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UN-Happy Ever After

The REAL Reason Ben Higgins & Lauren Bushnell Called Off Their Engagement

‘They were mismatched from the start.’

Every rose has its thorn. Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell claim it is with “heavy hearts” that they called off their engagement, but the former flight attendant, 27, couldn’t wait to get the hell out of Dodge — er, Denver!
“They were mismatched from the start,” says a Bachelor insider, who suspects the software salesman, 29, only signed on to star in the spin-off Happily Ever After? to please his fiancée. “Ben was happy living a quiet life in the suburbs, but Lauren has dreams of becoming a big star. She wanted more than just 15 minutes of fame.” And fast!
Less than 24 hours after announcing their split, Lauren revealed that she was moving to L.A. to pursue modeling.