If you’re still burning with confusion over Monday night’s Bachelorette finale, here’s something to make you feel at least slightly better. Turns out, this season’s lovable, too-good-for-someone-cough-Garrett contestant, Becca Kufrin, has a big thing in common with Meghan Markle, and it’s not their ability to rake in the viewers (although there is that).
One is real royalty, the other is reality TV royalty, but their surprising connector? They share a beauty pro. Hairstylist and makeup artist Lydia Sellers used to work with Meghan on the regular back before she was a Duchess, and lately, she’s been teaming up with the Bachelorette star for all her recent appearances. While it might be a stretch to say that Becca’s hair is now endorsed by Meghan, that’s also how the transitive property works, and who are we to argue with math?
When you look at the vibe that Becca went for all season, it makes sense that she’d go with Sellers in her life post-Bach. She opts for waves that are easy, wearable, and sleek but with some touchable life to them, which are all adjectives that applied to Meghan’s pre-royalty hair (and still do, in between her schedule of buns and hats).
To get the loose, effortless waves that Becca likes, Sellers says that she focuses on maintaining the volume and separation in Becca’s hair. Her go-to product cocktail starts with Kevin Murphy’s Powder.Puff volumizing powder, and according to Sellers, it was also crucial to Meghan’s routine for big, gorgeous waves. On Becca, she follows it with the brand’s Doo.Over dry finishing hairspray. The former is a volumizing powder that you sprinkle on your roots for the lift that makes on-screen waves look professional, while the hairspray amps up your texture and gives it the hold to last.
But because Becca contains multitudes and likes options in men and hair, wearing her hair sleek is never off the table. In those cases, Sellers runs Kevin Murphy’s Smooth.Again through Becca’s damp hair before blow drying it smooth with the Hai Stylset blowdryer, which she says leaves Becca’s hair silky and shiny.
Both of those were constants in Meghan’s routine as well, although brand reps say that Sellers would rough-dry Meghan’s hair with her hands, instead of a round brush, to keep her tousled texture.
So there you have it: Two queens, one hairstylist.
This season of The Bachelorette has seen its share of highs (Becca’s sparkly dresses, everything about Grocery Store Joe) and lows (Lincoln), but where does the finale fit in? Well, spoiler warning: Garrett wins.
But let’s back up and dig in to the recap, shall we?
We’re in the Maldives, and Becca’s wearing the cutest beach-y lewk. She’s in love with two men: Blake, with whom she has the most “consistent” and “strongest” relationship, and Garrett, who is not Blake. “With Garrett it’s been a little slower,” Becca admits. Still, she’s seen “so many” sides to him that’s made her love grow. (Apparently not the side that likes those problematic Instagrams.)
Even though she loves both, she’s not going to tell them yet because she doesn’t want to do what Arie did to her. Good call, Becca.
Luckily, her family’s here in the Maldives to meet the guys and give their feedback. Garrett’s meeting is first, and Becca warns them that she still sees his divorce as a potential red flag. He shows up with flowers and is VERY excited to talk about fishing. Later, Becca’s mom pulls her aside for a one-on-one chat. She tells Becca that her dad would appreciate how much Garrett clearly loves her. Her mom, however, is a little skeptical: She saw her daughter be just as lovey-dovey with Arie, so what makes this relationship so different?
Becca’s uncle, meanwhile, asks Garrett about his divorce. Garrett says he realized after the wedding that his ex-wife and family were never going to get along. (This may sound a little judge-y, but…wouldn’t that have come up before?) Garret tells the uncle he loves Becca because she’d be a good wife and mother and tears up.
“My emotions are just takin’ the best of me for sure.” – Garrett
During a talk with Becca’s sister, Emily, Garrett says he’s a 50/50 person and is glad Becca’s the same. He tears up again talking about how much he loves her. This wins Emily over and she tells Becca, “Girl, I don’t know how you’re going to make a decision because he’s fabulous.”
But the next day, the family meets Blake. Emily’s first impression is this:
“He looks like a movie star.” – Emily
Emily immediately pulls Blake aside for a chat. He tells her he gravitates toward strong women, and Becca’s the strongest woman he’s ever met. He also feels like they can work together as a team. This wins Emily over, too, and she tells Becca he’s “amazing.” When Becca asks her sister for her honest opinion, Emily says Garrett would be a wonderful father someday, but Blake would challenge Becca and be a better teammate. Becca tears up and admits she always thought it would be Blake in the end, but there’s just something about Garrett. That said, she knows he would be a bigger risk. Emily is basically like, well, Garrett says he’s a caretaker and Blake wants you to be a strong woman, so…
When Becca’s mom sits down with Blake she tells him he’ll be fine whether or not Becca picks him. This, naturally, sends Blake into a spiral.
Then Becca’s uncle asks Blake if there’s any reason the family should be concerned about Garrett. (I can think of one.) Blake says he doesn’t know what Garrett has said, all he knows is that he’ll put Becca first no matter what. As he leaves, Blake admits he’s probably overthinking everything, but he can tell something’s a little…off with Becca. The rain certainly doesn’t help.
“She’s going to pick Garrett.” – Blake
After Blake leaves, Becca asks her family for their thoughts. Right away, her mom says she got the sense that Becca and Blake are more of a team. “He was more on your level,” she says. “You compliment each other very well,” Emily adds. Becca’s uncle thinks Garrett has a “beautiful soul” and is “a poet” but that makes him more of a “risk.” Emily questions whether he would really challenge Becca. Her uncle agrees, adding that Becca needs somebody who will be stride-for-stride and is passionate about the same things as her. Becca’s face says, “I hear you, but Garrett though.” I feel like in this moment, when her family is leaning toward Blake, she goes the other way.
Her mom and sister tear up and say they’re proud no matter what, as long as Becca’s happy.
(PS: Guess who else was in the Maldives…ARIE! And Lauren B.! They went there to talk to Becca, though the conversation was cut from the finale. It’s for the best.)
Even though her family is Team Blake, Becca’s still not sure and hopes the last dates will make things clear. First up is Garrett. They take a boat ride, and he asks what her family thought about him. Halfway through their serious conversation, though, they get distracted by dolphins. To be fair, the dolphins are pretty cool. Garrett, a poet, says he has no words to describe how he’s feeling. They jump in the water to make out on the equator line.
That night, Garret tells Becca that all of their dates have been awesome, but he gets most excited thinking about the bigger picture and doing things like changing diapers with her. Becca says he’s a snorer, so that makes her nervous, but she likes that they were touching the entire night they spent together. Becca asks if he has any last questions or doubts but Garrett says he’s good. Not one question? What about like, “What are your views on feminism?”
Becca says once again that he reminds her of her dad, and Garrett tears up again as he reiterates the whole “I’m a caretaker” thing.
The next day, Becca has a date with Blake that consists of a bike ride around the island followed by snorkeling and snogging in the ocean. Blake asks what her family thought about him, and Becca says it meant a lot to her that they approved. They have a very open, vulnerable conversation with each other, but you can tell Blake’s more invested in it.
Later, he gives her a time capsule he made of their relationship. It’s filled with pictures and quotes and super cute. (Shout out to the producer who helped put this together!) When they kiss goodbye, Blake feels like they’re on the same page. Foreshadowing?
The next morning, Becca reads a lovely letter written by her sister while the guys pick out engagement rings. I like Blake’s cushion cut better, but willing to admit I am very, very biased in his favor.
After a lot of buildup, Becca’s decision is finally revealed: Blake is getting dumped. He’s confident going in to the proposal, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that he’s about to be blindsided. Becca stands there quietly while he delivers this long, emotional speech about all the reasons why he loves her. Before he gets down on one knee, she tells him to pause. Then she drops the bomb: Because their relationship was so solid and constant, she overlooked over other relationships. (Read: Garrett.) Then she digs in further, telling him that she pictured them getting engaged for so long, but now her heart is somewhere else. “I don’t think anybody can make you as happy as I can,” he responds. She doesn’t answer.
As she walks him out, Blake tears up and asks what changed. Becca says there wasn’t anything particular she can point to, Garrett’s just a better fit. They part ways, and both break down into tears. Blake is literally sobbing into a washcloth, while Becca says she has trouble breathing. It’s hard to watch Blake as he says horribly sad things like, “I can’t believe I have to go through all this alone” and “I did love her. I thought she loved me back” and “All I can imagine is how happy she’s going to be when Garrett proposes to her.”
The scene fades out to Blake, who’s now in the studio with Chris Harrison. He’s still thrown that he was so close to proposing and she said no. Chris asks Blake if he’s still in love with Becca, and he says some part of him will always love her. Still, he wants her to be happy and no hard feelings. Watching the show back, Blake realized at least her feelings were as real as his.
After a commercial break, Becca sits down with Blake and tells us yet again that there wasn’t a single moment that changed for her. However, she questioned the longevity of their relationship because he gets more in his head sometimes and she could see that being an issue when challenges arose. Becca apologizes for how the breakup went down—she feels bad he was blindsided—but Blake is gracious, telling her that he wishes her all the happiness.
With that, it’s time to watch Garrett’s proposal. When he arrives, Becca greets him with a kiss. (Notably, Blake did not get the same.)
He gives a speech, Becca tells him she loves him, and he gets down on one knee and proposes. Becca says yes. Meanwhile, I’m trying so hard to be happy that Becca’s happy, but John Mulaney gets it:
Becca and Garrett join Chris in the studio, and they are full of giggles and smiles as the audience cheers. Becca loves her ring—”I think my jaw hit the sand”—but she’s just happy to be engaged to Garrett. Chris congratulates Garrett on his “amazingly romantic” proposal, but Garrett admits he thought was going to break up with him during it. Chris asks Becca when she fell in love, and she says it was during the hometown dates. She could picture herself being a part of his life; on her way out, she ran into his sister and niece and started crying and that’s when she knew she loved him. Garrett says he really fell for Becca after seeing her with his family.
Then they get into what happened after the proposal. A video montage of their secret meet-ups reveals these consisted of making out in a pool and snuggling in bed. The “one” downfall is that Garrett snores. “No, I purr,” he jokes.
Back in the studio, Garrett addresses his social media controversy head on. “I didn’t realize the effect of a double tap or like on Instagram, so I put out an apology,” he says. “I didn’t mean to offend anybody. I apologize for that still. I’m very sorry. I didn’t meant to hurt anybody’s feelings or do anything like that. So, I stand by everything that I posted in my apology. I’m just trying to grow as a person, be a better person on a daily basis. She’s helping me through everything. We’ve been honest and open and transparent with one another since the beginning; and when that all came out, we attacked it because I feel like when I was liking things it was going against what she stands for. And that made it really hard on us as a couple. So when we started talking about that we got through that together. We’re growing, we’re progressing, and we’re moving forward.”
“That was a major thing that we had to talk about early on at the very beginning of our relationship,” Becca adds. “I luckily got to know him for who he is. On the show we don’t have phones, we don’t have social media, and so I got to see who he is, his heart, his soul. The Instagram situation, I don’t condone that and I know that he stands by his apology. He feels so bad for everyone that he did offend, and he didn’t mean it, but I just want to move forward and to learn and to grow and to continue to educate ourselves and that’s all that you can ask for in another person, that somebody who recognizes they made a mistake and did something wrong and want to learn and grow from it and that’s what he showed me.”
OK, well, I’m glad they addressed it so directly. All we can hope is that going forward Garrett really does learn and grow from this, as he promises.
As for next steps, they don’t have any wedding plans but they’re moving in together and getting a pet. Chris gifts them with an all-expenses paid trip back to Thailand as an engagement trip and, even better, a minivan.
And that wraps this season up, my friends! I’ll see you tomorrow for Bachelor in Paradise.
When ABC announced that Becca Kufrin would be the next Bachelorette, Bachelor Nation was ecstatic, to put it mildly. We all watched as Arie Luyendyk Jr. cruelly dumped her on national TV—a breakup so infamous even Saturday Night Live parodied it—so who more deserving? Fans were rooting for this Bachelorette to find the love of her life—and, according to Kufrin, she did: She’s been engaged to the winner of her final rose since taping ended in early May.
But after Kufrin’s season of The Bachelorette premiered, startling truths about some of her suitors came to light. Most notably, Lincoln Adim’s conviction of indecent assault and battery. And then there’s front-runner Garrett Yrigoyen, who admitted to liking several bigoted memes on Instagram.
For the most part, though, Kufrin hasn’t had much to say about these controversies. She’s remained silent on Adim’s conviction. When asked about Yrigoyen’s social media history, she told E! News that “everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and…I would hope people would stay open and respect me but also stay open and respect these 28 guys that went along on the journey with me.”
Of course, as the season comes to a close, Kufrin is aware that she’ll have to answer tough questions. Following the taping of Men Tell All (which airs Monday, July 30), she sat down with Glamour to talk about her experience with Adim and more. Read on.
It’s been two months since you announced you’re engaged. How has your relationship with your fiancé changed since then?
Becca Kufrin: It’s just grown exponentially. We’ve just learned so much more about each other, and it’s just grown so much. I’m even happier.
Throughout this season you kept saying what a great group of guys you had, but certain things have come to light that we didn’t know about. Do you still stand by that?
Becca: I still stand by what I said, and I still think those guys are amazing. And you know, yes, some relationships were a lot stronger. I learned a lot more about each guy and each relationship, but I respect all of them and wish them all the happiness in the world.
PHOTO: ABC/Paul Hebert
Lincoln wasn’t at the Men Tell All taping, nor was he mentioned. Now that we know his history, did you ever feel unsafe with him on the show?
Becca: No. I’m always surrounded by people. There’s a lot of bodies around, and I never felt unsafe. He always treated me with respect. So, yeah…
Once the fantasy suite dates come around, you get more time alone to talk about important topics with the remaining guys. Do you talk about politics and social issues, and where they stand?
Becca: Oh yeah, we talked about everything. I felt like whether it was on camera or off camera, I didn’t hold anything back. I don’t think the guys [held] anything back either. So any questions we had were brought up.
In Monday’s episode you said that you’re in love with two guys. How do you know you made the right choice?
Becca: You know, it’s something unexplainable. It’s just something I felt in my heart. All of the guys were amazing, but [I had to think about] what one would last a lifetime and what one would make me happy when I’m 30 or 45 or 70 or 90. It was just something that I felt, and I had to follow that.
PHOTO: ABC/Paul Hebert
Looking back, who would you have kept around longer? Who would you have eliminated sooner?
Becca: Oh man. I mean…Grocery Store Joe is amazing. I actually bumped into him in Chicago, and he’s great. Trent wasn’t at Men Tell All, but he was a guy who was so funny and always kept me laughing those first few weeks. That being said, I think I made the right choice week by week and did what was right for me.
Caution: Spoilers ahead for the season premiere of The Bachelorette.
Hey, remember that time Arie Luyendyk Jr. proposed to Becca Kufrin on The Bachelor finale? But then changed his mind and broke up with her for another woman? Oh, and the whole thing was filmed for national television so Becca, everyone she knows, and a million strangers could watch her be completely blindsided? Of course you haven’t forgotten—not that ABC would ever let you. Even this season of The Bachelorette, of which Becca is the star, begins with a cold open of her sobbing as she stares at photos of her and Arie in happier times.
Seriously, how much are they going to put this woman through? Becca’s the lead and ostensibly here to find love, but they’re kicking off the season with shots of her wandering around the Minnesota snow talking about how she doesn’t know “what to do” now that she’s not engaged.
Luckily, the show transitions to a new narrative pretty quickly: The music swells as Becca says she’s ready to find love again. The replay her appearance on After the Final Rose, when she wore that amazing gold dress and waved at screaming fans. So triumphant! Now she’s posing with roses for photo shoots and laughing. She’s doing aerial yoga to get that Jennifer Aniston bod. She’s driving around in a luxe red convertible. She is ready to get her life!
“Bring on the men!” – Becca but also me.
Becca rolls up to The Bachelorette mansion in her hot new car and is greeted by her best (ABC approved) friends: former Bachelorettes Rachel Lindsay, JoJo Fletcher, and Kaitlyn Bristowe. They’re here for a “girl chat”—and to remind us viewers that this process “works.” That said, it is kind of incredible that they’re all still with the guys they picked on the show.
Their advice to Becca is basically this: Forget Arie because a bunch of hot, accomplished dudes are coming to a mansion to woo you. The attention is all on you, girl, so soak it up. The women also drop some shade that Bachelorettes are better pickers than the Bachelors because men are not as “intuitive.” They are not wrong. The proof is in the data!
“Please don’t edit this out: FUCK HIM.” – Rachel Lindsay, how I’ve missed you.
Before they leave, Rachel wants to sage the place because “a lot of dirty stuff went down in this mansion.” (I love you, Rachel, always.) Rachel gets it all: She sages the couch, she sages Becca’s ring finger, she even sages Becca’s vagina. Kaitlyn, meanwhile, is confused because she thinks it’s just “a big doobie.”
I’d like to see that play out more, but instead a smoke alarm goes off—so, everyone heads outside so JoJo can casually sip on her mimosa as she points out the place she first kissed Jordan. Honestly, I just want a full hour devoted to this madness.
JoJo makes a good point that she, Rachel, and Kaitlyn all gave their first impression roses to the guys they ended up picking; they also kissed their chosen guys on the first night. So, no pressure BECCA.
Sadly, this conversation comes to an end so we can transition to meeting some of the men. First up is Clay, a pro football player who says he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a professional athlete because he’s a “big sweetheart.” Then we have Garrett, a 29-year-old medical sales rep who reminds us 1,000 times in five seconds that he is from Reno, Nevada. He follows that with what I think is an impression of Chris Farley? (“Was that pretty good?” he asks. No.)
The real comedy comes with Jordan, a 26-year-old “professional model” who also makes a memorable appearance in this Glamour video, below:
Jordan gives us so many fantastic quotes during his segment that I think it’s best to include the highlights without commentary:
“My brand is the pensive gentleman. It could have a glass of scotch. He could have a book in his hand. He could have a flower in his hand giving to a lady.”
“The power is in the brows.”
“Modeling is so much more than being ridiculously good looking.”
“You’re talking gym year round, tan year round, salt spray year round. There’s so much involved. It’s taxing.”
“I started to realize that, you know, I’m so focused on myself that I’m really losing out on potentially sharing myself with someone else.”
“I’m so excited for Becca to be the Bachelorette. I could see Becca and I on a couch with sweats, a tub of chocolates, and watch a chick flick. Like, a lot of models won’t do that. I do that sometimes.”
So good. Sadly, though, we must move on…to a sane person: Lincoln is from Nigeria and seems like a catch. No red flags here, so keeping an eye on this one.
From Lincoln we go to Joe, who greets us in Chicago with a wink. He’s kinda cute, but then he opens his mouth and out comes the MOST Chi-CAH-go accent. I can’t explain it, but I am…deeply attracted? Blame it on my Midwestern upbringing, but this 31-year-old grocery store owner who says lame lines like, “See, I know my fruits and vegetables. I know tomatoes very good. Women? Not so lucky” is apparently it for me.
“I deal in produce but the one thing I haven’t produced yet is love.” – My dream man, I guess.
Joe jokes that there’s gotta be a woman out there for him because he’s too handsome. Is it me?
Ugh, we’ve got to move on: Here’s Jean Blanc, who loves nice watches, nice ties, and nice cologne. He has over 100 bottles! To him, cologne is “the essence of your soul.” K.
“She needs a man that smells good, and I’m going to blow her nose away.” – Jean Blanc. My god what people will say to be on reality tv.
I’d like to spend a lot more time learning about Jean Blanc’s cologne—sorry, his soul—but we shift to Colton. He was also a pro football player, but after an injury he had to quit. So, he started a foundation for kids with Cystic Fibrosis. His description of the work he’s doing is super emotional—and then they cut to his cute, very old dog and I’m sold. (Fun fact: According to People, he is Aly Raisman’s ex.)
Apparently The Bachelorette can’t top that, so it’s time to check in with Becca. She’s wearing a fabulous white halter neck gown—how very Meghan Markle!—and ready to do the damn thing. (Is she tired of saying that yet?)
First out of the limo is Colton, so clearly he’s getting the husband edit this season. They pop some confetti guns—to get this thing “poppin'”—and hug. Next is Grant, an electrician who tells Becca she deserves a lot of respect for what she went through, and then it’s Clay. He tells Becca she’d be the biggest catch of his life. It’s a sweet moment, but she gives an “aww” that sounds an awful lot like he’s already in the friend zone.
There’s a little more chemistry with Jean Blanc, who uses his time to teach Becca how to say “let’s do the damn thing” in French. The best part, though, is when he walks away and Becca says he smelled good. Bah! Maybe “colognoisseur” really is a thing!
Connor is next and gets down on one knee—the same move Becca did when she first met Arie—but she seems…not into it? Connor is followed by my Chicago beau Joe and, yes, I’m still charmed by him for reasons I can’t fully explain.
In fact, I’m so distracted by Joe that I miss John’s turn. Sorry, John! Oh well, I’ve already moved on emotionally to man bun Leo. He starts off with a full updo, but then lets his hair down as a knock-off version of “I’m Too Sexy” starts playing. Either I’m easy to please or it’s a genuinely great moment.
And the hits keep coming: Jordan comes out in a suit that took him six hours to pick out. As he walks away, Becca even comments that he has “fun” shoes. Jordan couldn’t have hoped for a better reaction because, “I wanted Becca to hear the tapping of the shoes I wore such is like the heartbeat of a gentleman.” (Yes, I played this line back several times and this nonsense is what he said.)
Jordan is confident he’ll stand out in the crowd of bros because he wore a gray suit. Cut to Rickey meeting Becca while wearing a gray suit. Then there’s Alex, who isn’t in a gray suit but Becca does compliment his tie.
Nick shows up in a racing suit and says, “I’m not a race car driver … What kind of bleep-bleep (asshole, I assume?) wears this?” So, I like Nick. Except he claims meeting Becca was “the hardest thing” he’s ever done in his life. Um, you’re a lawyer. What about literally any of your cases? What about law school? Getting out of a limo in a borrowed onesie is really it?
Meanwhile, Leo’s not impressed because he thinks it’s a bad idea to remind Becca of her ex. Someone tell that to Mike, who brings a full cardboard cut out of Arie. Becca says it’s “freaking her out,” and I’m with Leo on this one: We all want to forget Arie.
Moving on: Garrett rolls up in a minivan. He brought it because he wants to be a great dad someday. It’s a little weird to me, but Becca’s into it and I just want her to be happy. If that means a minivan-driving Reno resident, then go for it girl.
A quick check in with the guys in the mansion reveals they’re sizing each other up and sitting around talking about how great Becca looks.
“Did you see the sparkles on her dress too?” – This guy gets it.
Blake arrives on an ox because his feelings are already “as strong as an ox.” (More like “the producers have run out of ideas and somebody had a random lead on a ox so here we are.”)
Let’s just move on to Lincoln—like Blake, Lincoln met Becca on After the Final Rose. So did Chase, Darius, and Ryan, who we all meet in quick succession. The rest of the guys are pissy about it because she remembers these five, as if these guys really got any quality time with her.
Anyway, Chris Harrison must be ready to get to the drama because there’s then a quick montage through Christon, Wills, and Jason. There’s a brief pause when Kamil comes out and he asks her walk to him because he thinks relationships should be halfway. I don’t like it—this is her night, brah—and then he makes it worse by being like, “actually what about 60/40…for me.” It backfires, as it should.
The weirdness continues when Jake comes out of the limo next. Like Becca, he’s from Minneapolis and an acquaintance of hers; she’s thrown off by his arrival, but she doesn’t have much time to think it over because Trent shows up in an actual hearse. The line? He “literally died” when he heard she was the Bachelorette.
Meanwhile, Jordan is still shit-talking the other guys’ fashion choices. Especially Christian, who is not wearing a tie or socks with his loafers. According to Jordan, “This is not an occasion for that.”
Speaking of fashion, here is David in a chicken suit so he can caw “Beh-KAH” all night. Turns out, David did not plan ahead; there’s no suit or clothes under the chicken suit, so he’s completely committed to this lewk.
PHOTO: Paul Hebert
The last out of the limo is Chris, who came with a choir. Jordan, who says he’s really good at math, seems overly impressed that Chris fit 12 people in the limo.
Now that we’ve met all the men, Becca is ready to get this party started. After her toast, Connor pulls the first “Can I steal you for a minute?” Unfortunately, he immediately ruins the moment by popping a bottle of champagne and drinking straight out of the bottle before even offering her a glass or sip first. And you thought you had it bad at Teddi’s house, Dorit.
The rest of the night is a bit of a blur: Clay brought literal clay, so she’d remember his name. John reveals he’s the guy who made the app for Venmo (um, excuse me?), Christon does an impressive dunk over Becca’s head. Even more impressive is the line he gives after: “When a guys tells you he’d jump over the moon for you I mean it.”
Later, Becca chats with Joe (luv u), feels a connection with Blake, receives a bracelet from Lincoln, and gets a back massage from Nick. David, naturally, asks her to do the chicken dance before finally revealing his face. Good news: He’s hot enough to pull it off! Then Garrett shows her some fishing techniques. Becca says he reminds her of home because he’s a fisher and hunter, and that’s what the men in her family are into. She seems into him. Foreshadowing?
PHOTO: Paul Hebert
Joe, you charmer.
Things are almost going too well. Cue Chris, who reveals he has some dirt on another guy in the house. Apparently Chris knows Chase’s ex, and she’s been texting not-so-nice things about him. According to her, Chase isn’t there for the right reasons; he just likes “hanging out with his boys” and wants to revamp his marketing company. After asking a few guys for their advice, Chris decides to pull Chase aside to tell him about it. THIS WON’T GO WELL, which is why we pause for a commercial break.
When we return, Chris tells Chase about the texts. Chase’s excuse is that he only dated her for, like, two weeks so, you know, “women.” Eye roll, eye roll, eye roll. Chase decides he better get ahead of this, so he pull Becca aside to talk about it. She understandably is like, “Well, what did the texts say?” This makes Chase realize he never actually found out, so he brings Chris in to clear things up. The whole thing is weird, but it leads Becca to think about who else might not be here for the right reasons…
She asks Jake—the guy she knows through mutual friends—to talk. Turns out they’ve met a few times, but he’s never shown interest in her before. So why now? He avoids the question (why are you here?) and instead focuses on the fact that he only remembers meeting her once. She points out that’s factually not true, so he pivots to a new technique: telling her she needs to stop “hanging on” to whatever happened at this Christmas party. He claims he’s had a “really transformative year,” so she should give him a chance.
Instead, Becca’s like, dude, we’ve met multiple times and each time it was kind of nothing. Why waste her time, his time, and everyone else’s time? So with that, Jake is the first one to go home of the season. She tells the rest of the guys what happened, which the others all take as a wake-up call.
The remaining guys who haven’t talked to her yet get into action, including Wills who reveals he has a Harry Potter tattoo. Wow, I am in love. Becca, can you spare Wills and Joe? Please? I don’t think she’d miss them that much, given that the first impression rose goes to Garrett. She’s choosing him because he made her laugh and feel comfortable, and they kiss.
That means only one thing: It’s time for the rose ceremony.
“I can’t go home. It wouldn’t be fair to Becca.” – Jordan
“[I’m] looking out at a sea of highway patrol officers, you know, wondering if maybe she didn’t feel me.” – Leo
The sun is rising so Becca gets through the roses pretty quick. In addition to Garrett, Lincoln, Blake, Rickey, Jean Blanc, Christon, Clay, Wills, Connor, Jason, John, Ryan, Alex, Nick, Trent, Colton, David, Jordan, Leo, Mike, and Chris are all staying another week.
That means goodbye for Kamil, Chase, Christian, Darius, Grant, Jake, and my darling Joe. Sigh, it’s for the best. They all take it much better than the men of seasons past. The real drama comes in the preview for the rest of the season.
Coming up: Becca’s falling in love! There are tears! “I can’t believe what I just did what Arie did to me.” Lincoln is a liar and manipulator! Jordan is here to boost his modeling career! Colton is a virgin! “Cheers to you being a bitch!” Blake is bleeding! It all leads to a finale where Becca’s crying again!
