Zoe McGrady has slammed Grant Ellis' The Bachelor bachelorettes, saying that she'd never stoop down to their level.

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On The Bachelor's second episode of Season 29, Zoe interrupted the basketball group date by asking Grant to leave the court with her to have a conversation, and Zoe's aggressive dating approach rubbed the nine other bachelorettes the wrong way.

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"I'm very confident and bold, and yeah, so at that point, I hadn't made any friends. I was the last limo out," Zoe told co-hosts Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt on the Thursday, February 6 episode of the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast.

Not only did Zoe accuse the bachelorettes of being "way too aggressive" while playing basketball and pushing her to the ground, but she claimed she was actually trying to "de-escalate the situation" by asking her team to go easier on their opponents, who were getting crushed on the scoreboard.

"While playing [basketball], I thought my team would've protected me, but then suddenly, they're trying to switch sides," Zoe recalled.

"The thing with women that I've [experienced] over the years is just that mentality of groupthink, of like, 'We all have to be on the same page; otherwise we are going to ostracize and attack you.'"

Zoe insisted, "And I don't play that. Me and my friends, we are all successful and we're all driven, but in different areas."

Zoe elaborated, "Do whatever you want to do. Date who you want to date. Dress how you want to dress. I'm not threatened by them; I am inspired by them."

But Zoe suggested she wasn't getting that vibe from Grant's group of bachelorettes.

And tension amongst The Bachelor ladies heightened when Zoe sought out more alone time with Grant during the afterparty and interrupted his conversations with other women to get it.

Zoe was deemed "disrespectful," and it appeared most of the women were talking about Zoe behind her back and rallying against her.

"A lot of times, I feel like there are groups of women who need to, like, they have their leader and they just, like, go along with whatever they're saying," Zoe said.

"And at that point, the group of nine other women [on the basketball date] had their leaders telling them that I deserve to be attacked!"

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Zoe claimed there were two women who "were the loudest" and presumably acted as the leaders of the group, and that included Alli Jo Hinkes, who, at one point, was "screaming" at Zoe.

Based on what viewers saw on Episode 2 of Grant's The Bachelor season, Alli Jo yelled at Zoe and accused her of being an insecure attention-seeker.

Juliana Pasquarosa was also vocal about how Zoe's behavior was selfish and rude, but Zoe didn't identify her by name during the podcast episode.

"Not a single person stood up for me, and by that point, I'm in tears because, like, 'What is literally going on right now?' And that was, like, kind of just a really crazy experience to be in because I have not been in anything like that before," Zoe explained.

"As I said, in my group of people -- whether it be pageants, modeling or tech -- all of them are just so supportive. So it was just so strange."

Zoe also admitted it was difficult being filmed that entire time because she was "hyper-aware" of her surroundings.

"If I go off and say one thing to them, I'm like, 'I don't want to stoop to everyone's level.' That was my one thing. I don't do that," Zoe said.

Zoe boasted about how she has grown up over the years and conducts herself like an adult.

"I'm not going to stoop to your level," Zoe repeated.

"You're not going to get me out of character. I am not going to cuss you out. I'm not going to do these things, and I'm not going to gang up on and attack someone for no reason!"

Zoe pointed out how "there are ways to be rude in this environment" but she didn't think her behavior fit the bill.

"If I had a rose and knew I was safe, or if I had a one-on-one that week, or there was something [that allowed us] to establish a really strong connection, and then I was just stealing [Grant] just to steal him, yes, I would get you being upset," Zoe explained.

"But it was [early in the process]… I had the opportunity to have some extra time, and I need to see, also, if I like this guy!"

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Zoe complained to Joe and Serena how the women's behavior was very passive aggressive, for the most part, at the group-date afterparty.

"They were sitting there talking behind my back and really hyping each other up to be angry at me instead of trying to talk to me, like, 'Hey, you did that thing. It kind of sucked; we wanted more time with him. Maybe tonight, don't do anything crazy,'" Zoe said.

"I would've been like, 'Cool, no problem.' But they came in an attack and they came as a group. And I was like, 'I'm not about to be bulldozed into trying to lessen myself, like, I didn't do anything wrong!'"

Zoe explained how she wasn't going to apologize for something anyone else in her position would've done.

Zoe also insisted if any other woman had stolen Grant away, she "would not have been angry at them."

Zoe said, "I would've been like, 'Cool, so the next group date, I'm allowed to take him away.' That's what I think, and that's the way that my brain works. So it was a bit interesting."

Zoe revealed she had only watched one or two seasons of The Bachelor franchise in the last 10 years and so she "really did not know what" she was getting herself into.

"Like I said, 'All is fair in love and war,' and if we had all talked about this, like, 'Hey, tonight, we're all going to talk to him one time,' and we agree to that, and then I go steal him five times, then I'm doing something wrong," Zoe acknowledged.

"But if we have not said that... then it is all fair. And I'm also not going to operate in a way that's not authentic to me. I do bold things throughout my life; that is who I am and it's who I'm always going to be."

Zoe said on the podcast of her personality, "It's not bold because I need attention and it's not bold because I'm insecure; it's bold because I like to do things a little different. That's just how I work, and you're allowed to do whatever you want to do."

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