The Chris Lambton FANSITE  

‘Bachelorette’ hunk: true TV love is tough

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - Updated 3 hours ago

In a not-so-shocking twist, real life was no bed of roses for reality TV couple Brad Womack and Emily Maynard, the Southern belle who got the final rose and a marriage proposal from “The Bachelor.” But if Web reports are true and their TV engagement is already off, it’s no surprise to “The Bachelorette” hunk Chris Lambton.

“It didn’t really look like they were in love when they were sitting together on that couch,” the Cape Cod landscaper told the Track yesterday. “They looked like two random people sitting next to each other.”

As we’ve told you oh-so-many times before, Chris was the producers’ first choice to be “The Bachelor” after Ali Fedotowsky ditched him in favor of Roberto Martinez in the finale of last season’s “The Bachelorette.” But the former schoolteacher bailed, and retread Womack was given a second run for the roses, which concluded Monday with him getting down on one knee and asking for Emily’s hand.

In true “Bachelor” fashion though, the fairy tale was short-lived and the couple revealed they had broken up once and postponed a planned marriage since the series finished taping.

Lambton, who hadn’t watched the show this season, confessed he tuned in to see the last half of the finale and the “After the Final Rose” TV special that followed, because the Celtics [team stats] were playing a “crappy game” Monday night against the Nets.

And he was less than shocked when Brad and Emily revealed their romantic turmoil — which appeared to stem from the fact that Em was rather put out that Brad continued to romance the other ladies on the show after he contends he had fallen for her! Um, hello, didn’t she watch the show before she signed on???

“The stress of being separated for two months while the show is on the air is tough,” Lambton said. “You can’t even be with that person while they watch you every Monday night interacting with 24 other females. And then they start wondering, ‘Did he really love me more than that one or that one . . . ?’ ”

Lambton said it’s also tough for a TV couple, who are really just getting to know each other, to deal with the public scrutiny.

“Look at how many Hollywood couples break up because they have the harsh eye of the people on them constantly,” he said. “I still have viewers who try to tell me who I should be dating.” (Chris, BTW, is currently keeping company with “The Bachelor” Season 10 castoff Peyton Wright.)

Chris said he still stays in touch with Ali and Roberto, who appeared on the “After the Final Rose” special to offer Brad and Emily advice as one of three “Bachelor

Bachelorette” couples who actually made it. But while things look bleak for Brad and Emily, Chris thinks Ali and Roberto have a shot at Happily Ever After.

“Three couples out of like 20, the odds are not in your favor,” he said. “But they are still planning to get married next year and I think they will.”

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