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Hearken to Your Coronary heart's Julia Feels 'Misunderstood' Over Sheridan, Brandon Drama


The Bachelor Presents: Hearken to Your Coronary heart could observe a unique format than The Bachelor or The Bachelorette, however the “villain” function stays the identical. And as Julia Rae’s drama with Sheridan Reed, Savannah McKinley and Brandon Mills performs out on the spinoff, she’s discovered herself the goal of some critical on-line hate.

“I perceive why folks really feel the necessity to say their opinion to me as a result of I too cringe watching a lot of the episodes,” Julia says solely on Us Weekly’s “Right here for the Proper Causes” podcast, noting that her character “didn’t translate in any respect” on TV. “I didn’t have malicious intent once I mentioned these issues. I actually perceive why it got here throughout that method. I positively misdirected my frustration to Savannah and I apologize to her instantly once we have been performed filming as a result of I felt actually dangerous for that, however the haters have been actual and actually cyberbullying just isn’t OK.”

Julia got here below hearth as she struggled to resolve between Sheridan, who she initially linked with, and Brandon, who was concerned with Savannah, on the collection.

Hearken to Your Coronary heart’s Sheridan, Julia Rae and Brandon. ABC/Maarten de Boer (3)

“I’ve obtained vicious messages, telling me to go leap off a bridge. And actually, these have been actually darkish days for me to type of carry myself out of that,” she defined. “And I believe proper now, particularly with COVID-19, and everybody at residence, I believe we’re all craving human connection. And I believe that could be a big a part of why cyberbullying could be extra intense proper now. However I’m actually making an attempt to maintain perspective. I really feel misunderstood. I actually know the place I did fallacious, and I come clean with that, however I additionally suppose there’s a lot that folks don’t see.”

After Savannah and Sheridan left through the Monday, Could 4, episode, Julia and Brandon gave their romance a shot, but it surely didn’t final.

“I by no means ought to have left Sheridan. You understand, that could be a deep, deep remorse,” she says on the podcast. “I believe actually, we had this superb connection each intimately in a relationship and likewise musically, and I believe we might have gone all the best way due to that, and sadly, my coronary heart was so torn to not have the ability to see that clearly.”

For extra from Julia — together with when she final spoke to Sheridan and particulars of her drama with Natascha Bessez — hearken to Us Weekly’s “Right here for the Proper Causes” podcast.