Producers appeared to tease where a connection was heading with Jenn and one man on the show
BACHELORETTE Jenn Tran has trouble keeping her composure while one of her eligible suitors shared a confession in the new season's first trailer.
ABC released a preview for Season 21 on Friday, ahead of its July 8 premiere.
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The new Bachelorette, Jenn Tran, struggling to hold back tears while on a date in the first trailer for Season 21Credit: ABC
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The Bachelorette contestant, Sam N, in a trailer for the new seasonCredit: ABC
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The Bachelorette Sam N confessing his feelings to Jenn Tran in a new trailerCredit: ABC
The clip introduces one of the 25 contestants vying for Jenn's heart, Sam N - a family-oriented entrepreneur from Carlsbad, California.
It also captured a sweet moment between Jenn and Sam, 25, during a romantic date night.
Jen, 26, knelt on the floor and turned away from Sam, who had an important question to ask The Bachelorette star.
"I want to show you how serious I am," he began.
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In a confessional interview, Sam revealed that he'd been waiting for this moment his "whole life."
JENN'S TEARFUL REACTION
Jenn appeared to be fighting back tears before turning around to see Sam holding a handmade sign that read, "Jenn, will you be my first girlfriend?"
The TV star enthusiastically said, "Yes," rushing into Sam's arms.
It was announced in March that Jenn would be the next Bachelorette after not finding love with Joey Graziadei, 29, on the latest season of The Bachelor.
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The college student is the first Asian Bachelorette in the franchise, which sparked a major media frenzy, especially after it was revealed that Daisy Kent, 25, turned down the part.
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Chatter circulated that producers initially selected Daisy, the runner-up on Joey's season, but were forced to pick someone else when she declined.
Backlash later ensued on social media, with fans calling out Jenn for supposedly being the producers' backup choice.
Jenn addressed the comments on Wednesday's episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, admitting that she was "disappointed" by fans' reactions and insisted that they didn't know the full story.
"The show has been going on for years and years, 21 years of this show specifically, and every season there are multiple people in contention for the role.
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The Bachelor contestant, Jenn Tran, was recently announced as the next Bachelorette. Below are the men who are vying for her heart.
- Aaron, 29, from Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Austin, 28, from San Diego, California
- Brendan, 29, from Vancouver, Canada
- Brett, 28, from Manheim, Pennsylvania
- Brian, 32, from Boynton Beach, Florida
- Corbin, 25, from Los Angeles, Calfornia
- Dakota, 27, from Paradise Valley, Arizona
- Devin, 27, from Houston, Texas
- Dylan, 24, from Elk Grove, California
- Grant, 30, from Houston, Texas
- Hakeem, 29, from Schaumburg, Illinois
- Hassan, 28, from Denver, Colorado
- Jahaan, 28, from New York, New York
- Jeremy, 29, from Fairfield, Connecticut
- John, 25, from Delray Beach, Florida
- Jonathan H, 24, from Oxford, Massachusetts
- Jonathan J, 27, from Los Angeles, California
- Kevin, 35, from Denver, Colorado
- Marcus, 31, from Raleigh, North Carolina
- Marvin, 28, from Santa Monica, California
- Matt, 27, from Atlanta, Georgia
- Moze, 25, from Albany, New York
- Ricky, 28, from Miami, Florida
- Sam M, 26, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Sam N, 25, from Carlsbad, California
- Spencer, 30, from Dallas, Texas
- Thomas, 31, from Tucker, Georgia
- Tomas, 26, from Toronto, Canada
She continued, "Multiple people are being interviewed or doing meetings about it all, doing fittings or filming intro packages.
"It's never really you until it's you. That's why I was a little disappointed."
Some of the fans' remarks were rumored to have stemmed from racism, given she is the first-ever Asian-American lead in the show's history.
"There's no running around it. I came back from filming and there was a lot of people wanting somebody else or wishing that I was American," Jenn said on the podcast.
"There's a lot of racism around it too. There's just a lot of people who want to have input on it and wish that it was somebody else and whatnot. I think that you just can't win," she concluded.
AN OPEN BOOK
Jenn doesn't appear to be skirting around any topics, as she confessed to undergoing cosmetic surgery days earlier.
In a TikTok video, she revealed that she hadn't had plastic surgery until recently when she received lip fillers.
The TV personality also said she wanted to be "transparent" with fans about "what's real and what's fake" about her.
Jenn has also broken away from some Bachelorette traditions, recently sharing that the show will not be filmed in The Bachelor mansion like usual.
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"I feel like a new mansion is the perfect way to break the mold," she told Entertainment Tonight.
"I'm gonna bless it with some really good vibes."
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Jenn Tran, the newest Bachelorette, and the first Asian-American lead in the franchiseCredit: Instagram / jenntranx
