‘Bachelor’ Contestant Victoria Fuller Dated Country Singer Chase Rice: What We Know About Their Relationship

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‘Bachelor’ Contestant Victoria Fuller Dated Country Singer Chase Rice: What We Know About Their Relationship

It’s safe to say season 24 will feature the most dramatic musical performance on The Bachelor yet. Victoria Fuller, who is competing for Peter Weber’s heart, once had a relationship with country singer Chase Rice — and he performs on the upcoming episode. Rice, 34, first appeared on Survivor: Nicaragua in 2010. After finishing as the runner-up, he released a six-track EP titled Country As Me. After releasing two full-length albums, Rice finally reached No. 1 on country radio with his single “Eyes on You.” According the musician, he went on the ABC dating series to promote the track and didn’t know that Fuller, 25, was a contestant on the show. [protected-iframe id="4448894e9af9c63c09e1603ba228ba47" rwidth="16" rheight="9" /] “I wanted to go on there and promote my music,” he said on “The Morning Toast” podcast at the 2019 CMAs in November. “But [ABC production] brought a little extra curricular activity into that.” He added: “Conveniently though … I will be putting out new music that week.” Fuller, for her part, has made waves on the series since night one when she joked about her “dry” sense of humor during her limo entrance. “But that's about the only thing that's dry right now,” she quipped to a surprised Weber. While Fuller, 25, opened up about being shy during the January 12 episode, she found the confidence to make out with Weber, 28,in front of a crowd at a Revolve fashion show … while modeling lingerie. Before the season started, the medical sales representative seemingly fired back at blogger RealitySteve’s claims that he received “so many negative” stories about her. “I’d like to start off by saying thank you to all of my family & friends for the overwhelming support. Even to the strangers who have reached out to show me kindness. THANK YOU. The RUMORS you are hearing are FALSE. There will be a time & place where I can defend myself, but for now I choose to wait,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “HOWEVER, bullying is NOT ok. Nor is it fair. Especially when casting judgement and basing opinions upon pure speculation, assumptions, & LIES.” Fuller will be front and center once again during the Monday, January 27, episode, breaking down when she sees Rice on her one-on-one date with Weber. Scroll through for everything we know about Rice and Fuller’s relationship:

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They Dated Before the Show

"Chase and I dated,” Fuller tells Weber in the preview for the January 27 episode.

The pilot is clearly shocked. “Wait, what?” he asks. “I can’t do this,” she replies as she storms off.

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There May Be an On-Camera Confrontation

While it’s unclear what will make the final cut, RealitySteve reported that both Weber and Fuller spoke to Rice after his performance. According to the Bachelor blogger, she was “visibly upset” during the date.

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Chase Isn't Happy With ABC

“They set everybody up. I didn’t sign up for that,” Rice told Claudia and Jackie Oshry at the CMAs. “That’s my problem with it. At the end of the day, they have a job to do. I don’t have to be a part of that.”

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Chase Isn't Interested In Victoria Anymore

Rice made it clear that he didn’t still have feelings for the Virginia Beach native. “There ain’t no love triangle, I’ll tell you that. The love is on there side,” he said on “The Morning Toast.”

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Victoria Still Follows Him

Fuller is seemingly on good terms with the musician — or at least keeps up with him on Instagram. She also revealed in her ABC bio that she is a “big fan of country music and will travel to see her favorite artists play a show.”

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The Alayah of It All

When Alayah Benavidez returns to The Bachelor on January 27, after being eliminated the week prior, she tells the other women about Rice and Fuller's relationship — something Fuller freaks out about. "Nobody has their phone here, so how would you expect people to know that?" she asked Alayah at the time. "That's something very personal to me and the fact that you think that it's OK to go around to other girls and not come to me first is absurd."

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An Unlikely Friendship

During his appearance on the show, Rice and Weber actually spoke following his performance. Rice asked Weber how far into the show he was, to which the pilot revealed they were in week 4 and actually said, "That's Victoria." The guitar player simply responded, "Yeah."

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Not Happy

Rice did multiple interviews about his experience on the show, explaining that while he knew Fuller was going on the reality series — she said during the episode she told him ahead of time and he wasn't thrilled — he had no clue he'd be performing for her date. He told "Fitz and the Morning" radio show on January 24 that he was "pissed off" by "the fact that they did that to me."

He added: "It’s over the top. It’s unnecessary, I didn’t expect it. But at the end of the day, it happened. ... I don’t know if it’s the producers, or if they just got lucky,” he continued. “I know what I think, but I’ll let everybody else figure out what they think.”

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Relationship Details

While the details of how long Fuller and Rice dated are spotty, it didn't appear to be a longterm love. “We spent a night together in Charlotte, she’s a cool chick, from what I know of her,” Rice said on the radio show. "You know, I got no problem with her. I got no problem with [Peter]. You know, I knew she was going on the show.”