Reality Check: 'The Bachelor' contestant grateful for support after exit

Lexi Young, the 30-year-old digital strategist from Atlanta who quit ABC’s “The Bachelor” last week, has gone to Instagram to explain her decision.

Young has been public about her endometriosis, a disease in which tissue that is normally inside the uterus grows outside it, and she told “Bachelor” season 28 star Joey Graziadei on the episode that to lessen the risk of pregnancy complications in her 30s that she wanted to have children within a couple of years. Graziadei, 28, wanted to wait longer. They tearfully parted.

“My experience on @bachelorabc has been a whirlwind to say the least, but I couldn’t be more thankful that I pushed myself out of my comfort zone to take this leap of faith,” Young wrote after the episode aired. “I know this journey didn’t end quite how I expected it to, but I know and understand that everyone has their own timeline for their personal journey and these timelines don’t always align.”

She added, “Getting to share my endometriosis story and get the overwhelming response I received from each and every one of you means more than you’ll ever know. Every message I receive from a girl who has endo symptoms, an invisible illness, chronic pain, or infertility that I have been able to touch and help in even the smallest way has made everything worth it.”

She thanked the producers and her fellow contestants, and singled out Graziadei “for showing me that a safe, non-judgmental, and kind love exists and is possible, and for setting the bar so high for my next relationship.”

In addition to Young quitting, Graziadei eliminated Lea Cayanan, Katelyn DeBacker and Jess Edwards.

Premieres

NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” returns Monday at 8 p.m. for its silver-anniversary season, with the country pop duo Dan + Shay (Daniel Smyers and Shay Mooney) joining as a coaching team alongside returning coaches John Legend and Reba McEntire and hip-hop star Chance the Rapper, who’s back after a season off … Immediately following from 9:30 to 11 p.m., “Deal or No Deal Island,” hosted by Joe Manganiello, spins off from the NBC game show as more of a reality show set on a private island — but with “glamping” rather than primitive huts, according to one contestant, “Survivor” winner “Boston” Rob Mariano … Speaking of which, “Survivor” returns Wednesday night at 8 on CBS, with a two-hour opener — and Bay Shore-raised Sodasia “Soda” Thompson among the castaways. Watch for our Newsday interview with her this week … Partly opposite on Bravo, at 8 p.m., host Andy Cohen welcomes Garcelle Beauvais, Annemarie Wiley Early, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Crystal Kung Minkoff, Kyle Richards and Sutton Stracke for part one of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” season 13 reunion, with the remainder airing March 6 and 13 … Early Friday, the streaming service Max is once again “Selling the Hamptons,” with a second season of the real estate show set in the South Fork’s tonier towns … and Sunday at 9 p.m. on HGTV, real estate agent and designer Davina Thomasula and her life partner and contractor, Kristin Leitheuser, help families in New York’s Hudson Valley reach their homes’ “Small Town Potential.”

Recaps

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