The Bachelorette‘S Marcus Shoberg speaks out after this controversial finale.

Marcus, 32, was second on the exciting Tuesday, September 3rd, where Jenn Tran sent him home before suggests Devin Straderwho later broke off their engagement over the phone.

Before Jenn, 26, chose Devin, 28, she and Marcus had problems. While Devin told Jenn several times that he loved her, Army Ranger Veteran hesitated to say the L-word. He had resolved to be more vulnerable with Jenn.

“Vulnerability is not a weakness, but a strength,” Marcus explained via Instagram on Wednesday, September 4. “It’s the courage to stand before the world and say, ‘This is who I am, with all my scars.'”

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He continued, “I’ve been through hell and back, and I’m still here. I’m not just surviving, but growing from it. When I was injured overseas and almost lost my life, I thought it was the worst thing that could ever happen to me. But now I can say with absolute certainty that it was the best thing that ever happened to me. It taught me the value of relationships, the preciousness of time, and the power of resilience. It made me a more compassionate person, not less.”

Marcus said he was “honest with my feelings” on The Bachelorette and “in life – because I believe that openness is the only way to truly live. I have shed tears over the past, over love and over the trials that have shaped me. But these tears do not make me weak; they make me human. They are proof that I am still here, with a heart that does not allow itself to be hardened by the world.”

To The Bachelorette This season, Marcus in his intro package that he “has completed six deployments and I’m super proud to have been an Army Ranger, but I almost didn’t return from my last deployment.”

Marcus recalled suffering memory loss after a grenade exploded near him during a combat mission and waking up “in a hospital in Washington DC.”

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In his heartfelt Instagram post on Wednesday after the finale, Marcus said: “For those who think I need healing, I want you to know that I have been on this journey for years. Therapy and my faith have been shining lights for me, helping me navigate the complexities of my past and giving me the wisdom I need to keep moving forward. Healing is a process and I am committed to living a life worth saving – a life that reflects the lessons I have learned along the way.”

He added: “I believe I was spared for a reason – to be a light to those who have lost their light, to give hope to those who feel hopeless. I’m not perfect; I don’t have all the answers, but one thing I do know is that the most difficult moments in life often become the most transformative. God has a plan for each of us, even if we can’t see it.”

The day before, he and Jenn met again at the live recording of The Bachelorette Final.

After exchanging pleasantries, host Jesse Palmer Jenn asked if things would have turned out differently if Marcus had said “I love you” sooner.

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“I think my heart was just in a different place and wanted something different. But it’s confusing trying to navigate all of that,” Jenn replied. “I don’t think it would have necessarily changed anything.”

At the beginning of the finale, Jenn had a tense exchange with Marcus after introducing him to her family.

“I don’t know if you see me in your future,” Jenn said, to which Marcus replied, “I think I regret not delving deeper into the future.”

“I don’t know how to take this. I thought you were excited about the future,” Jenn said before getting emotional. “I’ve invested so much in you, Marcus. … It hurts me because now I don’t know what to do with it. Where do I go from here?”

Just when it seemed like the couple was about to call it quits, Marcus finally told Jenn he loved her. “I don’t want to give up on us,” he said before she walked away.

After a commercial break, Jenn told Marcus that she was tired of waiting for someone to be ready for her. “I never thought Marcus and I would be at this point. My whole life I’ve been giving myself over to people and wanting them to give me the love that I wanted so badly,” Jenn told the cameras. “I’m finally letting go of a part of me that I’ve held onto for so long. … I don’t want to feel like I’m being taken for granted anymore.”