While she quickly fell for Dale Moss, Blake was smitten with the Bachelor Winter Games alum, whom he admitted to reaching out to via Instagram before the cameras started rolling.
It was easy to just be like, ‘OK, fair enough,’” Blake told Us Weekly in December 2020 about Clare leaving early.
After Tayshia arrived at the Palm Springs, California, resort to take over, Blake stuck around and started to fall for her too.
Former Bachelor Nick Viall, who filmed a guest spot on Katie’s third episode, told Us that Katie spoke to him about Blake during his visit, even though footage of him won’t air until week 4.
They didn’t use it, but it was filmed,” Nick said on Us’ “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast on June 22, noting that there’s “so many moving pieces” on The Bachelorette and too much to cover from the group date to introduce Blake just yet.
“I was a little shocked! But in a good way,” Tayshia told Us in June.