As Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. races into hometowns, Us investigates his standouts — and his hesitations about his final four, Becca Kufrin, Kendall Long,Lauren Burnham and Tia Booth.
Inside Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s Final Four Standouts (Exclusive)
As Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. races into hometowns, Us investigates his standouts — and his hesitations about his final four, Becca Kufrin, Kendall Long,Lauren Burnham and Tia Booth.
As Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. races into hometowns, Us investigates his standouts — and his hesitations about his final four, Becca Kufrin, Kendall Long,Lauren Burnham and Tia Booth.
From the beginning, Luyendyk, 36, and Becca Kufrin, 27, seemed to be on the same track. “I was very pulled to her from the first night,” the race car driver mused of the Minnesota native, who nabbed the first one-on-one date. It’s been full speed ahead since then. “Arie can see a future with Becca,” says a show source. “He knows she’s ready to settle down and that she’d make a great wife and mother.”
Luyendyk has gotten beyond the fluffy stuff with taxidermist Kendall Long. “They have deep conversations and challenge each other,” says the source. And her quirky personality keeps him on his toes. “Arie likes that she has passion projects,” adds the source. “She’s the most interesting woman he’s ever dated.”
But for the L.A. resident, 26, it may be too soon to commit. “Kendall doesn’t want to rush into anything,” says the source. “Arie knows that an engagement at the end may make her uncomfortable.” Which makes him uneasy. Reveals the source, “Arie’s fear is falling for someone and being rejected.”
To hear Luyendyk put it, Lauren Burnham, 25, has him experiencing “things that I haven’t felt in a very, very long time.” So much so that he even professed he was falling “deeply in love” with her on the February 12 episode. That captivation is lasting. Says the source, “His feelings are strong. When they’re apart, he genuinely misses her.”
Those emotions may get the best of him. Heading to Virginia Beach to meet her parents, “Arie is very nervous,” says the insider. “They’re a conservative family and it won’t be easy to break the ice.” Same goes for their daughter, a tech saleswoman. Adds the source, “She’s harder to read than the other women.”
Tia Booth’s desire to hop in the driver’s seat has caught his eye. “Arie is so impressed that Tia is always willing to go outside her comfort zone for him,” says the source. During their group dates, the Arkansas native, 26, has eagerly competed in a demolition derby, overcome her fears to wrestle in the ring and even slipped into a butt-baring costume at the Moulin Rouge. Adds the source, “He thinks she could be the total package.”
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