Emily Maynard Calls Breakup With ‘Bachelor’ Brad Womack My ‘Worst Nightmare’
July 12 2011, Published 10:00 a.m. ET
By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
The Bachelor's season 15 winner Emily Maynard, in her first time publicly speaking about her split with Brad Womack, said she'll "always be in love with" him, and "not a day will go by she won't regret how things turned out.
"I wanted to be married, and I wanted to have more children," Emily, a beautiful single mom from North Carolina, told host Chris Harrison in the emotional chat that aired during Monday’s The Bachelorette on ABC. "And I wanted that with him."
Brad, a bar owner from Texas, did not appear in the segment, but "gave his blessing" for Emily to proceed, Harrison said.
The soft-spoken Emily often fought through tears to explain her anguish over the lost love in the interview.
Emily told Harrison she thought she'd be planning a wedding the next time she saw him, adding she was sad "just being by myself and not having Brad here."
Brad's "such a gentleman ... he's very good at expressing how he feels ... he’s just completely different than any other guy I ever met," Emily said. "We're not engaged anymore