The daily gossip: March 2, 2020

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Clare Crawley.
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1. Clare Crawley is your new Bachelorette

Fifth time's a charm? Longtime Bachelor Nation standby Clare Crawley, 38, will be the Bachelorette for the show's 16th season, after having sought love on Bachelor shows four times previously. Clare finished as runner-up on Juan Pablo's season in 2014, and appeared on the first and second seasons of Bachelor in Paradise as well as in the Bachelor Winter Games in 2018. Bachelor Nation gossip blogger Reality Steve claims that several potential suitors have already been cut from the forthcoming season for being too young for Clare, who is the oldest Bachelorette yet and will represent a refreshing break from the show's typical crop of 20-something leads. "She's very positive about what the season will hold," Good Morning America reports. So are we!

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.