The
Bachelor’s

Dina
Lupancu
knew
what
she
was
doing
when
she
switched
up
her
hometown
date.

During
the
March
10

Women
Tell
All
episode,
the
32-year-old
revealed
her
family
didn’t
actually
decline
to
meet

Grant
Ellis
during
her
trip
home
to
Illinois—rather,
she
made
the
call
for
her
love
interest
not
to
meet
the
parents.

“I
had
spoken
to
my
family
after
Madrid,”
Dina,
who
was
eliminated
during
the
March
3
episode,
explained
to
E!
News
in
an
exclusive
interview.
“My
dad
was
all
game,
everyone
was
all
good
to
go.
We
were
happy
about
it.”

But
when
her
mother
was
hesitant
to
appear
onscreen,
the
Chicago-based
attorney
initially
pleaded
with
her
dad
to
change
her
mind.

“I
was
like,
‘Let
me
just
talk
to
Mom
and
try
to
get
her
to
come,’”
she
recalled,
“and
my
mom
was
like,
‘I’m
just
not
comfortable
in
front
of
a
camera.
I’ll
write
a
letter
and
Dad
can
read
it
to
[Grant],
and
then
maybe
we’ll
FaceTime
or
something.’”