The Bachelorette Season Finale Recap: Jenn Tran Got Engaged - But the Relationship Took a Dark Turn

The Bachelorette season finale recap Jen Tran got engaged but the relationship took a dark turn Marcus shawber and Devon Strater remained as the season 21 finale began but the bachelorette walked away single Bachelorette genen trans Journey reached an unexpected conclusion on Tuesday September 3rd on the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette on ABC but once a decision was made between Houston's freight company owner Devon strer and Miami based veteran and entrepreneur Marcus shawber things took a shocking turn Jen 26 and her choice Devon 28 were engaged in Hawaii after Jen proposed but the relationship fell apart after they returned home he was making bold proclamations of love and then suddenly the next day he was like nothing and he denied ever being in love Jen told host Jesse Palmer during after the final Rose all the promises he had made to me all of the love that he had wanted to give to me wasn't there anymore read on for the full recap of the episode details of the engagement and the disastrous way Jen and Devon's engagement ended more than a month before the season finale Bachelor Nation weighs in members of Bachelor Nation are reacting to the dramatic ending to Jen season Sam mckin who was on the receiving end of backlash for calling out Devon's behavior during season 21 of The Bachelorette shared his thoughts on Devon calling off his and Jen's engagement after the finale reposting a post on his Instagram stories that read when the worst person you know was actually right along with a photo of samam he wrote haahha okay this is funny the next video was him sitting in front of his TV with his hand over his mouth seemingly invested in the onscreen confrontation between Devon and Jen his next repost read always was team Sam and never thought he was the worst he was actually my top pick but proof he really was keeping the main thing the main thing Sam captioned it forever Thomas n who was also criticized for putting his energy into arguing with Devon posted a photo of Devon to his Instagram stories and wrote damn should have kept the main thing the main thing referencing Sam Ms catchphrase All Season he also posted a clip of himself sipping tea and glaring into the camera silently a golden sneak the evening couldn't end on that sad note so Jesse wrapped things up with a sneak peek at Joan vaso's Journey on the golden Bachelorette in the clip Bachelor Alam Kelsey Anderson gets out of the limo and tells Joan about her father Mark Anderson I think that maybe y'all would get along she said as her fan favorite father stepped out of the limo I love you Dad have the best time Kelsey said as a father I raised my children and I wanted them to experience life not to to say no because they're afraid of taking a chance and now here I am taking an opportunity to take a chance for me to find love again and I am honored to be able to be a part of your journey Jen and Devon watched their proposal after that tense back and forth in countless tears The Bachelorette rolled on the actual proposal which was awkward to watch Jen I do love you with all of my heart and it's a feeling I don't ever want to go away Devon said you were always a constant our love was always there and I never doubted for a second how much you loved me Jen said I love you so deeply Devon but I can't let you propose to me I've decided to choose myself in this journey and the best version of myself is when I'm with you I want to fight for you every day she continued you're everything that I've ever dreamed of but didn't know that I could have I want to wake up and choose you every day for the rest of my life she then proposed with a wedding band in a seashell absolutely he said aund times over Devon then proposed anyway will you make me the happiest man and marry me and they shared a passionate embrace back in the studio Jesse reminded Jen how empowered she was in that moment I did make a lot of promises and at the time I fully believed them Devon admitted and called the split one-sided that man loved you he added I understand that I couldn't keep promises that I made to you I hope that you learn that the weight of your words matter she said Jesse then concluded that he knows Jen will find the great love she's looking for Jen and Devon see each other for the first time in weeks when Devon joined Jen on stage the body language between them was ice cold this conversation right now between the two of us is not what I wanted Jen began reminding Devon that they owed each other respect enough to have conversations off camera what I can't can't understand is everything that you did after you broke our engagement Jen said noting that right after that he followed former Bachelor contestant Maria jorges not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together I just don't understand it why you would do something like that it completely invalidated the entire relationship I failed you Devon said and there's nothing I can say other than that but everything I felt for you was real Jen then asked him about the time and space he asked for to process your emotions but then went clubbing in New York City Jesse finally asked Devon what happened when we left the show I had a lot of doubts Devon said I did come clean to you about that Devon contended that he hid all these feelings of Doubt both on the show and shortly after they finished filming it's hard to sit here and deny what you're accusing me of he said I was regretfully late on letting you know I can only sit here and take accountability for my shortcomings I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you I wanted to have a family with you and you didn't feel those things Jen responded you had one foot out the door the entire time I am heartbroken every Monday night watching the lies you said to me on TV after a commercial break Devon said I'm not here to save face I have nothing to gain by being here other than to make sure that you're okay which is what I came here to do Jesse encouraged Devon to summarize anything he had yet to say to Jen I watched this beautiful girl flourish Devon said it was amazing to watch you I found myself falling short in the real world I watched you grow and then I watched myself contribute to your regression finally Jesse applauded Jen's strength throughout her journey no matter how it ended you showed all of us what a strong and powerful woman is the former Bachelor lead said Jesse Palmer buts in normally we'd get a romantic proposal next and instead Jesse interrupted the flow you won't be seeing that proposal he said followed by a long pause then he added that's right because of what transpired since that day in Hawaii we decided it wouldn't be appropriate for anyone to see it until we heard from Jen before cutting to commercial Jen was shown backstage looking nervous and tearing up