“The Bachelor” is one of the franchises that made reality TV the sensation it is today.
It has a storied history with25 seasons in 19 years.
It was Palmer’s first rose ceremony when he was ready to hand out the last few roses.
One was given to Katie Gehart to her elation, but it wasn’t meant for her.
Palmer had to pull host Chris Harrison aside to explain his blunder (perInsider).
Palmer had meant the rose for Karen Lindsay, who later received it.
Gehart was given the option to stick around as well, which she accepted.
It wasn’t the only name blunder either.
At the rose ceremony, Fedotowsky asks to speak with host Chris Harrison and explains her situation.
She says that if Pavelka can’t promise her a rose, she has to go.
He doesn’t promise her the rose and she leaves, but comes to almost immediately regret the decision.
“I don’t know if I made the right choice.
It’s so hard,” she said in her limo ride away from the rose ceremony.
“What did I do?
How could I have left him?”
“He’s a pilot, like fly to get me.
That would be amazing.
I was pretty shocked.
I thought we had something really great.”
None seems to have had quite as hard a time with it as Sean Lowe of season 17.
Lowe can barely get through his thoughts without bursting into tears.
“I feel so blessed to have gotten to know you.”
Lowe himself described the experience as a full-blown breakdown in the aftermath.
“You’re going to see me, basically, have a mental breakdown,” he toldUs Weekly.
And I don’t know what to do, and I’m torn."
“I am about to be the biggest jerk in America,” he said (perABC News).
He emotionally explained to Croft why he hadn’t chosen her, leading audiences to believe Pappas had won.
Then, he stopped short of saying anything heartwarming to her and began frantically walking around the set.
“I can’t.
I have to tell you goodbye.”
Later, he would reveal just how unhappy fans were with the decision.
“My family received some interesting phone calls.
