Bachelor Split: Brad and Emily: It’s over!

Apr 20, 2011 by Teryn Ashley

Life & Style has exclusively learned that over the weekend of April 9, Emily Maynard made a phone call to her fiancé, Bachelor Brad Womack, to tell him it’s over.

“Emily told Brad that she can’t picture them getting married,” an insider reveals to Life & Style. “Brad’s not acting like a fiancé, and she knows that he’s not going to change. Emily knows in her heart of hearts that the relationship is finished.”

A second insider confirms that the relationship fell apart in recent days. “Emily was very close to moving with her daughter, Ricki, to Austin, Texas, just weeks ago, but that’s not true anymore,” the insider says. In fact, a friend tells Life & Style that Brad put an offer on a new home — without even consulting Emily or asking her to come to see it first. “She obviously feels that it isn’t the behavior of someone who plans to be with her.”

The reason for the split stemmed from Brad’s hurtful and erratic behavior. Emily became fearful he was cheating on her. “Brad seemed very complacent all of a sudden,” says the insider. “He did everything he could to woo and charm Emily on the show, and then it just slowed. Emily knows he likes Texas, he likes his bars and booze, so she’s just wondering if he likes someone else. It started to really worry Emily. She felt like, ‘If he’s not wanting to see her, who is he with?’”

So why hasn’t Emily simply announced a split?

Her contract with ABC prevents her from speaking out about the relationship without the network’s permission — and Life & Style has learned ABC called her on April 13 specifically to remind her of that point. Though the network can’t force them to stay together, a source says they have encouraged Emily to try to work things out with Brad, because they want Bachelor couples to make it down the aisle. “In the end, they try to control it,” Deanna Pappas — who competed on Brad’s first season and went on to star on The Bachelorette — tells Life & Style.

The friend, who has spent time with Emily recently, confirms Emily has taken off her Neil Lane engagement ring. “She doesn’t wear the ring anymore.”

For more on Emily and Brad’s split, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands nationwide Friday!

Source:Life&Style Magazine

I personally think they should try to work it out, even if the fairytale TV magic has worn off. Us as viewers need to remember that these two are people just like us! You can’t fake something for the rest of your life if the spark really isn’t there. Hey, after all that was Brad’s last chance to find the woman of his dreams on national television. Maybe he is kicking himself for not choosing Chantal who clearly wanted to marry him on the spot and was in love with him! At least she was 100% for their future where as Emily was holding so much back from Brad. Do you think he will be reaching out to Chantal anytime soon? They were so fun and loving together! In my opinion they were right for each other and  Brad was just infatuated with Emily. Sorry Brad!