After the Final Rose special quickly brought things down to earth.
In a conversation with Acho, James revealed that while he remained with Kirkconnell as the season began, he eventually broke up with her once her scandal was brought to light.
“You want to believe that you know your person better than anyone else knows your person,” James told Acho. “I tried to be there for her … I dismissed them as rumors because that’s what I hoped they would be.”
While Kirkconnell explained she was “devastated” and is “doing the work” to unlearn and educate herself, Black Twitter had plenty to say about the dramatic finale.