Bachelor Finalist Arrested
Tuesday night, Mary Delgado and man that proposed to her on the 2004 season of ABC’s The Bachelor, Byron Velvick, made a surprise appearance on special episode of The Bachelor called ”After The Final Rose.” Along with Ryan and Trista, they were one of the show’s ”success stories,” seemingly still smitten with one another. A mere 24 hours later, 40 year old Delgado, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader, was arrested on battery charges in Florida. The victim? Oh the man she was cuddling up with on national television the night before. According to Fox News, authorities say that The Bachelor finalist punched “her live-in fiance of three years” in the mouth causing his upper lip to bleed. Although they don’t name Velvick as the receiver of said punch, it’s safe to assume that he was the one.
Although I was an avid watcher of the most recent Bachelor that resulted in two broken hearts, a guy that just got free publicity for his bar business, and hopefully next season’s Bachelorette pick, I did not actually watch the 2004 season, so I can’t comment too much more on whether anyone saw this coming. Maybe she was peeved that wedding bells were all but silent in their never-ending engagement? A raging alcoholic? Who knows. Someone out there must!