The Real Reason Ben Flajnik And Courtney Robertson Ended Their Engagement
David Livingston/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/Sept. 29, 2021 12:13 pm EST
They were one of the most controversial couples in Bachelor Nation history but, despite asserting they were going to overcome the odds, inevitably, they couldn’t. As Us Weekly notes, Ben Flajnik chose the villain of his season, Courtney Robertson, at the end of his “Bachelor” journey in 2012, much to fans’ consternation. Once they’d broken up, Robertson decided to tell her side of the story, releasing tell-all memoir, “I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain,” in 2015. However, she admitted, the “only backlash I got was from Ben himself,” per Us Weekly. Robertson later married Humberto Preciado, with whom she has one child, with another on the way in 2022.
According to Flajnik, his ex remains “quite friendly” with his sister, whom Robertson reportedly talks to a lot. Although he wasn’t happy about Robertson’s book, the former Bachelor argued, “Courtney was always a really nice person, deep down. She got a pretty raw deal with the edit.” Likewise, the children’s author has zero regrets about giving his final rose to her, revealing, “I was, like, head over heels in love with Courtney. She was the only one.” Flajnik also confirmed the two have made up in the intervening years and are on good terms. But, why did they call off their engagement in the first place?
The Real Reason Ben Flajnik And Courtney Robertson Ended Their Engagement
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By Joey Keogh/Sept. 29, 2021 12:13 pm EST
They were one of the most controversial couples in Bachelor Nation history but, despite asserting they were going to overcome the odds, inevitably, they couldn’t. As Us Weekly notes, Ben Flajnik chose the villain of his season, Courtney Robertson, at the end of his “Bachelor” journey in 2012, much to fans’ consternation. Once they’d broken up, Robertson decided to tell her side of the story, releasing tell-all memoir, “I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain,” in 2015. However, she admitted, the “only backlash I got was from Ben himself,” per Us Weekly. Robertson later married Humberto Preciado, with whom she has one child, with another on the way in 2022.
According to Flajnik, his ex remains “quite friendly” with his sister, whom Robertson reportedly talks to a lot. Although he wasn’t happy about Robertson’s book, the former Bachelor argued, “Courtney was always a really nice person, deep down. She got a pretty raw deal with the edit.” Likewise, the children’s author has zero regrets about giving his final rose to her, revealing, “I was, like, head over heels in love with Courtney. She was the only one.” Flajnik also confirmed the two have made up in the intervening years and are on good terms. But, why did they call off their engagement in the first place?
According to Flajnik, his ex remains “quite friendly” with his sister, whom Robertson reportedly talks to a lot. Although he wasn’t happy about Robertson’s book, the former Bachelor argued, “Courtney was always a really nice person, deep down. She got a pretty raw deal with the edit.” Likewise, the children’s author has zero regrets about giving his final rose to her, revealing, “I was, like, head over heels in love with Courtney. She was the only one.” Flajnik also confirmed the two have made up in the intervening years and are on good terms. But, why did they call off their engagement in the first place?
Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson couldn’t meld their lives together
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