Video: Shocker! Bentley Williams Quits The Bachelorette

Entertainment June 6, 2011 AT 10:02PM

Bachelorette Ashley Hebert's worst fears have come true.

Three weeks into her stint on the ABC series, her favorite bachelor, Bentley Williams, has packed his bags and hit the road.

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On Monday's all-new episode, Hebert, 26, confronted Williams, 28, about his ulterior motives, resulting in one of the smarmiest exits in Bachelorette history.

Pulling Williams aside during a group date, Hebert disclosed how last season's Bachelor villain, Michelle Money, told her Williams was only on the show to promote his business. Though he kept his composure during their chat and Hebert gushed that she "believed every word he said," the divorced dad quickly hatched an exit strategy -- one that shook Hebert to her core.

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"I don't want to stay here. I've been saying from the beginning she's not my type," Williams reasoned the day after his conversation with Hebert -- and the day after he didn't receive a date rose. "All I want to be on the first plane back ASAP. I woke up this morning and it hit me, today's the day."

Telling his fellow bachelors -- and Hebert -- that he missed his daughter too much to stay, Williams later revealed to the cameras that his exit had more to do with the fact that last year's Bachelor winner, Emily Maynard, wasn't the new Bachelorette.

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"The guys know I'm a frontrunner, but none of them have any idea that I don't care about Ashley. I had the opportunity and I played everyone," Williams said. "[Emily's] such a standout, and…Ashley looks like an ugly duckling. I'm going to make Ashley cry. I hope my hair looks OK."

When Williams dropped the bomb on Hebert, she dissolved into tears, but was sympathetic to his reason for leaving.

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"I never knew I'd come in here and so soon be heartbroken," a shattered Hebert said after Williams announced he was leaving to tend to his 2-year-old daughter, Cozy. "I'm ready for my happy ending and I thought it'd be him! My heart is totally broken."

Williams, on the other hand, did all he could to speed his exit along. "It was a lot of hugging, a lot of tears, a lot of kissing," he said of his emotional last interaction with Hebert. "I talked to her like I'd talk to a girl I was interested in. Ashley is not the girl I'm smitten by, but definitely the type of girl I'd hook up with now and then. Looking back, things could have been different if the bachelorette was Emily."

Tell Us: Were you surprised by Bentley's exit?

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  • June 08, 2011 - 6:03pm Bentley Apologists

    Jimmy Kimmel â?? Arbiter of Decency and Paragon of Respecting Women. WHAT A JOKE? BENTLEY IS GREAT. They totally edited him this way. Check out the Bentley Fan Club. Bentley Apologists JOIN THE BENTLEY FAN CLUB SEARCH: BENTLEY APOLOGISTS

  • June 08, 2011 - 12:21am Natasha Thomas

    Why did the producers let him stay on the show for this long after saying that crap about Ashley. I hope all females take a good look at this guy when they see him on the streets and turn the other way, this guy is a d-bag!

  • June 07, 2011 - 10:13pm Sugar Iz

    This guy is pure EVIL. I had no idea a person could be so crule while pretending to like you! Why, what did he get out of this kind of meaness?

  • June 07, 2011 - 5:23pm Sue Orelt

    Bentley, you are THE BIGGEST LOSER! You are a fiend, cad and major jacka$$. I hope you are villified for the person you are by every single human being alive. You didn't deserve Ashley or your 15 minutes of "fame". You're a dbag Bentley; a not very good looking one at that!!!!!

  • June 07, 2011 - 4:14pm Jody Gwin

    What a PUNK! EGO the size of Texas.....oh btw Emily is in Texas with her man, d&ckwad! LOL

  • June 07, 2011 - 3:09pm Gena Fisher

    Wow, I hope his daughter sees this some time. She'll know what a wonderful dad she has. Heck, maybe some guy will treat her the same. I bet he can only hope so.

  • June 07, 2011 - 2:17pm Judy Weddle Fiely

    Bentley, go home, TAKE A SHOWER and get a much needed haircut...you are shallow and lame. No secret you are single.And Emily is a cry baby so you guys wouldn't have gotten along either:)

  • June 07, 2011 - 12:22pm Merlin Jones

    His daughter, Cozy?? Please tell me that's a nickname!

  • June 07, 2011 - 12:03pm Danae' Neal

    I am glad he is gone, the whole "show" is about finding "love" so why even keep a guy that is just there to cause problems....bad producers. Now, Ashley needs to get her crap together and see people for who they are and not what she wants them to be...OPEN YOUR EYES, she feel for the worst guy there. I love to hate this stupid show. :)

  • June 07, 2011 - 11:32am Bentley Apologists

    BENTLEY IS A GREAT GUY!!!! Bentley Williamsâ??The Only Guy With Class on The Bachelor/Bachelorette (admittedly a low bar) Check out the BENTLEY FAN CLUB -- Search: BENTLEY APOLOGISTS We thing Bentley is great. Find out why.

  • June 07, 2011 - 10:58am Cory Ferdinand

    I LIVE IN SLC to love to see people that are from that some place where i live but now i'm so uhappy about what they do and not just that so not good care

  • June 07, 2011 - 9:41am Donna Kelly

    wow, so shallow and not a nice person...but what do you expect?..........I think this show is ridiculous!

  • June 07, 2011 - 7:45am Olga Notaro

    No, who could be surprised it was all over the internet for the past week!! LOL

  • June 07, 2011 - 2:40am Bentley Apologists

    Bentley Williamsâ??The Only Guy With Class on The Bachelor/Bachelorette (admittedly a low bar) CHECK OUT THE BENTLEY FAN CLUB Search Bentley Apologists Blog

  • June 07, 2011 - 1:40am Susan See

    http://robertmatthews.org/psychopath_articles.html Many, many people are victims of sociopaths. Any of you who think you are too smart to be deceived should look more closely at what he did to Ashley; would a normal person do that? no.

  • June 07, 2011 - 1:05am Bentley Apologists

    Bentley Williamsâ??The Only Guy With Class on The Bachelor/Bachelorette (a low bar) Search Bentley Apologists

  • June 07, 2011 - 12:26am Debra Jodoin

    Ashley, stop being such a drama queen! You were warned about Bentley and you went and fell for him anyway. You know there had to be some truth in that text! Also, get a grip, you are ruining it for all the other guys there. It was unfair that the guys were put in a position to roast you, and I truly think William feels really bad for what he said about you because I think he has feelings for you.

  • June 06, 2011 - 11:48pm Kathy Walker

    Bentley is a heartless jerk. I just hope that his daughter never meets a guy like her father. He's pathetic. I feel so sorry for his child. Loser for sure.

  • June 06, 2011 - 11:27pm Kristi Billig Lance

    What a fing ahole. What a creep! Ashley is prettier and sweeter too! He was not cute at all!

  • June 06, 2011 - 10:49pm Kjersti Paladino

    What an bleeping a@@hole. Personally I think Ashley is way prettier than Emily. What a tool, Ashley if you are reading this you deserve much more than this creep.

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