Demi BurnettchoseKristian HaggertyoverDerek Pethonlast week’sBachelor in Paradise. Peth, 32,handled the breakup with grace, and Burnett, 24, assures PEOPLE that the two have remained “really good friends” since filming wrapped earlier this summer.“I talk to him all the time,” Burnett says. “He proves it more and more how amazing of a guy he is.”After seeing Peth — who’d gottenengaged to Taylor NolanonBachelor in Paradiseseason 4 — get his heart broken again in Mexico, fans threw their support behind him to be the next Bachelor. His friend andParadisebartenderWells Adamsand Adams’ fiancée, actressSarah Hyland, even agreed, and so does Burnett.Derek and Demi.John Fleenor/ABC“One thousand percent yes I would support that!” she says. “I just want Derek to be happy. He deserves to find someone.”OnMonday night’s episode, Peth gave his rose to Tayshia Adams, who expressed interest in exploring a connection withtheBetchlorpodcasthost now that he was back on the market. While time will tell if Peth finds love onParadise,BachelorNation has also speculated thatMike Johnsonor Peter Weber fromHannah Brown’s season ofThe Bachelorettecould be the next lead.RELATED VIDEO:Bachelor in Paradise‘s Mike Can’t Think of Anything He ‘Doesn’t Love’ About Demi BurnettBut with Burnett and Haggerty, 27, making history as the show’sfirst same-sex couple, the interior designer believes that opens up the possibility for an LGBTQ Bachelor or Bachelorette down the line.Demi Burnett/Instagram“There’s no rules and this show is about love in any way that comes,” she says. “So who knows what can happen. Love is love.”Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
Demi BurnettchoseKristian HaggertyoverDerek Pethonlast week’sBachelor in Paradise. Peth, 32,handled the breakup with grace, and Burnett, 24, assures PEOPLE that the two have remained “really good friends” since filming wrapped earlier this summer.
“I talk to him all the time,” Burnett says. “He proves it more and more how amazing of a guy he is.”
After seeing Peth — who’d gottenengaged to Taylor NolanonBachelor in Paradiseseason 4 — get his heart broken again in Mexico, fans threw their support behind him to be the next Bachelor. His friend andParadisebartenderWells Adamsand Adams’ fiancée, actressSarah Hyland, even agreed, and so does Burnett.
Derek and Demi.John Fleenor/ABC
“One thousand percent yes I would support that!” she says. “I just want Derek to be happy. He deserves to find someone.”
OnMonday night’s episode, Peth gave his rose to Tayshia Adams, who expressed interest in exploring a connection withtheBetchlorpodcasthost now that he was back on the market. While time will tell if Peth finds love onParadise,BachelorNation has also speculated thatMike Johnsonor Peter Weber fromHannah Brown’s season ofThe Bachelorettecould be the next lead.
RELATED VIDEO:Bachelor in Paradise‘s Mike Can’t Think of Anything He ‘Doesn’t Love’ About Demi Burnett
But with Burnett and Haggerty, 27, making history as the show’sfirst same-sex couple, the interior designer believes that opens up the possibility for an LGBTQ Bachelor or Bachelorette down the line.
Demi Burnett/Instagram
“There’s no rules and this show is about love in any way that comes,” she says. “So who knows what can happen. Love is love.”
Bachelor in Paradiseairs Mondays and Tuesdays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
