Bachelor in Paradise viewers are still reeling over Golden Bachelor alum April Kirkwood's decision to give Bachelorette alum Jonathon Johnson a rose. "I love April so much," Jonathon, 28, told Us Weekly on Thursday, July 24, adding that the Goldens "saved Paradise for me" after several failed connections with traditional Bachelor alums. "I'd been friend zoned [by Alexe Godin] and then I had a little tiff with Jill [Chin] - I saw her as more of a friend and we had to communicate that and hash that out - and after the conversation, I was feeling really defeated," Jonathon said.