'The Bachelor's Beverly Opens Up About Her Exit Ahead of the Third Rose Ceremony

It's not uncommon for ladies to leave The Bachelor early. Whether it be personal issues, family trouble at home, or something related to health, contestants are not forbidden from exiting the competition if they have to. But when Beverly Ortega left The bachelor in the Feb. 10 episode, fans were a little shook, especially since she reportedly left after one of the first group dates of the season.

So, why did Beverly leave The Bachelor? Viewers didn't get to say goodbye to her, as she left the show off-camera and in between filming key parts of Grant Ellis's season. But some of the ladies do share on the show what happened and why Beverly made the choice on her own to leave the show early. Luckily, it had nothing to do with drama among the women. And after the episode airs, Beverly shared with fans what happened.

One of the women explains on The Bachelor that Beverly got sick after the basketball date with Grant and the other ladies from Week 2. As a result, she went home. Grant doesn't talk about it with the ladies or share any feelings about Beverly one way or the other. She did make it to Week 3, and she was picked for a one-on-one date that sadly never happened.

But there could have been something growing between Grant and Beverly at some point, but her early exit from the competition happened because she was too sick to continue on. On Feb. 10, Beverly appeared on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast to share why she left The Bachelor so suddenly, especially right before she was going to get uninterrupted alone time with Grant.

She explained that she had a severe stomachache that she had expected to be nothing more serious than food poisoning. But when she was taken the hospital to have it checked out, it was something that required surgery.

"They ended up taking me to the hospital," Beverly shared on the podcast. "After three hours of being in the ER, the doctor came in and he's like, 'You have appendicitis. You're going to need emergency surgery.'"

She was able to have the procedure and head home a few days later. But, because the surgery and recovery would mean taking it easy and laying off extensive travel, she had no choice but to leave The Bachelor much earlier than she had anticipated.

When someone goes home outside of a rose ceremony on The Bachelor or chooses to leave on their own accord, it throws a slight wrench in the schedule. Usually, The Bachelor lead eliminates one or more women at the rose ceremony each week, and the season is planned accordingly. But since Beverly left, it could mean there is a week where Grant doesn't send anyone home. Or, at the very least, one less woman.

Beverly might have only been on the Bachelor for two episodes, but if her exit throws things off a bit, her time on the show won't have been for nothing. If there's one thing that viewers love more than anything (except for seeing true love blossom, of course), it's unexpected drama amid eliminations.

Watch The Bachelor on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC.