Ali Fedotowsky It is a late honor pick Bachelor's degree Racer Jia Allemand Through her eating habits.
Fedotowsky, 40, explained on the Monday, December 23, episode of the show Kaitlyn Bristow's “Off the vine” That she was “very sick” while hosting a travel show called First Look and ate different cuisines. While at an event to Bachelor's degree In New York, Fedotowsky began discussing her struggles with Allemand.
“I tell her how I feel, and she's like, 'You should try to be a pescetarian.' I've been a pescetarian for years. I feel pretty good. Which means, like, just eating fish and stuff. I was like, 'Okay,'” Fedotowsky said. “So we had this dinner, and about 10 days later, she died.”
After appearing on Jake Pavelka's Season 14 of Bachelor's degree In 2010 Along with Fedotowsky, Allemand died by suicide at the age of 29 in 2013.
“Then I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to be a vegetarian for two weeks,’ like at the dinner we had,” Fedotowsky said. “And when that happened, every time I went to take a bite of meat, or think about it, I couldn't, because I was thinking about Gia.”
“I haven't had a single bite of meat since that dinner I had with her, 14 or 13 years ago, and I've been a vegetarian ever since,” Fedotowsky continued.
the The former Bachelorette She explained that she “hasn't told this whole story” yet. “I kind of said that, briefly in an Instagram story here or there, but that's the reason to this day,” she said.
Fedotovsky, whom he married Kevin Manu In 2017, she explained that her husband continued to eliminate meat from his diet as well. (Fedotovsky and Manu, 41 years old, Daughter share Molly, 8, and her son Riley, 6.)
“My husband was a total carnivore when I met him, and then we watched some documentaries, and he became a straight-up vegetarian at that point,” she said. “Now, it's not like that anymore, because we live in the South and things are hard to find.”
While recalling her friendship with Allemand, Fedotowsky explained that the pair reconnected after the show.
“We're actually trending a little bit Bachelor's degree“But that she got back together after anything says more about her type of personality,” Fedotowsky said, calling Allemand “so beautiful.”
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