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Did Leslie sabotage Joey Graziadei and Kelsey A's relationship? 'Golden Bachelor' alum sparks doubt in 'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant

'Golden Bachelor' alum Leslie advised 'The Bachelor' contestant Kelsey A to have a backup plan

TULUM, MEXICO: The 'Golden Bachelor' alum Leslie Fhima recently made a guest appearance on 'The Bachelor' Season 28's Fantasy Suite episode to share her advice with contestant Kelsey A.

However, Leslie's advice sparked doubts about her connection instead of encouraging her to pursue her romance with Joey Graziadei.

During the episode, Leslie warned Kelsey to "be completely organic" and told her not to let anything come into her head.

She then recalled her own Fantasy Suite experience with Gerry Turner and shared, "I wish I wouldn't have felt so confident because then I was devastated, very sad." Leslie added, "Because I was really in love with him and I would not wish that on my worst enemy, that feeling I had where I was confident and then that was it."

The ABC show alum further noted, "And I would say, just always have something in the back of your head that you might not be it."

Leslie's statement left Kelsey "totally freaking out and terrified." Kelsey was worried about her place in Joey's life and sent a 'we need to talk' note to him. She admitted in the confessional, "I would rather leave now than have my heart completely broken."

However, viewers called out Leslie for sabotaging Joey and Kelsey's connection with her advice.

A furious viewer shared, "Leslie, just because Gerry hurt you does not mean you have to sabotage Kelsey’s feelings with Joey. I did not like her advice at her. That made me upset. At least I respect both Susan and Sandra’s advice." Another person added, "Leslie is one of those women that is like “Well if I’m not happy, no one else can be” and tells other women why their relationships are gonna fail."

Another critic noted, "Leslie put her insecurities on to Kelsey when they spoke. How dare Leslie put that into Kelsey's head, because she was over confident about Gerry & got dumped. Leslie is not a nice woman. You should have picked someone else to speak to Kelsey." Another X user said, "Wow Leslie should have kept her mouth shut. She has ruined Kelsey’s last couple of days. She got into her head with negativity."

Another internet user penned, "Leslie gave terrible advice. Shame on her! That was pure evil!!! Kelsey should tell her to shut the F**p!!!" Another social media user wrote, "Leslie just had to put the doubt in Kelsey’s mind." Another person tweeted, "Leslie needs to apologize to Kelsey ASAP!! She literally induced all that self doubt and negativity in her because Leslie didn’t get what she wanted so she treated Kelsey like “if she can’t have him, no one can/can be happy” attitude. UGH!"

'The Bachelor' Season 28 star Joey Graziadei tearfully reflects on his 'worst nightmare'

Joey Graziadei has fallen in love with Kelsey A but was sadly left in tears after she sent him the mystery note.

Before the drama, Joey and Kelsey spent a romantic night in the Fantasy Suite and cooked breakfast together the next morning. Kelsey claimed that she was 'genuinely' happy.

Joey had similar feelings and noted, "It just feels good to wake up this morning and look at you and say confidently that I am falling in love with you."

Joey told Kelsey, "And I know it’s going to continue to build. And I’m leaving very confident in everything that we had from yesterday and last night."

However, the romance soon fizzled out after he went on a date with Daisy Kent leaving Kelsey worrying about her future. After Joey received Kelsey's note, he broke down in tears and admitted, "I'm so done with this."

He tearfully added, "This is like, my worst nightmare coming true. I’m over giving everything I can and feeling like they’re not choosing me."

Will Kelsey A leave 'The Bachelor' Season 28?

'The Bachelor' Season 28 star Kelsey A sparked self-elimination speculation after she sent the mystery note to Joey.

The latest episode concluded with a dramatic cliffhanger leaving the viewers wondering what Kelsey needed to talk to Joey ahead of the final rose ceremony. However, Kelsey has been speculated to be Joey's final two women so it is safe to say that she would not leave the ABC show until the finale.

Meanwhile, Joey was seemingly smitten with Kelsey and claimed in the confessional, "I know there’s a real love that's building between Kelsey and I 'cause I feel it, but I just don’t know yet if Kelsey feels the same way about me as I feel about her."

'The Bachelor' Season 28 airs new episodes every Monday at 8 pm ET on ABC. Further, it is available for streaming on Hulu the following day.