

Last night has been called "the worst Bachelor finale ever," by pretty much all people everywhere, especially Twitter (even if host Chris Harrison referred to it as only "the most emotional"). To recap: Arie Luyendyk Jr. sent Lauren Burnham home and proposed to Becca Kufrin during an alpaca-filled moment in Peru. Then, a few weeks later, he proceeded to change his mind and pick runner-up Lauren Burnham, which he told Kufrin about during one of their post-taping, pre-airing secret weekends away (also on camera, naturally). Viewers were less than thrilled, to put it politely.
The bachelor finale rn #thebachelor pic.twitter.com/qVJwaROdReMarch 6, 2018
"Hey are you okay?" - says the man who just dumped his fiancée on TV after baiting her to come to one of their meetups despite her not having any idea of her impending humiliation with cameras rolling as he tells her he wants the other woman instead#TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/GbGBQ0lyjgMarch 6, 2018
Watching #TheBachelor finale and I’m pretty sure my face is now permanently frozen like this pic.twitter.com/At4s7vByLPMarch 6, 2018
Why is he just sitting there staring #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/5YpkyDfUq0March 6, 2018
How DISRESPECTFUL of @ariejr to break up with @thebkoof on national tv. You can’t give her the respect and courtesy to do it in private? You tried to make her look like a fool but you’re the fool! Shame on you. I hope her dad haunts your ass. #TheBachelor #BeccaforBacheloretteMarch 6, 2018
WE DESERVED BETTER!!! WE DESERVED PETER!!!!!!! #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
This is fucked up. #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
*breaks off engagement**shatters her heart* *hears her bawling in the bathroom* “hey are you okay??” #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
This is like watching OJ’s white bronco in 1994. #thebachelorMarch 6, 2018
if nothing else at least #thebachelor has shown us that the human heart is capable of loving many MANY generic blonde white women at onceMarch 6, 2018
Why. Won't. He. Leave. Jesus. #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/NGHXimjfUsMarch 6, 2018
Could almost hear the cameraman whispering “don’t leave, follow her, be awkward as possible, get her to stab you in the neck #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
Tool. #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/22sSVpMU2bMarch 6, 2018
he looks like he’s trying reeeeeal hard to squeeze out some legitimate looking tears #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/WzsZCN2hQCMarch 6, 2018
Paradise Dean is looking pretty good right now by comparison...#TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/iUG27qiFXtMarch 6, 2018
The winners of this season of #TheBachelor is every woman who DID NOT end up with this idiot pic.twitter.com/xCfSdpSEmqMarch 6, 2018
If this scene is unedited how did an engagement ring go from being on Beccas hand to being in Aris hands without me seeing it 🧐 #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
I was hoping the unedited footage would be more like... #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/6CxADo4m4oMarch 6, 2018
This guy has zero feelings. None. It’s kinda creepy. 😬 #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
Luyendyk is pronounced “lyin-dick”, right? #thebachelorMarch 6, 2018
That is what dodging a bullet looks like ladies. #TheBachelorMarch 6, 2018
if anyone’s wondering what the bachelor finale consisted of......... pic.twitter.com/uvjeTAlWxaMarch 6, 2018
“Hey are you ok?” - the guy who just broke up with his fiancée for the other woman #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/HyU7akbxyIMarch 6, 2018
“please just go.”“okay... im gonna go”#TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/yMrEYwVRw1March 6, 2018
Producers: Can we film your breakup?Arie: #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/DcbwEJfaftMarch 6, 2018
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