The Bachelor host Chris Harrison believes Nikki Ferrell might not have a mind of her own now that she's tied to Juan Pablo Galavis.
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"I almost felt sorry for her. She was uncomfortable. He was making her uncomfortable."
Harrison is apparently convinced Ferrell, a 26-year-old pediatric nurse from Kansas City, MO, is head over heels for Galavis, 32-year-old single dad and former pro soccer player from Venezuela.
"I think she loves him because only a woman who loves a man would've sat there and endured that last night for him. She wanted to speak her mind. She wanted to say more. She was not comfortable and she sat by his side! Only a woman who loves a man would've done what she did. She was a trouper," he said.
Although Galavis repeatedly declined to answer Harrison's questions on whether he's fallen in love with Ferrell since offering her his final rose in October, Harrison suggested The Bachelor star might've just been trying to defeat or manipulate the show's environment -- possibly as a little revenge.
"Yes, I think he's told her [he loves her], but I don't think he wanted to say it [last night]," Harrison noted.
"And I assume, I'm hoping at least, it was just an orchestrated event by him to somehow and in some way, get back at me or the show. I don't know what his motivation was for what he pulled last night."
The host continued, "That was the most puzzling thing. I really felt like I was sitting here, like Jerry Maguire, saying, 'Help me help you. I'm trying to make you look better. Come up with an articulate thought about this woman next to you who has pledged her devotion to you.'"
Harrison told ABC News that Galavis just kept backing himself into a corner.
"The more he spoke, the worse he looked. I felt bad for both of them," Harrison explained.
"[Things] were a little contentious but I never felt like I was at odds with him. I don't dislike him whatsoever. I wasn't mad at him last night. I was just trying to think, 'How can I make this guy articulate his feelings and show his emotions?... This guy is not looking good' and all he had to do was simply explain that even if he didn't want to say I love you, that's totally fine, but say something."
The host apparently just didn't appreciate how Galavis wouldn't let the show's fans in on his emotions or feelings.
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"Everybody's invested in this and you came into this with the understanding of what The Bachelor is. You can't get away with, 'I've never seen the show.' He knew exactly what he was getting into. He had trouble embracing being the Bachelor. People take that as an indictment on you and it's not. It doesn't make you a bad person. He had trouble getting into the process... I just wish he'd embraced us a little more."
In addition, Harrison explained why he appeared to abruptly and hastily run off the set as the show went to commercial break, leaving Galavis and Ferrell alone in the hotseat.
"Honestly, I had a short break and I was so parched, I ran over to get some water. I just walked five feet to get my water bottle and then I ran right back on stage," he told ABC News.
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