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Season 22 finale of The Bachelor had a heartbreaking ending. Arie Luyendyk Jr. had to choose between Becca Kufrin and Lauren Burnham. He does by sending Burnham home and proposing to Kufrin — only to break up with Kufrin weeks later because he couldn’t stop thinking about Burnham.

The breakup was long and brutal, so it’s not surprising that people started turning on Luyendyk Jr., including the ladies who were previously fighting for his affection. Here are seven things the ladies of this season have to say about his final decision.

1. Becca Kufrin says she forgives him for breaking up with her

Becca and Arie on The Bachelor
The two had an ugly breakup. | ABC

The last lady standing ended up having the most brutal breakup on the show in the finale. Although she wasn’t happy with Luyendyk Jr. at the time, she says she forgives him now. She told People:

He’s a good person, I don’t think he’s a monster and purposely did this to hurt me and make me feel this way. But it’s just the result of his actions. At the end of the day, I don’t think he thought through everything of how ending things with Lauren would be, how being engaged to me would be and what breaking up with me and going back to her would be. I don’t think he thought it through, but I don’t think he did it maliciously to break my heart.

She also said that she doesn’t blame Lauren Burnham for the breakup, saying,”At the end of the day, we both just fell in love with the same guy and she can’t help that. The only person that I can fault in this is Arie and the way he handled it.”

She also added, “I do feel a little bad that it’s going to be really tough for them when all of this is said and done. Social media is a hard world to navigate through, and there’s going to be a lot of negativity and I don’t think she deserves that.”

Next: This ex-girlfriend revealed Luyendyk Jr. has been messaging her.

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