Did Arie Just Pull The Biggest Dick Move In ‘Bachelor’ History?

Well, that was a finale. Who did Arie Luyendyk Jr. pick to be his wife on The Bachelor? He picked Becca! They got engaged in Peru and lived happily ever after…until a couple of weeks later when Arie had a bit of an “Oops JK!” moment. Because you see, then he called that off, broke Becca’s heart, and turned around and texted Lauren B., “U up?”

Yes, for real. Lifelong fans of the show will be having flashbacks to when Jason Mesnick resorted to a similar move in 2009, when he got engaged to Melissa Rycroft on the show, but then also pulled a “Nevermind, girl!” and turned around and started dating Molly Malaney instead. The couple married in 2010 and welcomed a daughter in 2013.

But will Arie find the same success in his new relationship with Lauren? We’ll learn more tomorrow but it’s rather uncertain, just as he repeatedly confessed being throughout tonight’s entire 3-hour episode. Tonight’s finale kicked off with Arie introducing the two women to his family, going on his last one-on-one dates with each of them, complete with “I love you”s and tons of kisses and that fake laugh of his, and then following this dude as he simply could not make up his mind.

The first major offense was that when Lauren showed up first in her fancy fringe dress, fully ready to get engaged, Arie let her go through her whole speech about loving him and he just stood there listening like a dope until he could mutter something about not being able to go through with it. Bro! You’re supposed to cut her off so she doesn’t go through an unnecessary monologue. And yet, he only got ruder from there.

“I feel a little bit like a monster right now,” he said, as he shoved Lauren into her car to sob. Well Arie, that’s because you should.

As he shuffled back down to his engagement hot spot (also, why is it always crazy windy every time?), Becca was arriving and noted of her soon-to-be-new-boo, “We’re like two pieces of puzzle that fit.” Oh. The two get engaged, and two homemade iPhone video clips later, Arie’s revealing he can’t stop thinking about Lauren. DUDE. He cops to feeling “an immense amount of guilt,” but decides to pull the biggest dick move in Bachelor history anyway.

In a painfully awkward “unedited” scene, which means that we could see a cameraperson in the reflection of the mirror, Arie dumps Becca, and we got to witness her face as she realizes exactly how much of a total moron he is. But oof, it is as cringe-worthy as it could possibly get. For over 30 minutes, she cries, he lurks, and it truly is the most uncomfortable moment in TV history. Congrats?

So where are we now, going into tomorrow’s After The Final Rose special? Well, true to the entire season, we’re left with a boring, depressing mess. Arie and Becca are broken up, he’s with Lauren, and it’s going to be a brutally uncomfortable two-hour television program that it’s impossible for him to make it out of without seeming like the complete and total douche that he is. Guard your heart, bro.

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