'Bachelorette' Ashley about to be 'absolutely destroyed'

'Bachelorette' Ashley about to be 'absolutely destroyed'

On this season's Bachelorette, Bentley is the resident romantic reprobate. He trash-talks Ashley and says, on camera, that she's not even his type.

Oddly, the loathsome Lothario earned a bloom in Monday's rose ceremony, but, following up on yesterday's blog post with a press call today, host Chris Harrison says next week's episode will be an eye-opener for everyone involved.

"It was a terrible thing to see any man -- any person -- treat another person like that," says Harrison of Bentley. "The way he leaves, and the way it happens, I find it even more disrespectful than the things he said before he left."

And no, Bentley wasn't a plant to get the show some buzz or increase ratings. "It couldn't be further from the truth. This is the type of person he is. We didn't put this guy in there," says Harrison. "We almost had to shut down production. We weren't sure she would be able to move past this. This really makes her question everything."

Ashley, says Harrison, was bamboozled. "This was very real for her. It was very real for us. You'll see the conversations I had with her. It was just me and her really just talking, and how vulnerable she is and how real she was," says Harrison. "This season, from here on out, will be unlike any other. This was a very vulnerable, real woman who's now battling with her insecurities and (wondering) can she possibly put herself back out there. It's so real and raw and emotional."

What goes down with Bentley affects Ashley "the rest of the time she was on the show. When you see Ashley after Bentley, you see this kind of vulnerable little girl," says Harrison, who added that Ashley was "absolutely destroyed" and questioned whether she could even find love on the show.

As for Jeff, the show's masked Romeo: "He had it on all the time. I've never dealt with anything like it before," says Harrison.

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