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        <title><![CDATA[‘Bachelor’ star Julia Rae says it’s hard reliving ‘Listen to Your Heart’ missteps]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="embed-youtube" ><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LzGJ4lEdE6k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="600" height="315"></iframe></span></p><p>Looking back on her &#8220;Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart&#8221; experience, Julia Rae says there are there are some moments she wished had unfolded differently.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been hard to watch everything back because I&#8217;m reliving the mistakes I&#8217;ve made,&#8221; the 27-year-old singer recently told Page Six. &#8220;But it&#8217;s also been an education.&#8221;</p><p>As one of the 23 musicians who appeared on <strong>the newest &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; spinoff</strong> &#8212; in which performers pair up to sing weekly for a starry panel of judges in hopes of achieving musical stardom as a couple &#8212; Rae initially teamed with 27-year-old crooner Sheridan Reed and survived last week&#8217;s elimination.</p><p>On Monday&#8217;s episode, however, Rae went on a date with 34-year-old singer Brandon Mills, for whom she had lingering feelings. Following their night out, Rae decided to switch partners, choosing Mills over Reed.</p><p>&#8220;I honestly&nbsp;had been struggling so much, and I think that&#8217;s quite obvious, with figuring who I was connecting with,&#8221; Rae explained. &#8220;I was a little relieved to be able to figure that out, honestly.&#8221;</p><p>In response to the shake-up, Rae and Mills&#8217; former partners, Reed and Savannah McKinley, respectively, removed themselves from the Bachelor Mansion. Before leaving, McKinley told Mills <strong>she wouldn&#8217;t be his &#8220;second choice.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Following the &#8220;Bachelor&#8217;s&#8221; version of musical chairs, fellow competitor Natascha Bessez questioned Mills&#8217; true feelings about the women in his life, McKinley specifically. Bessez later told Rae about her conversation with Mills shortly before the new couple&#8217;s first performance together.</p><p><span class="embed-youtube" ><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_FJglRr1epE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent" frameborder="0" width="600" height="315"></iframe></span></p><p>&#8220;I was crushed, honestly, because I kind of knew in my heart that Natascha was right because of the way Brandon and I were not connecting,&#8221; Rae said.</p><p>&#8220;After everything went down, it was hard to take the stage that night honestly, cause I could feel that was the truth, but I was also still trying to fight for what I thought was a genuine connection. And then it didn&#8217;t really turn out to be,&#8221; she continued.</p><p>The judges, including &#8220;Bachelorette&#8221; alums Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo, felt a disconnect between Rae and Mills, eliminating them from the competition. And while she has spoken to both Mills and Reed since filming wrapped, she&#8217;s hopeful to have Reed as part of her future in some capacity.</p><figure id="attachment_5242086"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/50520-julia-rae-bachelor-listen-to-your-heart.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/05/50520-julia-rae-bachelor-listen-to-your-heart.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/05/50520-julia-rae-bachelor-listen-to-your-heart.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Julia Rae and Brandon Mills perform during &#8220;The Bachelor presents: Listen to Your Heart&#8221;</span><span class="credit">ABC</span></figcaption></figure><p>&#8220;I feel like my tale is one that a lot of women identify with. I was chasing after a guy that didn&#8217;t actually see me or see my worth, and when I had an amazing guy in front of me that did,&#8221; Rae said.</p><p>&#8220;I think the biggest lesson I&#8217;m learning is that if I want to have a true love, I need to be able to accept the love that I deserve and that I think is the biggest lesson. I wish I had never left Sheridan quite honestly,&#8221; she added.</p><p>Although this &#8220;Bachelor&#8221; chapter is closed, Rae hasn&#8217;t completely ruled out a trip to &#8220;Paradise&#8221; in the future.</p><p>&#8220;Possibly, I don&#8217;t know. I think I&#8217;d have to consider where my heart is,&#8221; Rae said of &#8220;Bachelor in Paradise.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart&#8221; airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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