During one of the Bachelor in Paradise season 10 compatibility challenges, Gary and Leslie were in the top 3, but Gary bet too many of his chips on a question, and they ended up in the bottom 3 at the end of the game. Bailey Brown and Jeremy Simon had won the challenge, which allowed them to choose which couple would be eliminated.
Because the women were giving out the roses that week, Bailey had the power to send home one of the bottom 3 couples--Gary and Leslie, Kim Buike and Faith Martin, or Brian Autz and Parisa Shifteh. She chose to eliminate Leslie and Gary, so their time in Costa Rica was through.
On the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast, Leslie gave an update on her relationship with Gary. She shared that they're currently best friends who talk all the time, but she isn't sure if they'll be more than that because they haven't seen each other.
Leslie said, "We talk all the time. We talk. We were at the premiere together watching the show in L.A. Gary is, I can honestly say, right now, one of my best friends. I mean he is ... I'll call him if I have a problem. He kind of talks me off the ledge a little bit. We'e always there for each other. We have each other's back."
Leslie added that she and Gary care very much about each other, saying, "so, that is a huge thing for me, and I don’t know what it’s gonna be, but I know that we have special places in our hearts for each other and that's all I can say right now."
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