Please fasten your seatbelts, this pilot is coming in for a bumpy landing. Peter Weber is finally speaking out about everything that went down on
The Bachelor finale and the person he's coming down hardest on is himself. Seriously. Everyone who was blaming Peter for all that went wrong in all his relationships—he hears you and, actually, he totally agrees.Peter hit up fellow Bachelor Nation alum Nick Viall's podcast,
The Viall Files, to set a few things straight (and take a lot of responsibility for his mistakes). Not only did he say the words many (mostly Hannah Ann stans) were waiting to hear from him—"I was 100 per cent wrong"—he also spilled some details about how his
two-day relationship with Madi ended, how he was DMing Hannah B
during his engagement to Hannah Ann, his reaction to his mom Barb's
meme-worthy performance on
After the Final Rose and
what the heck is happening with fifth-place contestant Kelley. There's a lot to get through so we're breaking it all down for you.
He was DMing Hannah B while engaged to Hannah Ann
Pete fully takes responsibility for the total breakdown of his relationship with Hannah Ann (to whom he proposed in the finale of the show). He admitted to Nick that he was "the most confused" he'd ever been in his life ahead of the proposal and totally regrets going through with it, considering his feelings.He also explained that the real breakdown in the relationship was because he and Hannah weren't allowed to see each other very frequently (because the engagement had to be a secret until the show aired) and he was still trying to get over Madi. Another problem was his lack of "closure" with Hannah B (who
appeared twice in the season). Hannah Ann mentioned in passing that Pete had been messaging the ex while the two were engaged and Peter explained the extent of that to Nick.He shared that Hannah had been given a screener of the episode she was on and messaged him about it."One day I saw she had DMed me on Instagram... and she was just being really honest and open and wondering if I had seen the episode yet and she was kind of struggling because it was tough to watch," he said. "I asked Hannah Ann if I could communicate with Hannah Brown—if she would be okay with it. She told me she was fine as long as I didn't see her in person... I just wanted to be really transparent with her about everything but ultimately she gave me the 'okay.'"[video_embed id='1590349']RELATED: Bachelor contestant Hannah B would NOT like to make a toast[/video_embed]
The Madi relationship wasn't really a relationship
Though they were trying to be honest and open with one another, anyone who's seen the show knows that ultimately, the Hannah Ann/Peter relationship didn't work out. Then, at the
After the Final Rose show it looked like Peter and Madison—who Pete had been more into all along, despite his mother's
strong aversion—were announcing they were officially together. Two days after that, news broke that the two were calling it quits. It looked to fans like Barb's harsh words during the live show might have caused the rift. Peter explained to Nick that wasn't exactly the case."After she had come to surprise me, I had gotten her number and we started talking, but I hadn't seen her again physically until on stage," he clarified. "We were able to talk and have some good, honest conversations... Looking back on it, we should have tried to see each other before we showed up on stage together. That shouldn't have been the first time. The reason we did that was—and we talked about it—but we wanted it to be completely authentic."He explained that ultimately, the religious differences between what Madi was looking for and what he wanted were just too great to overcome in a romantic relationship. So it was more a case of "two people chat online, then meet and realize it's not going to work" rather than a case of "his mom broke us up."
Barb's Madi anger was kind of misdirected
A main point of contention between Madi and Pete's mom was that, according to Barb, Madi made the family wait three hours to meet her. Pete admitted, the three-hour delay was real, but the reasons behind it were more his fault than Madison's."To be fair, it was me trying to convince her to come in and talk to my parents," he said. "I'll defend both sides. That was the truth, but the truth also is that, granted, it was my actions that were keeping Madi so hesitant to do it and not in the right head space. But yeah—all that waiting—I get my parents being frustrated. It just set it up for failure from the beginning. So maybe a quick apology [from me or Madi] could have gone a long way."He also brought up the very good point that all families argue and have problems like that, it's just that his family drama was broadcast on TV. Fair point, Pete.
He and Kelley are quarantining together (but they're not dating)
Forget Hannah B, Hannah Ann, Madi and Barb—Pete's got a new lady in his life and he's not going to mess this one up by proposing to her way too early or waiting to interact with her offline until he's in front of a live studio audience. In March, Peter was snapped hanging around with
fifth-place contestant Kelley Flanagan (who's a lawyer btw) in her hometown of Chicago.Peter explained on the pod that the two keep having "serendipitous" meetings—they met in a hotel by chance before the season even started (then spent the whole night dancing and doing yoga with friends) and then they reconnected after the show when they bumped into each other the night before the Super Bowl."Within our relationship on the show, it didn't really play out in the best way for us. It just wasn't gonna work on the show," he said. "Fast-forward now, a couple weeks ago, I'm out with [Bachelor Nation alums] Dylan [Barbour] and Devin [Harris] and I was texting Kristian [Haggerty], asking her if she wanted to come out with us. She comes out with us, she's with Kelley. Me not knowing this. They show up, I see Kelley again—jaw drops. We chat, we end up hanging out and that's when I got her number. We started to communicate and just stay in touch."
He added that he's quarantining with Kelley (!!) and Dustin right now, but no they're totally not dating."Are we dating? No. Do I love spending time with her? Absolutely. We're not dating," he said firmly. "Could I see that in the future? Yeah, of course. I'd be extremely lucky and very happy if that happened. Of anyone, I'm the last person that needs to rush into any kind of relationship... I'm just taking it really, really slow."[video_embed id='1935405']BEFORE YOU GO: Exes Bruce and Demi self-isolate together in matching PJs[/video_embed]