The Bachelor's upcoming finale promises to be shocking and heart-wrenching, and a show source has leaked some juicy details.   

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As previews have already shown for this season's ending, The Bachelor star Ben Higgins confesses his love to two different women, which is a first for the ABC franchise. Show stars are supposed to wait until the Final Rose Ceremony to express their feelings, and a proposal typically follows.

The few times a Bachelor or Bachelorette has ever slipped an "I love you" too soon was when it was only directed at one person. For example, Kaitlyn Bristowe told her now-fiance Shawn Booth he was "the one" for her so early on it caused major problems.

According to a show source, the woman whom Higgins rejects at the conclusion of his journey was "blindsided," Us Weekly reported. "The finale is brutal."

When three women remained during filming, Higgins said "I love you" to two of the bachelorettes while enjoying his overnight fantasy suite dates in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. His revelations were "spur of the moment," noted the source. 

"Ben was just following his heart," creator Mike Fleiss told the magazine recently, "but it caused considerable drama."

Once Higgins let one girl go and determined his Final 2 bachelorettes, he realized the magnitude of his mistake.

"Ben definitely regretted saying 'I love you' to both women," said The Bachelor source. "He realized the inevitability of what was going to happen: needing to send one home in the end."

When it became time for Higgins to hand out his final rose, he chose his words wisely when dumping the runner-up.

"Ben tells her that he truly does love her. He says those weren't just words. That was the most important thing he had to do: Tell her that as much of a mistake as it had been to say 'I love you,' he did mean it," the source explained. "She was devastated. There were lots of tears."

This turn of events couldn't be easy for the winner to deal with either, knowing her future husband loved another girl completely at the same time he fell in love with her.

Higgins talked about The Bachelor finale during a recent appearance on Bachelor Live hosted by Chris Harrison.

"You know, coming into this, you don't really know what to expect... I did fall in love with two women during [the show]. I didn't think I could, but I really tried to concentrate and make each relationship its own and stay open to the process. And as a result, this is where it's left us," Higgins explained.

In one of the preview clips, Higgins told his parents he loved two women who were both too good to walk away from. He also cried to the cameras about how he must say goodbye to someone who truly didn't deserve it.

The Bachelor airs every Monday night from 8-10PM ET/PT on ABC. The women still in the running for Higgins' heart are Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher, Lauren Bushnell, Emily Ferguson, Caila Quinn, Amanda Stanton and Becca Tilley.

 


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