Clayton Echard could have lastly discovered love following his time on The Bachelor.

Echard, who competed for Michelle Younger’s love on season 18 of The Bachelorette and was the star of season 26 of The Bachelor, hinted at a potential new romance throughout an look on the Wednesday, Jan. 22 version of The Ben and Ashley I Nearly Well-known Podcast.

The subject of dialog got here up after Echard was requested in regards to the prime three ladies of his season of The Bachelor: Susie Evans, Rachel Recchia, and Gabby Windey.

As followers could keep in mind, Echard and Evans revealed their relationship standing on After the Remaining Rose, after Echard determined to not give his last rose to Recchia and Windey throughout his last elimination. Evans and Echard then introduced their break up in a joint Instagram assertion in September 2022.

When requested the place he stood with Evans, Echard mentioned he knew the 2 have been “by no means going to ever be a factor once more.”

“So, it was similar to as soon as that was severed, you realize, we have been essential in every different’s life to assist one another get by means of, you realize, a traumatic time, and she or he helped me develop as an individual,” he mentioned.

“However finally, after we had these breakup conversations, I imply, and after the sensation subsided, it turned very a lot similar to, ‘Hey, you realize what? We weren’t meant to be one another’s without end particular person,’ ” Echard added.

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Being that Windrey is at the moment in a relationship with Robby Hoffman, Echard was then requested about Recchia.

“Do you and Rachel keep in touch? Is there any gas nonetheless to the potential flame that might be the 2 of you?” requested co-host Ben Higgins, referencing the joint TikTok the 2 made in February 2023.

“I do not actually hold in touch along with her. I am undecided what she’s doing lately. However I’ll say that, yeah, I hear individuals speak. They at all times surprise if the 2 of us would have made sense collectively. And I do not suppose individuals will likely be asking that query a lot, for much longer. I feel I am going to simply depart it at that,” mentioned Echard.

After Higgins and his co-host Ashley Iaconetti requested if Echard could also be in a brand new romance, he determined to play coy.

“I am not going to drop any bombshells right now,” he mentioned. “No, there might be speaking to someone, in a relationship, couldn’t be. I might have, you realize, no matter. Issues will make sense.”

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“I am going to put it this manner. Individuals will get a solution sooner or later right here quickly. So far as what I am alluding to,” continued Echard. “Solutions will likely be clear sooner or later. I simply, that is all I am going to say.”