Charity Lawson Breaks Down ‘The Bachelorette’ Premiere: Why I Gave Brayden the 1st Impression Rose

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The Bachelorette is back – and Charity Lawson is breaking down the biggest moments from the season 20 premiere on Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast.Brayden was front and center during the Monday, June 26, premiere, receiving Charity’s first impression rose despite a warning from the lead’s brother — who was undercover as a bartender — that the contestant was bragging about kissing her.“Me and my brother, obviously, are super close, and having him there night one was so helpful.

He clearly got to see a lot that I did not,” she tells Us with a laugh. “He really did remind me in that moment — our conversation, obviously, [was] not all shown — but he did just reassure me that all the guys, or most of the guys, were truly there for me and they were really excited about me being the Bachelorette and this opportunity for them to really get to know me.

So that made me feel good in the moment despite coming off of like, ‘Oh, Brayden was really vocal around the house with the guys about the kiss.’”Charity says she tried to look at both sides of the Brayden situation. “I kind of took that as almost like a two-way street — like, ‘OK, Brayden is really excited and it could be crossing the line of like confident versus cocky,’” she says. “But also him kind of falling back on all the guys are also just like really excited to be here.

I was kind of considering that factor too of, maybe, that’s why Brayden was just so vocal because he was just so excited.”While Charity she stands by giving Brayden the rose — “That’s Brayden’s personality, just someone who’s very animated and just fun and lively” — she concludes: “He’s one to keep your eye on.”Keep reading for more from Charity:On the best limo entrance: “I think [that] was