The Bachelorette: Tayshia Adams Opens Up About Her One-on-one Date With Brendan On ‘The Bachelorette’

When Tayshia Adams and Brendan Morais went on their one-on-one date, Bachelorette fans wondered if they still had a Clare Crawley and Dale Moss situation on their hands. Viewers saw Tayshia’ direct connection to Brendan Morais, especially when they discussed their previous divorces. So what is it with the commercial roofer that makes the bachelor’s heart sing? Recently Adams opened her first date with Brendan at The Bachelorette.

At the end of The Bachelorette Season 16 Episode 5, Tayshia Adams went on her first one-on-one date with Brendan Morais. The couple went horseback riding in Palm Springs. And despite some strange interruptions by host Chris Harrison, Tayshia and Brendan had some fun. They also shared a kiss when they got some time alone in the pool. Then Adams shared that she was ready to go home with her competitor. “Honestly, get me cowboy ready to go home with his husband,” she said in a confessional. “I’m telling you now, Brendan Morais is everything.”

Still, Tayshia wanted to make sure she could connect with him on a deeper level. At the dinner part of the date, Brendan Morais said he was starting to fall for the lead. He also left out some information about his past, causing him to be married and divorced sooner. Then Tayshia opened up about her own divorce, revealing that their stories were very similar.

“Divorce is very important. I thought I was dying when I went through it. So it was really therapeutic to hear him say that my heart has felt for the past two years,” Tayshia said in a confessional. “I felt like I wasn’t alone. We just had some kind of connection on a different level.”

Later, The Bachelorette couple went out to watch fireworks together. Tayshia also gushed about her connection to Brendan Morais in a voice-over. “Kissing Brendan feels like I’m kissing my person. I really feel connected to him,” she said. “I don’t know, I feel like I can marry him, which is so bizarre. I don’t even think I’ve ever felt that way.”

Tayshia added, “Today was just really magical, you can’t describe it any other way than magical. I finally feel like I’m the bachelor, and this is what I’m here for. I know I’m going to find the person I really need to be with”.

The Bachelorette: Tayshia Opens Up About Her One-on-one Date With Brendan On ‘The Bachelorette’

After The Bachelorette Season 16 Episode 5 Tayshia went on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast with Rachel Lindsay and Becca Kufrin to discuss her journey. Then halfway through the episode, Lindsay brought Adams’ comments about Brendan Morais after their one-on-one date. So the new lead role explained why she felt so connected to her participant. “I did say that,” Tayshia said. “We had a long discussion about being married and divorced… It was the first time I had a conversation with a man I felt he could really relate to me and understand where my heart and my head had been.”

She continued: “I remember sitting there and he told me exactly how he felt. Like how he dealt with it and what that meant to him. I swear to you, he spoke the words of everything I’ve ever felt. So we connected very deeply, very quickly”.

Tayshia Adams also noted that Brendan Morais was “super hot”, and he got the first one-on-one because he caught her attention on the first night. But in the end, Tayshia ‘ fun date with Brendan gave her confidence in the Bachelorette process.

“He’s super hot, he’s a really good kisser, and I was just having fun with him,” Tayshia Adams said. “Honestly, it was just this light, fun date that I had like, “I can do this. This is fun.”