Worse, it was revealed during the live finale special that Devin had not only followed Maria on Instagram, but also went “clubbing in New York City” shortly after the former couple’s breakup.  

“I just don’t understand it—why you would do something like that,” Jenn said on the final episode of Bachelorette. “Not only is that so disrespectful to everything that we had shared together, It completely invalidated the entire relationship.” 

Devin’s apparent attempt to forge a connection with Maria was especially cutting to Jenn, as she—along with former contestant Daisy Kent—was a frontrunner for the season 21 position of Bachelorette after all three women competed for the affections of Bachelor Joey Graziadei.  

And contestant Sam McKinney further admitted that the bachelors competing weren’t expecting Jenn.  

“When we all came out here, we had no idea who the bachelorette was going to be,” he said during After the Final Rose. “But if anybody’s going to sit up here and say they didn’t think it was going to be Daisy or Maria, you guys are liars.”