Jenn Finally Sends Sam M. Packing Before Hometown Dates On 'The Bachelorette'

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Season 21 of The Bachelorette.

The competition for Season 21 of The Bachelorette is heating up, and fans of the long-running reality show are officially tapped in. As the bachelorette, Jenn Tran gets to know the eligible men hoping to be her next beau, and one competitor who stood out from the rest of the 25 eligible bachelors is Sam McKinney, better known on the series as Sam M.

Sam M. instantly caught Jenn's attention upon entering the competition. So much so that she gave him the First Impression rose during the Season 21 premiere.

Since then, Sam M. basked in being one of Jenn's favorites and continued working his magic to make her his lady. But some of his behavior led fans to wonder how far Sam M. would actually get, and after the Aug. 12 episode, now we know.

Sam M. was one of two Sams vying to win Jenn's heart. The other is Samaun “Sam” Nejad (Sam N.), 25, an entrepreneur based in Carlsbad, Calif. Sam M., 27, works as a contractor and is a country boy hailing from Myrtle Beach, S.C.

From the beginning, Sam M. and Jenn seemed to have a connection. His receiving a rose made him immune to being eliminated on Night 1, and many Bachelorette fans saw it as a sign he was here to stay. Unfortunately, he doesn't get as far in the competition as it seemed at the start.

Sam M. doesn't win The Bachelorette. He doesn't even make it to the final four, which is surprising since other Bachelorette competitors who won the season, such as Tino Franco from Season 19 and Nayte Olukoya from Season 18, have ended up with their bachelorettes after receiving a First Impression rose. However, Sam M. makes it to the week before Hometown dates, and that's when things hit the fan for him.

Jenn sits down with Sam M. in the Aug. 12 episode to share her concerns about their relationship. But when Sam M. repeatedly talks about his journey and his experience on the show, Jenn clocks his selfishness and disregard for her feelings. And, ahead of the cocktail party and rose ceremony, she sends Sam M. home.

While Sam M. won't win The Bachelorette, there is another frontrunner who reportedly makes it much further. According to Reality Steve, Devin, a 28-year-old freight entrepreneur from Houston, Texas, is predicted to be The Bachelorette winner. However, the news is something some Bachelorette fans are hoping won't come to fruition.

Multiple Bachelorette fans have questioned Devin's intentions, with one fan tweeting they believe Devin is on the show for bragging rights from winning the competition, and not so much to win Jenn's heart through an "actual connection."

While Devin and Jenn have, of course, remained mum about the matter, the prediction came around the same time a woman claimed to have dated Sam M. before he filmed The Bachelorette. The woman, Raeley Polasek, posted a TikTok on July 10 claiming she and Sam M. were in a long-distance relationship and attended a wedding together in Nashville, Tenn., during their courtship.

She further said they planned to see each other more, but Sam M. eventually became distant, with Raeley stating, "He wasn't replying to my texts as fast, and I think we only talked twice a day." While she said she was surprised how he had "gone silent," the content creator confirmed Sam M. told her she was going to apply to The Bachelorette when they first met.

The Bachelorette airs new episodes on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.