Fans who had been watching Zach Shallcross’ journey to find love on The Bachelor witnessed the not horribly dramatic conclusion to Season 27 last week during the three-hour finale. The Bachelor got down on one knee and asked Kaity Biggar to marry him, bringing an end to a season of dad jokes, cringey dancing and COVID interruptions. But while the episode just aired last week, Shallcross’ proposal actually occurred back in November. Keeping their engagement a secret for four months proved challenging for the couple, but Biggar explained in an interview with CinemaBlend how they “bent the rules” a little during that time.
It’s obvious why The Bachelor franchise requires its final couples to keep a low profile in the span of time between the end of filming and the finale air date. If the results of the season got out, lots of viewers would see no reason to tune in. To help navigate that situation, the show helps to arrange “Happy Couple Weekends,” where the betrothed are set up on a weekend getaway. Even then, though, they can’t be seen in public together, and Kaity Biggar spoke to CinemaBlend’s Nick Venable about what that was like for her and her fiancé, saying:
