{"id":95650,"date":"2025-10-23T03:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/95650\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:49:09","slug":"golden-bachelor-mel-owens-lets-another-woman-go-in-tearful-rose-ceremony-after-meeting-families-on-hometown-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/95650\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Bachelor Mel Owens lets another woman go in tearful rose ceremony\u00a0after meeting families on hometown dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GOLDEN Bachelor Mel Owens has said goodbye to another woman, narrowing down his pick to just two in an emotional rose ceremony.<\/p>\n

The former NFL<\/a> star decided which of the remaining three ladies he wanted to pursue after visiting their hometowns on Wednesday night\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

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Golden Bachelor Mel Owens sent another woman home, leaving just two heading into the finaleCredit: ABC<\/p>\n

The NFL star made the decision after visiting Cindy, Debbie, and Peg\u2019s hometownsCredit: ABC<\/p>\n

Mel traveled to Peg, Debbie, and Cindy\u2019s homes to meet their families, but he wasn\u2019t necessarily welcomed with open arms by all.<\/p>\n

Mainly, Peg and Cindy\u2019s daughters had reservations about the ex-football star dating their mothers after believing that he didn\u2019t give straight answers about his feelings for the women.<\/p>\n

Mel admitted he wasn\u2019t in love with any of the women, but he struggled with those feelings after past heartbreak.<\/p>\n

In the end, he gifted Peg and Cindy roses, leaving Debbie in tears. <\/p>\n

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‘HE’S NOT MY GUY’<\/p>\n

Golden Bachelor Mel dumped one week before hometowns in tearful goodbye<\/p>\n

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WHAT THE MEL?<\/p>\n

Golden Bachelor execs \u2018embarrassed\u2019 by bad ratings and regret casting Mel<\/p>\n

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Fans were heartbroken for Debbie, especially after she opened up about the tragic end of her last romance.<\/p>\n

During a one-on-one outing, Debbie revealed to Mel that her last relationship ended in devastation after her ex took his own life two weeks after she broke up with him. <\/p>\n

She confessed that it took a while for her to heal from the tragedy, and that she poured her heart into her work in the years after, until now, when she finally felt ready to find her forever partner. <\/p>\n

Debbie had previously gotten vulnerable about never marrying or settling down with anyone because she had yet to meet Mr. Right. <\/p>\n

Viewers rallied behind Debbie on social media after her heartbreaking departure. <\/p>\n

\u201cDebbie deserves a good man. I think Mel knew he couldn\u2019t live up to it,\u201d one person wrote on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cDebbie should immediately be the only person considered to be the next golden bachelorette,\u201d another suggested.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam Debbie golden bachelorette,\u201d someone else echoed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanna give Debbie a hug,\u201d a fourth said.<\/p>\n

Others thought that Mel\u2019s now-ex \u201cdodged a bullet\u201d because he didn\u2019t seem as smitten with any of the final three ladies. <\/p>\n

Mel had trouble winning over Cindy and Peg\u2019s daughters, and he\u2019s apparently not winning over viewers either, as ratings have taken a significant dip.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Sun exclusively reported earlier this month that Golden Bachelor<\/a> producers were \u201cembarrassed\u201d over the massive drop in viewership<\/a> this season and regretted choosing Mel as the lead.<\/p>\n

According to Nielsen ratings, viewership so far has been drastically lower than last season\u2019s when Gerry Turner<\/a> was looking for love. <\/p>\n

A source also revealed that producers believed \u201cmiscasting\u201d was the issue, but \u201cdidn\u2019t see it until it was too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mel made waves before the season even began when he made an ill-received remark on a podcast about desiring younger women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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DANCING BLUES<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s since apologized to the contestants, most of whom were over 60, numerous times, and even allowed them to \u201croast\u201d him on a previous episode.<\/p>\n

Still, some fans aren\u2019t buying that Mel is connected with any of the ladies, with many claiming it\u2019s \u201capparent\u201d that there\u2019s a lack of chemistry.<\/p>\n

Cindy\u2019s daughters had a lot of reservations about her relationship with Mel during their meetingCredit: ABC<\/p>\n

Mel ended up not giving Debbie a rose, despite her opening up to him during their dateCredit: ABC<\/p>\n

Fans online supported Debbie and rooted for her to be the next Golden BacheloretteCredit: ABC\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOLDEN Bachelor Mel Owens has said goodbye to another woman, narrowing down his pick to just two in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,39593,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-95650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-the-golden-bachelor","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}