'Bachelorette' star Charity Lawson says she 'doesn't regret' giving her first impression rose to Brayden

• Warning: Spoilers ahead for the season 20 premiere of "The Bachelorette."

• Bachelorette Charity Lawson recently spoke to Insider about the recipient of her first impression rose.

• Despite objections from her older brother, Charity gave the rose to ultra-confident Brayden.

Charity Lawson had her heart broken after hometowns on Zach Shallcross' season of "The Bachelor." But the mental health professional told Insider in a recent interview that she's more than ready to find love as the newest Bachelorette.

Indeed, on the season 20 premiere of "The Bachelorette," Lawson's enthusiasm and commitment to her journey is evident — even when a visit from her older brother, Nehemiah, threatens to complicate one of her burgeoning relationships.

The elder Lawson had gone undercover as a bartender during the first night to suss out any questionable motives from the contestants. And while Charity had an intimate conversation with 24-year-old Brayden (the two even shared some passionate kisses), Nehemiah later told her that he'd heard Brayden boasting about likely receiving the coveted first impression rose.

"I was expecting the worst when he told me about Brayden," Charity recalled to Insider. "In that moment, I didn't wanna just completely take it as fact. I trust my brother and everything that he saw and heard, but obviously for me, it was quite different. I was on the other side."

Despite Nehemiah's concerns, however, Charity ended up giving the rose to Brayden, telling Insider that she felt confident in her decision.

"I kind of have this rule that I go by: Three strikes, you're out. So I think in that moment it was like, 'Okay, I'm not gonna deny the chemistry that me and Brayden had, and how I felt around him,'" she explained. "It felt natural, it felt organic. So I was like, 'Okay, let me give him the benefit of the doubt in this moment, but I'm also gonna take into consideration everything my brother said.'"

According to Charity, she didn't plan on bringing up Nehemiah's findings to Brayden himself on the first night, and instead just wanted to go with her gut of "what felt right." She also told Insider that she doesn't "regret the decision" to give Brayden her first impression rose, although she wasn't able to share further details about how their relationship progresses on the show.

"I think that was the first conversation that I had, or the conversation that I could recall, that I just didn't feel anxious," Charity said of her one-on-one chat with Brayden the first night. "I didn't feel like I had to have a whole script or whatever. It just was a conversation that just flowed effortlessly."

"That was really refreshing considering all the nerves that come with night one, all the chaos. So I was like, 'Okay, this is someone that provides like a level of peace or ease for me,'" she continued.

New episodes of "The Bachelorette" air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. You can watch a teaser from the first episode of Charity's season below.

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