"I sat down and thought, 'Okay, I'm going to win this,'" Kathy tells PEOPLE of how she decided which secret to spill during the 'Bachelor in Paradise' challenge Kathy Swarts explains her shocking confession in the July 15 episode of Bachelor in Paradise during an exclusive interview with PEOPLE While the reality star says her story is "all true,

"The Golden Bachelor" and "Bachelor in Paradise" contestant shares her thoughts on Mel Owens' comments about dating women over 60. Kathy Swarts stormed into Bachelor Nation's collective consciousness in October 2023 when she told Theresa Nist to "zip it" during a group pickleball date on The Golden Bachelor.

Golden Bachelor alum Kathy Swarts had her eyes set on Keith Gordon before officially asking him to the VIP suite on Bachelor in Paradise. “My goal was to strategically pick a place on that catamaran where I could eyeball each and every guy,