while The Bachelor has certainly seen
the likes of some great guys it's also
given a platform to more than a few
ill-intentioned fellows here's a look at
three of the best and three of the worst
bachelors in the show's history once
just another face and a crowd of men
vying for Emilie Maynard's affection
Sean Lowe quickly stole America's heart
with his southern charm and
down-to-earth disposition as a
contestant on season 8 of The
Bachelorette
unfortunately Maynard chose Jef home and
Arie Lyons Ike jr. as her final two men
sending Lowe home in a limo of Tears
however one woman's loss is America's
treasure an ABC cast the fan favorite
Lowe as the bachelor for the show's 17th
season viewers watched as Lowe fell in
love and proposed to Kathryn Judy Chee
which kicked off one of the sweetest
bachelor love stories to date I mean
really got it sue you're such a hunk
thank you so much in an interview with
reality Steve Lowe revealed that he
broke production rules and snuck online
during filming to read the contestants
BIOS on ABC's website Catherine's bio
mentioned that she hoped to someday ride
elephants in Thailand so when the show
flew low and the women to Thailand for
the final leg of filming he made sure
her elephant riding dreams came true now
married with two baby boys Sean and
Catherine are serious couple goals not
long after his seasons premiere in
January 2014
Juan Pablo galavis came under fire for
homophobic comments he made in an
interview with the TV page when asked if
he'd like to see an openly gay or
bisexual bachelor galuf e's responded I
don't think it is a good example for
kids to watch that on TV in response to
the backlash gulabi said the comments
were taken out of context only a few
weeks later galavis found himself in the
hot seat again after a bachelor episode
aired which featured Juan Pablo and
contestant Clare Crawley seemingly
hooking up in the ocean only for galavis
to later insinuate that Crawley had been
the sole initiator of the encounter and
it had been awkward for him even though
the interaction was more than mutual
that's kind of a little weird for me
I know the whole situation as if the
homophobic comments and gaslighting
weren't enough galava says constant
condescending use of the phrase it's
okay
frustrated both viewers and contestants
alike everything's always been okay and
I want to die if I have to hear it's
okay again I can't handle known for his
charming demeanor similar to Shawn
loathe Ben Higgins famously confessed as
a contestant on Kaitlyn Bristowe season
of The Bachelorette that he was falling
in love with her before revealing that
his worst fear was the idea that he
could not be loved back or was possibly
unlovable while Bristow ultimately sent
him packing just shy of the finale
Higgins quickly learned that he was
anything but unlovable during his run as
the bachelor falling for contestant
Lauren Bushnell and later proposing to
her however Higgins season wasn't
without controversy the bachelor
professed his love to both Bushnell and
Jo Jo Fletcher which definitely didn't
sit well with his future fiancee pen I
love you I love you too
what regardless it was refreshing to see
a bachelor lead so willing to be honest
and open about his feelings as well as
genuinely interested in the feelings of
the women competing for his affection
unfortunately Higgins and Bushnell
called off their engagement in May 2017
so you're saying the wedding is off
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yeah I am but don't worry the former
bachelor has stayed a franchise favorite
even living up to his good guy
reputation by co-founding the charitable
coffee company generous coffee fans of
The Bachelor saw re Lion Dyke jr. fall
in love with two women on the 22nd
season of the show becca kufran and
lauren Burnham while clearly conflicted
Lyon Dec jr. ultimately proposed to
kufran in the season finale and I choose
you today but I choose you every day
from here on out I love you so much
yeah that didn't last long after the
season finale ABC aired raw split-screen
footage of lyon dec junior breaking up
with a confused and understandably angry
kufran right before flying to Burnham's
hometown to confess his love and ask her
to take him back which she happily did
audiences were outraged that Lyon duck
jr. ambushed kufran with the surprise
split in front of an entire camera crew
and only grew more upset with the
bachelor when it was revealed that he
had spoken with Vernon prior to calling
things off with kufran presumably to
obtain reassurance that she'd give him a
second chance I texted her on New Year's
Eve while you were with Becca
I asked Becca's permission for that to
make matters worse Lyon Dyke jr.
proposed to burn him on the after the
final rose special moments after talking
to kufran for the first time since
breaking her heart on national
television
looks like Juan Pablo has been stripped
of his worst bachelor ever title taking
your crown he's like smashed me last new
Jason mesnick's is famous for dumping
his fiance on TV before confessing his
feelings to his runner-up however
there's more to this story than meets
the eye in an interview with The
Huffington Post mesma Cravero he and
fiance Melissa Rycroft had actually
split before the famous televised
breakup though he told the bachelor
producers that he'd realized he'd made
the wrong decision in proposing to
Rycroft and wanted to make things right
with a runner-up Molly Mulaney mezack
was told he'd only be able to contact
Mulaney if he worked with producers and
dumped Rycroft on TV according to
mesnick's produces assured him that this
would create sympathy for Rycroft and
set her up for successful run as the
next Bachelorette
however Rycroft had no interest in
returning to the series like that's
that's really what's gonna help me right
now that I've just got mortified since
the awkward and eerily silent after the
final rose mez Nick has been open about
his experience with fake reality TV
apologizing and taking responsibility
for going against every moral and every
bone in his body he and Molly are
happily married to this day and Rycroft
went on to marry and start a family of
her own with a former boyfriend even
winning the coveted Dancing with the
Stars Mirrorball trophy happy endings
all around Nick Viall isn't exactly a
villain he's just a guy who really
overstayed his welcome on our
televisions vile was first introduced to
bachelor nation when he appeared as a
contestant on Andi Dorfman season of The
Bachelorette confessing his love for
Dorfman but leaving the show heartbroken
when she chose to accept a proposal from
Josh Marie
not long after having his heart broken
by Dorfman vile made a surprise
appearance on Kaitlyn Bristowe season of
The Bachelorette
and asked her permission to join the
group of men competing for her heart she
accepted and by all nearly proposed
before Bristow dumped him and got
engaged to Shawn booth can I just say
thank you for not picking me they all
apparently never wanted to quit then
tried his luck on bachelor in paradise
sparking a romance with Jen Saviano
before breaking up with her in the
finale
ABC took things a step further when they
decided to cast vile as bachelor for the
21st season which ended with his
proposal to Vanessa Grimaldi
however vile didn't seem as enthusiastic
about any of the women on this season as
he did with Dorfman and Bristow Grimaldi
included the couple unsurprisingly split
months after their engagement and vile
his joke that it would take a gun for
him to ever be bachelor again check out
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