Bachelor 22 - Arie Luyendyk Jr - SM Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers* - #5

umngirl wrote:Arie is quoted in that article as saying the finale is going to be fun for him to watch back. Fun? What part about watching yourself be a callous a$$hole is fun? Do I have a different definition of fun?

sanlee088 wrote:It sounds like that mag read straight from our forum and went with it! Lol

mindless wrote:

umngirl wrote:Arie is quoted in that article as saying the finale is going to be fun for him to watch back. Fun? What part about watching yourself be a callous a$$hole is fun? Do I have a different definition of fun?

I had to read that line 3 times to make sure I wasn't missing a "not". If that's really what he said then he's even more heartless and self-absorbed than I could have ever imagined. I hope this is the bus revving up and they'll run over him twelve times by next Wednesday. POS. (JMO)

mindless wrote:

umngirl wrote:Arie is quoted in that article as saying the finale is going to be fun for him to watch back. Fun? What part about watching yourself be a callous a$$hole is fun? Do I have a different definition of fun?

I had to read that line 3 times to make sure I wasn't missing a "not". If that's really what he said then he's even more heartless and self-absorbed than I could have ever imagined. I hope this is the bus revving up and they'll run over him twelve times by next Wednesday. POS. (JMO)

Oh by the way, if Arie and Lauren are supposedly taking things slow then does that mean no proposal? I sure hope so.

Lucas15 wrote:snipped

I admit I am not completely caught up on all of yesterday's posts, but so far yours is the only post I've seen that mentions that curious line. You - and my wife - both latched on to that. In fact my wife's comment about that short scene was "They're talking in code - go back and watch it again". In addition to Arie's line "It will get harder before it gets easier." Lauren seemed to be saying that during the overnight Arie had explained things to her that put her fears (I fall for you but you pick someone else) at ease. So what might they have talked about - for the first (and only) time they had during filming - that gave Lauren the confidence to have said what she did? What could Arie have been thinking / knowing would happen that would make the journey harder before it got easier?

And in the aftermath of the FRC, why was Lauren so ready to "get back" with Arie instead of totally withdrawing back into the shell she's tried so hard for so long to wrap around her and protect her heart? Was it something that Arie explained to her in private, and if so, what did he know then that we didn't? If he was that "in love" with Becca why was he so ready to step aside and let Ross propose to Becca and acknowledge that it was Becca's choice? He fought for Emily's heart (the journal) but IMO he didn't fight for Becca.

I do agree with your statement that "He wasn't in love with Becca and he knew it." IMO he knew it then and he knew it when he proposed. Just my own humble opinion but I think the FRC proposal to Becca was for the TV show and the one which (apparently) happened this past Saturday at at the Monarch Bay Resort in Dana Point was for his heart.

All JMHO

Mommyof2 wrote:Lauren posted an IG story a couple of hours ago getting ready to board a private plane.  1) I wonder where she is going and 2) Doesn't anyone fly coach anymore?  

AllAboutLove wrote:

Hawaii Girl wrote:

“Arie didn’t handle the situation well,” notes the insider. “He wasn’t sympathetic or even very nice.” His callous behavior floored his onetime fiancée: “She was in shock.”

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bachelor-arie-luyendyk-jr-called-off-engagement-to-date-his-runner-up/

This doesn't surprise me at all. The lack of empathy I've seen Arie display these past weeks has been mind-blowing to me. 

I think Arie cares only about himself and is one of the most self-absorbed, self-entitled leads this show has ever had, and that's saying something. 


jmo

Stone_Hedge wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:

Hawaii Girl wrote:
https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/bachelor-arie-luyendyk-jr-called-off-engagement-to-date-his-runner-up/

This doesn't surprise me at all. The lack of empathy I've seen Arie display these past weeks has been mind-blowing to me. 

I think Arie cares only about himself and is one of the most self-absorbed, self-entitled leads this show has ever had, and that's saying something. 


jmo

Arie said multiple ily’s to get the best performance from the F3 in the FS. Callous and unthoughful. He says he’s happy to see the ending to keep his current Fiancé at maximum performance . There are pics of the new proposal site and Finale redux. He wants everyone to see that so some will say aww.... and forget the underhanded way he went about things. Jmho

Kashathediva wrote:

Stone_Hedge wrote:

AllAboutLove wrote:

This doesn't surprise me at all. The lack of empathy I've seen Arie display these past weeks has been mind-blowing to me. 

I think Arie cares only about himself and is one of the most self-absorbed, self-entitled leads this show has ever had, and that's saying something. 


jmo

Arie said multiple ily’s to get the best performance from the F3 in the FS. Callous and unthoughful. He says he’s happy to see the ending to keep his current Fiancé at maximum performance . There are pics of the new proposal site and Finale redux. He wants everyone to see that so some will say aww.... and forget the underhanded way he went about things. Jmho

I'll take it a step further.
This show has for seasons, been about the show after the show. IMO
The ATFR has not been a re-cap of the lovey dovey couple for seasons, IMO. It's been about how much controversy, angst and drama can it drum up. 
Now the show has been able to take it months ATFR with filming of this, that and the other. 
We have two FRC now instead of one.  This is what the show thinks the audience wants IMO. Drama. The incredible. Jaw dropping. 
Now they are really going to have to jump the shark and up the ante for the following seasons.