Tonight on the finale of The Bachelor Chris Soules proposed to Whitney Bischoff and sent runner-up Becca Tilley packing.
The episode left me feeling really uneasy because Chris feelings for Becca seemed so unresolved. Usually producers trick us with their editing skills and make us think the lead is in love with both women but after all is said and done we realize the lead was in love with the woman he chose and the other relationship was a lot of editing.
This time Chris genuinely was torn. He was clearly crushed when Becca revealed that she “just wasn’t there yet” in reference to her feelings for Chris”. He looked devastated and he did not perk up when Whitney appeared like the lead usually does.
I think Chris Soules father Gary summed it up best when he said “Whitney’s a sure thing, but I think Becca is who he wants.”
So I was looking for clues tonight on the After the Final Rose show to see if Chris was over Becca, but he looked really enamored with her when she came out to talk to him. I think he was hoping she would tell him her feelings had changed but she did not.
She was gracious and diplomatic with Chris and wished him well. Chris looked really thrown off by the interaction–like he did not get the closure he wanted. All of this seems to support the reports that he is still crazy in love with her.