{"id":2149641,"date":"2025-11-11T20:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2149641"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:01:22","slug":"golden-bachelor-mel-owens-admits-hes-in-difficult-situation-as-controversial-season-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/golden-bachelor-mel-owens-admits-hes-in-difficult-situation-as-controversial-season-comes-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Bachelor Mel Owens Admits He\u2019s in \u2018Difficult Situation\u2019 As Controversial Season Comes to an End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Mel Owens<\/strong> seemingly has not found it easy to pick which woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an article published Tuesday, November 11, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/mel-is-torn-between-final-2-women-in-golden-bachelor-finale-sneak-peek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Us Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Us Weekly<\/a><\/em> shared an exclusive clip from the upcoming finale episode of <em>The Golden Bachelor<\/em>. The footage features the retired athlete, 66 \u2014 who is down to two women: <strong>Peg Munson<\/strong> or <strong>Cindy Angelcyk Cullers<\/strong> \u2014 having a serious conversation with Cullers, 60, on their one-on-one date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI love spending time with you. I love being with you. You\u2019re sharing, caring, smart, but it\u2019s a difficult situation,\u201d Owens candidly told Cullers before admitting, \u201cI am torn between you and Peg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely hard for me because I\u2019ve wrestled with trying not to shut down, you know, just to still remain present, to still remain open and vulnerable,\u201d Cullers responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Owens called Cullers \u201ca brave soul for sticking through\u201d this process, noting, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to find a partner, but it could happen here, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 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rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/golden-bachelor-mel-owens-engaged-160634281.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Star<\/a><\/em> previously reported, Owens does not end up with Cullers \u2014 rather, he reportedly gets engaged to Munson, 62, in the finale episode, per <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tv\/15443026\/golden-bachelor-mel-owens-engaged-winner-peg-tv-wedding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The U.S. Sun;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The U.S. Sun<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A production source told the outlet that Owens \u201cwas more difficult in the beginning which is why everyone had doubts but he really did allow himself to be vulnerable to the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnd because of that, he had a storybook ending, and producers are elated with the outcome,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Owens has been <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/golden-bachelor-ratings-plummeting-during-143513061.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:plagued by controversy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">plagued by controversy<\/a> since before his season even started airing, as he faced criticism for a comment he made saying he only wanted to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/next-golden-bachelor-star-mel-185628641.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:date women between the ages;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">date women between the ages<\/a> of 45 and 60, and hoped to stay away from \u201cthe artificial hips and the wigs\u201d on the <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mgoblue.com\/podcasts\/in-the-trenches-513-mel-owens\/1393\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:In The Trenches;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">In The Trenches<\/a><\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Catch the <em>Golden Bachelor<\/em> finale on Wednesday, November 12, at 8 pm ET on ABC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starmagazine.com\/golden-bachelor-mel-owens-admits-hes-in-difficult-situation-as-controversial-season-comes-to-an-end\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden Bachelor Mel Owens Admits He\u2019s in \u2018Difficult Situation\u2019 As Controversial Season Comes to an End;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golden Bachelor Mel Owens Admits He\u2019s in \u2018Difficult Situation\u2019 As Controversial Season Comes to an End<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-loved-173318040.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><i>Star<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>Star<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=starmagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel Owens seemingly has not found it easy to pick which woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. In an article published Tuesday, November 11, Us Weekly shared an exclusive clip from the upcoming finale episode of The Golden Bachelor. 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