Clayton Echard's Bachelor finale featured 100 of the most brutal minutes in the show’s history

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"Clayton spent most of the season seeming like a nice guy," says Rodger Sherman. "But nice guys are often only nice as long as everybody does what they want. Once somebody pushed back, everything spiraled out of control. With three episodes remaining, Clayton decided to tell all three women left that he was in love with them—then he angrily screamed at Susie, the one he said he loved the most, because she disapproved of the fact that he’d had sex with two other women. After she left, he humiliated Gabby and Rachel by making them come to Iceland’s fanciest, most acoustically sound building and listen to him explain that he was having sex and falling in love with everybody. They wept explosively, but somehow he coaxed them into believing that he still loved them and convinced them to stay. Then came Tuesday night’s episode, which began with about 100 of the most brutal minutes in the show’s history. Despite begging Gabby and Rachel to stay, Clayton comes to the realization that his heart is actually set on Susie, so he calls Gabby and Rachel together to break up with them—apparently he didn’t care enough about them to dump them individually. He also doesn’t shed a tear as he breaks their hearts for a second time. Or maybe a third time? Tough to keep track." ALSO: Echard was so "sh*tty" as The Bachelor that he remade The Bachelorette.