Not everyone can get good news! The Bachelorette season 12 finale began with JoJo Fletcher torn between her two final guys — Jordan Rodgers and Robby Hayes — and alas, one of them ended up getting heartbroken during the Monday, August 1, episode.
Hayes, 27, was the first guy to meet Fletcher, 25, on the beach in Thailand, prepared to make this the greatest day of his life. Sadly, he delivered a heartfelt speech without knowing that the real estate developer was planning to reject him.
“This is crazy — it’s a good crazy,” the former competitive swimmer told Fletcher about his strong feelings. “It’s the kind of crazy that kept me searching for this forever love — without giving up — that I found in you. Jo, my family adores you, and my future longs for you, my heart yearns for you, and I undoubtedly and wholeheartedly am in love with you.”
“I am crazy about you,” Hayes continued. “It’s a love that’s so deep, it makes me weak in the knees. It’s a love that you only hear about in fairy tales and stories. I want to be with you forever, I will love you forever, I will protect and care for you forever, and you know I’ll keep you safe. You’re not just my partner in crime — you’re my best friend, and I promise I’ll love you till the day I die.” Wow.
Finally, Fletcher spoke up to let him know that, well, she just wasn’t that into him.
“I can’t let you get down on one knee — I can’t let you do that because I don’t want to take that moment from you,” Fletcher told him. “Robby, I woke up this morning wanting it to be you. Every day, I’ve been wanting it to be you. I fell in love with you, but for some reason my heart is somewhere else.”
“You don’t get how badly I wanted it to be you,” she added to her runner-up. “I wanted it to be you.”
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The Bachelorette season 12 finale aired on ABC Monday, August 1, at 8 p.m. ET.
