Brad Womack and Emily Maynard ABC/MARK WESSELS
Brad Womack revealed that he got in touch with ex-fiancée Emily Maynard “one time” after their split.
“I’m a very, very respectful guy when it comes to situations and if someone’s in a relationship,” Womack, 52, said on the Monday, January 20, episode of the “Almost Famous” podcast. “I remember when I had heard she gotten married, and I reached out and said, ‘Hey, I’m genuinely happy for you.’”
Womack claimed that Maynard’s marriage to Tyler Johnson in 2014 was “exactly what she had been wanting.” (Maynard, 38, and Jones welcomed kids Jennings, Gibson, Gatlin, Nola and Jones in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022, respectively. She is also mom to daughter Ricki, 19, with whom she shared with late fiancé Ricky Hendrick.)
“She had been wanting marriage, a beautiful family, and she has all of that and then some,” Womack said.
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Womack called Maynard “extremely captivating,” gushing that “she is pure to her core, just an exceptional human being.”
“She is a little elusive,” Womack said. “I don’t think she needs much. And I mean that in such a complimentary way, where I think I’m kind of a sellout, I’ll do anything. I’m kidding.”
Womack said he admires the way that Maynard “carries herself” noting that “what you see is what you get.”
Womack popped the question to Maynard during season 15 of The Bachelor, which aired in 2011. Months after the finale aired, the pair called off their engagement in June 2011. Maynard went on to become The Bachelorette in 2012 and accepted a proposal from Jef Holm. Maynard and Holm announced their separation in October 2012.
“We realized really quickly we were two different people once we got back into the real world,” Womack said on Monday. “I think I’m a little rough around the edges and she is extremely refined. Again, I’m saying that in a complimentary way. And when I look at her from the outside looking in and seeing the life that she’s created and built, I couldn’t be happier.”
Brad Womack and Emily Maynard on April 30, 2011. INFphoto.com
While Womack said his time with Maynard was “brief,” he gushed that he “really enjoyed” his time with her. Womack added, “She has a pure soul, you know what I mean? I thoroughly enjoyed my time with her. Things don’t work out unfortunately, and here we are.”
Since his split with Maynard, Womack has been tight-lipped about his relationship status. On January 1, Womack hard-launched a romance with a woman named Gabriella.
“We’re having a lot of fun together. She’s an inherently kind human being,” he gushed. “I’m really happy. We’re really happy together right now.”
