Bryden Vukasin, who shocked everyone when he said he would eliminate himself from The Bachelorette, during Episode 5 on Monday, has revealed the real reason he left the show.

Vukasin told Hollywood Life it was "weird" watching the other suitors hooking up with Hartsock and admitted that his connection to her was more in the "friend" zone.

"Seeing all these other guys hang out with, basically, your girlfriend and uh it gets weird," Vukasin told Hollywood Life. "So I think what happened was, I started trying to protect myself but at the same time what starts happening is that I start pushing her away and she became more of a friend than a girlfriend."

Vukasin admitted that he had more of a connection with the other suitors than with the Bachelorette.

"I started to hang out with the guys and have more fun with them than actually with her," Vukasin explained. "So I realized that was what was happening, and I also realized that she likes me a lot, and then after that point I can't continue this, because I think I'm gonna leave anyway."

According to Reality Steve, Vukasin left because he has a girlfriend, Becky Weidow, in his hometown. The blogger wrote that Weidow posted a photo on Instagram of herself kissing Vukasin a few days before he left to begin filming the Bachelorette. The picture reportedly had the caption, "I'll be missing you."

Enstars reported on June 24 that Weidow shot down rumors that she was in a relationship with Vukasin on her Facebook page.

"Hard to put myself out there because I really don't want to be involved with this," Weidow's statement reads. "However, I must say nothing that is being published comes from any credible source," she wrote. "Bryden went on the Bachelorette and had the opportunity to fall in love with Des. We have been friends for a very long time and I wished him the best!"

Vukasin also said in his interview that he did not leave the show because he had a girlfriend.

Watch Vukasin's interview on VH1's Gossip Table below.

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