Who: Bob Guiney & Estella Gardinier, The Bachelor 4
The Way They Were: Pre-show, producers asked Estella, "Why would you want to try to find your husband on a TV show?" And Estella -- ever witty -- replied, "I wouldn't! However, have you seen Bob?" Indeed, she had Guiney in her sights from the get-go. And this San Diego girl, like her future ambitious mortgage broker boyfriend, doesn't much like to lose. Some were shocked when she elbowed out her perky competitor Kelly Jo in the finale -- most of all a tearful Kelly Jo -- but the show took a more titillating turn when Bob offered the Harry Winston bauble as a "promise ring" rather than part of a formal proposal. A tearful Estella shrugged off the slight and wholeheartedly signed on for a continued courtship, telling 18.5 million viewers, "I just want everyone to know how in love I am!"

Reality Bites: Curse you, fickle reality-TV love! Though they haven't filed the official word, mounting reports say these two have also split. Could be the airing of the episodes cast a pall: watching Bob lock lips with so many ex-rivals might have been more than Estella could comfortably stomach. All we virtual attendees at Trista and Ryan's (The Bachelorette) Pepto-Bismol nuptials can attest that Bob and Estella phoned in their requisite appearance, stiff as they faced the cameras arm-in-arm. Damaging reception photos turned up in tabloids; Bob was partying it up with a lot of girls -- none of them Estella. He's got to get his jollies somewhere; sales for his solo 3 Sides CD have been pretty dismal. We've also heard that Guiney is broadening his Bachelor dating pool to include other seasons, wooing castaway Gwen from Season 2. But he's denied that, adding that he and Estella are "making efforts to develop our relationship."

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