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'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Sydney Gordon slammed as she accuses Maria Georgas of creating 'hostile environment'

'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Sydney Gordon accused Maria Georga of manipulating Joey Graziadei

AGOURA HILLS, CALIFORNIA: 'The Bachelor' Season 28 contestant Sydney Gordon accused Maria Georgas of creating a 'hostile' environment. Sydney also called out Maria for bullying her after Madina Alam confronted Joey Graziadei's suitor over a "condescending" comment about her age. Sydney admitted in the confessional, "I don’t like Maria and unfortunately, I’m associated with this drama, but, like, I am not the drama."

She added, "I am not the person that’s the mean girl." After claiming she was "not one to tattle," Sydney reached out to Joey during the pool party to inform him about Maria. Sydney claimed to Joey that after his conversation about "bullying," Maria immediately started attacking Madina. However, Sydney also alleged that she became Maria's target after she told Maria to back off.

She claimed, "She verbally attacked me. She called me embarrassing, weird, and dumb." Sydney also accused Maria of creating a "hostile" environment. After her conversation with Joey, she shared with other contestants that she told Joey about "how Maria since she's got here it just seems like she wants to just try to eat me alive, truly."

She went on to say, "She's a mean girl. She's scrounging to find something to make me look bad. I just hope that Joey really like realizes she deserves to go home." Meanwhile, the viewers called out Sydney for presenting herself as a "victim" in front of Joey.

A social media user wrote, "I have disliked a lot of cast members on past seasons of The Bachelor but I have NEVER wanted to punch someone through my TV screen as much as I want to punch Sydney. What a psychopath." Another person added, "'verbally attacked me' "hostile environment" BE SO FOR REAL!" 

Another critic noted, "Sydney making up complete lies and using HR language like 'hostile environment.'" Another internet user penned, "These bullying "victims" cause the "hostile environment" because they make their issue everyone's issue." Another viewer tweeted, "Sydney is making me want to stop watching this show. my brain can’t wrap around her logic."

Another X user stated, "See the thing is Sydney sees this as a competition of who’s the better girl and she’s just here to cause drama, she doesnt even care about joey its so fcking obvious." Another critic noted, "Sydney you are the worst type of person."

Maria Georgas breaks down after Joey Graziadei confronts her

Joey Graziadei pulled out Maria Georgas for a conversation after Sydney Gordon tattled about her. Joey confronted Maria and said, "I heard something that was pretty alarming and for me, I always want to hear both sides of the story." He added, "I'm never one that's quick to judge about anything."

'The Bachelor' Season 28 star elaborated, But what I was hearing was the words "verbally abusive, hostile environment," feeling like she couldn't share how she was feeling. And as soon as someone spoke up, you were attacking them and were cruising out some of the other women." However, Maria broke down in tears after Joey asked if the accusations were true.

She tearfully debunked the accusations and explained her side of the story. She also claimed, "I think Sydney is just giving you these accusations without any explanations as to why she's feeling this way." Maria's words made Joey realize that he needed to ask more questions to Sydney to get more clarification about her accusations.

Sydney Gordon accuses Maria Georgas of 'manipulation'

During the latest episode, Sydney Gordon accused Maria Georgas of "manipulating" 'The Bachelor' Season 28 star Joey Graziadei. After her conversation with Joey, Maria told Sydney, "He was really confused when him and I talked, so I don't think you gave him any answers, as well as not giving me any answers."

However, Sydney responded, "This is where we have manipulation, guys." She admitted in the confessional, "I don't know what she wants from me. Does she want me to give her my limb? Does she want me to cut off a limb? Would that make her happy?"

Meanwhile, during the rose ceremony, Sydney claimed, "If I did not get a rose tonight, I think that it definitely would be because Maria's manipulation worked." She added, "But I trust Joey and his judgement at this point and I have a really good feeling he's gonna make the right decision today."

Although Sydney wanted Maria to be eliminated during the rose ceremony but both contestants advanced to the next round.

New episodes of 'The Bachelor' Season 28 airs every Monday 8 pm ET on ABC.