'The Bachelorette': Charity Lawson Says She's 'Definitely Smitten' After Meeting Her Men (Exclusive)

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Charity Lawson is already smitten after one night as the Bachelorette! ET's Denny Directo spoke with season 20's leading lady after she met the men vying for her heart, and it's safe to say that Charity's journey for love is off to a great start.«It was a good one,» Charity told ET of night one, when her suitors made their limo entrances. «I'm a little giddy.

Definitely smitten. I have a good batch of boys... I was laughing the whole night.»While Charity, 27, admitted that she «came in with little alarms wanting to go off,» she said that her nerves are «easing their way out» after meeting her men.«It was worth it,» she said of conquering her fears and moving forward with her journey.

That journey is one Charity learned she'd be embarking on after the taping of Bachelor Zach Shallcross' «Women Tell All» special.«I had no idea that it was going to be me.

I was totally shocked,» she said of when franchise host Jesse Palmer told her the news. "… I'm so grateful and so fortunate to be here.«One reason Charity is so grateful for the job is because of the „huge“ way she's making history as the fourth Black Bachelorette.»When I was told that I was going to be the next Bachelorette, that was one of the first things that I immediately thought of," she said. «To step into this role as the fourth woman of color… it's huge.»«I recognize that, although it is my journey, it's so much bigger than me, because I'm carrying along a whole community of people who are looking up [to me] and [I'm] representing that as well,» Charity added. "[I'm] definitely not taking it for granted.