Ben Higgins Says Meeting Chris Lane Was ‘Good’ for His ‘Mental Health’ After ‘Weird’ Lauren Bushnell Split

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Ben Higgins got more out of his run-in with his ex-fiancé Lauren Bushnell Lane’s husband, Chris Lane, than he was expecting.“He was great … and I was anxious about it,” the former Bachelor, 34, said on Us Weekly’s “Here for the Right Reasons” podcast of seeing the country singer, 38, at a charity golf tournament in January. “I knew her dad was gonna be down there as his caddy.

I knew Chris was gonna be there. I don’t know Chris, so you just never know how that’s gonna feel. It’s not like something that you really desire to have happen and it’s not something you plan on happening — you don’t go outta your way to run into, you know, your ex’s partner.

But, immediately, it was great. It was really fun and we kind of broke through it and I got to see Lauren’s dad again and he was awesome.”Higgins, who confessed he might’ve been “making more of it than needed,” said his anxiety was eased at the start of their conversation — and he was down to hit the links with the “I Don’t Know About You” crooner during the outing.“[I would] love to golf with him.

We should have. We had the same score. That was a ridiculously missed opportunity, I thought it was for sure happening. I thought it was gonna be hilarious,” Higgins said.Us previously informed Bushnell Lane and Lane, who wed in October 2019, that Higgins praised his time with the musician at the Orlando golf tournament.“Ben was actually one of the first people that I ran into at the hotel and had a chance to talk with him for a little bit and what a nice guy,” Lane told Us in February. “We had such a great time.