It’s been a turbulent season for Bachelor Ben Flajnik.
The Sonoma winemaker, 29, told PEOPLE in January that going into this season he had “one thing in mind – to stay open and honest with myself.”
Little did Flajnik know that he, like The Bachelor’s millions of viewers, would later watch on TV the catty, spiteful and downright mean behavior amongst the contestants – namely Ford model Courtney Robertson, 28. Robertson and effervescent, down-to-earth business development manager Lindzi Cox, 27, were Flajnik’s final two potential mates out of 25 women.
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