Arie Luyendyk & Lauren Burnham Overcome The Bachelor Odds | DatingCelebs

Post his last date with Becca, he woke up to a demanding day. Becca, unlike the camera-shy Lauren, was always herself, both on and off camera. This was something he shared with GQ.

The production team woke him up at seven in the morning. Their question was simple, “Okay, who is it?” He was torn.

The Bachelor’s production schedule is relentless. It doesn’t wait for an indecisive man. So, when the time came to put that 3-carat sparkler on one woman’s hand, he chose Becca.

He tried to be logical about it. “I know who Becca is, and she’s a great person,” he thought. At that moment, he felt like he was making the right choice.

But hindsight is 20/20. He reflected on the unnaturalness of the situation during a 2026 appearance on Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew. “It’s not natural to have two people that you [have], at the end, and then have to break up with one person and get engaged to another person an hour later,” he confessed.

He found it all so weird. “No wonder it barely works,” he mused.