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‘Bachelorette’ sends suitor packing after his girlfriend crashes the show

Rachel Lindsay has no place in her heart for two-timing fools.

The “Bachelorette” read smooth-talking DeMario the riot act on Monday night’s episode, after his girlfriend, Lexi, confronts Rachel about his philandering ways following a group date basketball game.

“We never broke up,” Lexi confirms to Rachel. “[I] hadn’t heard from him in three days and suddenly I turn on my TV…”

Referencing DeMario’s appearance on March’s “After the Final Rose” special, in which host Chris Harrison introduced Rachel to a few of her suitors before moving into the mansion, Lexi’s bombshell reveal caught Rachel off guard.

“I’m at a loss for words,” Rachel says.

Ready for answers, Rachel asks DeMario to leave the locker room so he can tell his side of the story.

“Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it, DeMario,” Lexi seethes upon seeing him.

Dumbfounded, DeMario attempts to defuse the situation, claiming Lexi is now part of his past.

“Me and her were on-again, off-again. I cut it off face to face,” DeMario alleges.

“I came to your house and told you face to face I couldn’t do this anymore,” he says.

After Lexi offers the opportunity to read DeMario’s text messages, Rachel has all the proof she needs to send him packing.

“I don’t want somebody texting somebody else, ‘Goodnight babe.’ I believe you want to be here, but I don’t think you’re here for me,” Rachel stews. “I’m really gonna need you to get the f—k out.”

“I don’t like being f—king embarrassed,” she continues. “I can’t even look at you right now.”

Following DeMario’s disastrous exit, Rachel tells her remaining men that she’s not looking for a scrub but a life partner.

“I wanted to come talk to you guys ’cause I found out DeMario has a girlfriend,” Rachel begins. “Whatever the case may be, I sent him home. I am truly giving myself in this process and if anybody else … I don’t want to be played. I’m keeping it 100, I don’t want to be a joke. If anybody else has a girlfriend, tell me now.”

Fortunately for Rachel, she still has a slew of single men at her disposal. But given DeMario’s betrayal, she’s now looking at her journey through a different lens.

“I need to look past the charm and see them for who they are and recognize their true character,” Rachel shares.

One man Rachel can definitely count on: Josiah.

“It hurt me to see the hurt on your face,” the front-runner tells Rachel after the game. “To see someone here that’s playing games and is here for ulterior motives. I like you, and I’m here for you and I want to see where things go.”

Josiah’s sweet sentiments not only earn him a kiss, but a rose, too. The moment is spoiled, however, after an unexpected visitor arrives at the mansion for cocktail hour the following evening.

That’s right, Bachelor Nation. DeMario is back and ready to speak his truth to Rachel.

The question is, will she listen?