ICYMI, tonight’s finale of season 22 of The Bachelor basically lived up to the emotional roller coaster hype that Chris Harrison told us it would be — and as usual #BachelorNation had some ~thoughts~. Read on for the Internet’s best reactions to the insane end of Arie’s season.
Things got off to a business-as-usual start as Lauren met Arie’s family — which is to say that she basically repeated the same things over and over again in a monotone voice.
When @chrisbharrison said it’d be the most dramatic, was it because Lauren says more than 3 words?! #BachelorNation #Bachelor pic.twitter.com/3IWQAetnSm
— Laura Fuhrmann (@laura_michelle4) March 6, 2018
It’s like Siri saying “My biggest fear is loosing him.” #BachelorFinale #BachelorNation
— Katy Petiford (@kpetiford) March 6, 2018
When Arie’s family would not stop asking Becca about Lauren:
You think every time Becca hears the name Lauren now her eye twitches? #thebachelor #TheBachelorFinale #BachelorNation pic.twitter.com/EQCvM0tm9j
— WiggiesLyfStyle (@WiggiesLyfStyle) March 6, 2018
Becca’s like “Say Lauren one more time” #BachelorNation
— Kristen Migendt (@kristenmigendt) March 6, 2018
I find it so weird that Arie’s parents are mentioning the other girl. That is just so odd. #TheBachelor
— Olivia Caridi (@OliviaCaridi) March 6, 2018
Of course, it wouldn’t have been Lauren and Arie’s final date if they didn’t just spend the whole thing talking about the ~connection~ between them that absolutely nobody else sees and repeating what the other just said…
“I’m so lucky”
“I’m lucky to be with you”
“I’m lucky to be here with you”
“I’m lucky to be here on this planet in Peru with you”
“There’s a a bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.”
Actual convo with Lauren and Arie. #TheBachelor #BachelorNation— Torcia Lynn (@toputitoutthere) March 6, 2018
This is Lauren excited……#thebachelor pic.twitter.com/X0xA87NkVe
— JGo (@Jo_anneG) March 6, 2018
…Which this time included Arie’s signature line. (Which, on the bright side, we never have to hear again after tonight!)
Oh god now Lauren is saying “I love that” #thebachelor #bachelornation #bachelor pic.twitter.com/e90zYam8uW
— Elisa (@ElisaSiesel) March 6, 2018
It’s gonna be a bittersweet moment when I no longer hear “I love that” 52,000 times each Monday night#TheBachelor
— Tony (@MamaLauretta) March 6, 2018
The alpacas/llamas, however, offered a welcome break from the snoozefest that was the first half of the episode. And TBH, who needs a boy when you have a baby llama?
I’m more interested in the blue eyed alpaca than any of the humans on this show. #thebachelor
— Caroline Darney (@cwdarney) March 6, 2018
That llama said more than Lauren this season #TheBachelor #TheBachelorFinale pic.twitter.com/sq6sA975et
— After the Final Rose (@afterfinalrose) March 6, 2018
Y’all are all focused on the bachelor drama and all I can think about is that baby alpaca #TheBachelor #llamadrama
— Katie (@katiemstone) March 6, 2018
I think 3 hours of b-roll footage of the alpacas loving their lives would’ve been better than this #thebachelor
— Lixmer Ventura (@canijusttalkbro) March 6, 2018
Oh, and in case he didn’t already make it clear by repeating it exactly 734 times, don’t forget that Arie fell in love with *two* women, and was conflicted about who to choose until three hours before the proposal. Yeah, safe to say no one should be getting engaged at this point.
I can definitely empathize with Arie. I felt this conflicted when deciding which pizza to order from Dominos tonight. #TheBachelor
— Sean Lowe (@SeanLowe09) March 6, 2018
“With us it’s um…I don’t know. I don’t know what it is. Ya know?”
This is not a man who should be proposing tomorrow. #TheBachelorFinale
— Emma Gray (@emmaladyrose) March 6, 2018
“Who knows if he’s told her the exact same thing” #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/qUTxqmnNBM
— aniya (@aniya1lovexoxo) March 6, 2018
Alas, Arie went through with the whole thing and said goodbye to Lauren (for now), all while, for some reason, standing there and allowing her to keep professing her love for him instead of just breaking the news — and the Internet didn’t hesitate to roast him for it:
me RN #TheBachelorFinale #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/u8UAKiAhVb
— Dana Weiss (@Possessionista) March 6, 2018
Me listening to Lauren right now. #thebachelorfinale #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/8imZyhHqlX
— Alisa Williams (@AWWritesStories) March 6, 2018
Read the room, Lauren. Now’s not the time to pour it out. #TheBachelor #TheBachelorFinale pic.twitter.com/TMvL0yfhyb
— Raycharles (@RachelWitt19) March 6, 2018
When Arie did finally propose to Becca, #BachelorNation was already clued in enough to what was going on to know that rose breaking off was definitely a bad omen.
The editor: the rose breaking scene. add it. add it now. warm them up #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/dLRtensiHU
— Macbeth (@ladymacbeth0010) March 6, 2018
And then there was the cringe-worthiness of Arie getting ready to break off his engagement to Becca, all while she has absolutely no idea:
This post-engagement video looks like the scenes on Dateline before a guy murders his wife. #TheBachelor
— Jared Freid (@jtrain56) March 6, 2018
Arie: “I choose you everyday.”
Arie two months later:
“Well, actually…”#TheBachelorFinale #TheBachelor— Alyssa (@alyssagarrard) March 6, 2018
Producers: Can we film your breakup?
Arie: #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/DcbwEJfaft— Derek Peth (@PethDerek) March 6, 2018
And the Internet probably hasn’t ever gone from being so endlessly bored by someone to absolutely hating them so fast.
Say it with me, ARIE IS TRASH #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/vV2uj4avad
— alyssa (@alyssagalipeau) March 6, 2018
This man is obviously illiterate because it seems he doesn’t know what that five letter word L-E-A-V-E means #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/cXMUPcgnQo
— ~kiana~ (@kjeanea02) March 6, 2018
And this is why we all wanted peter #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/BiRuSdG73j
— cat kapfhammer (@cattt_meow13) March 6, 2018
They flew her from Minnesota to LA for a national dumping. AFTER. the show wrapped.
Burn that race car girl. Light. It. Up.
#TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/D0yBigp08C— Caitlin McIntyre (@catliine) March 6, 2018
No word yet on whether Arie follows through on getting Lauren back — but if we had to guess, we’re thinking that *drama* will continue on tomorrow night’s “After the Final Rose” episode. Meanwhile, this tweet basically sums up everything you need to know about tonight’s mess:
Arie: I love you and Becca so I have to say goodbye
Lauren: I’m extremely confused
Arie: I love that#TheBachelorFinale #Thebachelor— Bachelor Rose (@RealityRose_) March 6, 2018