The Bachelorette

Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay wrapped up her season last night by picking and getting engaged to Bryan Abasolo who she calls ‘the man of her dreams’.

She is however getting some flack from fans of the show who feel the only reason she eliminated runner-up Peter Kraus was simply because he wasn’t ready to propose.

In a new interview with PEOPLE magazine, Rachel, 32, perhaps attempting to explain this all away makes it clear Bryan, 37, was always her first choice, and that despite being emotional during her break up with Peter, she knew beforehand she was planning to send him home.

“When I walked into Peter’s hotel room at the very end, I knew that I was going to send Peter home,” Lindsay reveals. “At that point, I knew it was Bryan. I did not want Peter to come to the proposal, pick out a suit, pick out a ring, prepare what he was going to say just to get turned down. That was really important for me, but I was thrown off by Peter because up until that point, he had expressed that he wasn’t ready to propose.” Read more