Truth rating: 10
10:04 pm, July 22nd, 2012
RECAP
(ABC)
Emily Maynard is engaged!
“The Bachelorette” finale on Sunday featured the long-awaited proposal – but who got down on one knee and slipped a ring on the single mom’s finger?
Read on to find out whether Jef Holm or Arie Luydendyk ultimately won Maynard’s heart.
The finale begins with all three still in Curacao, with Ricki also now in the tropical locale along with Emily’s parents.
Emily’s family is understandably skeptical, given Emily’s broken engagement with former “Bachelor” Brad Womack, but finds both Jef and Arie to be impressive.
On Jef’s final date, he convinces Emily to let him meet Ricki, and the three of them have a great, pool-filled time together.
In fact, it goes so well, that Emily is left sure that Jef will be “the best dad and the best husband” – and later tells host Chris Harrison that her mind is made up.
Arie is taken aback when Emily shows up to their final date and almost immediately bursts into tears.
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“I felt like it was going to be me and you, and I don’t know anymore,” she tells him, later explaining that she has more “confidence with Jef.”
Arie, clearly a combination of shocked and annoyed, tells her, “Thank you for sparing me the embarrassment tomorrow,” inadvertently revealing he was ready to propose.
Emily is left distraught – but wakes up the next morning feeling quite happy with her decision and goes to meet Jef.
After telling him he is her “soul mate,” Emily reveals she dumped Arie before they even went on their last date.
Jef declares his love for her and gets down on one knee to ask her a “forever thing.”
“Emily, will you marry me?” he asks.
She hesitates a few beats… but says yes!
Gossip Cop will add video later, and have a full recap of the “After The Final Rose” special.
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