'The Bachelorette' fans accuse Joey Graziadei of using granddad's letter as 'automatic pass' to hometowns: 'Super tacky'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'The Bachelorette' Season 20 contestant Joey Graziadei has impressed everyone with his sweet gestures. After scoring the "longest kiss in Bachelor Nation history" with Charity Lawson, Joey is off to set another benchmark. In Monday, July 10 episode of ABC's 'The Bachelorette' Season 20, we saw Joey bringing his grandfather's letters on the date.

Even though this was a heartwarming gesture, it seems to have done the opposite effect on the viewers. Where fans were meant to be taken away by Joey's sweetness as he brought his grandparent's letters on the table, many called it out to be "tacky." Moreover, some slammed the gesture, saying it was an attempt to move ahead in the show.

'Playing dead grandparent card is an automatic pass to hometowns'

Is Joey trying hard to move ahead in the show? Seeing him bring on the emotional side on the screen with his grandfather's letters, a fan tweeted, "Joey brings letters from his dead grampa to #TheBachelorette? Super tacky! But playing the ailing/dead grandparent card is an automatic pass to hometowns." Another slammed, "not joey’s grandpa letters." One fan wrote, "Joey showing the letters from his grandpa. I can’t." Seeing Joey bring the letters made one fan said, "Joey is getting the bachelor edit."

'Joey gives such a puppy'

Despite being slammed, Joey managed to gain a huge fan following on social media. A fan tweeted, "Joey gives such a puppy." Seeing his sweet gestures made a fan claim, "Joey was written by a woman." Another made the witty comment, "Joey knows the code." "If Joey doesn’t get picked, he needs to be the bachelor," tweeted another. Another obsessed fan wrote, "JOEY MY SWEET BOY I LOVE YOUUUUUUU." 

Fans are expecting Joey to get a one-on-one date in the further episode. One angry viewer tweeted, "Joey better have a one on one next week," after seeing Joey not getting a one-on-one date this week. Another wondered, "Joey! with a one on one next week??!" A fan uploaded the photo of Joey wearing pink outfit, saying, "Joey for Bachelor. End of story." Another claimed, "Joey, Dotun, and Xavier are so golden."

'The Bachelorette' Season 20 airs new episodes every Monday at 9 pm ET on ABC.