Warning: This post contains spoilers from Tuesday’s finale ofThe Bachelorette.
When she spoke with Erich, he told her, “If we were to end right now I would be f—ing destroyed.”
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She left their final date feeling reassured.
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PROPOSAL DAY
“You’ve loved me before I knew how to love me,” she said. “You fought for me so hard.”
“I thought that you were too good to be true, but now I know that you are too good, but you’re also true,” she continued. “I love you and I want to love you as long as you let me. And I’m sure for much longer after that.”
“You deserve somebody that’s going to give you 100 percent,” Erich said, adding, “the reason why I’m standing in front of you because I want to be that person for you.”
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“Oh my God, it’s so pretty!” she gushed.
“I do have one final question to ask you,” Erich said, “Can I have your number?”
Then Erich drove the two of them off on a motorcycle.
ERICH ADDRESSES HIS MISSTEPS
“We’re not done learning about each other,” she said.
HostJesse Palmerasked Erich about leaked text messages that showed Erich breaking up with another woman to go onThe Bachelorette. He also claimed to only be going on the show for career advancement.
“I handled it poorly,” Erich admitted. “I led her on and I want to own that. I have no hard feelings towards this girl at all.”
From there, Jesse pulled up some of the text messages from Erich’s ex in which he called the show fake.
“I was taking the cowardly way out,” Erich reiterated. “I fully led this girl on and I was using the show as an excuse to not confront her about our relationship at this point where I didn’t see a future, but we were having fun.”
Now, “I love this girl with all my heart,” Erich continued. “It’s 100 percent real.”
“Our communication has just gotten better,” she said. “And he’s gracious and he’s honest and I do believe what he says. So not saying that you were right in your actions — I mean, you were kind of an asshole to her.”
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The Bacheloretteseason 19 finale is airing live on ABC.
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