Eventually, Shannon opted not to let the gown see the light of day, which caused a delay in filming when she needed to find another dress. After photos surfaced of her wearing a pink sequined Alice + Olivia mini, Bones addressed the ordeal in an Instagram Live. While speaking to his followers, he said he knew his design "wouldn’t work" before Shannon began prepping for the reunion. Once she decided not to wear the gown, Bones said he was so "humiliated" that he cried about it to his mom.

“Me and who I am and who the full world has seen on TV, I don’t do whack s–t,” he explained on Instagram. “I refuse to put whack s–t out into the world because of the representation of who I am, so why would I not try to make this look the best it could be? Like that makes no sense.”