Jenn Tran’s journey on ‘The Bachelorette’ ends in dramatic conclusion

Jenn Tran’s journey on “The Bachelorette” didn’t conclude with a storybook ending.

The 26-year-old physician assistant student saw herself proposing to Devin Strader in Hawaii, choosing to “choose herself in this journey,” even presenting him with a ring.

However, during the final rose ceremony, Tran shared that after they left Hawaii, Strader began to distance himself.

“It’s been a really hard couple of months,” Tran disclosed. “We had left Hawaii engaged, it was the happiest day of my life. I thought I had found who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.”

“All the promises he had made to me of wanting to move somewhere together and wanting to have this future planned out,” she continued. “His efforts were inconsistent, and he wasn’t calling as much.”

Tran revealed they had scheduled a happy couple counseling appointment in August, but the night before their session, Strader called off the engagement.

“He had basically said that he didn’t love me anymore and didn’t feel the same way,” Tran said. “He felt like things were off the second he proposed.”

“He was making bold proclamations of love,” she added. “Then suddenly the next day it was nothing.”

During the after the final rose ceremony, she confronted Strader for the first time in a month. Tran expressed how heartbroken she was and questioned why he ended their engagement over a phone call.

She also asked him about following Maria Georgas, a contestant from the previous season of “The Bachelor,” on Instagram shortly after their breakup.

“It completely invalidated our entire relationship, everything we felt for each other,” she told Strader.

Strader had no response other than admitting he was “regretfully late” in expressing his feelings and couldn’t excuse following Georgas on Instagram.

“You were never fully in the engagement,” Tran told him. “I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, have a family with you, and you didn’t see those things. You had one foot out the door the entire time.”

The finale also showed Tran’s emotional farewell to Marcus Shoberg, who had difficulty opening up about his feelings. Though Shoberg confessed his love for her in the end, it was too late, and Tran opted to prioritize herself.

“I opened my heart to you every second that I got, and I think I got lost in it, maybe gave too much,” she said. “I know that I’m worth it. I’m done hinging my future on someone afraid to lose me; I’m done waiting for someone to get there. I genuinely had so much hope for us.”

When they reunited during the after the final rose ceremony, both expressed mutual respect.

“I still care about you deeply,” Shoberg told Tran. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to stand by you and be a part of this journey. I wouldn’t change a thing.”

While Tran’s journey didn’t end in a fairytale, it strengthened her self-belief.

Reflecting on her proposal to Strader in Hawaii, Tran expressed pride in herself for choosing a man who initially gave her everything she wanted.

She doesn’t regret proposing to Strader, but acknowledged that “the man doesn’t exist anymore.”

“I am the same woman I am,” she continued. “The woman ready to fight for love, start a family, love fully through all challenges and happy times. I’m still that same person because I’ve fought for this every second I could. I know what I deserve, and someone else will be that man for me.”

Her final message to Strader was a reminder that his words matter.

“If you’re gonna promise something, you should fulfill those promises,” she said. “When I love something, I nurture it, value it, and don’t throw it away the next day.”

Tran’s season as the “Bachelorette” began in July, introducing her to 25 suitors vying for her heart. Of Vietnamese heritage, Tran made history as the first Asian American “Bachelorette” lead.

Tran hoped to find “someone genuinely compatible and 100% her perfect match.”

Source: ABC News