Beach buddies! Bachelor In Paradise stars Ashley Iaconetti and Daniel Maguire flaunt their toned bodies while on the shore in Los Angeles
Monday's episode of Bachelor In Paradise was full of drama.
So it's no wonder that hours before the ABC reality show aired, two of its cast members took some time to unwind on the beach in Los Angeles.
Both Ashley Iaconetti (who was on Chris Soules' season of The Bachelor) and Daniel Maguire (from JoJo Fletcher's season of The Bachelorette) looked perfectly toned as they wore their swimsuits while soaking up the sun.
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Beach-body ready: Bachelor In Paradise star Ashley Iaconetti was photographed walking on the beach in Los Angeles in a two-piece that framed her impressive abs on Monday
The comeback kid: Though she was sent home without a rose on Monday night's episode, she prevailed upon the other stars to let her come back
The 28-year-old's black bikini featured a perilously sparse top and a high-waisted bottom, framing her impressive abs and flashing plenty of cleavage.
Occasionally, she lounged about with a flamingo pool float and stretched her tanned, shapely legs across the sand.
Meanwhile, the 31-year-old Daniel wore only navy striped swim trunks, sunning his musclebound arms, not to mention his own washboard abs, which he's fond of exposing on television.
Sob sister: The Virginia native has made a name for herself on the programme for frequently crying
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Bombshell: Daniel Maguire was also photographed sunning his musclebound arms and his own washboard abs
The past couple of weeks have been turbulent for each of them. Last Monday's episode saw the pair flung together for a date, about which neither of them could be accused of excessive temperance.
Iaconetti wound up with the model because Jared Haibon - with whom she co-starred on the programme last year and with whom she's still besotted - was taken.
Responding to his commitment, the stylist denounced Caila Quinn, Haibon's latest flame and her erstwhile friend, as a 'backstabbing whore.'
Her subsequent date with the Canadian wound up touching on her claim to virginity. Maguire asked her outright: 'Are you interested in having sex in the near future?'
The couple that weren't: On last week's episode of Bachelor In Paradise, the 28-year-old and 31-year-old went on a date during which he broached the subject of taking her virginity
He continued rephrasing the question during his confessional, composing such romantic variations as: 'Does she want some Canadian bacon?'
Last Monday, the night the episode aired, he appeared on Bachelor In Paradise: After Paradise and scandalised hostess Michelle Collins by joking: 'It's always nice to go on a date with a virgin. I want to be like Rambo; I want to be the first to draw blood.'
He also delighted fans by removing his shirt for much of the chat show.
This Monday, Bachelor In Paradise was no less mercurial for the couple that weren't.
Words to live by: On this Monday's episode, he advised the disconsolate stylist to overcome her infatuation with Jared Haibon and 'slut it up a little bit'
In her trademark flood of tears, Iaconetti continued throwing herself in vain at Haibon, wailing, 'Are you sure you don't want to be with me ever?' and nearly driving him off the programme.
Maguire offered some comfort by counselling her to 'slut it up a little bit' and 'f*** 10 different guys in a month.'
Mentorship notwithstanding, he gave his rose to Haley Ferguson, leaving Iacanotti and fan favourite Sarah Herron to go home.
However, in a shock move, the resident sob sister leapt from the car and prevailed upon the other contestants to allow her to stay.
The lineup: Monday's episode of Bachelor In Paradise saw plenty of drama
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