On last night’s episode of The Bachelor, Shawntel Newton from Brad Womack’s season entered the game unexpectedly. She also quickly exited the game in the same fashion.

Many viewers were shocked when Ben Flajnikrefused to give a rose to Shawntel, instead wasting his last rose of the evening on no one.

“So I have heard from everyone that makes this show happen that this was truly the craziest cocktail party and rose ceremony in Bachelor history,” Ben writes.

“Having only seen one other season, I would have to agree. Wow. Nothing in my life would have ever prepared me for the $h!tstorm that happened that night. After watching, I didn’t realize that the women were so mean to Shawntel and I was a bit taken aback. I mean I knew it was a bold move on Shawntel’s part, but some of the women took it a bit too far.

“Shawntel and I had chatted a few times in between seasons and I thought she was an interesting, beautiful woman. She was right to assume there was a connection. There was, but the timing was wrong. So, you can imagine how surprised I was when she showed up to the cocktail party unannounced.

“I knew if I kept Shawntel around I would lose all the credibility I had built with these women and it wouldn’t be easy to dig myself out of that hole. Let’s put it this way – if Shawntel had started the journey with the rest of the women it might have been different. But I was already so happy with the group of women I had. I wasn’t about to jeopardize the rest of my experience in trying to find love.

“I do want to thank Shawntel though for coming. She gave up a lot to try this and I really respect her for it.”