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Arie Luyendyk Jr. ended Season 22 of The Bachelor by making a shocking decision. After proposing to Becca Kufrin, he broke it off with her to be with Lauren Burnham. This led to the whole breakup being filmed, which was a first for the show.

Although it looks like everyone is moving on with Luyendyk Jr. now engaged to Burnham and Kufrin becoming the next bachelorette, it looks like the show is going to change once again. Filming the breakup was controversial amongst fans and the show got some flack for doing it.

But it might lead to more footage of couples after the final decision and more. Here are seven things to know about the show’s upcoming change and what people behind the show said about making the decision to film that big moment.

1. The big breakup was filmed because ‘it’s incredibly relatable’

Rebecca being proposed to by Arie.
Here’s why the network did this. | Rebecca Kufrin via Instagram

The show caught up with Kufrin and Luyendyk Jr. after the show and filmed their breakup. This got a lot of flack but ABC executive Robert Mills told Chicago Tribune why they did it.

“It’s incredibly relatable and it’s a place we’ve all been,” said Mills. “The stuff you see here is stuff that we’ve all done and we’ve all been through. There’s heartbreak and there is hope, but it is riveting and it’s why we watch The Bachelor because when good or bad things happen, we all want to relate that these things happen to other people.”

Next: Another person comes forward defending filming the breakup.

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