'Bachelorette' Elimination Causes Controversy

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the July 17 episode of ABC's The Bachelorette.]

The Bachelorette aired a difficult episode on Monday night — one that has divided viewers of the ABC reality franchise, who are collectively referred to as Bachelor Nation.

Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay visited the hometowns of her final four men and met their families. But one, 25-year-old Dean Unglert, would be confronting his estranged father and reuniting his family under the same roof for the first time in eight years.

Unglert had opened up to Lindsay the episode prior about how he felt abandoned by his father after his mother died when he was 15. He called his father "eccentric" and said he hoped that Lindsay would accept his "dysfunctional patriarchal family." On Monday, viewers were able to see what Unglert had been referring to when his father, who now goes by his chosen name of Paramroop Singh Khalsa, welcomed the family — and millions of ABC viewers — into his home.

Speaking to On Air With Ryan on Tuesday morning, Lindsay told host Ryan Seacrest that her decision to eliminate Unglert was related to what she witnessed during the heartbreaking hometown date.

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Rachel Lindsay also appeared on The Bachelor.