By Jackie Strause. Managing Editor, East Coast. One day after his ex-fiancee announced that she is now engaged, former Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. The pair β who just bought a new house in Scottsdale, Ariz. After he proposed to an accepting Becca Kufrin on the pretaped March 5 episode, it was revealed on the post-finale After the Final Rose special that Luyendyk had changed his mind. After a two-month engagement, Luyendyk called off his relationship with Kufrin during a difficult-to-watch on-camera breakup that played out unedited and ran for nearly an hour.
He then turned around and proposed a second time on live television to Burnham, who accepted. Think pieces and takedowns ran in the week that followed and as Kufrin accepted her new role as the next star of The Bachelorette , Luyendyk and Burnham largely disappeared from the spotlight, choosing to keep viewers updated on their relationship via their social media channels. Not only the good things but also the bad things. I really wanted everyone to see our love story and I think the editing chose to show more of the breakup than the happy parts of that ending.
Burnham admitted that she knew Luyendyk was going to break up with Kufrin, but that filming the heartbreaks are part of what they signed up for. When speaking to The Hollywood Reporter after the finale in March, the couple had said they hoped to set a date later in the year. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Follow Sign Up. View All. May 23, am. Related Stories. All Rights Reserved. Close the menu The Hollywood Reporter homepage.
