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I'm Unwell After That Traumatizing 'Bachelorette' Finale: Unpacking Jenn And Devin's Breakup

After watching that heartbreaking Bachelorette finale, it’s official: I will never be speaking to a man again. Thank you, Devin Strader, for helping me finalize that decision. Although Jenn Tran and this hooligan did get engaged on the show, their relationship did not survive very long in the real world. (I’m so shocked that the man who love bombed her incessantly and didn’t get along with the other guys wasn’t The One. Who would’ve thought.) When there were no more cameras around, it seems like Devin’s behavior and feelings toward Jenn suddenly changed; he broke up with her shortly after they finished filming.

Can someone from ABC explain why the fuck they forced Jenn to re-watch the proposal while sitting next to Devin on After the Final Rose? I need therapy after watching her watch that part and sob. It will take several business to process what went down here, so let’s get started.

Here’s a breakdown of Jenn Tran and Devin Strader’s super messy breakup.

Jenn Tran And Devin Strader’s Messy Breakup Explained

Why Did Jenn Tran And Devin Strader Break Up?

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During the brutal After the Final Rose, Jenn began to sob before they showed the proposal. “We had left Hawaii engaged, very very happy,” she recalled. “It was the happiest day of my life. As soon as we had left Hawaii, things were just different.”

Jenn explained that Devin was “pulling away” and not following through on “promises he had made to me of wanting to move somewhere together and have this future planned out.” He apparently stopped texting and calling her, leaving her upset and confused. Ultimately, Devin ended the engagement over the phone. So classy!

“He had basically said that he didn’t love me anymore and didn’t feel the same way and felt like something had been off,” Jenn said at the finale. “He regretted getting engaged and I didn’t know.”

Devin admitted that he “failed” Jen, but really didn’t elaborate much… or seem that devastated. “There’s nothing I can say other than that,” he said. “But everything I felt for you was real.” Oh, I’m sure it was.

What Happened After Jenn Tran And Devin Strader Broke Up?

After Devin called Jenn to break off the engagement, there was an alarming new development. “The next day I wake up to you following girls on Instagram,” Jenn said to Devin during After the Final Rose. “Not just any girl, but Maria!” Yes, Maria as in Maria Georgas from the last season of The Bachelor, and the Maria who most people (including Devin, obviously) thought would be this season’s bachelorette.

“Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together — I just don’t understand it,” Jenn continued. “Why you would do something like that. It completely invalidated our entire relationship… Did that even mean anything to you?” I fear I can answer that question pretty easily.

Devin replied with an extraordinarily unconvincing “Yeah, absolutely,” and began to say that his feelings are “hard to put into words” before Jenn cut him off… thank god. “It was so hard that you followed Maria on Instagram,” she interjected. “So hard! You were going through such a tough time!” Ended him right then and there.

Jenn also pointed out that it didn’t seem like Devin was so upset when he was hitting the clubs with Jeremy, another contestant this season. I truly hope this man never recovers from the embarrassment. Meanwhile, Jenn is gonna be thriving on Dancing With the Stars. 

Ilana Frost
Ilana Frost is an entertainment writer at Betches. As a teenage girl in her twenties, she spends her time stanning Olivia Rodrigo, baking cakes for award shows, and refusing to ever leave her Reputation era.