Not so fast. Bachelor stars Clayton Echard and Susie Evans are taking things one step at a time after revealing they’re dating again during The Bachelor: After the Final Rose.
“We’ve had a lot of fun together but it’s tough doing this and watching it back,” Susie told Nick Viall on the Viall Files podcast. “We have a lot to learn about each other and we have a lot to learn about ourselves still. Like, we’re still growing and learning from this.”
She noted that Clayton really “struggled” with the show and fan reactions, so they’ve decided to take time to themselves to process the show ending. The couple plans to see where the relationship stands in three months, with Susie explaining that she wants to “make a point to do a pulse check.”
“Neither of us are dating for fun or just to like have a chill relationship for a couple of years,” she said. “We’re like let’s see if this can work. Let’s talk realistically about this.”
And realistically, she doesn’t see herself getting engaged any time soon. She told Nick that she warned Clayton: “If you surprise me, I will say no.”
“We can obviously laugh about it now but that’s not something we’re talking about,” she added. “And we have realized that if we would’ve gotten engaged, it wouldn’t have been for us. So we’re like, let’s not do it.”
Susie shared that she feels like they need to build a stronger foundation and make it past this “overwhelming” chapter in their relationship before they make any big decisions. And though there’s room for improvement, Susie credited Clayton for his efforts, saying, “He wants to grow, he wants to be a good partner.”
As Susie and Clayton seek to move on from their Bachelor journeys, runner-ups Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia are preparing to embark on new ones. The women will appear side by side on the upcoming season of The Bachelorette, premiering July 11 on ABC.
ORDER A COPY OF ROB’S NEW BEST SELLING BOOK! Called “America’s Number ONE Gossip Columnist” by The National Enquirer. Rob ‘Naughty But Nice’ Shuter breaks celebrity news every day on his website NaughtyGossip.com where he delivers all the dish about the stars we love in his naughty but nice signature style. You can also catch him co-hosting and breaking celebrity news on Good Day New York, The Today Show, The Talk, Wendy Williams Show, CNN, Extra and Z100’s ‘Elvis Duran.’ Previously, Rob was the Huffington Post’s only celebrity columnist and the former executive editor of OK! Magazine. Rob has also hosted his own Saturday night talk show on Mark Cuban’s channel and his own daily morning show, ‘The Gossip Table,’ on VH1! Breaking some of the biggest entertainment stories, including Jamie Lynn Spears’s pregnancy news, Britney’s first post-meltdown interview, Eva Longoria’s wedding, and baby exclusives for Jessica Alba, Tori Spelling and Mathew McConaughey’s tots, Rob always knows where to find the best scoop. Before Rob was one of the world’s most successful entertainment reporters, he was a publicist working for Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, P. Diddy, Jessica Simpson and Jon Bon Jovi! Now he is bringing all this experience to his new show on I HEART MEDIA in his unique cheeky way, that is always a pinch and never a punch!