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during week 6 of the show. After being eliminated from the show, she appeared on season six of '' Bachelor in Paradise'' in August 2019. She was also a guest star on

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of ''

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''. In 2021, Burnett returned to reality television for season seven of ''Bachelor in Paradise''.

Personal life

While Burnett was filming ''The Bachelor'', her mother Tina was serving a prison sentence for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. During the first episode of ''Bachelor in Paradise'', she revealed that she had been "casually dating a woman". The woman, Kristian Haggerty, made a surprise appearance and ended up joining the show to continue her relationship on screen with Burnett in ''Paradise''. This would make the couple the franchise's first same-sex on air relationship. During the season finale, Burnett and Haggerty got engaged. In September 2019, she appeared on ''

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'', where she stated "she was afraid to come out not only on national television, but to people she knew in real life, too". In October 2019, Burnett and Kristian Haggerty ended their relationship. In January 2020, she appeared on episode three of season 24 of ''The Bachelor'' to host a group date for the contestants fighting to win over bachelor Peter Weber. In February 2022, Burnett revealed she was diagnosed with

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disorder and prefers being referred to as "autistic".

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnett, Demi American television personalities Bachelor Nation contestants LGBTQ people from Texas Living people Mass media people from Texas Texas State University alumni 21st-century American LGBTQ people Autistic LGBTQ people Autistic entertainers Place of birth missing (living people) 1995 births