'The Bachelor' Finale: Ariel Explains Why She Was 'Really Hurt' By Zach's Fantasy Suite Actions

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Zach Shallcross' Fantasy Suite week behavior. During the live portion of Monday's season finale of , Ariel spoke out against how Zach handled «sex week,» initially telling her that he would not be intimate with any of his remaining women, but later breaking that promise with Gabi Elnicki.Ariel told host Jesse Palmer that she, like Zach, did not want to have sex during Fantasy Suite week, but was upset that Zach made that decision without speaking to her.«I was on the same page as Zach.

I wish he had waited until we had the conversation the two of us, so we could both get to a conclusion as a couple, but I was in a place where I didn't want to be physically intimate if I knew he was pursuing other relationships,» she said. «I didn't know what could happen, so I had to protect myself.

I felt like if we were to end up together we could pursue intimacy in a totally different way afterward.»Making the situation worse was that Ariel didn't learn about Zach and Gabi's liaison until she watched it on TV, unlike Kaity Biggar, who Zach told a day after it happened.«I'm really hurt.

It really hurts to find everything out on TV when everyone else does with a partner that you've shared so many intimate moments with,» she said. «I was really disappointed in the way the whole week was handled.