Bachelor Nation's Ashley Iaconetti Weighs in on Katie's "Harsh" Thomas SendOff

Bachelor in Paradise alum Ashley Iaconetti dishes on Bachelorette star Katie Thurston's intense farewell to cunning contestant Thomas. Watch here.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. 

Bachelorette star Katie Thurston didn’t hold back when bidding farewell to contestant Thomas on last night’s episode, which aired June 28. “Your Bachelor audition ends tonight, so get out,” Katie clapped back after calling Thomas “selfish, unkind and a liar.” 

Now, Bachelor Nation fan favorite Ashley Iaconetti weighs in on all the Bachelorette drama exclusively on E! News’ Daily Pop. 

“I could not believe that goodbye,” Ashley I. revealed on Tuesday, June 29. “That was ruthless.”

Katie definitely has garnered fans with her no-nonsense approach to the ABC dating reality series. “I appreciate Katie in the way that she does not deal with B.S.,” Ashley I. continued. “I love that she’s cutting the weeds like that, every week. If there’s any question about a guy, she says goodbye.”

Yet, Ashley I. does have one note for Katie dumping Thomas: “However, I thought that was extra,” she admitted. “That was too harsh, because every guy in that house has had the thought that he could be the future Bachelor.”

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As for contestant Mike, this season’s Virgin, Ashley can relate to his big reveal on-screen. “I had such a flood of emotions during that scene,” Ashley  explained. “I had so much nerves, so much anxiety for him, but man, did he carry himself with so much grace…He became kind of a stud muffin there, the way that he was so romantic in explaining it.”

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Watch the adorable interview above for all of Ashley I.’s life updates with husband Jared Haibon and more dirt on The Bachelorette!

Chris Crocker Weighs in on Britney Spears' Turmoil 13 Years After "Leave Britney Alone" Video

More than 13 years after going viral with the "Leave Britney Alone" YouTube video, Chris Crocker spoke out about Britney Spears' conservatorship battle after she made her first public statement on it.

Chris Crocker once called on people to leave Britney Spears alone. Now, more than 13 years later, the influencer is happy the singer’s voice is finally being heard.

At a virtual hearing on Wednesday, June 23, the pop star read a lengthy statement by phone calling her 13-year-long court-approved conservatorship “abusive” and “stupid” and requesting that it come to an end without her being evaluated by a therapist. It marked Britney’s first public statement about the arrangement, which was first put in place in 2008, after she was hospitalized and received psychiatric treatment, and comes amid an ongoing court battle to remove her father Jamie Spears from his position as joint conservator of her financial and medical affairs.

In September 2007, months after Britney first showed signs of personal turmoil in public and after she was heavily criticized for what was expected to be a comeback performance at the MTV VMAs, a 19-year-old Chris tearfully defended the singer in what would later become one of the first viral YouTube videos. Following the star’s bombshell statement on Wednesday, the influencer, now 33, weighed in on her current situation.

“I don’t feel it’s my place to speak on it,” Chris said in a TikTok video. “I feel like today is about Britney being able to be heard and what she wants to say and her getting her freedom and her happiness back.”

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The influencer continued, “It’s not about what I or anyone else has to say. It’s about Britney’s voice being heard and that’s what I’m so happy about, is she gets to be heard. No one has to speak for her and I think all we want is for Britney’s voice to be heard and for her to have her freedoms, because that’s what she deserves.”

At Wednesday’s hearing, Britney said, regarding her life under conservatorship, “I’ve been in shock. I am traumatized, you know, fake it till you make it, but now I’m telling you the truth, OK, I’m not happy. I can’t sleep. I’m so angry. It’s insane. And I’m depressed. I cry every day.”

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She continued, “I just want my life back and it’s been 13 years and it’s enough. It’s been a long time since I’ve owned my money, and it’s my wish, my dream for all of this to end without being tested again. It makes no sense whatsoever for the state of California to sit back and literally watch me with their own two eyes make a living for so many people and take so many people, trucks and buses, on the road with me and be told I’m not good enough. But I’m great at what I do. And I do not need people to control what I do and it’s enough, it makes no sense at all.”

Also at Wednesday’s court hearing, Jamie’s attorney read a statement from him that said, “Mr. Spears is sorry to see his daughter suffering and in so much pain. Mr. Spears loves his daughter and misses her very much.”

Chris’ “Leave Britney Alone” video also became a topic of discussion after Britney made her statement, especially after audio from the phone call leaked online. “We all owe the LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE guy an apology; he was right and we were jerks,” one Twitter user wrote. Another responded, “Are you serious? Everyone loves @ChrisCrocker Also, it was satire. Weird that ppl don’t know that.” Chris replied, “No it wasn’t.”

“I made the ‘Live Britney Alone’ video because I felt like people should leave you alone,” Chris said on Instagram, “and I feel like now, hopefully the conservatorship ends and she can live her life the way she f–king wants to live it.”

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