Is The Bachelorette rigged? Elly Miles feigns shock as she discovers she’s ALREADY dated suitor Joey

Is The Bachelorette rigged? Elly Miles feigns shock as she discovers she’s ALREADY dated suitor Joey a couple of times and says he has an ‘unfair advantage’ – and it causes massive drama and tension between the boys at the cocktail party

Elly Miles was left in shock as she discovered she had already dated contestant Joey on Wednesday’s premiere of The Bachelorette.

The blonde cheekily expressed that Joe had an ‘unfair advantage’ over the other men after her mouth dropped open in surprise when she saw him on the red carpet for the first time.

Later during the rose ceremony, Joey dropped the bombshell to the other men that he already knew Elly, which proceeded to cause massive drama and tension.

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Is the show rigged? Elly Miles was left in shock as she discovered she had already dated contestant Joey on Wednesday’s premiere of The Bachelorette

When the pair saw each other for the first time, Joey told her: ‘It’s a small world. You look incredible, by the way!’

Speaking to the camera, Elly noted: ‘So, I actually know Joe. Um… Yeah. We’ve had a little bit of history! He’s got a bit of an unfair advantage, old Joey!’

Elsewhere Joey explained: ‘We’ve been on a couple of dates and it probably wasn’t the right timing, but fate’s given me another opportunity to come back and have another go, so I want to, yeah, give this a red-hot crack’.  

Shock: The blonde cheekily expressed that Joe had an 'unfair advantage' over the other men after her mouth dropped open in surprise when she saw him on the red carpet for the first time

Shock: The blonde cheekily expressed that Joe had an ‘unfair advantage’ over the other men after her mouth dropped open in surprise when she saw him on the red carpet for the first time

Major secret: Later during the rose ceremony, Joey dropped the bombshell to the other men that he already knew Elly, which proceeded to cause massive drama and tension

Major secret: Later during the rose ceremony, Joey dropped the bombshell to the other men that he already knew Elly, which proceeded to cause massive drama and tension

When the pair saw each other for the first time, Joey told her: 'It's a small world. You look incredible, by the way!'

When the pair saw each other for the first time, Joey told her: ‘It’s a small world. You look incredible, by the way!’

Smitten Joe continued: ‘She ticks all the boxes, and hopefully I tick all of hers. She’s the perfect chick, 100%.’

Later in the mansion, Joe raised several eyebrows after revealing he knew Elly from before the show.

He explained to the men that he lives with Elly’s friend Katie and that she regularly came over to their house for parties and events.

Speaking to the camera, Elly noted: 'So, I actually know Joe. Um... Yeah. We've had a little bit of history! He's got a bit of an unfair advantage, old Joey!'

Speaking to the camera, Elly noted: ‘So, I actually know Joe. Um… Yeah. We’ve had a little bit of history! He’s got a bit of an unfair advantage, old Joey!’

'We hung out a couple times': Later in the mansion, Joe raised several eyebrows after revealing he knew Elly from before the show.

‘We hung out a couple times’: Later in the mansion, Joe raised several eyebrows after revealing he knew Elly from before the show.

The men asked Joe whether they had dated, to which Joe cryptically responded: ‘We’ve hung out a couple of times. We went to lunch and stuff’.

Joe then drew the line when asked if they had previously kissed.

‘I’m not going to kiss and tell,’ Joe declared which left the other men worried.

'I'm not going to kiss and tell': Joe drew the line when asked if they had previously kissed

‘I’m not going to kiss and tell’: Joe drew the line when asked if they had previously kissed