On Monday’s explosive three-hour finale, Luyendyk Jr., 36, sent millions of devoted viewers into a tailspin when he pulled a switcheroo: Two months after proposing to Kufrin, he realized he was still in love with his runner-up, 26-year-old sales executive Lauren Burnham.
Yes, Becca is our new leading lady looking for love!
Well, apparently after breaking up with Becca, slimy Arie rushed to Virginia Beach to see if Lauren would take him back. She’s entitled to live her life; unfortunately, the future isn’t going to be altogether easy on her.
We’re used to brutal breakups and cringe-worthy confrontations.
Harrison also told Becca about how people have been buying her drinks, so to speak, by depositing money in her Venmo account (a digital wallet mobile app).
The Bachelor took a perverse amount of pleasure dragging out the heartbreak, as there were constant injections of host Chris Harrison on the “reunion” stage slyly grinning and promising there was so much more to come.
Arie explained to Becca that while they made sense as a couple, his heart belonged to Lauren and he couldn’t stop thinking about her.
“I forgive you. The entire situation, it’s hard, but you learn from everything, and it just adds to my story”, she said.
Since the show’s producers wouldn’t give Arie her private number, he direct-messaged Lauren via Instagram on New Year’s Eve to potentially set up a conversation. Now she can use her trademark line, “ready to do the damned thing! and find a guy who doesn’t half-heartedly propose to the MI beauty”. He admits that he chose Becca because he thought she’d be a good wife, but wives aren’t area rugs. A little tip for them: Arie has set the bar awfully low. She said, “I wanted to move on and have my person that I can focus on and live my life with”. Snaps for how well Becca has handled herself through this breakup.
“I love you so much and I want to do this in front of everyone because I want to show you that I should have done this a long time ago”, Arie said. The Bachelor claimed the online haters haven’t bothered him because getting Lauren back made it all worth it. You can even pinpoint the moment her heart breaks.
In a moment of pure Internet goodness, someone chose to find Kufrin’s Venmo and send her money to cope with her very public heartbreak.
She removed the lavish engagement ring he had given her in Peru.