'Bachelor' Brad and Emily: It's Over Already?

By Rob Shuter Posted Mar 15th 2011 09:30AM

EXCLUSIVE: Moments after Brad Womack proposed to Emily Maynard on last night's 'Bachelor' finale, millions of fans were shocked to learn that the couple have already gone through a breakup, and while Brad told viewers he was ready for marriage, sources tell me the couple has since broken up for good.

"Emily is so insecure, she just isn't cut out for all the fame and attention her relationship is under," a show insider tells me. "The six weeks of shooting the show in paradise was easy, away from prying eyes and photographers, but since they both returned to their normal lives things have been a disaster."

During the finale, Emily, mom to 5-year-old daughter Ricki, accepted Brad's proposal, beating out fellow contestant Chantal O'Brien for Womack's heart. The actual proposal was a tender, romantic moment of television.

"You're so much more to me than a leap of faith," he said. "You're the one. You're my once in a lifetime. I'm asking you to give me your forever."

Later, Emily admitted having trouble watching Brad get intimate with different ladies every Monday night. She also admitted that Brad's temper in real life also took her by surprise.

Despite their problems, however, Brad has been trying valiantly to make the relationship work and publicly, he's now saying the two are trying to rebound after a bumpy start to the relationship.

"At long last, Emily and I can be open to the world and each other about our relationship," they said in joint statement to PEOPLE on Tuesday. "Though we are madly in love, it has been a bumpy couple of months for us and our priority right now is to focus on our relationship."

But an in-the-know network producer tells me their problems run deep and go beyond the normal pangs of a distressed couple.

"Emily is not able to forgive Brad for what she considers cheating week-after-week with other girls," my source says. "It's always hard sending the couple back into reality after they have been living in paradise, but no one in the history of the show has had as hard a time adjusting as Emily."

Like many fans, my source "would love to say they are going to make it, but they don't. After we taped the 'After the Rose,' it was clear to everyone that this one was not going to work."

Too bad, we were rooting for you.

Tags: Brad Womack, Emily Maynard, The Bachelor

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Tuesday 15 March

By linda

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I totally agree. She was too good, too sweet, and too fake.

By therese

Brad did Chantal a favor.
Brad and Emily are made for each other.
A Dysfunctional Couple

Wednesday 16 March

By linda downs

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I could not have said He soulf have been a man and not listen to mama. it better.

By heavenh1995

I've been saying that all along. He only picked Emily because she looks like a barbie and she's soft spoken. I liked Brad at the beginning of this whole thing, but now I think he is a total douche bag for breaking Chantal heart. You can tell that Chantal really loved him and that Emily was not that into him from the word go. I think he is getting everything he deserves. Just goes to show that men wont know a good thing if it hit them in the face.

By dee

i think u really didnt heat what emily was saying. first of i think she was the best one for brad. chantel is more on the heavy side and u look at brad, his body mean everything to him so there is no way he would of excepted the way chantell looked even though to me she looked fine , ok then u have emily that has a child what is so fake about her, because she wants tm make sure brad is the right man for her and her child and if u listen to the show emily did say one of the reasons why they r having problems is he has a bad temper. if u watched the night when she was trying to tell him something she stopped what she was saying and she said i am sorry u r getting mad and he said yes i am getting mad. well if u cant even tell the person u love how u feel without him going off then he is not worth it. i was in a marriage with mental and physical abuse so before u say anything about her walk in her shoes. my mistake was i didnt tak emy time to get to know my ex so i hope she does.

I agree he chose wrong. To bad Brad Chantel was threw a wrong marriage already she knew what she wanted. Emily had her future ripped from her at a young age she still cant bring herself to move on.What ashame............

By PatrickPain

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No Emily has morals!

By vickie

she said she is seeing someone...not a boyfriend....you couldn't tell she still was heartbroken from Brad...I could....she has to move on....that's the only way to cope.......

By Meghann

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I TOTALLY agree....I was so upset when he picked Emily....she it totally fake and I knew they weren't going to make it. She is not ready to let someone in her life which is understandable since she has a kid. But, don't go on the show if you aren't ready. The questions she was asking him the last date they had shocked me and I was positive he was going to pick Chantal. He made a HUGE mistake! I bet he is regretting it now!

By jesuaphn

Just before the rose ceremony, when Brad had his last date with Emily, she kept on implying during the conversation if he was sure . In fact he left with doubt on his mind. I believe at that time she was trying to give him a way out. I felt that she did not wanted to be pick and was trying tell him.
I think he picked her after he was influenced by his family. If you look at the clips, at first his family had doubts about her but once they heard her sad story it seemed to me the went for her. Brad is a very insecure and immature man. He is 38 and apparently is in a rush to have relationship; he took the idea of fathership too fast. That is a process when the child is not yours. It takes time. Chantal is a lucky girl. She is too nice and sweet for Brad. Emily?...well, time will tell. She is too reserved and her emotions (other than crying about her baby's father's death) don't seem real. I think is not going to work out

By cencalwrestler

@Txmom3grlz. Chantel isn't over Brad, she made that obvious on the reunion show when she started crying! I feel bad for her new guy because she has used him as a rebound to get over Brad. In the REAL WORLD this is NOT ok! That's the problem with ppl(mainly girls)these days..they just run from one guy to the next throwing love around like it's a dime a dozen. This is why we have so many divorces. Chantel is boy crazy. I give her new relat. less than 3 years. Im just glad Emily is still available! Brad's a doucher.

Thursday 17 March

By Chantal Rebecca

Soo agree with you! I loved the way she was with him but he was too smitten with dumb fake Emily. She totally played him. At least Chantal admitted to finding someone in her hometown. I'm happy for her. She deserved way better than Brad.

By sem

Anyone who thinks Brad should've picked Chantal is just plain ol' stupid. HE WASN'T IN LOVE WITH CHANTAL!!! Should he have picked someone he wasn't in love with to make you happy??? What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say! He was in love w/Emily from very early on, Chantal wasn't even in the running...although she didn't know that. Guess that's what you get when going on a reality show to find a man!

By Heather

I agree. Chantel seemed heart, soul and body with him.

By Geni

I agree. I only watched the final rose show and I thought seh was a fake.
And as far as her claiming Brad cheated with all those other women she knew what goes on before she went on the show. How do you figure that was cheating. Up until the final rose and proposal i believe it was just dating.

By charlene

They finished in Nov so it wasn't 6 months.
Brad fell in love with Emily. She couldn't accept that he was with Chantel after watching. But that's part of the show and she should have known that. Even thought I also think he and Chantel would still be together because I think she could accept that reality but that's not who he loved. And the reality is if Chantel and Brad were happy she wouldn't be with someone else but she was alone and this guy was there and hopefully she'll be happy.

Friday 18 March

By twinsistertoo

Shantel was MUCH more real! Seriously Emily...have you never watched previous bachelor shows??? And, the way Brad talked to Shantel and DISCOUNTED the times they shared on the show...he should be ashamed...congrats to Shantel for moving on and SO GLAD she doesn't have to put up with him!!!

By themeeker

Now we know for sure...he's gay and he's a fraud.

They're just setting the gullible up for a third round.

By maryyy

themeeker.... And how exactly do you KNOW he's gay? You're an idiot. Now, THAT, we can prove just by reading your post.

By Paula

I knew he picked the wrong person Any guy that has a PANIC attack while on a date when Emily and him where talking about her daughter etc.. He went into Panic mode and He was sweating like a Pig If he was trully in love w/ Emily and wanted to be an instant Dad He wouldn't have had that panic attack. He should have picked Chantel She put her heart and sole out to him and Emily did nothing like that. He just wanted a Blonde IT WON'T LAST

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