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'That's just mean': 'The Bachelor' fans slam Zach Shallcross for ignoring Gabi Elnicki's insecurities

Zach Shallcross gave the second rose of this season's final rose ceremony to Gabi Elnicki after she shared her fear of being chosen 'second'

KRABI, THAILAND: 'The Bachelor' have watched the last rose ceremony of the season and are unhappy with how it went. Fans are outraged after watching a two-hour episode in which Gabi Enlicki, in particular, talked about her insecurities and her fear of being chosen as 'second,' only to see Zach Shallcross ignore her insecurities and provoke her.

Gabi and Zach meet again on a coast, and Zach informs her that they'll spend the day on a private island. Gabi claims that she has had some disturbing thoughts in her head since they arrived on the island. She feels like she was picked second in previous relationships, so the fact that she has to wait almost two weeks to see him again has her a little worried. Gabi tells Zach she needs a minute and begins to cry as she walks away during their conversation. Zach eventually finds her and encourages her to talk about her feelings instead of hiding them. She claims that Zach's behavior didn't make her feel anxious; it's just a difficult process. Zach confirms her feelings and informs her that he never wants her to feel unimportant. The two leave the conversation feeling a little better about their current situation.

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Zach chooses Gabi 'second' in rose ceremony

Gabi is taken aback by Zach's choice to inform everyone about their fantasy suite. Her confidence has been shattered, and she believes he has cleared his conscience at the cost of her emotions. "I don't know if I want this rose right now," she says.

Zach gives Kaity Biggar and Gabi his two roses, sending Ariel Frenkel home. This irritated viewers because Gabi was the second individual to receive the rose after opening up about her fears during her date.

'The audacity he has to actually choose Gabi second'

Feeling bad for Gabi, a fan tweeted, "You know Gabi was dying inside getting the 2nd rose after her whole discussion on how she always feels chosen second." Another one chimed in, "Omg he picked Gabi second again……" Further bashing him, a fan wrote, "did he really just give gabi the second rose as if she didn’t have that entire speech about being insecure about being picked second? ASSH*LE!" A fourth fan tweeted, "Gabi said her biggest insecurity is being chosen second and then Zach went and LITERALLY chose her second."

Fans called out Zach as they write, "Dude Zach look at GABI TOO you’re practically avoiding eye contact with the woman you “shared a beautiful moment with” and gave the second rose to after she spilled all her insecurities around being picked second?!?" Expecting to Zach do what's right a fan wrote, "Why would Zach call Gabi second, I don't care what the producers want, he could have said her name first. What would they have done?! Like that is just mean." Calling out his audacity, a fan wrote, "Wow the audacity he has to actually choose Gabi second at the end of this (educated guess)." Others noted, "Zach literally just went from validating Gabi as much as he humanly possibly could in her eyes to and then doing the worst thing that validates her biggest fears of not feeling good enough and second choice all in the span of an hour and a damn half omfg."

'The Bachelor' Season 27 airs every Monday at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT only on ABC.

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