Tonight's episode of the ABC romance reality show will see Brad taking a group of women including Emily to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, unaware of her connection to the sport. Speaking to reporters on a recent press call, host Harrison said that Emily had ended up on the date by "happenstance" and urged viewers to reserve judgement on the outing until they had watched the episode. We as producers knew this story, and we had a choice to make - do we tell Brad about Emily's story or do we warn Emily? Our choice is kind of what we've always done and that is let the real life drama and everything play out. He continued to say that the date had an effect on both Brad and Emily, explaining: "It forced Emily to face some demons that even after five years I don't think she's quite dealt with yet, and then also forced Brad to learn the rest of the story It kind of forced a lot of issues on many, many different levels.
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It may have been an on-air love affair, but Maynard makes it clear she thought she had found The One. Instead, her return to the lavish mansion where the show is filmed-captured in an emotional one-on-one interview with host Chris Harrison that will air during the July 11 episode of The Bachelorette -reveals no such happy ending. Sobbing and shaking as cameras rolled, Maynard opens up about the rumors that have dogged the couple for weeks: that she and Womack had broken up. This was my worst nightmare. For his part, Womack, 38, is also reeling from the breakup. She hung in there with me much, much longer than she should have.
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Although The Bachelor finale ended with a proposal, viewers later saw that life after reality show romance isn't all roses. Brad and Emily remain together, but with neither ready to move from where they call home. Says host Chris Harrison : "It will be tough.
Maynard was chosen by Brad Womack in the fifteenth season of The Bachelor , but they split after the show. Maynard is the second former Bachelor winner to star in The Bachelorette and she is one of the three Bachelor winners chosen in the lead of the series. Jen Schefft of season three was the first and subsequently Becca Kufrin in the fourteenth season six years later. They abruptly ended their relationship in October This is the first season of The Bachelorette filmed in Maynard's hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina , where she and her daughter Ricki Hendrick live along with the child's paternal grandfather ; the child's father died before she was born.