Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell couldn't be more adorable -- or attractive -- together.

The Bachelor couple reunited with Ben's family in his home state of Indiana over the weekend, continuing to adjust to life in the real world. The 27-year-old software salesman Instagrammed a pic of his new fiancee with his parents, writing, "This weekend my whole family is reuniting in Indiana. Also, @lauren_bushnell and I are heading back to @bakeryouthclub to hang out at their annual fundraiser. If you are around come say hi!"

Aside from the pretty pair's plans to participate in a fundraiser for the Baker Youth Club, a local youth development agency in Ben's hometown of Warsaw, Indiana, this coming Friday, the two have been spending some quality time together. Lauren, 25, especially enjoyed their visit with horses.


The newly engaged duo clearly appear to still be in the honeymoon phase. Lauren recently posted a shirtless picture of Ben in bed, making her the envy of Bachelor fans everywhere.

"Woke up like this," she captioned the sexy snap.

Obviously, the feelings of attraction are mutual. Ben posted this throwback pic of the two in Jamaica on Sunday, with Lauren showing off her bikini bod.

"Check out this candid moment in Jamaica where I explain to @lauren_bushnell the importance of a long wingspan (for our kids athletic future) #goodgenetics," Ben captioned the pic.

And if you couldn't tell from that caption alone, Ben definitely already has babies on the brain. He also recently Instagrammed this picture of Lauren when they took in a showing of Broadway's The Lion King in New York City, in which the flight attendant playfully holds up a prop of baby Simba.

"My girl practicing parenting," Ben wrote.

It's a sad day in Bachelor Nation.

Erin Storm, who vied for Matt Grant's heart during season 12 of The Bachelor in 2008, reportedly died in a plane crash on Monday. The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed to ET that a small plane went down and was "engulfed in flames."


"There was a private company that was working on the street and they witnessed the aircraft go down. They responded with fire extinguishers. They assisted the victim from the wreckage," the LAFD said. "By the time our units arrived, the one victim was transported to a local trauma with life-saving procedures being performed."

CBS Los Angeles reports the private company was Best Drilling and Pump, Inc. and interviewed one of the employees, Byron Mayes, who said he witnessed the ultralight Airborne XT-912 aircraft crash just outside of Hawthorne Municipal Airport.


"As soon as the plane hit the curb, it blew up. And the flames just kept getting bigger and bigger," Mayes told local CBS. "We pulled her out of the plane before we even got to the fire extinguisher. Her legs were on fire. That's when my partner ran in and pulled her out."

She said yes!

On tonight's season finale of The Bachelor, Ben Higgins gave his final rose (and a ring!) to one lucky lady – but who is it?!


Was it Lauren Bushnell, the 25-year-old blonde and bubbly flight attendant? Or JoJo Fletcher, the 24-year-old fun-loving real estate developer? Ben admitted to being in love with both of these ladies, but in the end he only proposed to one.

Say congratulations to…

Lauren and Ben!

"Lauren I never want to say goodbye to you," Ben said to an astonished Lauren in picture perfect location in Jamaica. "I want to wake up every morning and kiss you on the face. I want to go to bed at night and know that in the morning I'm going to wake up with the most beautiful woman I have ever laid eyes on."

After calling up Lauren's dad and asking for her hand in marriage, Ben proposed with a gorgeously huge Neil Lane engagement ring, and she (of course!) said yes.

Even though we're thrilled for Lauren, we feel devastated for the girl that Ben left behind: JoJo. "I came into this and I didnt know if I could find love. I found it with you," Ben shared with a "blindsided" JoJo. "But I found it with somebody else more."

Well, that was… awkward.

After learning that Ben Higgins chose to propose to Lauren Bushnell on the season finale of The Bachelor, viewers were treated to an incredibly uncomfortable live broadcast of After the Final Rose.


From empty promises of a live wedding, to Jimmy Kimmel's inappropriate personal questions and a bizarre Bachelorette reveal, relive the most confusing and cringe-worthy moments of the night…

1. The Wannabe Wedding: In a desperate attempt to make headlines, host Chris Harrison continuously teased to audiences all night that Ben and his leading lady could be getting married right then and there. He knew it wasn't going to happen, we knew it wasn't going to happen, and yet he would not stop pretending like it was a possibilty.


2. Proposal Déjà Vu: After politely turning down Chris' repeated requests to have an on-the-spot wedding in a room full of strangers, Ben knew he needed to make some kind of a grand gesture. "Can I borrow this for a second?" Ben said, taking the Neil Lane engagement ring off of Lauren's hand, and proposing (again!) to his existing fiancé. Viewers were then treated to 45 full seconds of just watching Ben and Lauren hug various members of each other's families while Chris looked on with a slight air of disappointment. "Ben, you wiggled out of that very well," Chris said.

3. Jimmy Kimmel's Cringe-Worthy Interruption: The late-night talk show host stopped by After the Final Rose, and brought with him some head-scratching questions for Lauren and Ben "Where do babies come from?" he asked the confused, but happy couple. After inquiring as to what really happens in the Fantasy Suites, Jimmy then brought out two naked Barbie dolls and pressed their bodies together. "Show me on the dolls where you guys touched each other," he requested. It. Was. Mortifying.


4. The Pop-Up Pastor: In an effort to prove that the spontaneous wedding could actually happen, Bachelor producers flew Ben's family pastor, Denny Wilson, all the way out from Warsaw, Indiana. Not only did they bring that poor man out to Los Angeles for a big fat Bachelor bluff, but the cameras kept cutting to the timidly smiling pastor at the most random moments throughout the broadcast.

5. Awkward Bachelorette Build-Up: First of all, when Chris Harrison announced that Jo Jo would be the next Bachelorette, she was sitting directly next to her ex-boyfriend who had just told her all the reasons he didn't choose her. (Yikes!) Then, while saying his Bachelor goodbyes just before the credits, Chris attempted to get fans pumped for the May 23 Bachelorette premiere with a strange one-upping promise. "Hey, who knows? Maybe she'll fall in love with three guys!" he deadpanned in front of Ben, Lauren, and both of their families.

Amy Schumer took to Twitter on Monday night to chastise Bachelor host Chris Harrison for calling contestant Jubilee Sharpe "complicated" during The Bachelor: The Women Tell All special.

"There is nothing wrong with 'complicated' women Chris Harrison," wrote Schumer, who declared herself "Team Jubilee for life." "You treated it like something she should fight. A women shouldn't try to be less complicated so as to hopefully attract a man. And she shouldn't find value in herself just because a dude liked her. Come on bro."


Sharpe, who is set to graduate from cardiovascular sonography school this month, joined the U.S. Army when she was 18 and was recently promoted to the rank of Sergeant. She opened up to Bachelor Ben Higgins during a one-on-one date about her childhood growing up in an orphanage in Haiti before being adopted by an American couple at age 6.

"She is smart and strong and a sergeant in the military," Schumer continued. "She lost her entire family and you say she must fight off being complicated."

Previously, on The Bachelor! Twenty-seven women fell victim to a collective delusion that overly-earnest Indiana boy, Ben Higgins, was in fact the most desirable man on earth! Many of those women wore partial shirts while trying to woo Ben Higgins! Almost everyone ended up hating each other, because misters before sisters, amirite?


Now that you’re all caught up, let’s join The Bachelor: The Women Tell All, already in progress.

Chapter 1: Filler

We fade in on the Tealight Candle Thunderdome, where a screeching crowd watches via picture-in-picture as Olivia puts her face on.

(Props to those women in the Sex Panther shirts, by the way. That’s commitment.) But it’s not time to publicly humiliate Olivia yet — first, we need to make it through a segment where Ben and Chris Harrison break into fans’ houses to surprise them while they’re watching the show.


Side note: Can Child Protective Services take someone’s kid away for using her as a prop on a reality TV dating show?

Anyhow, Harrison and Ben hop from house to house, taking selfies and subjecting their eardrums to a continuous stream of shrill screaming.

Chapter 2: “Ladies” and Chicken

At last Harrison introduces the women, and as always there are a few contestants who I swear I’ve never seen before in my life. Like, does anyone have proof that this person was really on the show?  


More importantly, we finally get to see everyone’s WTA makeover — loving the sleek bob, Olivia! — and watch as they watch themselves act the fool via the picture-in-picture Humiliation Cam™.

Chapter 3: She Wasn’t Playing, White Boy

Oh no, honey, Team Bachelor is not done with you yet. We still have a few areas to cover, such as…

Chapter 4: Lace Takes Two Steps Forward, One Million Back

First up, I think we need to discuss Lace’s new look.

While the showbiz world seemed to be celebrating a lot of marriages, engagements, and relationship announcements, GMA golden bachelor Aljur Abrenica seemed to be happy living a life on his own.

According to GMA Network, the actor, who is currently busy promoting his new indie movie, "EDSA", stated that he has a stable life even without a significant other. 


"I travel, am doing some self-studies, and enjoying my time to myself," he said. 

Abrenica believes that there is a reason why one is single, saying, "I believe that whatever is happening in life, it's like preparing you for something. I look at it that way." 

The actor stated that it would not make any sense to be in a relationship without being in love. 

"So, I am taking my time," he concluded. 


Although he had been romantically linked to Kris Bernal and Gwen Zamora previously, Abrenica's longest relationship was with actress Kylie Padilla. He was linked to his "Kambal Sirena" co-star Louis delos Reyes later on, although it fizzled after a short while. 

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Ali Fedotowsky has got Ben Higgins' back!

The Bachelorette alum blogged about the Bachelor telling two women he loved them during Monday's episode, saying he is "one of the most genuine, loving, sincere men I have ever met."

"I know many of you are really upset with him for saying I love you to two girls," she wrote. "Telling two women he loves them truly came from a sincere place. I think he's a romantic. He loves love!"


"Most men who tell two people they love them do it because they are playboys, Ali continued. "Not Ben though. He couldn't be further from that."

"Should he have told both of them? No, I don't think he should have. He should have done what all us other Bachelors and Bachelorettes did and kept his cute little mouth shut until the final rose," she added. "I for one am going to give him a pass for being that vulnerable with us."

Of the double-loving, Ben told ET this week, "I was in love with two women, but I knew I couldn't say goodbye to the woman that I was with in the end."

The 27-year-old Bachelor also confirmed his engagement, adding, "I am happily in love with one, and its' going to stay that way for the rest of my life."

Ben Higgins has spent weeks looking for love on the latest season of The Bachelor and it looks like he might have found a little bit too much love.

On Monday's episode, Ben took the final three contestants -- Caila, JoJo and Lauren B. -- to Jamaica for some tropical romance where, predictably, all three girls told Ben that they loved him.

However, Ben broke one of the Bachelor's cardinal rules: He reciprocated and said "I love you too." Even worse? He said it to two different ladies!


Caila was the first to share her heartfelt affections, and she was also the only one to whom Ben didn't say it back. Instead, he silenced her with a kiss before the two spent the night together in the fantasy suite, giving the poor girl all the wrong impressions.

"Ben can't tell me that he's in love with me, but Ben didn't have to say any words. It was just something I felt," Caila said. At this point, Ben hadn't said the all-important L-word told JoJo and Lauren B., but in retrospect, everything Caila says throughout the show is heartbreaking.


Even worse, Lauren B. and JoJo were both excited (and shocked) that Ben dropped the "love" bomb on their respective dates -- and they knew in their heart-of-hearts that they were each the only one he said this to.

To say that what happened on this week’s episode of The Bachelor was dramatic would be a terrible understatement. Over the years, I think many Bachelors and Bachelorettes have fallen in love with two (and maybe even more) people. I think it’s very possible and I think it’s part of the journey and part of the magic that is The Bachelor. But for the first time ever, a Bachelor told two different women that he loved them.


I know Ben pretty well and I know he meant everything he said — but man has he put himself, and the women, in a very, very tough position. Before we get into the obvious repercussions of that, let’s talk about how things went for Ben and his remaining three women in Jamaica.

Hometown dates are very intimate, and of course, none of these women have had a chance to spend any time with Ben since he met their families, so of course there’s a lot to catch up on. Caila, as we’ve seen is a very intelligent and introspective woman and between her hometown date and her day with Ben, she had obviously had a lot on her mind. Even though we were in on of the most romantic places on Earth, it’s hard not to let your doubts get to you. Even the crystal blue waters of Jamaica can’t always remove the clouds of thoughts that live in your brain as you fall in love with someone who is still actively dating other people.


Even though the day for Caila and Ben was a little off, I was proud of her for being able to identify the cause of there worries and I was proud of Ben for pressing her to make sure she was ok. As the day descended into night, Caila was able to take a deep breath, look into Ben’s eyes, and let him know that she was in love with him. It was a big moment for a woman who had told him in the Bahamas that she was afraid she couldn’t allow herself to love someone fully, and Ben really appreciated her depth and complexity as their relationship progressed. He did not tell Caila he loved her back. No one expected him to. But soon after that, everything changed.

I can’t imagine any romantic situation more complicated than this. Of course, before Ben has to make any ultimate decisions, he still has another week of dates to go, but he also realized that since he had not fully fallen in love with Caila, he would have to say goodbye to her next.

Caila, who is very spontaneous and a hopeless romantic, knew that Ben would have some time alone at home during and felt so madly in love that she didn’t want to waste any moments she could spend in this magical location with the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, Ben had already made up his mind. In no way do I think Caila expected to try and change Ben’s mind. In fact, I think she firmly thought Ben loved her too, and based on their relationship up to that point, that’s completely understandable.

But first, we’ll be back next week with the Women Tell All. All your favorite women will be back to talk about all the drama that took place this season. You’ll hear from Lace, the Twins, and Jubilee. Caila will see Ben for the first time since that fateful day in Jamaica. And of course, Olivia will be back to confront the other women in what is guaranteed to be an unbelievably dramatic reunion. You don’t want to miss it!

Welcome to paradise, rose lovers! No, not Paradise — that won’t arrive until August. Today’s “paradise” is Jamaica. Just look at how happy our Bachelor is to be here!

And why shouldn’t he be happy? His three wife finalists are going to join him in this tropical heaven for a series of overnight dates. Speaking of which, time for the “lady”-by-“lady” recap!


Caila: “She has a… joy that just lights up a room,” says Ben. “My biggest concern about Caila is that she isn’t able to express… her true feelings.”

Lauren: “With Lauren, things just feel right,” admits the Bachelor. “I definitely question if this is too good to be true… because she may be too good for me.”

JoJo: “When I’m around JoJo, I feel more myself than ever,” says Ben. Still, “JoJo’s hometown date in Dallas added this level on confusion to our relationship that I don’t know how to handle.”


Caila knows she should just be honest with Ben, but she doesn’t want to “ruin the rest of the day” by complaining about the presence of JoJo and Lauren. So the two of them sip their coconuts in silence while staring at a pile of jerk chicken bones.

After last season of The Bachelorette broke the morning-after-footage barrier…

For now, though, let’s focus on the next date. Lauren arrives, looking like she’s having a little bit of trouble walking in her hilariously short jean shorts. “I’m very nervous to tell Ben that I love him,” she tells us. “Even if Ben can’t say anything back… to get [these feelings] off my chest will feel really good.” But seriously, at what point do shorts just become underwear?

And so, perched on a rock with the Bachelor above YS falls, JoJo tells Ben, in a somewhat roundabout way, that even though it’s hard for her to say “I love you,” she knows she’s not just “falling in love” anymore. “That’s weird that I just said that because I have been so terrified about saying that,” she confesses. You wanna see weird, JoJo? Get a load of this:

They board a helicopter to yet another completely gorgeous and scenic location, YS Falls, for a swim-and-smooch session. JoJo really wants to tell Ben she loves him, but she’s never said it first to anyone and that makes her nervous. Sorry, toots, but you know what they say on The Bachelor: Love is like a…

It was Hometown Week on The Bachelor, and while Ben Higgins put up with intense questioning from the fathers of his four remaining suitors, he decided that he wasn't ready to be a stepfather himself, sending single mom Amanda home after meeting her two young daughters.

"I saw you with your daughters this week, and I was more impressed with you than I ever could have imagined," Ben told Amanda following the rose ceremony. "You're one of the most genuine, authentic and caring people that I know, and I really do wish nothing but great things for you."


The two spent quality time together in Amanda's hometown of Laguna Beach, California, where Ben met her daughters, Kinsley and Charlie, as well as her protective parents.

"He seems like he'd be a great dad," her mom observed. "But is he ready to be an instant dad?"

While Ben and Amanda had an obvious connection, the Bachelor was candid with her parents, assuring that he wasn't going to "step in" to the lives of their daughter and granddaughters unless he was certain about the relationship. Ultimately, he decided that his heart wasn't in it like it was with remaining bachelorettes, JoJo, Caila and Lauren B.

Happy National Drink Wine Day, rose lovers! Yes, this is a real day, celebrated every Feb. 18 to “help spread the love and health benefits of wine.” When I heard about this important day, my thoughts turned — as they usually do — to The Bachelor. After all, is there a show on television that relies more heavily on the “health benefits” of wine more than ABC’s long-running dating franchise? Basically from the moment the contestants set foot into Casa Bachelor, they’re surrounded by wine of all kinds — and the vino just keeps flowing all season long, through one-on-one dates, post-group date cocktail parties, and awkward two-on-one dates. Wine is what makes the Bachelor or Bachelorette’s “journey” to find “love” possible, people! So in honor of National Drink Wine Day, we posed all of our burning wine-related questions to a representative of Team Bachelor, and here’s what we found out.

What type of wine is served at Casa Bachelor?
Lots of brands, though definitely a lot of local California and Pacific Northwest wines like Saarloos and Sons, Carhartt and Scarecrow. Fun fact: Production will occasionally make their own stick-on labels to place on the wine bottles, with names of producers or staff members featured prominently. So if you look closely, you might notice something like “Pete’s Pinot Noir.”

How much wine is consumed during the pre-rose ceremony cocktail parties? 
It’s hard to put a number on the amount of wine we go through. I’d say a small pond’s worth. 

Is it pour-your-own, or is there a bartender? 
We have a rotating group of bartenders who range in experience — but they sure have stories to tell!

There’s nothing quite as romantic as falling in love as you travel all over the world experiencing new things together, but at some point, you need to make sure the love you find has a place to grow in your every day life. That’s exactly what Ben decided to try to find out this week on The Bachelor, as he took six wonderful women back to his hometown of Warsaw, Indiana, to get a taste of what life back home would be. At this point, his relationships with all the women are pretty serious and we all knew this week would be very, very intense.

It’s not longer a matter of whether Ben enjoys being around someone anymore. It’s gotten much more serious than that, and Ben needed to start making decisions about which of these women he could really see as his wife — and the women in turn, need to decide if they can see Ben as their husband.

The first date with Lauren (now the last remaining Lauren) was a big one for Ben. Baker Youth Club holds a big place in Ben’s heart. You could see how many of the people there had real relationships with him. It’s not often a man as young as Ben has had such an impact on his community, but somehow Mr. Higgins has really cemented a place in the soul of Warsaw, and let me tell you, that love was palpable. Everywhere we went we were greeted by some of the nicest well-wishers you could ever meet, but nowhere was it as clear as the basketball court where all the kids were just having the time of their lives. The Pacers were so generous with their time, and watching the kids play with Boomer was a bonding moment for Ben and Lauren.

"How do you date this many women that you have feelings for and keep everybody happy? Does anybody know?"

Sorry, Ben, we can't help you with that one, but we can help recap your most outrageous moments from tonight's all-new episode of The Bachelor!


This week, the frustratingly addictive ABC dating series took Ben Higgins' leading ladies to the Bahamas where leftover twin Emily and big-mouthed Olivia -- aka last week's most hated contestant -- were forced to duke it out on the dreaded two-on-one date.

Here's how all the drama all went down…

"This is going to be rough," Ben said as the reality drama focused on the rough winds ripping through what was supposed to be a picturesque beachside date. And the only thing stormier than the weather was the tension between Olivia and Emily!

"Emily and I are the same age," Olivia snarled to the Bachelor cameras ahead of their date. "I'm going to feel like her mom tomorrow. Like I'm babysitting my daughter."

But Emily came prepared with her verbal claws as well!

"I genuinely hope that Ben is not buying any of this bulls**t," the Las Vegas resident said behind Olivia's back. "I kind of just hope she's digging a hole for herself over there while talking to Ben. I'm sure she's being just typical Olivia just bragging about herself."

Ali Fedotowsky is thinking about baby names.

The Bachelorette alum revealed earlier this year that she's expecting her first child with fiance, Kevin Manno, and although they've got time, the TV personality tells ET that the naming process has already presented somewhat of a challenge.

"We've talked about boy names and girl names and it's hard!" the 31-year-old admits. "It's like, how do you name a human being?"

The couple may have found the answer  in an unlikely place.

"We were just watching Bring It On, and I was like, 'What about Torrance?'" Ali joked. "I really like the name Torrance!"

Late last month, Fedotowsky shared a photo of her growing bump to Instagram, writing, "That was a big lunch."

Emma Watson and William ‘Mack’ Knight (Photo: TheImageDirect.com)

Word on the street is that Emma Watson’s got herself a new boyfriend. His name is William Knight though he goes by his middle name, Mack. While it’s not clear if his close friends call him “Mack the Knight” affectionately — though probably no one would be mad if we just started that right here, right now — we do know plenty of other things about him.

And away we go.

Mack has a twin brother, Robert Tyson Knight, who also goes by his middle name. They grew up on Long Island and attended Princeton together, where Mack was a member of the University Cottage Club so la tee da. In 2003, Knight graduated from Princeton with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and evolutionary biology.

Nowadays men tend to think out-of-the-box while proposing to their girl. The proposal has become more than the regular candlelight dinners, long drives, or a drink together.

If you are also the one who wishes for an out-of-the-box proposal idea, then shared below is a list of amazing locations in India to propose to your girl.

#1. Taj Mahal, Agra

Image Courtesy: The Bachelorette India- Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika

#2. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan

#3. Thar Desert, Rajasthan

#4. Auli, Uttarakhand

#5. Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand

#6. Dal Lake, Srinagar

#7. Marine Drive, Mumbai

#8. Dona Paula Beach, Goa

#9. Munnar, Kerala

 #10. Chembra Peak, Kerala

Let’s not waste any time with preliminaries, rose lovers — like you, all I want to know is this: Is Ben going to send Olivia packing? We pick up right where last week’s episode left off, with the Bachelor pulling She Whose Mouth Will Not Be Shut aside for a heart-to-heart.

“When Ben grabbed me, they were probably like, ‘Score! She’s going home,’” scoffs Olivia. “But it didn’t work. I walked right back in. I walked right back in.”

JoJo leads Ben away first. “I like you very much,” she confesses. “I want to be kept in the loop… I don’t want to feel blindsided, ever.” Taking a page from the Team America romance playbook, Ben promises JoJo — promises! — that she will not be blindsided. And they seal it with a the second-worst high-five of the season.

Well, honey, at least you’re being overshadowed while chillin’ on a boat in the Bahamas. “Life could be a lot worse,” Ben tells the “ladies” as they take shots of some kind of orange concoction. And life is about to get a lot better, because Ben and his dates are headed to… Pig Beach! Which is a real place! Honestly, I think Team Bachelor only planned this excursion so they could obtain footage of all the “ladies” waving hotdogs.

Nope, instead Caila gets her second solo outing with Ben, and this is just too much for Leah to bear. She’s no fool — she’s done the math and knows what Team Bachelor could have planned. “I’m not going to put myself through a two-on-one,” she sobs, while locked in the bathroom with Lauren H. “If he doesn’t want to get to know me, it’s not fair. There’s no reason I should be here.”

Meanwhile, on the date…

Ashley Salter (Photo: Getty Images)

Prepare the congratulatory basket of onions! The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise alum Ashley Salter is expecting her first child with fiancé Austin Brannen, a source confirms exclusively to Us Weekly.

“Ashley is far along — she’s showing,” the source tells Us.


Salter, 25 — who is engaged to her college sweetheart — attended Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert’s wedding last month, which was taped for The Bachelor’s 20th anniversary special, set to air on Valentine’s Day.

Salter was one of several Bachelor Nation moms-to-be who will be featured on the special, including Ali Fedotowsky and Erica Rose. Fedotwosky exclusively confirmed to Us last month that she and fiancé Kevin Manno areexpecting their first child, while Rose exclusively confirmed her joyous newsto Us on Monday, February 1.