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Will 'Bachelorette' Contestant Luke Parker Be on 'Bachelor In Paradise'?

Gonna go ahead and say...hopefully not.

By Katherine J Igoe

Aug 1, 2019

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Potential spoilers for Bachelor in Paradise.

Bachelorette fans' biggest eyeroll right now is Luke Parker—in case you're not caught up, he's the showy, controversial guy who didn't get a one-on-one rose from Hannah Brown in episode 5, which takes real talent. He's also, mercifully, not the guy that Hannah ends up with at the end of her season, which leaves him as a free agent. Free, in other words, to be a participant on Bachelor in Paradise, or even The Bachelor. The latter is, mercifully, unlikely—the Bachelor tends to get chosen based on mass appeal, not drama—but the former is certainly a possibility. BiP tends to loooove drama.

So, let's investigate what we know so far, and try to infer the likelihood of any more Luke P. on Bachelorverse shows. We'll update as we know more, of course.

There will potentially be over 30 contestants.

According to Reality Steve, 70 percent of those are Colton Underwood's and Hannah's contestants, so it should be a lot of familiar faces from this past year. Again, this could potentially mean that Luke is among them, even if not the original cast. In other words, he could show up later to bump up the drama if things get a little stale—and boy, is he good at drama. BiP is basically the nuttiest contestants left alone with each other, so (provided the producers don't worry that Luke would disrupt the show or is too controversial) he fits the bill.

Luke's not on the cast list.

Reality Steve only had a partial list as of a few weeks ago, and it's ever-evolving. Again, they could bring him in later—or they might just be getting off the Luke train permanently.

He might be interested.

See also his Insta post addressing his drama this season.

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I just want to address the elephant in the room here really quick. First I want you all to know how hard it has been for me to watch myself this season so far. Regardless of what is aired AND IF @alabamahannah and I are together or not my behavior in all situations has been and will continue to be exposed. I have learned a lot and I am continuing to learn about my flaws as a man. I’m the first to admit I am far from perfect. This journey has giving me a great opportunity to grow and mature as a man, for that I am grateful. For those of you who are on this journey with me I am grateful for your support and hope you get to learn and grow from my mistakes with me!

A post shared by Luke Joshua Parker (@luke_parker777) on May 28, 2019 at 9:38am PDT

No doubt that also correlates with the edit he got on Hannah's season and the fact that some of the other bachelors have spoken out about him post-show, but I wonder if he's trying to show he can, uh, tone things down a bit. We'll see.

There have been no 'BiP' spoilers involving him.

Well, I can't say I'm totally surprised about this. Bachelor in Paradise has officially wrapped and is about to start airing. And there's no Luke anywhere near the show—no spoilers, no hints, no glimpses of him in previews. He was the most...complex...bachelor in a long while, so I can understand the producers' decision.

Part of this complexity might come down to how long Luke stayed on The Bachelorette, even coming back to the show after he was eliminated. Part of it was his defensive and mostly unapologetic segment during "Men Tell All." Part of it might have been the fact that he joined Twitter just before his elimination and used his time there and on Instagram to defend himself even more and diminish Hannah's perspective:

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I want you all to know why I went on this TV show and why I went back for @alabamahannah after she sent me home. I never wanted to go on the show to begin with, my sister in law @hleaparker22 signed me up and I kept an open mind. Going through the interview process I watched Colton’s season and a beautiful southern girl stood out to me during the intro videos. She told the cameras she respected Colton’s virginity and that it was super appealing to her that he was a virgin, and was the bachelor because sex was a big deal to her. I saw her Instagram and in her bio read “I love Jesus with my whole heart”, I was sold and if I was going on this TV show it was for her. I also noticed she told Colton how she wanted to be a wife of Noble character. I knew she was quoting Proverbs 31 which gave me the impression there is a way God could use this show... yes, even the “Bachelorette” as a way to bring him Glory. The first night I made her a Proverbs 31 bracelet then explained to her that I noticed what she said to Colton and I knew where it came from and how important my faith was to me. Shortly after that, I get the first impression rose. On my hometown date I brought Hannah to a bible study with my college church group, where I shared my story of how God transformed my life and gave me a desire to live my life for him in obedience, that included waiting until marriage for sex. Hannah on the date, stands up and tells the group her story of how she was convicted to live a life in pursuit of Jesus. She also told them that she wasn’t going to use the fantasy suites for sex but for conversation, no matter how @abcnetwork made it look. I had to go back and fight for her, I believed in my heart she was making the biggest mistake of her life based on what she was telling me, I wanted her to know that we could get through this and I was here for her. #thebachelorette

A post shared by Luke Joshua Parker (@luke_parker777) on Jul 22, 2019 at 3:21pm PDT

And (yikes):

i have never said that i find my sin funny. i’m not going to lectured on appropriate emotional responses by a guy who threw deli meat in a guys lap. https://t.co/hc8lsPUUA8
— Hannah Brown (@hannahbrown) July 16, 2019

Instead, Luke's been spending most of his time doing Crossfit and hasn't spoken much more about the show.

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🚨Appreciation/Hype Post alert to my day 1 dude @tmayer18 want to say thank you for being such a good example Day in and day out of what it means to be a professional athlete and a fierce competitor. I have never seen you not be intentional about warming up, having focus in your workouts, and running your business. You still manage time to build others up and make @trainingthinktank and @crossfitpassion a world class place to train. Thank you for showing me what it’s like to endure and push through training the way it’s suppose to be done💪 I’m excited to officially meet your twin Trevor and watch you have a blast in Madison! Let the Big Dog EAT! After getting to know many of the worlds fittest men and women I realize how much hard work and dedication it takes to make it in this sport and I’m thankful to get to know and train with you and build relationships to continue and build one another up! I’m thankful for this community and the examples you all have been to me in life and fitness! I’m super pumped to watch you guys kill it in Madison!!!!!!!!!!!💪😎👍#crossfitgames2019 #roadtothegames #madison

A post shared by Luke Joshua Parker (@luke_parker777) on Jul 29, 2019 at 5:47pm PDT

So that's that! Hopefully this is the last we ever have to discuss that particular situation.

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