© 2026 ABC News

Brown admitted that she had hesitations the day she accepted his proposal. She wrote in her post that she could \"fake a smile\" but she was unable to \"shake the doubt\" in that moment.

\"Looking back, I know why,\" she wrote. \"That ending was not easy, but it was necessary to get me here.\"

She described what she would tell herself on that day if she could speak to her past self.

\"I would whisper, 'It's going to be ok. You're right, this ain't it, but it's the direction,'\" she wrote. \"So open up your hands, and let go of the control. Trust this process, it's going to be worth it. Also, nice butt!\"

\"PHOTO:
Mark Bourdillion/ABC via Getty Images
PHOTO: Hannah Brown is seen on "The Bachelorette."
>

She also included a message to fans who might be experiencing similar struggles.

\"If you are reading this right now, wondering how to navigate a situation that feels so painful and so not what you wanted, maybe you'll let me tell you what I would've told myself: Hold on. Keep moving. You're going to make it. This ain't it but what's coming is so much better,\" she wrote.

\"Sometimes you've gotta walk through the shadows to stand in the sun,\" she added. \"And trust me, you'll really appreciate the way it feels shining down on you, too.\"

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/hannah-brown-shares-honest-reflection-year-jed-wyatts/story?id=70656558","legacySlug":"/culture/story/hannah-brown-shares-honest-reflection-year-jed-wyatts-70656558","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"15:39","publishDate":"05-13-2020","updatedTime":"09:03","updatedDate":"05-16-2020","socialImage":{"alt":"Hannah in a scene from \"The Bachelorette.\"","credit":"Mark Bourdillon/ABC","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/bachelorette-hannah-abc-ml-190730_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"5/13/2020 15:39:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":70656558,"headline":"Hannah Brown looks back at fateful rose ceremony","mediaAssetTitle":"HANNAH BROWN ROSE CEREMONY REFLECT","description":"She said she had hesitations about their future on that day one year ago. ","duration":"2:37","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/01/200107_gma_reeve_0814_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["70159424","64675460","68091818"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"April 15, 2020","headline":"Hannah Brown spills about her relationship status and baby plans","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/hannah-brown-spills-relationship-status-baby-plans-70159424","id":70159424,"image":{"alt":"Hannah Brown spills about her relationship status and baby plans","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/hannah-brown-file-gty-ml-200415_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Gregg Deguire/WireImage/Getty Images","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"July 31, 2019","headline":"Hannah B opens up after breakup with Jed, embraces her single status","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/bachelorette-hannah-opens-break-jed-closure-64675460","id":64675460,"image":{"alt":"Hannah B opens up after breakup with Jed, embraces her single status","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/hannah-bachelorette-abc-ml-190731_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"January 6, 2020","headline":"How the women responded when Hannah Brown showed up on 'The Bachelor'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/bachelor-star-pilot-pete-hints-season-end-hannah-68091818","id":68091818,"image":{"alt":"How the women responded when Hannah Brown showed up on 'The Bachelor'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/bachelor-1-abc-er-200106_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"John Fleenor/ABC","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Hannah Brown looks back at fateful rose ceremony","description":"She said she had hesitations about their future on that day one year ago. ","duration":"2:37","uploadDate":"05-13-2020","publication":"05-13-2020","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/01/200107_gma_reeve_0814_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/01/200107_gma_reeve_0814_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/hannah-brown-shares-honest-reflection-year-jed-wyatts-70656558"}},"playlist":[{"id":"133810954","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133779647","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133810835","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133749799","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133777519","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133748258","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133730535","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133712423","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133694181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133688738","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616358","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616342","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133522899","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133584123","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133579397","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133482839","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133390157","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133415361","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133414032","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133380485","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Hannah Brown looks back at fateful rose ceremony","pubTime":"11:39","pubDate":"05-13-2020","modTime":"05:03","modDate":"05-16-2020","taxonomyTags":"none","id":70656558,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Hannah Brown looks back at fateful rose ceremony","mediaAssetTitle":"HANNAH BROWN ROSE CEREMONY REFLECT","videoId":70656558,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/hannah-brown-shares-honest-reflection-year-jed-wyatts-70656558"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/70656558","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/70656558","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};