Katie Thurston is proving she will serve simply as a lot shade as she will romance. The previous Bachelorette star took to Instagram this week to hilariously — and ruthlessly — reply to a dig from one in all her previous contestants, Cody Menk.
“Bear in mind this man from my season? Me both,” Thurston, 34, quipped on her Instagram Story Wednesday, August 6, alongside a photograph of Menk, 32, from her 2021 run because the franchise’s main girl.
Whereas claiming she couldn’t fairly place him, she teased, “However he’s nonetheless right here lurking on my web page.” She wrapped the put up with a sweet-and-salty sendoff: “Thanks for being a fan,” topped off with a kissing emoji — plus a screenshot of the impolite comment that sparked all of it.
Menk had apparently popped up within the feedback of Thurston and comic Jeff Arcuri’s April wedding ceremony announcement to put in writing, “Good couple! Each stable 5s,” punctuating it with a laughing emoji.
Thurston wasn’t about to let that one get underneath her pores and skin. A number of hours later, she shared a heartwarming counterpunch: a clip from the couple’s Off the Vine podcast look, the place Arcuri gushed over his spouse as she continues her battle with stage IV breast most cancers.
When host Kaitlyn Bristowe requested what they’re most pleased with, Arcuri didn’t hesitate: “I’m pleased with how, principally how, she’s not solely going via this however, like, excelled via it.”
Thurston, holding again tears, replied, “He’s one thing I’m most pleased with. I’ll begin crying. Like the best way that he’s proven up. He doesn’t know the best way to present up for a most cancers affected person, particularly one which’s his spouse. He has simply made so many sacrifices. … I’m so, so, so blessed.” She captioned the clip: “I hope you all discover a @jarcuri in your life.”
Followers first met Thurston on Matt James’ season of The Bachelor earlier than she stepped into the Bachelorette highlight for Season 17. Menk, whose most memorable second was arriving in a limo with a blow-up doll named Sandy, lasted simply two weeks earlier than being despatched house.
Thurston, in the meantime, went on handy her remaining rose to Blake Moynes, although the engagement led to 2021. After a short relationship with fellow contestant John Hersey, she met Arcuri in 2024, obtained engaged that August, and tied the knot in March 2025 — simply weeks earlier than publicly sharing her most cancers prognosis.
Even with the well being challenges forward, Thurston instructed Off the Vine listeners she’s wanting towards a hopeful future: “My hope for the longer term is that, whether or not it’s this 12 months or subsequent 12 months, I’ll be like, ‘Hey, guys, there’s no proof of illness.’ Despite the fact that technically, stage IV shouldn’t be curable… I’m very optimistic.”
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