Spoilers follow for the finale of The Bachelorette season 21.
“Devin Strader, welcome to the bachelorette Hall of LAME!” a fan tweeted shortly after the finale of The Bachelorette season 21 aired on ABC. The September 3 episode revealed that 25-year-old physician’s assistant student Jenn Tran proposed to Strader … but that he later broke off the engagement over the phone and followed her former Bachelor castmate Maria Georgas on Instagram the next day. Unsurprisingly, Strader immediately became an enemy in the eyes of much of Bachelor Nation. The sentiment under his latest Instagram post is pretty much what you’d expect (“these comments are so mean ???????????????????? please listen to them ♥️????????,” reads one message with more than 1,500 likes). But a lot of the internet’s ire is currently also directed at the reality show’s producers for thinking that it would be acceptable to have an already teary Tran rewatch her loving proposal while sitting next to Devin in front of a live audience. Remember how excited she was to get to be the “main character” as the first Asian American Bachelorette? We get the feeling that this isn’t how she was hoping the story would end. Below, Bachelor Nation goes off.
this is SO evil ???????????????? cancel the whole franchise for putting her through this rn like how are u gunna make her watch the proposal after THAT whole conversation #thebachelorette pic.twitter.com/3hi6YQfLEf
— kait (@tuumuchtv) September 4, 2024
WHY is the show making Jenn watch this proposal WHILE SITTING NEXT TO DEVIN this for real seems cruel. This feels mean. We easily could’ve watched this happen with her off-stage. Why are the producers treating her this way?#thebachelorette #bachelorette pic.twitter.com/YD1GVc9z33
— Bach Rants (@bach_rants) September 4, 2024
Ohhh Devin just became Bach nation enemy no.1 #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/rRFQS314rU
— shannel mullan (@shannel_lynn) September 4, 2024
When they actually deliver on the “most dramatic finale we’ve ever seen” #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/Ax3lBlIlLS
— Paige (@_samepaige_) September 4, 2024
Devin Strader, welcome to the bachelorette Hall of LAME! Congratulations, punk ass bitch! #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/YOocXDtQL1
— heartburn princess (@litteralydevon) September 4, 2024
This girl has been me this entire finale. #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/8nAyHa7pcL
— Steph R. ???????????? (@stephdizzle11) September 4, 2024
DEVIN BROKE OFF THE ENGAGEMENT OVER THE PHONE? SAID HE DIDN'T LOVE HER? SAID HE NEVER LOVED HER?
— Kayla McKechnie (@kayla_mckechnie) September 4, 2024
Oh Devin it's so over for you we rally at dawn #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/54cyiJGvNW
“i woke up the next morning to you following girls on instagram. not just any girls….but maria” #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/dkts8NE52M
— kathleen (@kathleen_hanley) September 4, 2024
“Next thing I know you’re clubbing with Jeremy”
— Erin M (@erinmurray16) September 4, 2024
Jeremy: #thebachelorette pic.twitter.com/WzrbSmKMXH
You just KNOW Sam M is at home like this right now #Bachelorette #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/Merwiq3GWL
— bianca luz (@allthebuzzwbee) September 4, 2024
The bachelor franchise has done a lot of shitty things and I have been watching this show for years but the decision to show a proposal that ends in heartbreak to Jenn in front of her ex & in a live studio audience is one of the cruelest things they’ve ever done. #thebachelorette
— Aliya Langley (@aliyalangley) September 4, 2024
idc bachelor producers set jenn up from the start they should’ve booted the people who wanted maria as bachelorette #TheBachelorette
— jo ???? (@jowithnessa) September 4, 2024
im not rocking with the fact that abc hyped up the first asian american bachelorette, sharing she's making history and breaking barrier, just to straight up humiliate her like this in the end... #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/GHpYgB8LPe
— amy????✨???? (@realitytvyapper) September 4, 2024
showing the proposal might be the meanest thing this show has ever done to someone and that’s saying a lot #thebachelorette #bachelorette
— Sarah Griffin (@skg_18) September 4, 2024
the bachelorette/abc producers better apologize to jenn. making her relive the proposal sitting next to devin after she had just spent the last 45+ minutes sobbing??? and to also put a live camera on her for reactions??? the disrespect. she deserves better </3 #TheBachelorette pic.twitter.com/3rpdGoq9Gv
— colleen ୨୧ (@lovedyoutruly) September 4, 2024
I’ll give it to Jesse. I didn’t see this coming. #thebachelorette #bachelorette pic.twitter.com/LoC07t65WW
— Hayley Rosemary Wimberly (@hayley_rosee11) September 4, 2024
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