Questionable photos of Brooks Forester, who admitted that he "wasn't madly in love" with the bachelorette Desiree Hartsock during The Bachelorette season 9 finale, has sparked rumors that the real reasonf or the split is because he is gay.

Star magazine published a photo of Forester held in a tight embrace with an unidentified man. The Fit Marketing rep is standing closely behind another male with his arms wrapped around him. The image suggests that they could be more than platonic friends.

A show insider told Star magazine that they are unsure if Forester is gay, but if the rumors were true, it would have been too much for Hartsock too handle because he was her favorite suitor. The 26-year-old bridal stylist was "so in love" with him that when she heard rumors that he might be attracted to men, she chose to "ignore the gay talk" because she was "convinced" he is straight, the source told the publication.

"She says that if he were gay, she'd know," the insider reportedly told Star. "She has incredibly deep feelings for him."

Forester has yet to comment and address the rumors but if he does come out and admit he is gay, the source said it would be considered "the biggest prank on one of the most popular network dating shows of all time," the Bachelorette insider told the magazine.

View additional photos of Brooks Forester with another male here.

Forester shocked The Bachelorette viewers during the episode that aired on July 29 when he told family members that he was not in love with Hartsock.

"I love my relationship with Desiree and I keep wondering why it is that I'm not at the stage yet to say to Desiree, 'I love you.'" Forester told a family member, "The idea of proposing to her at the end of this makes me really uncomfortable."

He later told host Chris Harrison,"I don't feel like I'll regret this...I think I've come to a conclusion where I don't think that Des is the love of my life,"he said. "I gave it everything that I had and I love so many things about Desiree, but I'm not in love with her," he explained.

When he met up with Hartsock in Antigua, he was visibly nervous and shaking as he rambled a speech filled with incomprehensible words.

"You know I really want to be madly in love with you," he told her as he eliminate dhimself from the competition.

Enstars reported that during part 2 of The Bachelorette season 9 finale that aired on Monday, Hartsock accepted a proposal from suitor Chris Siegfried.

Enstars reported on Monday that Host Chris Harrison later announced during the After The Rose special that Juan Pablo Galavais, one of Hartsock' eliminated suitors wil become the next Bachelor.

Watch Brooks break up with Desiree in the short clip below.

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