She may not have won Bachelor Brad Womack's heart in the end, but Ashley Spivey knows just who should get Womack's coveted final rose.
"In watching the show now, I still feel the same way I did when I left and I think Ashley [Hebert] and Emily [Maynard] have the strongest connection with Brad," Spivey told reporters following her elimination this week. "[When] he says [what] he wants in a wife, they meet the qualifications best."
Though Spivey admits she was closest to Hebert during filming, the 26-year-old eliminated contestant sympathizes with Maynard, the 24-year-old single mom who lost her fiance in a 2004 plane crash.
Envious of Maynard's alone time with the bachelor initially, Spivey now believes Womack wasn't playing favorites, as some of the other contestants have implied.
"Brad doesn't want people to ever be sad or have hurt feelings. He doesn't want to offend anyone. I think that's why he pulled Emily away a lot," Spivey says, referencing Maynard's cozy one-on-one winery date that led to her opening up about her tragic past. "I felt a little envious that he never did something like that for me, but at the same time I can see why he did that with Emily."
And Maynard has the potential to make it all the way, says Spivey.
"I don't think people give her enough credit," says her pal.
"She is very strong and if everyone would quit talking about [her past] long enough, they would see that she's ready to move on and she's ready to start a new chapter in her life."
The Bachelor airs Monday at 8 p.m. (EST) on ABC.
By Allison Corneau for UsMagazine.com. For more Channel Surfing, click here.
