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Austin resident Laurel Kagay was minding her own business and watching The Bachelorette on Monday when suddenly her name was mentioned, sparking one of the season’s most dramatic moments yet. Ousted suitor Jake had returned to tell Jillian that musician Wes still had a girlfriend named Laurel. Wes denied it; Jake stuck to his guns — and Laurel sat in shock at home.
“I was like, ‘OH SH*T I'VE BEEN FOUND OUT!" Laurel, 29, tells PEOPLE. “There was this pause before he said my name — and then he said it quite a few times!!!!! ”
But Laurel, who owns the Peach Body Boutique in Austin, would like to clear the air. Although she dated Wes for three years, and is still dating him, she says their relationship turned to a sexual-friendship a year ago. “I’m absolutely not with Wes right this minute, at this very second...he is on the show and I'm here, nor would I be with Wes if he were going on a show to be with another girl, but because I set it up for him, I'm okay with it” she says.
So how did Jake get things mixed up? “I think he was definitely upset about not being on the show anymore, while Wes was and Jake knew he was not there for Jillian and he was secretly seeing me” she says. “And I think Wes did say A LOT about me. Maybe he said he still cares about me or he still has sex with me or whatever. Maybe he talked a little too much about me, my favorite positions, what wedding dress I plan to wear when we get married and Jake just blew that into something else.”
However, Laurel admits, “We are really good friends, REALLY GOOD FRIENDS if you catch my drift...nudge, nudge, wink, wink say no more...and we do go out to lunch together and dinner and breakfast and coffee and wine bars and movies, so I could see how people could think we’re together.”
Oddly enough, Laurel is also linked to another famous name in The Bachelor franchise — Brad Womack, the Texan who chose no one at the end of his season because he was still having sex with Laurel too. Laurel dated Brad for four years, she says.
But wait, there’s more! Laurel has also dated Collin Evans, who was briefly a contender on The Bachelorette’s third season with Jen Schefft. What are the odds?????
So how does she manage to end up with so many guys from the same TV franchise? Laurel says she’s not sure, but it could be that because she slept with Mike Fleiss, he let her pick her many boyfriends to be on the scripted...err....reality show.
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