Colton Underwood and More Members of Bachelor Nation Defend Madison Prewett’s Decision to Go on ‘The Bachelor’

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Colton Underwood and More Members of Bachelor Nation Defend Madison Prewett’s Decision to Go on ‘The Bachelor’

All is fair in love and roses … or is it? Colton Underwood, Jared Haibon and more members of Bachelor Nation defended Madison Prewett's decision to go on The Bachelor. The 23-year-old foster parent recruiter made waves on social media when she told Peter Weber that she was saving herself for marriage on the Monday, February 24, episode of ABC series. While Madison is hardly the first virgin to compete on the show, she also told the 28-year-old pilot that it would be a deal breaker if he had sex with someone else in the fantasy suite. “The day that I say ‘I do’ to the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with is the day that he’s getting all of me — body, soul, and spirit,” Madison said. “I just can’t wrap my mind around, in a week from now, if you’re down on one knee and six days before that you slept with someone else.” While Peter insisted that he could see a future with Madison, he admitted he had already been intimate with either Victoria Fuller or Hannah Ann Sluss. [jwplayer Ms5azTbL] “I 100 percent can see you and I together at the end,” Peter told Madison. “But I have to be honest with you, coming into this week I could see that with other people too. I hate that I can say that to you, but that’s the truth too.” The episode ended with Madison walking away, but it’s unclear if she was leaving for good or just getting more space. Ashley Iaconetti, who was a virgin when she competed for Chris Soules’ heart on season 19 of The Bachelor, previously spoke to Us Weekly about Madison’s decision not to tell Peter she was virgin earlier in the season. “She told him about her faith a couple weeks ago, and he seemed receptive to it and wanted to grow in that department. In not telling him about her being a virgin, I feel like that’s fine,” the 31-year-old Bachelor in Paradise alum told Us. “As long as he knows before going into fantasy-suite week, I don’t really know that you need to tell him sooner. It’s a private thing that you probably don’t want to bring up until that point in this weird Bachelor process.” While some viewers believe Madison put Peter in an unfair position, other fans think she has the right to ask him to abstain from sleeping with Victoria and Hannah Ann if he was planning to propose to her. Scroll through for more of reactions from Bachelor alum:

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Colton Underwood and More Members of Bachelor Nation Defend Madison Prewett’s Decision to Go on ‘The Bachelor’

All is fair in love and roses … or is it? Colton Underwood, Jared Haibon and more members of Bachelor Nation defended Madison Prewett's decision to go on The Bachelor. The 23-year-old foster parent recruiter made waves on social media when she told Peter Weber that she was saving herself for marriage on the Monday, February 24, episode of ABC series. While Madison is hardly the first virgin to compete on the show, she also told the 28-year-old pilot that it would be a deal breaker if he had sex with someone else in the fantasy suite. “The day that I say ‘I do’ to the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with is the day that he’s getting all of me — body, soul, and spirit,” Madison said. “I just can’t wrap my mind around, in a week from now, if you’re down on one knee and six days before that you slept with someone else.” While Peter insisted that he could see a future with Madison, he admitted he had already been intimate with either Victoria Fuller or Hannah Ann Sluss. [jwplayer Ms5azTbL] “I 100 percent can see you and I together at the end,” Peter told Madison. “But I have to be honest with you, coming into this week I could see that with other people too. I hate that I can say that to you, but that’s the truth too.” The episode ended with Madison walking away, but it’s unclear if she was leaving for good or just getting more space. Ashley Iaconetti, who was a virgin when she competed for Chris Soules’ heart on season 19 of The Bachelor, previously spoke to Us Weekly about Madison’s decision not to tell Peter she was virgin earlier in the season. “She told him about her faith a couple weeks ago, and he seemed receptive to it and wanted to grow in that department. In not telling him about her being a virgin, I feel like that’s fine,” the 31-year-old Bachelor in Paradise alum told Us. “As long as he knows before going into fantasy-suite week, I don’t really know that you need to tell him sooner. It’s a private thing that you probably don’t want to bring up until that point in this weird Bachelor process.” While some viewers believe Madison put Peter in an unfair position, other fans think she has the right to ask him to abstain from sleeping with Victoria and Hannah Ann if he was planning to propose to her. Scroll through for more of reactions from Bachelor alum:

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Colton Underwood

Colton, who was open about being a virgin when he was named the Bachelor for season 23, fired back at a tweet that suggested Madison shouldn’t be on the show.

“Uhhhh... she probably watched my season,” the former football player tweeted. Colton, for his part, sent home two of his final three when Cassie Randolph briefly left during the overnight dates. While Colton and Cassie did not get engaged, they are still together. 

He later added on Instagram: "The mistake is thinking this is only about Peter, it takes two to have a relationship... no one is wrong here. She knows what she signed up for and she also knows what she stands for. Good on you @madiprew."

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Becca Tilley

The two-time Bachelor contestant, who was a virgin when she competed for Chris Soules and Ben Higgins’ hearts on the reality show, defended Madison’s decision not to talk to Peter about the fantasy suite until the overnight date.

“The producers really encouraged me to wait until the fantasy suite to have that conversation and to be honest, I never thought anything about it,” she said via Instagram Stories. “I never thought it would be a deal breaker. I was nervous just because it had been so hyped up all season, but I never thought he wouldn’t want to be with me because of that.” 

Becca added that she didn’t wait until the fantasy suite to be “manipulative” — and she doesn’t think Madison did either. “I think it’s probably something that she’s very confident in and feels very strongly about and it had been made to be a bigger deal than it probably was before he started the show,” she said. “Of course she’d be nervous having that conversation. I think it was kind of unfair for people to assume that she was being manipulative or the way she handled it because I thought she handled it well and was very classy.”

The “Scrubbing In” podcast host also noted that it was “harsh” for the producers to make the final three stay together. “I think she’s clearly struggling with battling what she went into the show knowing she stood for vs. her feelings for this guy which were probably unexpected,” she concluded. “Also I think things would have been different if Madi’s date when first. … I don’t think Peter did anything bad, I don’t think the other girls did anything bad, I’m just saying I totally get where Madi’s coming from and I think that her standing up for herself, whether you agree or not, should be applauded.” 

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Dylan Barbour

“The ‘why did you go on the show’ take is so ignorant re: Madison #TheBachelor,” the Bachelor in Paradise season 6 contestant tweeted. “Do you tell someone you’ve known for a day how many people you’ve had sex with?”

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Jared Haibon

Jared retweeted Dylan’s tweet, adding, “I 100% agree with this.”

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Garrett Powell

“For the record... I respect Madison’s request and don’t get the comparison to Luke. Madison is not demanding anything, and is standing strong for what she believes in. Completely different scenario. Please stop that comparison. #TheBachelor,” Garrett tweeted. 

After a social media user suggested that Madison shouldn’t have done the show, the Bachelorette alum added, “Very fair statement! I will say- I never thought I’d last so long on the show.. just went for the experience. So maybe she did too, and now that engagements a real thing, she’s actually thinking about everything.” 

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Nick Viall

“Whether you agree with Maddi or not, she articulated her beliefs with grace while trapped in her nightmare.  Maddi has character,” the former Bachelor wrote. “Real People.. real feelings. #TheBachelor.” 

Nick also retweeted Jared and Dylan’s sentiments about Madison. 

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Tia Booth

“All y’all want is for someone to be REAL on this show and I be damned if Madi hasn’t done that and now ya mad!! #thebachelor,” Tia tweeted. 

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Jordan Kimball

Jordan had different thoughts about Madison, dubbing her the “most contradicting contestant ever.” 

“Go home Madi!!!!” he tweeted. “No one is making you feel bad for saving yourself Madi … Pete you can’t promise s—t!!!!!!” 

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Christen Whitney

“It’s simple, if Madi was the one you wanted, have a little self control,” the BiP alum tweeted. “If it was one of the others, you can to the windmill to the wall. #thebachelor.”