough of the time she’d got to spend with Grant, despite having a romantic one-on-one date in Las Vegas and a group date as well.
The public relations producer said she liked Grant but couldn’t picture herself getting engaged to him after not getting to know him well enough. That set off Juliana Pasquarosa, who claimed Carolina didn’t seem “grateful” about spending time with Grant and questioned why she was still in the competition if she wasn’t focused on building a future with the day trader.
“Usually, I stay in my lane, but something has to be said,” Juliana, 28, said in a confessional. “How the hell can you sit there and be so unappreciative when there’s people like me that have not gotten a single one-on-one date or a single group-date rose.”
Juliana ended up taking Carolina aside to let her know that grumbling about not spending enough time with Grant wasn’t going to go over well with other contestants.
Sure enough, the rest of the ladies confronted Carolina at the pre-rose ceremony cocktail party about where she stood with Grant, causing the contestant to break down in tears while trying to defend herself.
Grant asked to speak with Juliana about what happened on the group date with Carolina. Juliana told him that Carolina came off “ungrateful and unhappy” after her one-on-one date with Grant.
The former basketball player then asked Carolina how she felt about their date and was wary that she was questioning their relationship. Carolina told him that it was “frustrating” for the girls to question her. She said she thought it was normal to have doubts so early on in the process. Ultimately, Grant kept both Carolina and Juliana.
Carolina later clapped back at fans who were critical of how she questioned her relationship with Grant.
“God forbid you’re not sure about a man you’ve been on one date with,” she captioned an Instagram Story clip from the episode on February 17, which showed her being confronted by her fellow contestants.
Carolina also shared Story posts showing support from viewers on social media. “Why are the other girls acting like it’s crazy that Carolina isn’t head over heels for Grant on week 4,” one fan wrote via X, while another added, “Wait, why are we shocked that the entire day becomes about Carolina when all of the girls have put so much energy into disliking her, talking about her and starting drama with her?”
