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Arie Luyendyk Jr. is issuing an apology after the backlash he faced for his April Fools Day prank saying his fiance Lauren Burnham was pregnant.

On April 1, Arie posted, “Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven! @laurenburnham91,” and later added “April Fools!”

Fans were quick to point out that some women have trouble becoming pregnant and don’t think it’s something to joke about.

On April 2, after the backlash, Arie added, “I do have sympathy for women struggling from infertility. My April Fools prank was in no way meant to offend women who struggle with that. I apologize if you were effected personally by my post.”

Fans are not happy with The Bachelor star Arie Luyendyk Jr. after he joked that his fiancee Lauren Burnham was pregnant on April Fools’ Day.

The 36-year-old reality star and race car driver posted a photo of a woman with a baby bump on his social media accounts on Sunday (April 1). He later added “April Fools!”

“Secrets finally out, we have a bunny in the oven! @laurenburnham91,” Arie captioned the original post.

Fans were upset at Arie for making pregnancy the butt of a joke as many women have issues getting pregnant and don’t think it’s something to joke about.

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Becca Kufrin is opening up about her upcoming season of The Bachelorette – and the breakup that aired on national television!

The 27-year-old reality star made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing on Thursday (March 15).

During her appearance, Becca opened up in her first sit-down interview about getting engaged to Arie Luyendyk Jr. on the season finale of The Bachelor – who then promptly broke it off a few weeks after by revealing he was in love with runner-up Lauren Burnham.

Becca told Ellen that watching the season back and seeing their relationship unfold helped her get over the heartache.

She also revealed that she wishes she told Arie to leave sooner, and said she hasn’t heard from him since the After The Final Rose special.

Becca also chatted about what she’s looking for in a suitor, and how she would react if her ex Ross, who showed up during Arie‘s season of The Bachelor, came out of the limo.

Plus, she revealed her celebrity crush – and Ellen surprised her with a Bachelorette Survival Kit!

Becca‘s Bachelorette season premieres on May 28. Watch her Ellen appearance below!

The Bachelor‘s latest couple Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham are preparing for their wedding.

The two just got engaged during Tuesday’s After The Final Rose special (March 6), and are opening up about their forthcoming nuptials on Wednesday (March 7).

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“We want to get married soon, and we also talked about eloping,” said Lauren in a teleconference, according to People.

“We’ve talked about running away to Vegas,” Arie added.

“We’re talking about an evening wedding or a sunset wedding. Lighting is important. Lots of flowers. We talked a little bit about maybe doing a TV wedding if that works with our timeline,” he added.

There is one person who won’t be invited – the person he broke off his engagement with: “Becca, she’s not invited,” he said.

“We’re so ready for this. Lauren told me I’m four months late on this proposal, and I wanted to give it to her and I wanted everyone at home to share in it,” he said.

The two say the wedding will happen sometime this year. Lauren will move to Scottsdale to be with Arie, and is planning to work with him in real estate.

“We’re both very excited about marriage and starting a family,” she said.

Arie previously proposed to Becca during the final rose ceremony. Weeks later, Arie decided to break up with Becca and did it in front of the cameras, causing plenty of backlash.

Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham sat down for an interview and he was asked about his ex, former contestant Bekah Martinez, leaking their DM conversations.

If you don’t know, Arie sent Bekah direct messages on Twitter after filming ended and she posted the DMs after the bombshell finale aired.

“I think it just shows her immaturity,” Arie told E! News when asked how he felt about her posting the private messages. “I think that’s the takeaway from it. I could add to that, but I’ll just keep that to myself.”

Bekah Martinez, a contestant on Arie Luyendyk Jr‘s season of The Bachelor, is getting real and slamming her ex after the finale.

“I just think that even if they were to stay together for the rest of their lives, I think he would certainly cheat on her without a doubt,” Bekah told Access Hollywood. “I can’t speak for Lauren, but I don’t that Arie is capable of having a monogamous, serious relationship … really don’t think that he’s mature enough to handle a real committed relationship. He’s impulsive and he doesn’t think through his actions.”

Arie proposed to Lauren on the After the Final Rose Bachelor special.

If you missed it, Bekah also shared that Arie slid into her DMs after his breakup with Becca.

Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest had Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his fiancee Lauren Burnham as guests on Live! with Kelly and Ryan on Wednesday (March 7), and Kelly let everyone know her true feels about how she felt about him dumping Becca publicly for his runner up.

“I want to understand everything,” Kelly told them on the air. “Your thought process. What’s wrong with you? What’s wrong with you….are you as shady as I think you are now?”

“Excuse me, this didn’t just happen overnight!” Kelly continued as Arie said “no” to being shady.

Then, after the show, Kelly took to Instagram to let her thoughts be really known.

Someone commented, “I give them 100 days. Yikes,” to which Kelly responded, “you’re being generous.” Check out the comment in the gallery!