"The Bachelorette: Men Tell All" aired on July 20, Monday, and the show gave the audience answers about Ian Thomson's behavior and the night in San Antonio.
The drama of the evening was started by Thomson who had abruptly left "The Bachelorette" after raising questions about Kaitlyn Bristowe's motives. He was immediately told off by Tanner Tolbert as he commented Thomson's abrupt way to leave the show. According to Heavy, the main reason for Thomson's appearance in the show was to redeem his way of coming off rude on TV.
The show brought verbal confrontation between the men of "The Bachelorette" as the Tolbert-Thomson sharing of opinion continued, all until Ian stood up taking off his jacket and going onto the stage to apologize to Bristowe and to his mom, on his knees.
The show continued to the chat between Ben Higgins and Chris Harrison, which revealed the secret of the San Antonio night. Apparently, Bristowe had made it to Higgins and Shawn Booth's room without microphones and cameras, and the three had stayed there talking for over than six hours.
However, the realization that something had happened between Booth and Bristowe struck Higgins after he came back to the room from a shower. According to him, this was when he realized he was the odd one out.
Higgins further explained that he then started to "pull back" out of fear he would get hurt. However, according to IBT, the audience was left under impression after Higgins' appearance, making it clear that they wanted the next Bachelor to be him.
The question that still troubled Higgins was why Bristowe never told him about Nick Viall. Her explanation was her prioritization of relationships. As she pointed out, she had the obligation to be honest with Booth, since the two were close, but that her and Ben's relationship had not reached that point.
An even bigger drama was introduced when the tweet reading of sharp criticism towards Bristowe was read by Harrison. The audience stood shocked and Harrison firmly stood by Bristowe's side in disapproval of the cyber bullying she went through.
Lastly, the show was spiced up with Ryan McDill, who was on "The Bachelorette" only for one day. Harrison had kicked him off the show because he got too drunk the first night. McDill explained that he never had the intention to behave like that and apologized to Bristowe with a rose.
However, the explanation for McDill behaving in such a way was a simple, "You never came inside," with the addition of "It was like eight hours."