51�Թ�

While the “Traitors” cast showed reverence and fear for players like “Survivor’s” infamous “Boston” Rob Mariano, or the professionally scathing Dorinda Medley from “Real Housewives of New York,” they forgot that Windey became an icon in the “Bachelor” universe after rejecting Clayton Echard’s offer to walk her out post-dumping — then co-leading on “The Bachelorette” — then dumping her fiancée and coming out as a lesbian later on “The View.”

Clayton Echard was involved in a paternity battle last year.

Controversial star Clayton Echard ends his controversial search for true love and ‘The Bachelor’ finds two new Bachelorettes.

Still, the struggles with inclusion have continued, with Black finalists from Young’s season passed over as the next Bachelor for former football player Clayton Echard — a move that infuriated many Black fans.

In the latest season of “The Bachelor,” Clayton Echard, the show’s 26th lead, said after a late-night rendezvous with a hopeful suitress, “If I ever need validation to know that this process works, I’m seeing it unfold before me.”