--- title: Mad Bachelor Fans Buy Anti Arie Billboards After Show Finale description: Bachelor fans showed their anger at the show's finale by taking a cue from Mildred Hayes and buying billboard space to sound off. canonical: https://time.com/5190148/anti-arie-billboards-the-bachelor-finale/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-07T21:29:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:12.773Z og:title: Bachelor Fans Pay for Anti-Arie Billboards After Show Finale og:description: "Arie...Not okay. Just leave." og:url: https://time.com/5190148/anti-arie-billboards-the-bachelor-finale/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93ba3eed805b3c9c/69892a0c0a4a2254a49d205f/the-bachelor-arie-becca-the-bachelor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "The Bachelor" - Season 22 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bachelor Fans Pay for Anti-Arie Billboards After Show Finale twitter:description: "Arie...Not okay. Just leave." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt93ba3eed805b3c9c/69892a0c0a4a2254a49d205f/the-bachelor-arie-becca-the-bachelor.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Bachelor_ Fans Bought a Bunch of Billboards to Bash Arie Luyendyk Jr. After the Finale  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 7, 2018 9:29 PM UTC  THE BACHELOR - "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose" - Arie's soul-searching journey continues after America followed the chaos of his being in love with two women, which played out in gut-wrenching fashion, on "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose," a two-hour live special, TUESDAY, MARCH 6 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (Paul Hebert/ABC via Getty Images) CHRIS HARRISON, BECCA, ARIE LUYENDYK JR. THE BACHELOR - "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose" - Arie's soul-searching journey continues after America followed the chaos of his being in love with two women, which played out in gut-wrenching fashion, on "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose," a two-hour live special, TUESDAY, MARCH 6 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (Paul Hebert/ABC via Getty Images) CHRIS HARRISON, BECCA, ARIE LUYENDYK JR.Paul Hebert—ABC via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 7, 2018 9:29 PM UTC [_The Bachelor_ ](http://time.com/5187731/the-bachelor-finale-arie-proposes-becca-revenge/)fans were so up in arms about the finale, they bought billboards. After [Arie Luyendyk, Jr. broke up with fiancée Becca Kufrin](http://time.com/5186941/the-bachelor-recap-finale-arie-lauren-becca/?iid=sr-link1) during a torturous segment during the show’s finale where he brought a camera crew to film him breaking the news to Becca that he was leaving her for the show’s runner-up, Lauren Burnham. While this would be distressing to anyone, it felt especially cruel for Becca, who couldn’t get a moment alone to cry or process the situation without Arie or the camera crew bothering her, despite multiple requests from her for Arie to leave. In fact, Arie’s refusal to leave or give Becca space was so infuriating to some members of _Bachelor_ nation, that they took a cue from [Mildred Hayes](http://time.com/5016723/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-review/) by buying billboard space for their cause: calling out Arie’s callous actions. So far, at least 16 billboards have been spotted in Southern California (where the Bachelor mansion is) and Becca’s home state of Minnesota; the message to Arie is succinct and clear: “Arie…Not okay. Just leave.” Take note, Arie: hell hath no fury like a Bachelor fan scorned. > [](https://twitter.com/KateAurthur/status/971155230145441792) > [](https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/971161074216075265) It looks like Times Square could be next. > [](https://twitter.com/baiofour/status/971204954496098305) Mad Bachelor Fans Buy Anti Arie Billboards After Show Finale ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5190148/anti-arie-billboards-the-bachelor-finale/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5190148/anti-arie-billboards-the-bachelor-finale/"},"headline":"Bachelor Fans Bought a Bunch of Billboards to Bash Arie Luyendyk Jr. After the Finale","datePublished":"2018-03-07T21:29:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:12.773Z","description":"\"Arie...Not okay. 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