The Bachelor finale: Chantal O’Brien or Emily Maynard will be Brad’s wife?

Chantal O'Brien

It seems that Brad has chosen Emily over Chantaly. Los Angeles Times has the details...

"After the family greetings, two final dates and an extremely gauche conversation about being a father, Brad finally proposed to Emily Maynard and she said yes. Chantal was heartbroken.

But let's see how we got there.

Family Matters

The part of the show that is not a video recap or a coming up montage sees Brad gazing thoughtfully off his balcony out at the beautiful Cape Town seascape. His family arrives and it's his mom Pamela, twin brother Chad (hellooooo Chad), younger brother Wes and sisters-in-law Dylan and Prima . Brad is really overwhelmed with emotion, it's quite adorable. He also assures his family that he's definitely proposing.

Chantal's Family Date

Chantal's outgoing vibrant personality goes over big with the brothers. She tells them she initially had doubts about Brad both choosing or not choosing, but now she's all in and she would get married on the spot. Pamela grills Chantal a bit about falling in love so quickly and Chantal talks about finding out who she is after her first failed marriage. The whole family seems completely smitten with Chantal.

When she leaves, they seem so wonderful and in love and he talking-heads that she is extraordinary, the family loved her and that he "will marry her" if "everything works out." Hmmm. What does that mean? What would NOT work out? And if she's not the girl you want, that's a weird thing to say.

Emily's Family Date

Emily Maynard

Emily looks like a little island Barbie doll. The brothers notice how much more reserved Emily is as compared to Chantal and they are concerned about the fact that she has a kid and brother Wes asks if Ricky's father would be OK with them moving to Austin, TX. So Emily has to tell the whole story and everybody is in tears.

Wes and Chad take the time to say to Brad that being a father is hard and this is an instant family. He can't not be ready to take it on. Brad assures them that he gets the warmest feeling from it and that he's very taken with Ricky.

Pamela is dumbstruck (in a good way) by Emily calling Brad "her angel" and hopes for the best for Emily because her life has been so hard. As she leaves, Brad is hoping his family can give him good advice. Does he not know yet who he is going to choose?

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