April 30, 2026 bachelor insider
Charity Lawson & Rachel Recchia Reveal Their Picks for ‘Bachelor’ and ‘BIP’: ‘Complete and Total Chaos’
Naming names.
As viewers wait to see what happens with Season 22 of “The Bachelorette,” it was recently announced that “Bachelor in Paradise” is coming back along with the milestone Season 30 of “The Bachelor.”
“Bachelor Happy Hour” co-hosts Charity Lawson and Rachel Recchia went on the podcast to share their thoughts and name who they would like to see on the beach.
Reflecting on the show announcements, Charity stated, “This is going to probably be, this is THE season, you know what I mean? And also there’s ‘Paradise.’ I’m like, where are these people coming from? Tell me your top three people that you need to see on the beach. Because I want… we have no choice but to go big or truly go home. And I need complete and total chaos. Like, I don’t need anything cute.”
Rachel chimed in and shared that she wants the new season of “Paradise” to feel like the “OG season” with elements such as the “Boom-Boom Room.”
She also listed which Bachelor Nation stars she’d love to see back on the beach, including Victoria Fuller.
“I was gonna say number one, Victoria. Let’s get Fuller down there,” Rachel said. “Let’s get Kelley Flanagan. And I really want to see Susie [Evans] again. Susie needs to go with someone who’s lined up for her. And then I’d like to see all of Taylor’s guys.”
Charity agreed and added that she would also love to see former Bachelor Peter Weber in “Paradise” as well. Rachel made a suggestion that although she would love to see him on the beach, she could also see him as the Season 30 Bachelor.
“I could see them doing Peter as the Bachelor again, couldn’t you? That would be so huge,” she stated. “Well, if we’re giving people two seasons, obviously me. Clearly. And Pilot Pete. Or they could do a double season: Pilot Pete, Pilot Rachel — guys and girls. That would be insane. I don’t think that could be on camera because that would be the craziest season.”
Charity then revealed another former lead she would love to see on the beach, as well as a couple of “Mormon Wives.”
“I want Grant down there. I do. Like, will he shine? I hope,” she said. “I want Litia down there. That’s what I’m saying, she probably wouldn’t, but I’m like, that’s what ‘Paradise’ needs. I don’t want everyone who’s like, I don’t want it to be this happy, kumbaya moment… I think she should bring Layla [Taylor]. Like Layla, she would flirt and do what she needs to do. Miranda [Hope], I want the best for her. I really do. I’ve gotten to know her and I’m like, oh, she’s just a good person… She’s in a good headspace, so I’m like, she needs someone good. So I would want her there.”
Hear more of Rachel’s and Charity’s thoughts on the new seasons of “Bachelor” and “Bachelor in Paradise” in the full episode below!