‘Let me at him’: Ali confronts cheating rumours
AFTER dodging the subject for months, Ali Oetjen is now tackling the rumours of cheating head on — and it doesn’t look pretty.
AFTER months of dodging questions on ex Grant Kemp’s cheating claims, it looks like Ali Oetjen will be tackling the subject head on.
In a preview for next week’s Bachelorette, a stunned Ali is told by Charlie that another contestant, Nathan, is spreading rumours about her split from Grant.
“There’s clearly some people in here who aren’t here for the right reasons,” Charlie said in a piece to camera with producers.
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“This is a girl who’s fallen for this before in the past and in my mind she’s falling for it again, and it’s scary that Ali is not seeing that — someone is going to have to tell her.”
Taking her aside at the cocktail party, Charlie told Ali that Nathan has been telling the other contestants she cheated on Grant.
“He made up stories that he knows people that are your friends that apparently emphasised that the rumours were true,” he said.
“Are you serious? Oh my God let me at him!” Ali said. “He doesn’t have any idea what when on.”
Footage then shows a furious Ali searching the mansion for Nathan before confronting him in front of the other contestants.
“I heard you were saying really disgusting things about me this afternoon and I want to know what it is,” a furious Ali tells Nathan, who appears shocked at the exchange.
In an interview afterwards with producers, Ali says Nathan “doesn’t have any idea what went on” between her and Grant.
“I’m very aware that people want to know my side of the story because I’ve been so hurt in the past,” she said.
“I’ve had people just delivering lines to me, saying yeah I want two kids too — (but) when I go visit them in LA they’re a party animal.”
Grant, who met Ali while filming Bachelor In Paradise last year, claims he dumped her after catching another man “going down” on her in his Los Angeles home.
Ali has never denied Grant’s allegations outright, but has accused the US firefighter of using her to get headlines in Australia.
“It’s the case of the ex that won’t go away,” she told news.com.au earlier this week.
“He obviously wants his name in all the headlines, and he’s getting exactly what he wants.”
The Bachelorette continues next Wednesday at 7.30pm on Network 10.