Daisy Kent Explains Decision To Break Up With Joey Graziadei

Daisy Kent and Joey Graziadei/Credit: ABC YouTube

Viewers were promised an “unprecedented” ending for Season 28 of The Bachelor, but nobody expected Daisy Kent to end her relationship with Joey Graziadei and leave the show. Keep reading for more on Daisy’s reasoning behind the breakup.

Bachelor Season 28 Ends Dramatically

Every season, the Bachelor host teases it will be the “most dramatic season” of them all. That usually fails to live up to viewers’ expectations. However, the Season 28 finale exceeded expectations in the drama department. In a Bachelor Nation first, the final two women arrived at the final rose ceremony together.

Daisy Kent was there to tell Joey Graziadei that she knew he wasn’t going to choose her. Kelsey Anderson was there to hopefully get engaged, which she did. Click here for all the details on her stunning ring.

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Daisy Kent and Joey Graziadei/Credit: ABC YouTube

Many fans considered Daisy the front-runner and the perfect match for Joey. However, she knew in her heart that she wasn’t the one for him. She went to Kelsey first to discuss the matter.

“There was something missing between me and Joey,” Daisy confessed to the other finalist (via PEOPLE magazine.) When it came time to break up with Joey, she bluntly told him, “The last couple days, I realized that, you know, you’re not my person and I know that you know I’m not.”

Daisy Kent Explains Decision To Break Up With Joey Graziadei

Daisy Kent isn’t the first contestant to leave in the season finale. Clayton Echard tried to give his final rose to Susie Evans, but she turned it down. The two did briefly reconcile and dated for a few months.

Daisy Kent and Joey Graziadei obviously won’t reconcile since he’s now engaged to someone else. She shared more insight about her decision during the After The Final Rose special. She revealed when she first began to suspect that Joey’s feelings for Kelsey were strong. “I first realized when we were at the last rose ceremony when Rachel left and it was me, you and Kelsey together,” Daisy recounted.

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Rachel Nance, Daisy Kent, and Kelsey Anderson/Credit: ABC YouTube

She added that she tried to “repress” her suspicions and push them aside. However, the feelings came back. “There was a moment when we were throwing the stones in the fire and I was like, oh, he can’t like, he can’t picture past this with me,” Daisy revealed.

As “gut-wrenching” as the decision to leave was, she knew it was the right one. Daisy said that watching the finale play out on screen was “validating” what she thought she was seeing between Kelsey and Joey.

Do you think Daisy made the right choice to break up with Joey? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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  1. Daisy was not the best fit for Joey…she is an alpha and Joey and Kelce are beta and the 2 betas will work better together. Daisy is too head strong and would not have been happy with a weaker mind in joey

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