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'The Bachelor' Season 26: Cast labels Shanae as 'budget-a** Meryl Streep' at tell-all

While the cast went for Shanae's throat, fans called out the network for not addressing her ableism

One thing is certain -- Clayton Echard's season of 'The Bachelor' packed in all the drama it possibly could. With the fantasy suite dates coming up, Clayton certainly has his hands full, seeing that he has to face the music at the Women Tell-All first, and these ladies have A LOT to say.

With Rachel, Susie and Gabby making it to the top three, it looks like the drama there is far from over as well. But first, the Women Tell-All aims to address all the fights that went down this season, and at the heart of all of those is Shanae. 

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The tell-all began with all the women wasting no time in calling Shanae 'budget-a** Meryl Streep' and demanded that she call them a 'b*tch' to their faces, seeing that she had been doing so a lot behind their backs. Jesse finally gave Shanae a chance to speak uninterrupted. She explained that she joined the show after being single for five years and was finally in a good place and decided to sign up for the show. However, when it came to her actions on the show, Shanae had little to no remorse about it.

Fans called her out on her behavior. "Shanae is just in denial trying to protect herself. She'll never dig herself out of the hole she made FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. This hole is too big #thebachelor," tweeted one fan. "#WomenTellAll #TheBachelor Hey #Shanae, how were the women fake? They all hated you and they were all honest about it so how are they fake? You're a monster," added another. 

However, fans also found it ridiculous that everyone kept ganging up on her, not giving Shanae a single chance to redeem herself. 
"They really didn't have to come this hard for Shanae- we already dislike her so don't make us feel sorry for her  #TheBachelor #WTA #WomenTellAll," tweeted a fan. "Holding Shanae accountable for ableism is one thing. Yelling at her because she "lied to her future husband" is… a choice. #TheBachelor #WomenTellAll" agreed another. "Big missed opportunity for ABC to to unequivocally condemn Shanae's treatment of neurodivergent people, and I'm SURE the other women brought it up, but for some reason ABC cut it out. #TheBachelor," added a fan. 

In order to give everyone a fair chance, Jesse had Shanae and Genevieve join him on the couch to address what went down on their date.  Seeing that everyone was accusing her of being an actress, Shanae said that Genevieve allegedly hooked up with Aaron Clancy from Katie Thurston's season. Genevieve denied the claims and even the women noted that Genevieve did not need to defend herself. Genevieve, however, did expose that Shanae had slid into his DMs. The women continued to argue until Shanae was given one final chance to address them all and the audience. However, she had no remorse for her actions. It looks like she will forever go down as the Season 26 villain.

Catch 'The Bachelor' Season 26 on ABC on Mondays, at 8 pm EST.

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