Clare Crawley has not been the most popular person on social media since her return to Bachelor Nation. Clare is currently taking her fourth stab at landing that final rose with The Bachelor Winter Games, and she has a history of ruffling the feathers of fellow contestants and fans. In her stints on the reality-TV franchise, she’s been dragged for everything from stirring up drama on the show to her age (newsflash: she’s only 36 now—the same age as Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Nick Viall—but has been deemed “too old” since her first go-round on Juan Pablo Galavis’s season in 2014!).

And her most recent stint in Bachelor Nation is no different. Clare is rubbing viewers the wrong way yet again on The Bachelor Winter Games and this time it has nothing to do with being “too old.”

Fourth time’s the charm

The Bachelor Winter Games is Clare’s fourth appearance on a Bachelor franchise—she appeared on Season 18 of The Bachelor (yep, that would be Juan Pablo’s infamous season), and again on the first *and* second seasons of Bachelor in Paradise. After her last venture into the world of reality romance—she was dumped by 26-year-old Jared Haibon on BIP Season 2 after he discovered that she was 33—Clare failed to create a connection with any other man on the show and announced her retirement from the series completely. Psyche! Enter Winter Games. According to Clare, she decided to retire from Bachelor Nation before she knew about Bachelor Winter Games, and guys, she’s super serious about finding love this time (and also competitive sports, it seems).

Past promises aside, we have to admit we’re a little choked that Clare broke the heart of our Canadian maple-glazed doughnut Benoit Beausejour-Savard, leading to his decision to leave the show last Thursday. Twitter users seem to agree and many went after Clare for leading on the Québécois contestant while also pining for German heartthrob (and legit Juan Pablo lookalike), Christian Rauch. But this is Bachelor Nation, after all, which means dating multiple people while you figure out who you like the most is kinda the point, right? Well, fans don’t seem to think that way.

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