Warning: The Bachelorette Season 13 finale spoilers ahead.
Welp… it looks like Bryan won Rachel’s heart on The Bachelorette finale. Surprise, surprise. What she didn’t win in the process were the hearts of Bachelor Nation because, as Bryan was the winner, that meant that fan-favorite Peter was given the boot.
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Do you mean to tell me that after of season of wildly great chemistry and a crazy-good connection, she actually just broke up with Peter? Oh, and you’re also gonna try and tell me that if Peter had caved and offered Rachel a ring that she still would have picked Bryan? That goodbye kiss between she and Peter spoke volumes, people. Volumes.
I refuse to believe that you can cry that hard over one person one night and get happily engaged the next to someone else #TheBachelorette
— vermhat (@jakewarren27) August 8, 2017
And then there was their reunion on the live taping. She was dishing some serious sass to him. I thought he had every right to say he felt attacked. He tried to apologize to her and instead of accepting it, she clapped back about living her best life. That’s just not cool, Rachel.
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Thankfully, there was Twitter to support us through this tough finale. Fans clearly shared some of my feelings about the way Peter was treated during the finale and aftershow; they didn’t hide their dismay at Peter’s elimination and the way he was subsequently treated. It would seem that, in the process of this controversial finale, Rachel might have fallen out of favor with Bachelor Nation.
https://twitter.com/KaitlynDubay/status/894752662872219648
https://twitter.com/psych_amy/status/894750797937782784
Bryan's mom watching the bachelorette right now #TheBacheloretteFinalepic.twitter.com/ftDZBCLbei
— Ekaterina Likes (@kati373) August 8, 2017
"I walked past your eyelashes on the floor for two days." The most real thing ever said on this show. #TheBachelorettepic.twitter.com/jGQm9a2jFj
— Glamour (@glamourmag) August 8, 2017
The bachelorette got me feeling like election night again is this real or what #TheBacheloretteFinalepic.twitter.com/ayui2MOqIj
— my life in tweets (@itsmeagainsrry) August 8, 2017
In the court of public opinion, Peter is the actual winner of the finale tonight. While Rachel may have gotten her giant sparkly engagement ring, she actually let go of a really great man and now has to face the wrath of displeased fans.
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LIFE LESSON: Never settle for a Bryan…ALWAYS take your time. Once you find a PETER, KEEP HIM AT ALL COSTS! #TheBachelorettepic.twitter.com/xnXrTO31FE
— CandiceB (@CandiceBridge1) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/mattrenn_/status/894757584585883650
The biggest backfire on ABC. Most loved Bachelorette to most hated couple EVER #TheBachelorette
— Kelly Keegs (@kellykeegs) August 8, 2017
Peter and Rachel's breakup had a lot more passion than that proposal tho. #TheBacheloretteFinale#TheBachelorette
— Miss Chanandler Bong (@Tololon) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/kerrikapczynski/status/894749284981026819
Peter won the popular vote
Bryan won the electoral college #TheBachelorette— Keyo (@Kcastlem) August 8, 2017
When the finale devotes the majority of time to the runner-up, things don't bode well for the final couple IMHO #TheBachelorette
— Amy Kaufman (@AmyKinLA) August 8, 2017
#TheBacheloretteFinale How dare you @BacheloretteABC cast a rational and honest guy who won't propose after 6 weeks! pic.twitter.com/KoQcbKBhJ2
— Kathy Anger (@katanger) August 8, 2017
Only time will tell whether all of this drama can be smoothed over, but for now, Bachelor Nation is clearly heated.
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