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Eliminated Bachelor contestant Ashley Spivey is now speaking out on who is best for Brad Womack while also defending fellow contestant Emily in a new interview.
“In watching the show now, I still feel the same way I did when I left and I think Ashley [Hebert] and Emily [Maynard] have the strongest connection with Brad,” Ashley, 26, told reporters.
As for the comments Emily Maynard, 24, has received from some of the contestants on the show plus some fans who believe she might not be ready to move on yet following the tragic death of her fiance in 2004, Ashley states she sees things differently. “I don’t think people give her enough credit,” says Ashley. “She is very strong and if everyone would quit talking about [her past] long enough, they would see that she’s ready to move on and she’s ready to start a new chapter in her life.”
Moving on to Chantal O’Brien, who is rumored to be a final four contestant on the show, as the February 7 issue of Life & Style magazine questions if Chantal is still in love with her ex.
That ex would be Jason Vena, her ex-husband and former lead singer of the band Acceptance. High school sweethearts Chantal and Jason were married from 2005 to 2009, and the mag reveals Chantal still hoped to get back together with him just weeks before she left to film The Bachelor.
According to Life & Style, Chantal and Jason divorced after 10 years together, largely because Chantal felt the romance had gone stale. However, she almost immediately started to regret the split. “She knew she’d made a mistake,” says an insider.
And even though Jason had moved on and found love with a woman named Tawny Ingwaldson (Jason and Tawny are recently engaged), Chantal desperately tried to get him to reconcile with her. “Right before she left to film the show, she told Jason she wouldn’t go on The Bachelor if he took her back,” the insider reveals. “Chantal begged and pleaded and cried. Jason was in a lot of pain over it, but at the end of the day he said no.”
Following Jason’s rejection, Chantal then made the choice to go film The Bachelor and open herself up to the possibility of finding love again. Photos of Jason Vena below including one with his fiance Tawny.
And finally, it seems controversy does indeed sell as last week’s very controversial episode of the Bachelor (the Emily Nascar date) proved to be a ratings hit for ABC. The episode brought in 9.5 million viewers for the network, making it the most watched episode of the season.
A new episode of the Bachelor airs tonight at 8/7c.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK EMILY IS READY TO MOVE ON? DO YOU BELIEVE CHANTAL IS STILL IN LOVE WITH HER EX? THOUGHTS ON TONIGHT’S NEW EPISODE?
Jason Vena
Chantal O Brien’s ex husband Jason
Jason Vena and his new fiance Tawny Ingwaldson
Jason Vena
“Moving on to Chantal O’Brien, who is rumored to be a final four contestant on the show, as the February 7 issue of Life & Style magazine questions if Emily is still in love with her ex.”
i think you meant to say if Chantal is still in love with her ex.. very confusing.
I did, thanks Lynn! Will make a correction.
Watching all season so far I do not believe Emily is ready to move on. She focused far too much on her tragic fiancee and still seems to be quite closed off to Brad. I furthermore don’t feel she is fun/ adventurous and outgoing enough for Brad’s taste, though you’d think her relationship w/a race driver would state otherwise. I just haven’t seen that side of her.
As for Chantal, I question anyone who claims to be in love w/someone so quickly. A good looking couple planked in some of the most romantic spots on earth – no problems, no conflicts – just not a good barometer of everyday life.
If Brad does choose Chantal, I predict life will not be so rosy as on the Bachelor.
But I hope he makes a go of it with whoever he selects.
haha that second picture is of me not jason… weird
I LOVED acceptance. Jason left the band after getting married to be a “regular guy”, of course the divorced after that. Chantal Yoko-ed us