Welcome to Old Mexico, rose lovers!  

#NeverForget.


But tonight is about Ben’s “journey,” which begins in Mexico City, where Ben becomes the second person in the last 90 seconds to raise his arms in triumph and yell, “Viva la Mexico!” (Do people really say that? And if they do, are all those people annoying Americans? Discuss.) “I feel really lucky to be here,” says Ben, who can barely believe that we’re “halfway” through “this process.” Only halfway? Ay, Dios mio.

The “ladies” arrive at the Four Seasons, where they dutifully gush over the suite (it has a bidet, people!) until it’s time to read the date card. Even though Olivia has a premonition that the card will bear her name — “There’s no doubt in my mind that I love Ben,” she says. “I think our love language is reserved for us” — it in fact goes to… Amanda!

 “I sleep with a retainer too,” Ben tells Lauren H. between fits of giggles. “It’s not a big deal.”   Always cheerful Lauren, however, does her best to laugh it off.


As for the woman of the hour, Amanda clearly had an inkling that a camera crew might rouse her out of her slumber, because…

Girl, please. Don’t you know how bad that is for your skin? Let those pores breathe, honey! Anyhow, she spackles on a fresh coat of face and off they go to get an aerial view of the ancient city of Teotihuacan. They admire the pyramids in-between smooches, and when it’s time for a picnic back on the ground, their conversation goes something like this:

These stars bravely stashed their cosmetics for a moment to show off their natural beauty — well, their natural beauty enhanced by regular facials, often expensive beauty products, and sometimes strict diet and exercise regimens — to take makeup-free selfies.

Sharon Stone

Actress Sharon Stone is closer to her 60th birthday than her 50th, and her skin still looks like this when she’s just hanging around the house without any time in front of the mirror. Talk about goals! (Photo: Instagram)

Kourtney Kardashian
Of all the Kardashians, Kourtney is the one who bares all with the least frequency. However, Kourt didn’t hesitate to show her nude face in this photo. “Goodnight kisses to my 32 million babies!” she wrote to her followers. (Photo: Instagram)

Bella Thorne

While former Disney star Bella Thorne is still in her teens, she’s been acting for a decade, so makeup is nothing new to her. But she wasn’t wearing any in this selfie she snapped while arriving on a film set. “Personally, I struggled with acne for a long time,” she captioned it. “I used to cry every night because I thought I looked so ugly.” Thorne encouraged others to hashtag they similar pics with ##mynaturalbeauty. (Photo: Instagram) 

Jennifer Lopez
So it’s not technically a selfie, but we rarely see the glamorous J.Lo not all done up. This image of a freshly showered Lopez posing with boyfriend Casper Smart (left), manager Benny Medina, and her twins, Emme and Max, during her Las Vegas residency counts, right? (Photo: Instagram)

Kenya Moore

The story behind The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore’s makeup-free photo is as dramatic as, well, an episode of the show. It was her response to fellow cast member Kim Fields throwing a so-called Beatless Brunch, where guests were asked not to wear makeup. The idea didn’t go over so well. Moore showed up in full face paint, and later explained on social media that no woman tells her what to do. (Photo: Instagram)    

Kandi Burruss
Moore’s RHOA co-star Kandi Burruss wore less makeup than usual to that brunch, but she also posted a snapshot of her face au naturel with a caption that explained her stance on the controversial brunch without makeup. “I understood what she was trying to accomplish but in the defense of the rest of our cast its hard to go on tv with absolutely no makeup when you know that the world can be so critical,” Burruss wrote next to a pic where she wore “no makeup, no lashes, no weave.” (Photo: Instagram)

Demi Lovato

Singer Demi Lovato, who once struggled with confidence, is now a role model for self-acceptance. She takes pics without a swipe of lipstick or a touch of color on the regular. This time, she was promoting her Devonne by Demi skincare line. (Photo: Instagram)

Allison Williams
Girls actress Allison Williams, a die-hard fan of TV’s The Bachelor, looked lovely and fresh-faced as she rode through NYC, but she didn’t think so. “Not Enough Sleep thanks to The Bachelor, which I watch so carefully it takes me like 7 hours. #TiredEyes,” she captioned this pic. (Photo: Instagram)

Cara Delevingne

No offense to Mona Lisa, but the fresh-faced selfie model Cara Delevingne took of herself at the Louvre in Paris might also be considered a masterpiece. (Photo: Instagram)

Lily Aldridge
No surprise here, but Victoria’s Secret Angel Lily Aldridge is still stunning without the face paint. (Photo: Instagram)

Sasha Pieterse
Pretty Little Liars actress Sasha Pieterse declared, “caffeine needed,” when she shared this natural (and goofy) pic. (Photo: Instagram)

Oh my god, rose lovers, I’m exhausted. Aren’t you? And as we enter week 4 of The Bachelor, so are the “ladies.”

Olivia, all tarted up in a red sequin showgirl get-up is brimming with confidence, as per usual. “I did shave this morning,” she announces. “I knew this was coming.”

But as Olivia predicts, something “different” is happening today. Here comes Chris Harrison with the wake-up call.

Vegas, baby! Also known as the “marriage capital of the world.” And in his first romantic gesture, Ben has Team Bachelor welcome the “ladies” with a greeting on a billboard, and they are just SO MOVED.

JoJo, meanwhile, is polite enough to act surprised when a helicopter arrives to pick them up for their date — even though they’ve been waiting around drinking champagne on a rooftop parking lot. And thank God they were, because it gives us one of the best moments in Bachelor history.

Bachelor for life? Nick Cannon opened up about his split from Mariah Carey and whether he would ever marry again in a new interview with DuJour magazine.

The actor-comedian, 35, and Carey split in August 2014 after six years of marriage, with Cannon filing for divorce in December 2015. The exes share twins Moroccan and Monroe, 4, who they welcomed in April 2011.

“I feel like marriage isn’t for everyone,” Cannon told DuJour. “A friend of mine put it the funniest way. He said, ‘If you heard that there was a 50/50 chance of living or dying when you jump out of a plane, you probably wouldn’t go skydiving.’ There’s like a 50/50 chance of a marriage working. If it didn’t work out for you the first time, and you still survived it, you probably shouldn’t do it again.”

“I don’t see a problem with them being different and having an eccentric upbringing. It’s fascinating and fantastic. But it’s about [teaching them] humility more than anything. Teaching them to be respectful — to make eye contact and say 'Yes, ma'am and 'Yes, sir,’” he told the magazine. “You can still be a diva and be humble. Mariah is a perfect example of that.”

Netflix has given a straight-to-series order to a show based on Miranda Sings, the popular character created by YouTube star Colleen Ballinger-Evans, Variety has learned. Ballinger-Evans will star in the upcoming streaming show, titled Haters Back Off.

Haters Back Off delves into the oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous — it’s just no one knows it yet.

The show has landed an eight-episode order. No launch date has been set.

The project marks the first-ever scripted streaming series for a YouTube personality. While other venues have greenlit series for digital stars — E!’s late-night talk show The Grace Helbig Show, Hulu’s Freddie Wong docuseries RocketJump — Miranda Sings’ is one of the first shows that does not fall into the unscripted genre. Currently in development, Fox is working on a scripted comedy with Vine star Andrew Bachelor a.k.a. King Bach, while HBO recently greenlit an Issa Rae series.

Welcome back, Bachelor Nation! It’s only the second week and there is already so much to talk about. It’s clear that the women have strong feelings for Ben, and it’s also clear that they have pretty strong opinions about each other. Let’s get right to it.

The week started with a tremendously fun date as we transported Ben back to high school and gave some of the women a chance to try to be his prom queen. As it turns out high school is a lot more fun when you don’t actually have to get up early, be on time, or study. Watching Jubilee and Lace try to figure out how to make their volcano erupt was hysterical, particularly because Jubilee kept called Lace “Lacey,” and Lace never seemed to notice. To this day I’m not even sure if Jubilee knows what Lace’s name actually is.

The day was a little crazy for everyone. Becca and Jojo were totally and completely embarrassed by their inability to figure out where, or even what, Indiana is. Jackie may still be somewhere bobbing for that apple — we’ll never know. But the craziest moment was right before the race when we all looked down and saw that Mandi was wearing a pair of plastic flip flops. We were all sure she was going down until right before the race, when she just kicked them off and went barefoot. She even got a small cut in her foot from stepping on a rock, but nothing could stop her getting to that finish line first. Unfortunately, even winning prom queen can’t always guarantee that you’ll find love.

Isn’t the day after the first rose ceremony a glorious time? The sun is shining, the mimosas are flowing, the bunk bed sheets are still freshly-washed… Life is good. (Except, you know, if you don’t like hearing the English language mangled with phrases like “Ben is the greatest Bachelor on the planet of history” and “If you had a list, he checks off every single list.”)

Date caaaaard! And good news: Lace has rejoined the land of the not-insanely-drunk:

We interrupt this recap for this week’s installment of WTAF IS GOING ON WITH BEN HIGGI’S HAIR?

Class No. 1 is science, where the teams must “make Ben’s volcano explode.” I will admit I did an actual slow clap in my living room upon hearing that instruction. Kudos, Team Bachelor.

Of course, this is a “journey” to find “love,” so all of the ingredients in the science experiment are labeled things like “trust” and “appreciation” and “putting up with your annoying best friend.” One by one, the teams hit the eruption jackpot…

When Lifetime is mining your shortcomings for their own benefit, something is probably wrong.

On the heels of the news that UnREAL Season 2 will put a black “suitor” at the heart of the Everlasting reality show-within-a-show, ABC president Paul Lee was asked if The Bachelor itself will ever address/remedy its long-standing problem of all-but-once revolving around a white star.

But Lee then said he would be “very surprised” if this summer’s edition of The Bachelorette “isn’t diverse.”

“I think that’s likely to happen,” he ventured, adding that other “tweaks” to come from series boss Mike Fleiss “will get us where we want to go.”

Ali Fedotowsky is pregnant and expecting her first child with her fiance, Kevin Manno, ET can confirm!

The 31-year-old Bachelorette star got engaged to Manno, a radio and television host, in September. The couple has been dating since 2013.

"We're going be parents! We can't believe that we are bringing this little life into this world," Fedotowsky tells ET. "It's so beautiful and exciting and terrifying all at the same time! But we're ready for it all!"

"We're ready for you 2016...and it's sure to be a wild ride," Fedotowsky wrote alongside a cute pic of them together on New Year's Day.

Season 20 of The Bachelor kicked off Monday when 28 women looking for love introduced themselves to Bachelor Ben Higgins (and the world). After some serious, heated debate and dedicated soul-searching, we've determined which four ladies stand the best chance of walking away with Higgins' heart!

Check out our Week 1 predictions for who comes out on top at the end of this season of The Bachelor.

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Olivia

Local news anchor Olivia Caridi, 23, stunned in sparkles as she stepped out of the limo, and Ben was clearly nervous just at the sight of her.

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Jojo

Joelle "JoJo" Fletcher managed to catch Ben's eye while wearing a unicorn mask. She is indeed a mythical creature.

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Caila

Thank goodness ABC is here to help two software sales associates find each other. Caila Quinn broke up with her boyfriend, whom she met serendipitously on an airplane, after seeing Ben on TV during his time on The Bachelorette.

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Lauren B.

Twenty-five-year-old Lauren Bushnell stunned in a simple gown when she stepped out to meet Ben, and he told her she looked "beautiful" right away, calling her a "great start" to the night (Lauren B. was the first contestant he met).

Hello again, rose lovers, and happy 2016 to you! Before we dive in, let’s just take a moment to savor this moment — the oh-so-brief window of time when even hardcore cynics like myself can imagine that maybe, just maybe, this time the romantic machinery of The Bachelor will not malfunction, and that our hero (in this case, Ben) will end his “journey” with a true happily ever after. Sigh.

Cut to Warsaw, Indiana, where Ben shoots hoops at a barn that looks suspiciously like the one where Chris Soules worked out with Cody at the beginning his season.

Their advice? Be honest, be open-minded, be true to yourself, dump her on live television if that’s what your heart wants, etc. You get the idea. Yet not one of them said, “Hey buddy, before the limos arrive you have GOT to do something about your hair.”

There are a few things Team Bachelor clearly wants us to know about Ben. One: He really values values. Small-town values, American values, heartland values, family values — any kind of values, really.. Two: Deep down, Mr. Ben Higgins worries that he’s unlovable because… he’s not married yet, or something? He listened to too much Morrissey as a kid? Not quite clear on where this fear comes from, to be honest. Often you can attribute neuroses like that to a person’s upbringing, but Ben’s parents — married for 32 years — seem absolutely lovely. So maybe Ben just hates himself for no reason? Oh great, Ben —now you’ve made your mom cry.

“She’s gonna be great, no matter where you find her,” Mama tells her boy, leaving the rest of her thought — “even if you insist on finding her on TV” — unspoken.

Welcome back, Bachelor Nation! It’s a new year and I think we can all agree that there is no better way to start 2016 than with a big dose of Bachelor love and drama. The first night was full of twists and turns, and there are many more to come in what I have to say is definitely the most dramatic season in Bachelor history.

And we had Lace. Lace is beautiful and bold, but she’s also clearly very unpredictable. Pulling Ben aside and confronting him after the first rose ceremony is a move I’ve never seen before. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing more of Lace in the coming week, and it’s pretty clear that Ben is going to have to navigate that relationship carefully.

Olivia got the first impression rose and as always, it’s going to be interesting to see how that plays out. Last season, Kaitlyn gave Shawn the first impression rose and they’re happily engaged and very much in love. But Britt got the first impression rose on Chris Soules’s season of The Bachelor, and she ended up being sent home before hometowns. One thing is for sure, the women in the house will be keeping a very close eye on Olivia.

Krystal Nielson took some time to soul search -- and soul sage -- before heading to Bachelor in Paradise. 

The former Bachelor villain was determined to steer far away from the drama for her second chance at finding love in Bachelor Nation, and that included a little bit of Paradise prep work. 

"I just developed a really strong morning routine... I wanted to clear emotional space coming into Paradise, and work through some growing pains I had, so yeah, I burned a lot of sage, girl," she told ET's Lauren Zima as filming kicked off in Mexico. "I have saged my soul." 

"When I got back from The Bachelor, in all honesty, I was really defeated and I was just depleted, and I was down. It took a while, and just a lot of anxiety, like how is everything going to go down 'cause I was aware towards the end I was the villain and it was so not my intention to never be anything close to that," she continued. "I really just lost control and it was a very stressful experience for me." 

Now, Krystal says she's a changed woman, with a voice "at the end of Bachelor, right before [Women] Tell All." Gone are the days of hurling NSFW insults at Arie Luyendyk Jr. and her Bachelor co-stars. 

"I actually received a lot of love. There was a lot of criticism as well, but I have never taken it personally, and I read all the comments and I think I just felt very misunderstood," she said. "But I understand where people were coming from and how I was acting selfishly and being disrespectful to the women when it wasn't my intention."

As for Paradise, while Krystal's been a big part of season five promos, her approach to the show is to "just be me" -- but a more "humbled version." 

"We're good," she said of her relationships with the other women who appeared on Arie's season. "We've had coffee, we text, we Facetime."

Another reformed villain joining Paradise this season is Chris Randone, fresh off Becca Kufrin's season of The Bachelorette. While he wouldn't reveal whether he and Krystal bond over their Bachelor experiences, he did tease his own "beautiful transformation," and praised Krystal's as well.

"She's actually a beautiful person and I'm really excited to have America see that as well," he shared. "I don't know if it's [about] redemption stories, but I think [Paradise] just has the ability to see people in areas of who they are and give people an idea of kind of who we are in real life." 

And being yourself is, of course, a big theme for another Paradise hopeful, Jordan Kendall. "I'm going to come in being the same exact person that I was [on Becca's season] because that's who I am. That's how you find love, by being yourself," he told ET. 

"I definitely see myself sitting down with Krystal and seeing if she is how I perceived her, because I know how this whole thing goes," Jordan said. "I think that Krystal's attractive. Do I think that I'm going to end up with her? I'd like to see myself sitting next to Jenna Cooper or Kendall [Long]... or Seinne [Fleming] maybe."

"The only person that I potentially might have some trouble with is David the Chicken," he continued. "He's not a bad guy, I don't have a problem with David, he just constantly asks me questions about myself like I need to validate myself to him, [but] I'm not here to date the guys."

"Definitely [I'll stick out for] being romantic. Being myself is the only way I can stand out over anybody because that makes me more suitable for who I'm meant for," Jordan added. "So [I'm] definitely being myself and bringing my best game."

Bachelor in Paradise premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. See more in the video below. 

Day one, and things are already getting complicated on Bachelor in Paradise. 

The Bachelor spinoff premiered its fifth season on Tuesday, where the name of the game was Colton Underwood and Tia Booth... but Colton was nowhere to be found. Tia, the first to arrive on the beach, meanwhile, couldn't get Colton off her mind, despite the 10 beautiful Bachelorette rejects in front of her. 

Colton and Tia, of course, had history from long before he appeared on The Bachelorette. The two briefly dated -- and spent a romantic weekend together in Los Angeles -- before ending things. He went on to date Becca Kufrin, with both of them assuring her their feelings were in the past, until Tia confessed to Becca following Colton's hometown date that she still held a candle for him. 

Becca sent Colton home, and he told ET he was "frustrated" with Tia for intercepting his relationship with Becca like that. Needless to say, they had some stuff to figure out. 

The two hadn't spoken since that fateful day, and Tia couldn't stop fantasizing about what it would be like to finally date him. "I'm disappointed. I was hoping that Colton would be here," she said. That's when producers expertly stepped in and gave her a date card. After what felt like hours of her wallowing around on the beach, she decided to take a chance on Chris Randone, and they actually hit things off. 

"It just goes to show, you never know who you could be into," she told the camera, as the pair made out on their date. "I think there will be more kisses in our future." 

"I can't stop smiling right now. Colton, who? We don't know him," she giggled. Then Colton showed up. 

The former NFL star made a big impression when he joined the cast the next day, taking all of Tia's friends away for a little chat -- which annoyed her and everyone else. As he told Chris Harrison, he wasn't there for Tia. "I'm here to see if there's anything out there for me," he said, before wisening up, and asking Tia on his date.  

The two went off for a little jet skiing and lounging around on a yacht, the perfect setting for romance. "I don't want you to think it's going to be so easy," Colton said. "I'm not closing the door on us. I'm here to figure my sh*t out." 

"I've been waiting for this moment for about six months now, and it just feels so good," Tia said to the camera, as she and Colton cemented their budding relationship with a kiss -- and the cast back at the beach plotted to confront Colton for his behavior. 

"We're going to kill him," Jordan said, hyping up Chris, Nick, and the other guys. 

We'll have to wait until Monday's episode to find out what happens, but Colton previewed the season with ET on Tuesday morning, so we think it's safe to say he makes it out alive. See more on Colton in the video below, and chat about this episode and much more at ET's Bachelor Nation Facebook group. 

Bachelor in Paradise airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. 

With the latest season of The Bachelorette having come to a close on Monday, star Becca Kufrin and her new fiancé, Garrett Yrigoyen, sat down with Jimmy Kimmel following the season finale, and she opened up about a few of the things she's learned she doesn't like about her new man's quirks and habits.

For the record, none of it had to do with Garrett's controversial propensity for going on Instagram and liking alt-right and homophobic memes, as well as jokes mocking Parkland school shooting survivors, posted by other Instagram users (for which he later apologized).

After being cooped up with Garrett for weeks while waiting for the finale to air, Becca has developed a problem with Garrett's snoring and messy habits.

"He snores so dang loud, and he likes to call it purring," Becca shared with Kimmel, before revealing her real pet peeve.

"He does this thing… where he loves paper towels, but he leaves them all around the house," Becca explained, getting more and more animated, while Garrett laughed awkwardly. "So everywhere I go it's like a crumpled paper towel here, and crumpled paper towel there. So I've started [sending] him videos all day long."

As for the tiny things Becca does that gets under Garrett's skin, the Reno, Nevada, native said he couldn't think of a single thing.

"Nope, nothing irks me," he said, showing off his diplomatic side.

He was similarly diplomatic when he took to a new Instagram account -- after deleting the account he used to like posts claiming Parkland student David Hogg is a crisis actor and memes mocking the transgender community -- to apologize for liking those posts.

"I am sorry to those who I offended, and I also take full responsibility for my 'likes' on Instagram that were hurtful and offensive. garrett_yrigs12 was my former Instagram handle and I decided to take it down and start fresh because I have learned an extremely valuable lesson and am taking steps to grow, become more educated, and be a better version of myself," Garrett wrote. "I am not perfect, and I will never be anywhere close, but now I will always be more informed and aware of what I am liking and supporting, not just on Instagram, but in life."

Becca, who has staunchly defended her new man throughout the season, was clearly satisfied by his apology, having connected with him throughout the season after she "just felt that Instant spark with him" the first time they spent time together.

While they've put the controversy behind them, Becca and Garrett said they are already working on the next challenge they're going to face: whether or not she is going to take his difficult-to-pronounce name.

"We've talked about maybe hyphenating it, but that's Kufrin-Yrigoyen, and I don't think our kids are going to be able to pronounce that," Becca admitted.

"You're gonna have to have really smart kids," Kimmel quipped.

The couple also opened up about BlakeHorstmann, the Bachelorette suitor who Becca had to kick to the curb on Monday's finale, and his tear-soaked meltdown after having his heart torn apart.

Even Garrett admitted that he felt bad for the runner-up, and said he could see himself being brought to tears if he'd been in a similar situation.

"I mean, yeah, I put myself in his shoes," Garrett said, expressing empathy for Blake.

Becca, who said she's only seen bits and pieces of the finale, also sympathized with his crying fit.

"I've shed my fair share of tears," Becca said, adding that she "never wanted to make anyone cry that hard."

Following their conversation with Kimmel, the couple participated in the traditional newlywed style game that the outspoken host likes to play with all new Bachelor Nation couples who sit down with him -- and the pair did decently when it comes to proving how much they actually know about one another.

For more on the emotional finale of The Bachelorette, check out the video below.

The latest season of The Bachelorettecame to a close on Monday night, and, for Becca Kufrin and Garrett Yrigoyen, it really was the real deal. 

The pair made their first appearance as a couple on After the Final Rose, where they gushed about finally getting to be out together in public after hiding their relationship for the past 10 weeks. They also discussed what they have planned for the future. 

"We are moving in together. We don't exactly know where yet. He's going to spend some time in Minnesota," Becca revealed. "He'll come to Minneapolis... I think we might come out to California for a couple years."

California is (kind of) home for Garrett, who lives in Reno, Nevada, but whose family lives in Manteca. Becca got the lay of the land, literally, when she visited their farm on his hometown date earlier this season. As for when she and Garrett will be walking down the aisle, Becca admitted that while she's in love with her engagement ring -- "He did very well," she gushed. "Neil Lane does a good ring." -- they don't have any set plans so far. 

"We don't have any wedding plans yet. We just want to be normal and in public," Becca explained. Garrett added they've been talking about their nuptials "a little bit." 

"We're just trying to focus on each other right now," he shared. 

As Becca noted earlier in the night, she and Garrett are still getting to know each other (and learn what it means to have an actual happy couple weekend after her breakup from Arie Luyendyk Jr.). "We have both been through hard relationships in the past, and to find each other in this crazy, unconventional journey, it blows my mind... I'm just ready to start life." 

"I felt an instant connection with him, but it wasn't until his hometown, where I met his family, I could picture being in his life," Becca revealed, recalling crying into a breakfast quesadilla after spontaneously running into his sister and nieces in the airport after his hometown date. For Garrett, too, it was family that sealed the deal. 

"My feelings grew stronger for her... seeing her in front of my family," he expressed. "And then, when we went to Thailand, and we worked as a team and we did the paddle boarding on the river... right then and there, I was like, 'I love this girl to death.'" 

While kids are a few years away as well, Becca confessed that she's already got plans to expand their family with "fur babies." "I would love like, four corgis... but I'll settle for one or two to start with," she teased. 

And on that note, host Chris Harrison surprised the lovebirds with a trip back to Thailand, as well as the perfect transportation for their lives together -- a minivan -- because "it's time to do the van thing." 

During their appearance on ATFR, Becca and Garrett also opened up about weathering the storm of his Instagram scandal, during which he admitted he thought Becca would break up with him over it. For Becca, however, there was never "any question" that it would cause them to split.

The brunette beauty couldn't be more happy to finally have Garrett by her side. See what she told ET about her fiance in the video below, and join the conversation at ET's Bachelor Nation Facebook group. 

Becca Kufrin may have found love on The Bachelorette, but it wasn't without a scandal (or two). 

The 28-year-old publicist handed out her final rose to Garrett Yrigoyen on Monday's Bachelorette finale, and she accepted his heartfelt proposal. It was beautiful and emotional, but when they made their first appearance as a couple on After the Final Rose, it was time to answer the tough questions. 

Garrett made headlines in May after it was revealed that he liked Instagram posts that mock transgender people, feminists, immigrants and Parkland shooting survivors. He eventually admitted to the behavior, apologized, and vowed to be better in the future. 

The Reno, Nevada, native brought up the controversy while speaking with host Chris Harrison on Monday. "Some stuff came out about my social media, and I didn't realize the effect behind a double tap or a like on Instagram. I put out an apology, I didn't mean to offend anybody.... I stand by everything that I posted in my apology, and I'm just trying to grow as a person," he said, admitting that "it was tough, because it wasn't just affecting me, but it was affecting her, and that was hurting me the most." 

Garrett said he thought the situation might even force Becca to break up with him, since "when I was liking things, it went against what she stands for." 

"I was really worried about it, that I might lose her from that, but I knew she knew who I was as a person," he explained. "I was a better person than I was presenting on social media... she knows I didn't mean to hurt or offend anyone." 

Becca, meanwhile, said there was never "any question in my mind" that the situation would split them up. "It definitely brought us stronger. It was a challenge we overcome, and it's been a hurdle, but we've pushed through and talked about it," she shared.

Becca defended Garrett while speaking with ET in May. "I did things in the past that I'm sure wasn't the best thing, but I just want people to stay open-minded to everyone," she said. 

"I can't fault on anyone for what they believe, and who's to say that anyone is truly what they believe in if they just double tap," she continued. "I can't speak to that because that's just not me. I am a strong woman and I do believe in certain things, but again, that's what's so great about our country -- everyone is entitled to their own opinions."

Bachelor host Chris Harrison also previously opened up about the controversy to ET, revealing that he's "satisfied" with the front-runner's apology. "I've talked to Garrett, Becca's talked to Garrett. We've all talked to Garrett, and I feel like he expressed himself very well," Harrison offered. "I don't think it'll be the end of it -- obviously he's still very in the midst of all this. And I think he'll express more about that and we'll probably be able to deal with it more."

See more on the situation in the video below, and talk about this and much more at ET's Bachelor Nation Facebook Group. 

Becca Kufrin is an engaged woman!

While the 28-year-old publicist confirmed she found love -- and a fiance -- to fans before her season of The Bachelorette premiered in May, fans had to wait 10 long weeks to find out who the lucky guy was. 

Becca kicked off this week's episode with her final two, Garrett Yrigoyen and Blake Horstmann, in the Maldives, where both men met her family and enjoyed romantic one-on-one dates. There was kissing, declarations of love and a lot of tears before Becca made her final choice, and handed out one last rose on the season finale.

Congratulations to... 

Garrett! 

Though Becca admitted on Monday's episode that her relationship with Blake was strongest week after week, she realized that she couldn't picture her life without Garrett. That only intensified after he met her family, who all agreed that Becca's late father would be a big fan of the 29-year-old. 

Becca's feelings for Garrett intensified during their final date, and though she struggled with her decision to let Blake go, she couldn't have been happier to begin her life with Garrett. 

"Becca, from honking up the driveway in a minivan full of orange slices and diapers to fly fishing in the backyard, I knew we shared something very special together... I knew that I loved you so much, and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you," Garrett told Becca. "I love you so much. Not just now, but forever. You're my world."

"Since night one, I saw something in you, I felt something in you so much that you got that first rose," Becca replied. "You reminded me of home, and you reminded me of one of the most important men in my entire life, and that's my dad." 

"I've been waiting to say it for the right person... Garrett Vincent Yrigoyen, I love you. I love you so much," she beamed as Garrett got down on one knee and presented a stunning Neil Lane sparkler. 

"Rebecca Jill Kufrin, my Becca, will you marry me?" he asked to her excited "Yes!" 

But the episode's not over yet. Becca and Garrett will join host Chris Harrison on After the Final Rose Live, where they'll give an update on their relationship -- and she'll come face to face with Blake, after breaking his heart. 

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Jason Mesnick's Bachelor meltdown became famous in 2009 -- but we've never seen anything quite like this. 

Becca Kufrin made her heartbreaking final choice on Monday's season finale of The Bachelorette, leaving her runner-up, Blake Horstmann, devastated. The 28-year-old sales rep was inconsolable after Becca ended things ahead of her engagement to Garrett Yrigoyen. 

Even Becca admitted during the finale that she "always thought it would be Blake" at the end of her journey. Bachelor Nation watched as Blake struggled to keep himself together when Becca broke the news that he wasn't the one, though days earlier he admitted feeling like something was off. 

"I didn't expect this. I don't know what to say. I think you're making a mistake. I do. I don't think anyone can make you as happy as I can," he cried. "I just can't believe it. How could I be so wrong?" 

Becca did her best to console him, but Blake just needed to cry it out, sobbing into a rag as he confessed to producers that he felt so "alone." "I f---ing knew it," he said. "I did love her. I just thought she loved me back... All I can imagine is how happy she's going to be when Garrett proposes to her." 

Blake watched the emotional breakup for the first time with fans on Monday night, telling host Chris Harrison that it was "difficult to watch." "A lot of this season's been difficult to watch... It's not easy. You just never really ever consider one day you would have a ring in your hand and getting down on your knee, committing yourself to the woman you love, [and it not working out]," he said. 

He and Becca then came face to face in a candid conversation, where she explained that she never wanted to hurt him. "There wasn't any moment really that triggered the decision," she said before explaining that she did become worried about the "longevity" of their relationship when she pictured how "in his head" he could become when things would get tough, or a child fell sick.

"I want you to know, there are no hard feelings for me," Blake replied. "I can't be mad at you for following your heart." 

"If people think this is going to bring me down, they didn't watch the season too closely... I'm not going to be scared now of falling in love gain. My person is still out there, and I'm not going to apologize for how hard I fall in love," he continued. "I can see it in her face that she is happy." 

Becca previously told ET that her final breakups were the Bachelorette moments she wasn't looking forward to watching back on TV "because there were so many emotions involved."

As for how Garrett feels about it all, Becca said she was keeping him updated along the way. "He knows everything that really went on, and it will be tough to watch back, I'm sure. I remember watching it back last season, and it's not the easiest," she noted. "It's still difficult, but he knows I'm an open book, so anything he needs, I'm willing to give him." 

Arie Luyendyk Jr. didn't make the cut this time. 

Becca Kufrin previously told ET that she had filmed something with the former The Bachelor contestant -- her ex-fiance -- to air on her season of The Bachelorette. But that footage was left on the cutting-room floor. 

Luyendyk took to Instagram on Monday to share a photo of himself and his new fiance, Lauren Burnham, in the Maldives (where fans are about to see Kufrin get engaged to her new man). He explained that his conversation with Kufrin won't be shown, but he still wishes her "all the happiness in the world." 

"Lauren and I flew to the Maldives at The Bachelor and Becca’s request. It’s a conversation that unfortunately won’t be shown but it was really positive for all of us," Luyendyk wrote. "You can imagine this trip could have been very difficult for Lauren but she has supported and stood by me in all of this... I thank and love her everyday because of that. We wish Becca all the happiness in the world and can’t wait to see how tonight goes!"


Kufrin and Luyendyk's brutal breakup was mentioned throughout her Bachelorette season, as she was focused on finding an "honest" man after Luyendyk blindsided her with their breakup on the season finale of The Bachelor. The auto racing driver proposed to Kufrin, only to end their engagement weeks later to pursue a relationship with the season's runner-up, Burnham. Luyendyk and Burham got engaged on After the Final Rose, and recently announced they'll be getting married in Hawaii on Jan. 12. 

Luyendyk 's appearance on The Bachelorette was still planned to air when ET sat down with Kufrin in May. 

"We do have a conversation and you'll just have to see that unfold. At that point it wasn't emotional, it was just two adults sitting down, wishing each other the best and talking through our experiences," Kufrin said. "That was our last conversation we've had. I knew that would probably be the last time we had a conversation, and I wish him and Lauren the best." 

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The season finale of The Bachelorette airs Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.