Bachelorette Katie Thurston sobs & storms off set after one frontrunner tells her he’s ‘NOT in love’ in show teaser

, Katie even confidently assured him that she “knows for a fact” the men she had left were there for her not to be The Bachelor. 

Last Monday's episode also saw Katie send home after she admitted to feeling like they were stuck in the “friend zone.”

Following their one on one date, Katie went to break up with the contestant.

After she broke the news to Connor, an emotional Katie said in a confessional: “He knew walking in there that I was probably about to break his heart.”

She continued to cry as she said Connor is “a man you’d be lucky to be with,” adding: “I just hope that when he leaves here tonight that he knows just how worthy he is of finding love.”

In his own confessional, a tearful Connor called the breakup “heartbreaking.”

He said: “The most heartbreaking part of this is starting off that strong.”

Earlier this month, Bachelorette fans slammed Katie Thurston’s relationship with Blake as they “dread” another Clare Crawley and Dale Moss-style ending. 

After arriving mid-season to shake things up, Blake immediately got a one-on-one date, and their romance heated up fast. 

The duo went on their first date together and got lost in the New Mexico wilderness on a pair of horses. 

While many fans could not deny their chemistry, they dreaded where the season appeared to be headed similar to the last Bachelorette season with Clare and Dale. 

“I feel like I am re-watching Clare with how she treated Dale between Katie and Blake… I’m not happy,” one person tweeted. 

Another fired off: “Lol Katie is pulling a Clare I’m calling it now.”

While a third wrote: "I’m getting major Clare and Dale vibes from Katie and Blake and if past precedence means anything let’s just skip to Michelle’s season.”