Aaron Clancy Talks Genevieve Parisi Relationship & ‘BIP’ Season 8 – Hollywood Life

Aaron Clancy makes his return to the seashore on the Oct. 4 episode of Bachelor in Paradise. After solely discovering a bromance on season 7, Aaron is again and prepared for love. “The hope is absolutely to discover a romantic connection,” he defined to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY, of his resolution to return. “So, I figured, why not give it another shot.”

Aaron admitted that Genevieve Parisi was the girl he was most involved in seeing on the seashore. The 2 have been beforehand linked after the Ladies Inform All particular on Genevieve’s season of The Bachelor earlier this 12 months. On the reunion present, Shanae Ankney accused Genevieve of hooking up with Aaron after she left filming. Aaron and Genevieve each denied the rumors afterward.

Nevertheless, all the thrill obtained Aaron eager about a possible future with Genevieve. “I had met her, I imagine twice, form of in passing and simply fully platonic,” Aaron defined. “However the rumors at Ladies Inform All..they did spark a bit of little bit of curiosity the place I did take a look at her otherwise. So I did wish to probably pursue that.” He additionally confirmed that the hookup rumors have been one thing that he “needed to handle” on the seashore.

Aaron was launched to Bachelor Nation on Katie Thurston’s season of The Bachelorette in 2021. He then appeared on BIP that summer time, which gave him some expertise coming into season 8. “I realized all the things the primary time, simply how the entire thing works and the quantity of stress that may actually occur all through the method,” he admitted. “And simply how sure issues can have an effect on me emotionally. Actually, the expertise of going via my first season of Paradise modified all the things for me.”

Now that he’s had time to replicate on that have, Aaron is bringing a brand new facet of himself this time round. Along with bodily modifications — “My tooth are whiter, my pores and skin’s a bit of clearer, I’m a bit of extra shredded,” he laughed — we’ll additionally see some emotional progress. “Actual feelings are concerned this season,” Aaron admitted. “I believe you’ll see a special facet of me, romantically. They’re going to see a extra romantic facet to me that they possibly didn’t see earlier than.”

Bachelor in Paradise airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. on ABC.