Gerry good points a fiancée however loses some followers within the course of.

SPOILER: This text comprises spoilers for the season finale of The Golden Bachelor

It was a wild night time on the finale of The Golden Bachelor Thursday, one which included inevitable heartbreak, followers turning on the present’s star, a wedding proposal and one large announcement — simply not the announcement everybody was ready for.

It got here right down to Theresa Nist and Leslie Fhima for Gerry Turner’s final decision. And as soon as they met his household and he lastly settled on his future accomplice — which was Theresa — Gerry tried to let Leslie down gently, however that didn’t go as deliberate.

The proposal, nonetheless, did go as planned and never solely are Gerry and Theresa tying the knot, followers will get to see it occur.

Right here’s a take a look at how the season finale of The Golden Bachelor performed out.

Letting Leslie down

Gerry advised Leslie that she was “the one” throughout their Fantasy Suite date. However simply 12 or so hours later throughout their final time collectively earlier than the ultimate rose, she advised him that she beloved him “very, very a lot,” and he replied, “That’s such a particular sentiment.” Clearly, something had changed.

After Gerry mentioned goodbye to Leslie for the night with one large proposal and one large breakup looming for the following day, he knew that she may really feel that one thing was off with him. So he rotated and went again to inform her precisely what that was: he was in love with Theresa and that’s the path he was going to take.

Leslie was understandably upset, accusing him of being a liar as a result of issues that he mentioned made it sound to her like he was going to decide on her. When she mentioned this was typical of how her life goes, he advised her to not suppose like that.

“No offense. I can suppose regardless of the f**ok I need,” she mentioned to him, a lot to the delight of the mic’d up studio viewers watching again with host Jesse Palmer in Los Angeles.

She continued to pour her coronary heart out to Gerry in Costa Rica, leaving him fully crushed afterward. He known as the ache of breaking somebody’s coronary heart like {that a} “shut second” to the ache of shedding his spouse.

Their dialog continued through the After the Last Rose portion of the night again in L.A., the place she advised him that she was so satisfied she was the one which she went out and acquired a costume and wrote their vows.

“It was the happiest day of my life, aside from the day I assumed was coming,” she mentioned.

Viewers activate Gerry

Together with the truth that he broke Leslie’s coronary heart — which matches with the territory of being on the present — Gerry’s strategy and a few traces he used throughout his conversations with Leslie didn’t sit properly with some viewers.

And after being within the favor of just about everybody all through the whole season, that began to change on Thursday as viewers reacted on social media

Gerry and Theresa’s large second

Regardless of the emotional ending to his relationship with Leslie, Gerry was capable of pull it collectively to share a special moment with Theresa the following day. Full with him pulling a bit little bit of a gag as soon as she had joined him on the spot and expressed her personal emotions.

“I got here to the conclusion that you just’re not the appropriate particular person for me to stay with,” Gerry mentioned to her, leaving an extended pause afterward earlier than ending the thought. “You’re the individual that I can’t stay with out.”

She mentioned that his gag “was so good,” and with that, they embraced and he received down on one knee.

“Theresa, I like you one thousand %. I’m by no means going to cease believing that every single day, I select you. Will you marry me?”

And she or he mentioned sure!

The large Golden announcement – no, not that one

Given the success of this inaugural season of the Bachelor spinoff, followers and media have been ready for and speculating concerning the announcement of a Golden Bachelorette collection, which most assumed could be revealed after the ultimate rose on Thursday.

Regardless of host Palmer’s finest efforts to tease a large announcement, that one by no means got here. As a substitute what viewers realized is that the massive information was from the brand new blissful couple, Gerry and Theresa. Gerry mentioned that as quickly as they’ll put collectively a marriage plan, they’re getting married. And Palmer had a little bit more to add to that.

“That’s proper Bachelor Nation, save the date as a result of Gerry and Theresa are getting married, and guess what? You’re invited to the marriage. It is going to be stay on ABC on January 4,” the host revealed.

Apparently the marriage plan has been put collectively, and Gerry and Theresa will probably be again on TV in a bit over a month to tie the knot.

Maybe followers could have gotten over what Gerry did to Leslie by then.

The Golden Bachelor airs on ABC and is offered for streaming on Hulu.