'The Bachelor' Finale: Zach Explains the Conflicting Timelines of When He Knew Kaity Was the One (Exclusive)

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Zach Shallcross is setting the record straight. Following Monday's season finale of , which saw Zach pop the question to Kaity Biggar, the tech executive is clarifying when he knew his fiancée was the one for him.Zach got Bachelor Nation talking during the live portion of the finale when he denied stringing along his runner-up, Gabi Elnicki, during their last date together, but then told Kaity that she stole his heart for good during their date, which aired before Gabi's.The timeline confusion was a point of contention for franchise fans, but Zach told ET that it can all be explained by one thing — editing.«The beauty of reality TV and editing.

It was actually not in that order,» Zach explained, adding that his last date with Gabi actually happened his final date with Kaity, despite how it aired on TV.«I never want there to be this false narrative, but from what I said, it was true,» he said. «When I had that date with Gabi, leaving it, I wasn't fully sure.

My mind [was not] made up at all, but when I saw Kaity the next day, I was like, 'Duh, it's you. It's been you.'»«She gives me s**t for it, but [I was] so in my head, and I just was like, 'You know what?

I take this so seriously, an engagement. I want to make sure,'» Zach continued. «And then I was worried. And then I was like, 'Wait, she's here.'»Kaity doesn't hold anything against her fiancé, as she pointed out he had a «big decision» to make about who his «forever person» would be.