The New Jersey native chose to give his first impression rose to Alexe Godin, but he kissed a total of eight women during night one, setting a series record. Season 28’s Joey Graziadei and season 27’s Zach Shallcross previously held the record with seven night-one kisses each.

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Then fans got their first outlandish arrival of the night by Linda the llama, who accompanied farm girl Alexe. Juliana entered next, going in on a cannoli Lady-and-the-Tramp style with Grant, followed by model Chloie and social media manager Bailey,