Properly, one other season of The Bachelor is within the books, and for probably the most half, it was a profitable one.

Zach Shallcross proposed to Kaity Biggar, and regardless of rumors that the 2 had since gone their separate methods, they appeared very a lot in love throughout their reside “After the Closing Rose” interview.

The couple revealed that they plan to wed someday in 2025, which might make Zach solely the second Bachelor in historical past to marry the recipient of his last rose.

(There’s a cause producers trot out Sean Lowe so ceaselessly — they should remind viewers that this experiment has labored earlier than! As soon as!)

However for a lot of viewers, the ending of Zach’s season was not a really blissful one.

That’s due to the notion that the 26-year-old badly mistreated runner-up Gabi Elnicki.

As you doubtless recall, Zach kicked off his Fantasy Suite spherical by loudly asserting that he wouldn’t have intercourse with any of the three remaining girls.

He then had intercourse with Gabi and advised the entire world about it due to … guilt?

We’re not likely certain why he felt compelled to shout it from the rooftops, however he did not seek the advice of Gabi, who was understandably lower than thrilled to be taught that her intercourse life had change into a matter of public dialogue.

Within the finale, Zach took Gabi on an ungainly seaside date earlier than awkwardly dumping her.

The blow was cushioned solely by the truth that she noticed the breakup coming, and he or she was granted the chance to confront Zach and name him out throughout “After the Closing Rose.”

“It’s part of me that I’ll by no means get again that I shared with him,” Gabi advised host Jesse Palmer.

“It’s extraordinarily violating that the whole nation is aware of all the things.”

She later advised Zach that she felt “blindsided” by his weird habits, including, “I perceive what you have been making an attempt to do.”

Gabi added, “What I want would’ve occurred was that you simply warned me that you simply have been going to make use of my title and that you simply have been going to inform everybody what had occurred.”

She went on to elucidate that she and Zach had mentioned the matter throughout their Fantasy Suite date and determined to maintain their resolution personal.

“It was consensual, and it was what we wished,” she mentioned to Zach.

“We determined that it was going to be between us. We mentioned that that night time. And I keep in mind I used to be brushing my tooth, you got here up behind me, you kissed me on the again of my head, you mentioned, ‘That is simply between us,’” she added.

“And I mentioned, ‘Sure, that is simply between us.’”

Gabi added that she felt “ashamed” by the entire expertise.

“I simply thought it was between us,” she defined.

“I assumed it was love. I assumed it was greater than a TV present. I get it, intercourse sells, however now I’ve change into a story.”

“There’s no excuse for the way in which I dealt with issues,” an apologetic Zach advised Gabi on After the Closing Rose.

The apology appeared honest — however for a lot of viewers, the occasions of final night time merely solidified Zach’s place as one of the vital inept Bachelors within the historical past of the franchise.