She was brutally dumped by Locky Gilbert during the shock Bachelor finale on Thursday evening, AFTER the hunky Survivor star told her he loved her.
And while she is still licking her wounds, Bella Varelis is moving on.
On Thursday morning, the 25-year-old marketing consultant said she is keen to be Australia’s next Bachelorette.
Australia, meet your next Bachelorette! Bella Varelis has hinted she is going to star in the reality show after getting brutally dumped by Locky Gilbert during The Bachelor finale on Thursday evening
The brunette beauty told radio hosts Daniel ‘Gawndy’ Gawned and Maz Compton that she was keen to have her very own ‘love story’,
‘I know that you can genuinely find love on The Bachelor or Bachelorette, I genuinely did fall in love with Locky and I mean, if the way I find my happily ever after is having to make one of them end up saying yes to me a the end, I guess maybe that’s my way in,’ she said.
‘I don’t know, it would be nice, I have been one of the girls, I think I’d have empathy with how they are feeling and being in that position.’
Shock ending: Bella was left shell-shocked during Thursday’s Bachelor finale when Locky told both her and love rival, Irena Srbinovska, he loved them – only to dump her
Emotional: Locky broke down in tears as Bella arrived to face the music, telling her he ‘fell in love’ the first day he saw her, before coming up with a rather feeble excuse to end things
Bella was left shell-shocked during Thursday’s Bachelor finale when Locky told both her and love rival, Irena Srbinovska, he loved them – only to dump her.
He broke down in tears as Bella arrived to face the music, telling her he ‘fell in love’ the first day he saw her, before coming up with a rather feeble excuse to end things.
‘I know you don’t, like, sort of see where your future is at the moment. I think I need just a little bit of certainty,’ he said, as Bella looked at him in utter disbelief.
‘I just don’t know if I can see us working,’ he added, to which the brunette replied: ‘I just don’t get it. Yesterday, you told me you were in love with me.’
As Locky tried to explain himself, a furious Bella stormed off and snapped: ‘My God… Can I leave? I’m going.’
And she is OFF! As Locky tried to explain himself, a furious Bella stormed off and snapped: ‘My God… Can I leave? I’m going’
Red carpet regular: Before her appearance on The Bachelor, Bella was often a regular at red carpet events
She later told producers: ‘Who does that to someone? Who tells them they’re in love with them and then… I just want to get out of here.’
After the emotional break-up, Locky composed himself then professed his love for Irena, telling her he ‘couldn’t wait’ to spend the rest of his life with her.
But it turns out there may have been more to the story.
Some pretty wild rumours about the season finale surfaced overnight – and if they’re true, Locky has a lot of explaining to do.
As reported by gossip website The Wash, the former Survivor star’s ‘last blindside’ was even more brutal and confusing than what was shown on TV.
While viewers saw Locky, 31, tell Bella he was falling in love with her during their helicopter date, things reportedly didn’t end there.
He allegedly texted her before filming their last goodbye to ‘reassure her’ she would be his winner – making his eventual decision all the more hurtful and bewildering for her.
The Bella show: The brunette beauty told radio hosts Daniel ‘Gawndy’ Gawned and Maz Compton on Thursday morning that she was keen to have her very own ‘love story’
The website quoted an anonymous source, who had been ‘present for the majority of filming’, as saying: ‘Locky gave her a lot of reassurance that it was going to be her at the end.
‘He even texted her saying he couldn’t wait to make her happy for the rest of her life and talked about engagement rings. It has been heart-shattering for her. Bella really thought this was going to be her happily ever after.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 for comment.