Bachelor Nation is really going through it right now, because weâre witnessing the messiest Bachelorette drama since Arie Luyendyk Jr. dumped Becca Kufrin on camera weeks after proposing to her in the Bachelor finale. Maybe even messier. And I donât mean that in the our-most-dramatic-season-finale-ever way, either.
For everyone who is only visiting Bachelor Nation on a tourist visa and not a longtime resident: a primer on The Bachelorette drama between Jenn Tran, Devin Strader, and Maria Georgas that is continuing to unfold after âAfter the Final Rose.â
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What happened on the finale?
Traditionally, every Bachelor and Bachelorette and now Golden Bachelor/ette season ends with a proposal. Jenn Tran, the first Asian Bachelorette, switched things up only slightly by proposing to her finale pick, Devin Strader, instead of letting him propose to her. He accepted, and everything seemed to be going according to the usual plan.
But before viewers even saw the proposal, the show revealed that while Jenn and Devin had left Hawaii engaged, their engagement ended when Devin broke up with Jenn over the phone a few weeks before a planned âHappy Coupleâ visit from production. At least he didnât do it on camera, right? âHe basically said that he didnât love me anymore and didnât feel the same way,â Jenn told host Jesse Palmer on the finale episode. âHe denied ever being in love.⦠He was checked out. It wasnât what he wanted anymore.â
That would be bad enough but, unfortunately, the audacity continued.
What does Maria Georgas have to do with this?
Maria Georgas was a fan-favorite contestant on Joey Graziadeiâs season of The Bachelor. She revealed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she was supposed to be this seasonâs Bachelorette lead, but she backed out and was replaced with Jenn.
