The thrilling finale and the After the Rose special following Pilot Peter Weber's season
on The Bachelor definitely lived up to the hype.
While we definitely saw a lot of it coming thanks to Reality Steve, who accurately spoiled
that Peter would end up with finalist Madison Prewett, the journey Peter took to end up
with the ultimatum-issuing contestant was a bit more complicated than we thought.
Reality Steve's prediction was that, after Madison self-eliminated, Peter would chase
after her, leaving the other Bachelor finalist, Hannah Ann Sluss, behind. While he did eventually
follow his heart and pursue his relationship with Madison, he actually proposed to Hannah
Ann before all of that went down.
The breakup naturally left Hannah Ann crushed. Peter's mom, who had been rooting for Hannah
Ann, was also heartbroken. Here's a look back at Peter and Hannah Ann's tumultuous relationship.
Hannah Ann was a frontrunner from the beginning, in spite of the fact that she shares a name
with Peter's ex, Bachelorette Hannah Brown. That didn't stop Peter from giving her the
first impression rose, though, in a semi-cringeworthy scene where Peter tells Hannah Ann that there's
"definitely room for two Hannahs in my heart."
"Don't say that. That just sounds weird. Please."
In retrospect, we should have seen their breakup coming; Peter's heart was just too crowded.
Hannah Ann threw that line back at Peter in the After the Final Rose special when she
revealed that Peter had actually reached out to the other Hannah for closure while they
were engaged.
She broke it down in brutally eloquent fashion. In front of the whole world, she told Peter,
"So looking back on it, our engagement involved three women - me, you still being in love
with Madison and proposing to me, and your need for closure with Hannah Brown. That is
three women involved in our engagement. So a word of advice, if you want to be with a
woman, you need to become a real man."
"It's funny, because it's true."
Honestly, the fact that Peter and Hannah Ann managed to get engaged is kind of shocking,
considering that she almost left him because she didn't want to be with a guy whose heart
was torn between so many people. In her words,
"Peter told me that his heart was being pulled in two different directions. And that was
like a knife in my heart. I don't know what to do. Everything in me just wants to put
up my guard and tap out."
Even after she accepted Peter's proposal, things felt a little off. The surprise in
her voice when Peter confessed his love said everything.
The fact that she had any doubt that Peter loved her was a massive red flag that Hannah
Ann kept ignoring. Ladies, take note: If you're surprised when a man reveals that he loves
you, it's probably way too soon to get engaged.
Peter's family was, of course, over the moon that the pilot had proposed to Hannah Ann.
Peter's mom, Barbara, was never on Team Madison, telling her son that they were incompatible.
After Peter revealed he had proposed to Hannah Ann, Barbara said,
"This is the best news ever! We love her so much! We love her! We love her!"
Peter's mom had previously begged him to choose Hannah Ann, who she called "a perfect girl"
in a now-infamous scene where she begged Peter to pick Hannah Ann over Madison. "Don't let
her go," she said. "Bring her home, bring her home to us." Unfortunately, Peter's wishy-washy
heart ended up playing her, too.
While Hannah Ann was heartbroken over the end of the engagement and called Peter out
on how badly he handled the situation, she definitely seems to have moved on. She said
on the After the Final Rose special,
"Walking in there and hearing for the first time that you couldn't give me your full heart,
that was very blindsiding. [...] You told me things that kept me with you. Even after
our breakup, you reached out to my parents saying that you were just processing your
emotions and you wish more than anything we had met outside of reality TV. How does that
make any sense?"
After the Final Rose special, Hannah Ann threw some serious shade at Peter on Instagram.
Posing in a pilot's outfit in a clear nod to her ex's profession, she proved that she's
over Pilot Pete and ready to move on with her life. She captioned the picture,
"Flyin' solo... no turbulence accepted. PERIOD."
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