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Zoe McGrady Recalls Panic Attack During Fantasy Suites, Says Producers Excluded Her from 'Women Tell All'

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

After being "intentionally rejected from every podcast interview," Zoe McGrady finally gets to speak her truth. Zoe joins Stefanie and shares what really happened during her time on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise, why she feels producers purposely excluded her from the Women Tell All, and the moment that "traumatized" her during Fantasy Suites. Plus, there wasn't a coin flip during Grant's season — but there was a pros & cons list? Do not miss this one. Follow @shesallbach on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, and be sure to subscribe to She's All Bach podcast on any platform including Apple (http://tinyurl.com/shesallbachapple) and Spotify (http://tinyurl.com/shesallbachspotify) to ensure you never miss an episode.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to She's All Batch.

0:09.7

I'm Stephanie, and today we have a very exciting guest for you.

0:14.0

We have Zoe McGrady.

0:15.8

She is from Grant Season of The Bachelor and also the most recent season of Bachelor in Paradise.

0:21.0

Zoe, welcome to Shees-All Batch.

0:23.0

Thank you for having me.

0:24.2

I'm very excited to talk to you about your experience on Grant's season.

0:27.8

I know you've been very vocal about it.

0:30.1

As a whole, how would you describe your overall experience?

0:35.0

The answer that no one wants to hear, I mean, it was actually like a very

0:38.6

traumatic experience for me for like a number of reasons. I don't think I quite understood

0:43.7

what I was getting myself into. Like I don't really watch reality TV. I certainly didn't watch The

0:47.9

Bachelor. And then I think as we saw like on the TV, which like wasn't anywhere close to the actual

0:53.1

reality, but there was a lot of like tumultuous with the women. And then, you know, I didn't have the best experience, like, with him or, like, the traditional experience to have made it to top three. And I think a lot of it was cut out, so it was like I had this horrible experience in the house, I think, just being misunderstood and some, like, I would

1:11.5

describe mean girl behavior. A bachelor who we now know, like, was absolutely not looking for a wife

1:16.8

and, like, being in my, like, back in, like, little me era, like, trying to prove myself to a man

1:23.5

because, like, he obviously wasn't being authentic himself. and then to come off the back of that and

1:30.0

just kind of be gaslit by the edit constantly was just not the best experience and as people

1:36.1

know and like anyone that knows me I've been through a hell of a lot in my life and it was just a very

1:40.8

very weird experience for me. I'm so sorry that you went through that. When you say

1:44.9

that you were gaslit by the edit, what really happened versus what we were shown on TV?

1:51.0

Yeah. And I think I can talk about a lot of this now because I've talked about it before,

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