{"id":79288,"date":"2022-02-13T07:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T02:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/after-the-bachelors-public-apology-clayton-echard-appeared-to-blame-producers-for-keeping-villain-shanae-ankney-around\/"},"modified":"2022-02-13T07:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T02:19:56","slug":"after-the-bachelors-public-apology-clayton-echard-appeared-to-blame-producers-for-keeping-villain-shanae-ankney-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/after-the-bachelors-public-apology-clayton-echard-appeared-to-blame-producers-for-keeping-villain-shanae-ankney-around\/","title":{"rendered":"After The Bachelor’s Public Apology, Clayton Echard Appeared To Blame Producers For Keeping Villain Shanae Ankney Around"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clayton Echard continues to find himself on the defensive<\/u>, as The Bachelor<\/em> Season 26 has been dominated by Shanae Ankney\u2019s villainous antics, as well as Echard\u2019s failure to eliminate her. Watching the season play out, Echard can see, with the rest of America, the extent of Ankney\u2019s lies and manipulations, which prompted him to publicly apologize<\/u> to a contestant he eliminated in lieu of Ankney. Now, however, the bachelor appears to have sneakily blamed the producers for making him keep the villain on the show<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Shanae Ankney has been the focus of The Bachelor<\/em> for the past few weeks for exhibiting a level of villainy that\u2019s extreme, even for this show. It\u2019s so bad that Bachelor Nation doesn\u2019t even believe Ankney is real. Some fans have insisted she\u2019s a plant hired by producers<\/u><\/a> to create drama, and Echard may have just subtly confirmed that. In the comments section of a recent Instagram<\/u><\/a> post, a fan suggested Clayton Echard give fans a clue if production was, in fact, behind his seemingly senseless decisions to keep giving Ankney roses:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wear blue in your next photo if you were forced to keep Shanae against your will.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

That\u2019s actually a pretty funny request, and pretty clever too, because the next day Clayton Echard posted another photo<\/u><\/a> of himself to his Instagram \u2026 wearing blue shorts. The same fan took notice and called the bachelor out. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Clayton Echard\u2019s response was pretty crafty, because it certainly looks like a well-hidden confirmation that he\u2019d seen the fan\u2019s comment the previous day and wore the blue shorts for that reason. However, it\u2019s not like blue is a unique color for anyone\u2019s wardrobe, so he\u2019s got enough plausible deniability that it was a mere coincidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n