Bachelor in Paradise: Is Connor Saeli throwing shade at Caelynn Miller-Keyes?

There may be a potential Bachelor in Paradise spoiler ahead, but if you’re wondering how Connor Saeli might be throwing shade at Caelynn-Miller Keyes–then proceed with caution (and curiosity).

Bachelor in Paradise brought forth yet another arrival to the beach in the form of Connor Saeli, who was on Hannah Brown’s season of The Bachelorette. He didn’t make it super-duper far, but we will always remember him as the guy who brought Hannah B. soup when she was sick and left her cute notes all over the place.

And now, he’s in Paradise looking for another chance at love, and naturally, he’s drawn to Caelynn Miller-Keyes. Many of us saw that coming, but we’ll pretend to be surprised. The two hit it off pretty quickly in the second episode of the week following Krystal Nielson and Chris Randone’s wedding. Connor S. was one of two new arrivals to the beach after the wedding events. With Caelynn was nursing a broken heart, Connor’s entrance was quite fitting.

It’s unclear how the rest of this season of Bachelor in Paradise will play out but based on next week’s promo, it seems like Dean Unglert will be back on the beach. You know, the very same Dean who left Paradise and broke up with Caelynn on her birthday. It looks like he wants her back, and if she does indeed go with him, it means she’s dumping Connor S. and not looking back.

We have no official confirmation that this is what happens, but if you follow Connor S. on Instagram, then it sure looks like he’s trying to make something very obvious.

Does anyone notice a certain someone cut out of his pictures? We don’t have to know what happens to understand that things between them probably won’t end well. And I’d bet on the fact that it’s because of Dean’s return to Paradise. If Connor S. isn’t throwing major shade here, then it’s awfully convenient.

But come on, why else would he awkwardly cut her face off in these pictures? The only time someone can do this and get away with it are the types of posts that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds do for each other. If anyone else does it, it’s not cute–at all.

Do you think Connor S. is throwing shade at Caelynn? Yay or nay? Share your thoughts below!