Clayton Echard isn’t the first Bachelor to see the fresh-cut roses hit the fan in the final episode.
Every year,The Bachelorlikes to promise “the most dramatic finale…ever!”
But sometimes, the freshly-cut roses really hit the fan in the final episodes.
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Let’s take a moment and reminisce about other controversialBachelorendings that had fans screaming at their screens.
Jesse Palmer says ‘I love you’ with… a plane ticket?
(Jessica and Jesse broke up shortly after the finale aired.)
The best part of this finale was watchingfuture Bachelorette Clare Crawleytear JP a new one at the Proposal Platform.
Instead, she got this tepid declaration: “I like you… a lot.”
(The duo broke up seven months later.)
Then came Brad Womack.
Womack remained aBachelorfranchise pariah until producers brought him back for a do-over season in 2011.
(In happier news, Arie and Lauren are now married, and have a 1-year-old daughter.)
The one good thing to come out of this mess?
Gabby and Rachel were crownedjoint Bachelorettes.
The pilot sealed his fate as a future Bachelor Nation villain when he barked “Stop interrupting me!”
at Vienna, prompting her to flee the set in tears.
Their happily-ever-after didn’t last long, though.
He proceeded to break up with Melissa on television before asking Molly for a second chance.
