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The Bachelorette Season 21 Star Jenn Trans 1st Hometown Date Revealed (Spoilers)

The Bachelorette season 21 is underway, and Jenn Tran is already working through her journey according to spoilers which have revealed who her first hometown date is with. While many feel The Bachelor season 28 with Joey Graziadei just came to an end, Jenn is already at the hometown date portion of her season, having had some amazing opportunities to travel in the early weeks of her time as the lead. Jenn, who was eliminated prior to the hometown dates of Joeyโ€™s season, has been able to experience the other side of things as the lead, meeting her contestantsโ€™ families.

According to noted Bachelor spoiler account Reality Steve on X, Jennโ€™s first hometown date is with 31-year-old Marcus Shoberg in Tacoma, Washington. The pair were spotted filming at Titlow Beach recently, appearing to be having a sweet conversation filled with a lot of laughter.

While Reality Steve shared that Marcus was getting the coveted first hometown, he did share some backstory on the contestant, as well. โ€œA little backstory: Marcus lived in the Seattle area after the army. A lot of his army friends currently still live there,โ€ Reality Steve shared. โ€œHe does not have a great relationship with his parents who donโ€™t live in Washington. So my guess is thatโ€™s why his hometown is being filmed there.โ€

Though The Bachelor franchise has always taken pride in the contestants who get to hometown week, there has been some debate surrounding the importance of the dates. While there have been leads who have been swayed one way or another by meeting a contestant’s family, there have been many instances where the hometown dates on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are staged. Some take place in the family homes of the contestants, but many donโ€™t according to Bachelor Nation insiders, including contestants who have had the producers rent spaces they pass off as family homes for filming purposes.

It feels important for the lead to have met a contestantโ€™s family, but there are also circumstances where meeting the family either isnโ€™t of interest to the contestant or isnโ€™t possible. For example, Joey had a difficult hometown date on The Bachelorette season 20 with Charity Lawson. While it made Joey more endearing to Charity, his uncleโ€™s comments about Joey appearing fake couldโ€™ve made the lead rethink their relationship. In other circumstances, like The Bachelorette season 13โ€™s Dean Bell, the hometown date was incredibly stressful for the contestant and seemed to change Rachel Lindsayโ€™s opinion about him entirely.

Though hometown dates allow the lead to see the reality of a contestantโ€™s life and, at times, meet the people who raised them, they donโ€™t necessarily bring more insight into who the contestant is as a person. Hometown dates are interesting for viewers, but theyโ€™re often produced more than the traditional dates that the lead takes contestants on from week to week. While it may be exciting to see Marcus getting Jennโ€™s first hometown date of The Bachelorette season 21, the date itself may be difficult for Marcus to get through, and may not matter in Jennโ€™s final decision.

Sources: Reality Steve/X, Reality Steve/X, The Bachelorette/Instagram