The Bachelor season 29 winner Juliana Pasquarosa has responded to her fellow contestant Carolina Quixano’s criticism about her onscreen appearance and broken engagement.
“Carolina’s comments aren’t surprising. This feels like an attempt to turn our breakup into engagement. That’s her choice,” Juliana, 28, exclusively tells Us Weekly in a statement on Saturday, June 15. “As for me, I’m not interested in going back and forth. Eye for an eye isn’t my vibe.”
Juliana and Bachelor Grant Ellis announced their breakup on Friday, June 15, prompting Carolina, 29, to weigh in thanks to a series of seemingly shady social media videos.
“My opinion is anyone claiming to be ready for an engagement with the Bachelor without actually going on a one-on-one with that person is probably trying to ‘win The Bachelor’ more than trying to connect with the actual human,” Carolina quipped in a TikTok video. “Anyone who goes out of their way to s*** on someone who’s simply saying they’re nervous about the Bachelor potentially meeting their family and how quickly everything is moving because there is an engagement at the end of it, um, probably not a very nice person.”
She added, “My opinion is that then lying and then saying that person had nothing good to say about that date is even worse. Branding yourself as a ‘nice girl’ is probably like you’re trying to overcompensate for something. We all know what you stand for. My opinion is that if she hadn’t been ‘the winner,’ everyone would have seen a very different side to all of this.”
Juliana, who runs a fashion label named Nice Girls, further stressed to Us that she doesn’t want to go toe-to-toe with Carolina.
“I’m focused on healing, staying close to my support system and keeping it all about nice girl energy — always,” Juliana continued.
Juliana and Carolina were both frontrunners on Grant’s season of The Bachelor, which aired earlier this year. At one point, they fought over the accusation that Carolina wasn’t (or at least didn’t appear to be) grateful for the solo time she had with Grant, 31. In the end, Grant got engaged to Juliana over runner-up Litia Garr.
Grant and Juliana initially planned to live together in her native Boston while planning an over-the-top destination wedding. However, they broke up less than three months after The Bachelor finale aired.
“This is one of the harder things I’ve had to write, but I want to share it honestly. Juliana and I have decided to end our relationship,” Grant said in a social media statement shared on Friday. “We both gave this our best and poured a lot of love into each other, but after a lot of deep conversations, we’ve come to the understanding that we’re simply not the right fit long term.”
Moments later, Juliana released her own statement and noted that they realized their lives are meant to “continue on separate paths.”
“We shared something meaningful, navigating a unique journey side by side [and] learning, growing and showing up for each other the best we knew how,” Juliana said at the time. “While this isn’t the ending we once imagined, it’s one filled with mutual respect, care and hope for what’s ahead.”
