It's not exactly a controversial statement at this point to say that Clayton Echard wasn't an especially beloved lead on The Bachelor.
But here's the thing, Clayton himself now admits:
Clayton Echard is aghast.
And he also seems pretty darn angry.
On The Bachelor Season 26, Clayton Echard ran into trouble after he slept with Gabby in a Fantasy Suite, and also slept with Rachel in a Fantasy Suite.
The Missouri native then told Susie Evans that he was in love with her, while confirming these bedroom activities with her ABC competitors and prompting Evans to react in anger.
They took a circuitous route to get here.
And they didn't make very many fans along the way.
"You sound actually ridiculous."
So said Gabby to Clayton Echard on part two of The Bachelor Season 26 finale, which aired Tuesday night on ABC.
We can now say this about Clayton Echard:
He's no longer boring.
It's looking more and more like Clayton Echard's name will go down in the annals of Bachelor history ... but for all the wrong reasons.
Fairly or otherwise, Clayton is now being mentioned alongside Peter Weber and Juan Pablo Galavis as a contender for the title of worst Bachelor in franchise history.
Kaitlyn Bristowe knows exactly what Clayton Echard is going through right now.
She, too, was once the lead of The Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise.
Clayton Echard would really like a do-over.
On Tuesday night, the Season 26 Bachelor slept with two women (Gabby and Rachel) on this annual Fantasy Suite episode of this ABC franchise.
We know you've heard it before.
We know it's rarely been accurate.
It's the most obvious opening in the history of reality television.
And, yet, it must be said:
When discussing Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor, it's impossible not to talk about Shanae Ankney.
There are some who believe Shanae is the worst villain in Bachelor history.
Clayton Echard is feeling all the feels right about now.
And also raising all sorts of questions.
Clayton Echard would really like you to reserve judgment.
Yes, you.
Who says you can't go home again... two years after a pandemic ravaged a nation and changed life as everyone knows it?
On Monday night's brand new episode of The Bachelor, Clayton Echard actually visited the families of his final four woman, going on a nationwide tour that left his heart full...
Perhaps you heard what Clayton Echard recentlyy told Entertainment Tonight about his time as The Bachelor:
"I'm in a great spot. I am happy. Ultimately, any time I can grow from an experience, if it is good or bad, I feel like it was worth it, and it was."
"I want to make a toast to a wonderful night where we can continue to build these relationships," Clayton Echard told his remaining suitors on The Bachelor Monday night.
He did so at a cocktail party in Vienna.
While Clayton Echard is having a rough time as The Bachelor, he's certainly not the first.
Memoraby, Peter Weber went from being a windmill legend to something of an infamous clown after his season.
Clayton Echard swears he's there for the right reasons.
But that hasn't stopped many things from going wrong during his run as The Bachelor.
The Bachelor may have aired an episode on Valentine's Day last night, but the latest installment of this ABC franchise didn't open with an example of true love.
Instead, it opened with Clayton Echard pulling aside the one suitor who everyone pretty much hates.
At one point during her current reign of terror, Shanae Ankney suggested that The Bachelor be re-titled "the Shanae Show."
And as much as we hate to admit it, she may have been onto something.
The Bachelor franchise has given a platform to some truly horrendous personalities over the years.
Luke Parker, "Queen" Victoria Larson, freakin' Juan Pablo ... the list goes on and on.
Serenity now?
Following last Monday's dramatic episode of The Bachelor, Clayton Echard kicked off the latest installment of this franchise by trying to find some peace and quiet.
A lot of Bachelor fans didn't know what to think when Clayton Eckhard was cast in the show's lead role.
After all, the guy didn't make it very far in Michelle Young's season, so not much was known about him.
