The Bachelor’s Dina Lupancu Wants Fans to ‘Keep Hate Out’ Of Carolina Quixano Drama

The Bachelor season 29 contestant Dina Lupancu is asking fans to be respectful of Carolina Quixano amid their ongoing feud.

“I don’t like responding to comments, whether it’s positive or negative, and I’ve tried all season long not to do that,” Dina, 32, said in a Tuesday, March 11, TikTok, clarifying that she was referring to the “drama specifically.”

“Today it’s just getting out of control. So I just wanted to say, you guys have to remember that this is a show, right? Even Women Tell All, it’s edited,” she continued. “I said in press, even though it wasn’t shown on Women Tell All, in order to start talking about accountability I had to account and take responsibility for my part and what I done to perpetuate drama and issues, especially among me and Carolina.”

She added, “And so I did do that. I owned up for the way that I spoke to her in Scotland, for my actions, my behavior. They chose not to show it. It is what it is but think about why. They want to create discourse. They want this complete, polarizing divide between girls because it gets people online talking.”

Fans of Bachelor Nation watched as Dina and Carolina, 29, went head-to-head on Grant Ellis’ season 29 of The Bachelor. After Carolina began having issues with fellow contestants over appearing ungrateful for her coveted time with Grant, Dina initially sided with her — but their friendship took a turn when she ultimately agreed with the other women. As the show aired, Dina and Carolina posted TikToks back-and-forth about each other (which Dina exclusively told Us Weekly at the Women Tell All taping that she didn’t regret).

While the pair didn’t resolve their drama at the Women Tell All on Monday, March 10, Dina encouraged fans to “be mindful that you’re not seeing anything” and noted that she doesn’t want people to “be disrespectful towards one another or have issues outside of the show.”

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“I don’t think Carolina deserves hate, Sarafiena [Watkins] doesn’t deserve hate. I don’t think anyone — regardless of what ‘side’ you are on — no one deserves hate. Just try to be respectful,” Dina urged fans. “I’m not a perfect person. I haven’t done everything perfectly in this process. I have learned so much about myself. Going through this whole thing, it’s not a conventional way to put yourself out there.”

In Dina’s perspective, if “people can see themselves and recognize their short-comings,” then “something positive can come of it.” Dina noted that she would include herself in that statement.

“But let’s just keep the hate out of it. No one needs that. Carolina doesn’t need that. I don’t need that. No one else from the cast needs that. At the end of the day we’re people, and I just think it’s important to remember that,” she said.

Dina noted that she’s “excited” to put the drama behind her and move on to the “fun stuff” including her and Carolina’s wardrobe choices for the Monday episode. While Dina rocked a pair of glasses, Carolina poked fun at her infamous quote from the show calling herself “crazy and evil” by wearing the words on the back of her blazer.

“Where are my grandma glasses from? Where did Carolina get that custom suit?” Dina said. “All of the fun, girly things that I think all of us want this community to be and I think is the fun part of it all. Let’s just do that. Let’s support one another. Like I said, not perfect. I could have done things so much better. The important part is to grow from it and do better next time. Account for the things you’ve done and how your actions and the things that you say affect other people. So let’s just have fun and support one another. That’s all.”

After the Women Tell All taping earlier this month, Dina exclusively told Us that she had hopes of mending her friendship with Carolina.

“I thought we were going to resolve things and that we were going to talk it all out and come to a place of understanding,” Dina told Us. “I said my piece and what I was sorry for and the way that I came at her in the last episode prior to hometowns, because that was genuine.”

Despite not being in the place she wanted with Carolina, Dina was able to get things off her chest that made her feel better.

“The sentiment I don’t regret, but the way that I presented it was just too much, so I was happy I was able to say that, but I just don’t feel like I got any of that back from her at all,” she admitted. “I just thought, ‘OK. This isn’t as productive as I thought it was going to be.’ That sucked.”

While Grant ultimately sent Carolina packing ahead of hometowns, Dina was eliminated the next-week after not introducing the lead to her family in Chicago. When Grant came to the Windy City, Dina began having doubts about their relationship and joked to Us that she “forgot we are dating.”

“I thought, ‘Could our relationship take the test of time? … Our connection isn’t as strong as I thought it was,’” she said. “That was the first time where I was like, ‘It may not be me.’”

Grant’s final three contestants are Litia Garr, Juliana Pasquarosa and Zoe McGrady.

The Bachelor airs on ABC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.