Jenn Tran was stunned while watching the men fight to win her attention in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette on ABC.
Devin Strader kept pulling Jenn aside, angering the rest of the men.
'If we are on a group date we should be doing stuff as a group,' said Aaron Erb, 29, an aerospace engineer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. 'I feel Devin is stepping on my toes but he has no problem making an a** of himself.'
When the show opened the 18-remaining contestants had landed in Melbourne, Australia.
The first date card arrived and it was for a group date of seven guys with Aaron, Sam Nejad, 25, an entrepreneur from Carlsbad, California; Marvin Goodly, 28, a luxury event planner from Santa Monica, California; Brian Autz, 33, an aesthetics consultant from Boynton Beach, Florida; Jonathon Johnson, 27, a creative director from Los Angeles; Grant Ellis, 30, a day trader from Houston ; Jeremy Simon, 29, a real estate investor from New York ; and Devin, 28, a freight company owner from Houston.
The date card read- 'Let's find love in Melbourne.'
Jenn Tran was stunned while watching the men fight to win her attention in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette on ABC
Jenn, 26, a physician assistant from Hillsdale, New Jersey and the franchise's first Asian American lead, was excited to go on her first date as the Bachelorette. The group went to a Queen Victoria market and tried Vegemite and shots with kangaroo testicles in them.
Devin pulled Jenn aside to try ice cream and some of the other guys were mad that he pulled her away from the group date.
The group entered a comedy festival and were told they had to write jokes and perform them on stage. Several of the men used the stage to roast Devin.
'You look like the budget Pete Davidson,' Aaron said. 'Which means you look like him without the f***ing sense of humor.'
Aaron later talked to Devin about how he pulled Jenn aside.
'I feel like I'm understanding more about Jenn and she doesn't want to be with a boy,' Aaron said.
'I don't think I'm a boy,' Devin said.
Devin told him to not focus on what other people were doing. Later, when Aaron was talking to Jenn, Devin interrupted them with a room service cart and with ice cream. Devin said he only brought ice cream for two and asked Aaron if he would mind leaving.
The 26-year-old physician assistant from Hillsdale, New Jersey and the franchise's first Asian American lead was upset that guys were getting into arguments in front of her
Devin pulled Jenn aside to try ice cream and some of the other guys were mad that he pulled her away from the group date
The guys were told about the comedy festival by comedian Bec Charlwood
'You look like the budget Pete Davidson ,' Aaron said. 'Which means you look like him without the f***ing sense of humor'
'I feel he is disrespecting me and taking away from my time with Jenn,' Aaron said. 'Don't poke the bear because I'm going to completely lose it.'
Jenn told Devin that she thought he was fun. Aaron then walked back in and interrupted them.
'I was telling not asking,' Aaron said.
'I'm going to let you have it,' Devin said.
Devin gave Aaron a moment and then walked back in.
'I'm not loving Aaron and Devin are battling it out right now. It's not really up my alley. I think you can do that not in front of my face,' Jenn said to the camera.
ater, when Aaron was talking to Jenn, Devin interrupted them with a room service cart and with ice cream
Aaron then walked back in and interrupted them
'I'm not loving Aaron and Devin are battling it out right now. It's not really up my alley. I think you can do that not in front of my face,' Jenn said to the camera
Devin told her that he liked her and wanted to give her a kiss.
'Well, I think that you should,' Jenn said.
Aaron told the other guys that he was angry.
'Getting interrupted once, I was upset about it,' Aaron said. ' Getting interrupted twice, a little pissed about it.'
Jenn walked in and gave the group date rose to Grant.
'I feel disappointed I didn't get the group date rose,' Aaron said in a confessional. 'Devin was making it the Devin show and I just don't really tolerate that. Devin is going to be met with some pretty serious resistance because I've taken enough and I've reached my breaking point.'
Back at the hotel, a one-on-one date card arrived for Marcus Edward, 31, an Army Ranger veteran from Raleigh, North Carolina, and it read 'Let's fall in love.'
'I feel pretty damn lucky right now,' Marcus said to the camera.
'I feel disappointed I didn't get the group date rose,' Aaron said in a confessional. 'Devin was making it the Devin show and I just don't really tolerate that. Devin is going to be met with some pretty serious resistance because I've taken enough and I've reached my breaking point'
'I feel pretty damn lucky right now,' Marcus said to the camera
The next day, Marcus and Jenn went on a skydiving date. Jenn was scared of heights and nervous, but Marcus hoped he could have a calming presence. Marcus told her she would never forget their first date.
'I am terrified,' Jenn said.
Jenn and Marcus did the jump. Marcus hugged Jenn when he landed and they kissed.
'Kissing Marcus feels nice,' Jenn said. 'He comforted me. He was there for me.'
Jenn and Marcus went out for dinner afterward. Marcus told he wasn't always the strong confident person that he was today. Marcus told her on his last deployment in Afghanistan that he got seriously injured when a grenade was tossed in the room and that it changed his life. He said he spent a couple of months as an inpatient at hospital and months to learn to walk again.
'Walking away from that experience I want to live a life that was worth saving,' Marcus said, breaking down crying.
Jenn said she was grateful that he would share that with her.
'You are incredible and I want you to know that,' Jenn said.
The next day, Marcus and Jenn went on a skydiving date
Marcus told her on his last deployment in Afghanistan that he got seriously injured when a grenade was tossed in the room and that it changed his life
Jenn gave him the date rose.
The next day, Jenn took the remaining nine guys on a wildlife photo shoot. The men changed into Australia inspired outfits and were each given an animal to pose with. Hakeem Moulton, 29, a medical device salesman from Schaumberg, Illinois said in a confessional that he was not looking forward to posing with Australian wildlife, specifically spiders.
Hakeem's caption read 'shouldn't have mentioned he's scared of spiders.'
When Hakeem went up, production gave him a golden spider. The spider crawled up his arm towards his neck.Hakeem mildly panicked. Dylan stepped up and posed with a giant snake and Jenn later asked him to continue the night with him. The other men went back to the hotel.
Dylan and Jenn went back to dinner. Jenn thanked him for being there for her. Jenn picked up the date rose and told Dylan that she really appreciated how he showed up for her and gave him the rose.
'It was truly a beautiful experience and I can't wait to kiss Jenn again,' Dylan said.
The men returned from the outback and asked the other men to give them more time with Jenn. Devin apologized to Aaron for his actions earlier.
Jenn picked up the date rose and told Dylan that she really appreciated how he showed up for her and gave him the rose
'I see you as a bully,' Aaron said.
'I pulled her aside for ice cream for like 25 seconds,' Devin said.
Aaron then gave him a book titled the Principles for Self Growth that he said he had read several times.
'Be careful how you handle yourself,' Aaron said.
Devin said he thought that Aaron was being passive aggressive.
At the cocktail party, Jenn told them she was so excited for what would come. Devin immediately pulled Jenn away and said that he wanted to talk to her before the chaos started. The other men were mad that Devin was taking the extra time. Thomas Nguyễn, 31, a retirement advisor from Tucker, Georgia, walked in and pulled Devin aside.
'You told us I would respect your time,' Thomas said
Jenn listened to the men arguing. Devin told Thomas that he embarrassed himself. Jenn asked Thomas why he thought it was necessary to walk in on her with Devin.
'You guys are making decisions for me,' Jenn said. 'I think if anybody wanted to pull me first they could have had that opportunity too. We all just need to be respectful of each other.'
Sam McKinney, 27, a contractor from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, end up kissing Jenn and so did Jonathon Johnson, 27, a creative director from Los Angeles, and Spencer Conley, 30, a pet portrait entrepreneur from Dallas.
Thomas went outside and Devin told him that he embarrassed himself.
Thomas Nguyen went outside and Devin told him that he embarrassed himself
Jenn handed out roses during the rose ceremony
'Yeah because you would get your f****ing a** beaten,' Thomas said. 'You told eight men you would be respectful.'
At the final cocktail party, Jenn gave out roses to Austin, Hakeem, Spencer, Jeremy, Jonathan, John, Tomas, Sam M., Devin, Sam N., Aaron, and gave the last rose to Thomas Nguyen.
'I feel relieved,' Thomas said. 'She gave me a rose, but Devin got one, too. He is a circus and clown, so it's just a matter of time before he gets sent home.'
The Bachelorette will return next Monday on ABC.
