Bachelor Ben Flajnik Defends Courtney Robertson’s Women Tell All Tears

The women might not have accepted Courtney’s apology during ‘The Women Tell All’ — but Ben defends his rumored fiancée. He thinks that Courtney’s plea was ‘genuine.’ Do you agree?

Courtney Robertson broke down in tears on The Bachelor: The Women Tell All special that aired on March 5 when all of the eliminated women attacked her, calling her a stripper and a liar. Courtney claimed to be sorry for wronging them while on the show, but the women didn’t believe her. Well, Ben Flajnik again bought Courtney’s act. He thinks that her apology was truly and dearly sincere — and that it showed a side of her that no one else has gotten to see besides him.

“I appreciate what she did by coming on Women Tell All and apologizing for her actions,” Ben writes in his People blog. “It seemed genuine to me.”

Ben thinks that Courtney did what she needed to do to make up for the horrible ways she treated everyone on The Bachelor. “I’m glad there was some sort of resolution with the women because it needed to happen,” he says.

“To see an emotional side of this woman was a good thing and it makes her feel like she is human, and a softer, sweeter side is shown,” Ben adds. “It’s a side that I saw throughout the journey that no one else did.”

BFFs — what do you think? Was Courtney’s apology sincere?

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Did Courtney apologize enough? Does she deserve a second chance? Sure she deserves a second chance. She had dozens of them every day she was on the show. And she ignored every single one of them. And she even denied a 2nd chance to Emily who gave her a sincere and gracious apology. Her meanness was not a momentary lapse for an otherwise kind and gentle person. No. Her behavior was ongoing and deliberate. For that, I don’t think an apology is good enough. Persons in other situations, such as spousal abusers, that show this propensity for bad behavior usually need counseling and have to do a lot of soul searching before they really change. From the looks of it, she didn’t want to “show that much emotion again” at the WTA taping when she offered up her apology. (In case you missed it, she and a producer were discussing this back stage into live mic and everyone overheard them.) So is she deserving of another second chance? I am not sure she has really changed. If I could see that she had, I might be open to that. But an apology must carry true contrition and a behavior change to count, don’t you think?

And Benny Boy is still thinking with Little Benny… It is so obvious. He has not learned a thing. Even after seeing her true colors he is still defending her. Amazing! Really, what do these two really expect? They both looked like morons and it is clear nothing has changed.

Anyone who’s watched the entire season would agree that Courtney has apologized enough…WHY? Because we know that she is lying as long as her lips are moving….as her C-list modeling career crashes & burns as a result of this fiasco of a scheme to promote her & her ‘career’ (can we all say ‘her Q rating sucks putty balls!’), acting is clearly not an option. If indeed she & Ben end up in a legitimate relationship which results in marriage, I suspect his mother & sister will be conspicuously absent or highly sedated. Nightmare city…BIG TIME!

Oh but Ben’s right that she’s apologized enough. She’s done everything enough. We don’t want to hear her see her anything her. Get her out of the tv shows, magazines etc already. Mean girl was called out for being mean and didn’t like it, that’s all the “apology” was about. She ‘s not worth any more attention or air time.

“It’s a side that I saw throughout the journey that no one else did.”
Of course, because it was put on for his benefit and his benefit only. My, his head must be majorly thick for him not to have figured this one out.