Overview

• At the first dinner party, Sarah told fellow contestants she felt no attraction and used terms like having "the ick," later repeating a comment that Dean should "get some tattoos and lose some weight."
• Relationship experts Paul C Brunson, Mel Schilling and Charlene Douglas condemned her remarks as disrespectful and cruel while monitoring events from another room.
• A preview for the next episode shows the experts confronting Sarah on camera, and she is later seen in tears saying, "That's not me, that's not who I am."
• Dean said the comments hurt him but tried to remain positive, noting they get along yet have not shared intimacy.
• Social media reaction skewed sharply against Sarah, with viewers labeling her behavior mean and bullying, while some reports speculate she appeared to eye another groom.