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EXCLUSIVE: Abbie Chatfield weighs in on Elly Miles as the Bachelorette

"I was hoping it would be Brooke Blurton." - by Alex Lilly
  • 29 Jul 2020

Back on Matt Agnew's season of The Bachelor, Elly Miles was sent home after she told Matt that her she thought her co-star Abbie Chatfield wasn't taking the show seriously and was only on to boost her social media profile.

Now, Abbie, 25, has spoken exclusively to WHO about what she makes of Elly and her sister Becky as Australia's first double Bachelorettes and the person she was hoping would take the role instead.

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"I was hoping it would be Brooke Blurton [from Nick Cummins' season], she seemed like a good choice for racial diversity and also representing the LGBTQIA+ community, and she's great," Abbie exclusively tells WHO.

Despite this, however, Abbie adds that she's excited to see how the show will go about with two Bachelorettes. 

"But I'm sure it will be a good watch to see how two Bachelorettes play out."

This is the first time the Australian franchise has had more than one leading lady - both the US and New Zealand editions have aired seasons with two Bachelorettes.

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Elly and Becky Miles have been announced as the 2020 Bachelorettes - but Abbie was hoping for Brooke Blurton (right).

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During last year's season, Elly voiced her concerns that she thought Abbie wasn't taking the competition seriously and that she wasn't emotionally mature enough for Matt.

"She's a good time but I think maybe she thinks she's ready to move to Melbourne, to settle down with you and think about marriage and a family," Elly told Matt at the time.

"She's convincing but I don't think she's emotionally mature enough for that."

Elly's opinions resulted in a heated confrontation between the two with Abbie remarking: "I am disgusted by Elly, I think she's a horrible person who has a complete facade of being a nice person."

In the end, Elly was sent home whilst Abbie was the runner-up to eventual winner, Chelsie McLeod.

Abbie and Elly

Elly accused Abbie of not being "emotionally mature" enough for Matt.

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But in a chat with TV WEEK after her elimination last year, Elly revealed that she and Abbie had made amends and spoke before the show aired and during.

"You can't really get too caught up in what you should or shouldn't have done," Elly confessed to the publication.

"At the time I thought I was doing the right thing, and I was being protective over Matt because he's a great guy and I had really strong feelings for him. But, in saying that, watching it back you can see that Abbie and Matt do have a really strong connection," she added.

"Abbie is not a bad girl. She's very witty, very intelligent, and she's a lot of fun as well… she's just someone you don't want to come up against on The Bachelor, that's all."

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Abbie and Elly were in the top five of Matt Agnew's season of The Bachelor.

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Abbie previously confessed to WHO that she would love to take on the role of Bachelorette herself, but not for at least a year.

"I would do The Bachelorette because I think it works really well and there are some really good success stories from it," she said.

"I think it would be fun but I think I need a year or two off. I’m only 25 - I think the right age for it would be late twenties like Angie Kent, even though she and Carlin broke up which is really sad."

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