Source: CBS News
LOS ANGELES — The star of ABC’s “The Bachelor” knows he’s catching a lot of flack, but he says he’s willing to take the heat for dumping Becca Kufrin to find true love with runner-up Lauren Burnham.
Race car driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. knows that he has to prove himself to Burnham after rejecting her once.“Would I do it all again and face this scrutiny to be with her? Absolutely,” Luyendyk said Wednesday during a teleconference with reporters.
His decision to break up with Kufrin during Monday’s season finale after he’d proposed drew headlines including the words “horror,” ″brutal” and “gut-wrenching.”
Luyendyk defended the spectacle of ending their engagement on network TV.
“I wanted everyone to know that the breakup was on me and that I made a mistake,” he said, adding that the relationship started on camera and it was appropriate to end it there.
He speculated his ex might even be thankful for it.
Although she…
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