Video: Emily Maynard on Brad Womack Split: I Still Feel So Alone

Entertainment July 7, 2011 AT 4:53PM By UsWeekly Staff

Two months after calling it quits with her Bachelor boyfriend Brad Womack, Emily Maynard continues to struggle to find her true identity post-breakup.

In an emotional new interview with Bachelor host Chris Harrison, single mom Maynard, 25, says she retreated inward in the wake of calling off her engagement from Womack.

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"Right now I just want to focus on being a mom, and not have to worry about…not knowing who to trust," she tells Harrison in a preview from the chat, airing on Monday's episode of The Bachelorette. "It's been really hard on me. You don't know who to turn to so you end up staying by yourself and that makes you even more sad."

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As she focuses on raising her 6-year-old daughter, Ricki, in their hometown of Charlotte, N.C., a source tells the new issue of Us Weekly Maynard is slowly coming out of her shell. In the time since her split, Maynard has expressed a firm interest in appearing on The Bachelorette -- but not necessarily to find love again.

Though she once said appearing on the series was "the last thing on my mind," the insider tells Us Maynard wants to use her stint on the show to jump-start a broadcast career. "She wants to be famous," the source says of the aspiring TV host.

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Maynard is equally as eager to move on from Womack.

"He has issues, and you could tell from the start that it was never going to work with Emily," another insider says. Still, Maynard tried her best, a pal confirms to Us: "She gave it everything she had."

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July 08, 2011 - 5:11pm Lala Lulu
She's a phony user.
July 08, 2011 - 10:51am Laura E. Mand Shifrin
It was stated long ago that she was in for becoming "famous"...never thought she was sweet....and so deserves Bentley....wow Bentley just might get what he so deserves :)
July 08, 2011 - 1:54am Nina Giovanni
Blah blah blah. Typical, blonde pageant type girl. She is anything but sweet. Just watch the jealous, "real" Emily on the reunion show. Don't fall for this farce of a show! Paid actors who follow a script!
July 08, 2011 - 12:52am Lisa Palmer
She should have moved and tried to make it work. Sounds like most of the problems came from being apart.
July 07, 2011 - 7:58pm Evelyn Vega
OH MY GOD,YOU ARE SUCH A FAKE EMILY!!! PLEASE,DO YOURSELF AND YOUR DAUGHTER A FAVOR AND JUST SHUT UP!!!!
July 07, 2011 - 6:47pm Loni Elana Rockman
I hope she finds someone. She is such a sweet and authentic girl. Ricki needs a dad and she needs a partner.
July 07, 2011 - 6:31pm Steph Raposo
It's never going to work for Emily if she keeps smooching her ex's family for money for her daughter. I used to like her, but ever since the show ended, with all the stories out there, it's hard to believe what's true, and what's fake
July 07, 2011 - 6:20pm Kim Greene
so full of it.
July 07, 2011 - 5:24pm Shannon Burmatoff
It's nobody's fault but your own
July 07, 2011 - 5:16pm Tracey Timmerman
I just want to raise my daughter...for a bit... before I leave her for months to film B'rette.. but other than that, totally!