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On Wednesday night, Mel Owens and Peg Munson sealed their journey on The Golden Bachelor Season 2 with a kiss.

And also with a diamond ring.

Not an engagement ring, however, but a “commitment” ring that Owens presented to Munson to prove that he was committed to… whatever future the pair might have together.

Fast forward all the months since this finale was filmed and, well, do Owens and Munson still have a future? Are they still together?

“We’re feeling great. We’re feeling really good,” Munson told Us Weekly one day after the finale and the After the Final Rose special aired on ABC. “We’re feeling relieved and excited that we’re at this point in the journey and now we’re able to move forward.”

In a surprising moment on this concluding episode, Cindy Cullers chose to self-eliminate ahead of the fantasy suites because Owens wasn’t prepared to get engaged.

“If we had written a book, if we had gotten on the same page, it would’ve been, like, the best fairy tale. It was a start of something remarkable. It could have been amazing,” Cullers told host Jesse Palmer on the After the Finale Rose special, adding:

“He wanted a comic book. He wanted something shorter and lighter and no commitment. And I’m ready for everything.”

Owens was asked by Us Weekly to respond to this remark.

“I’m not gonna comment on her frivolous, you know, trite little comment because it’s just not worth commenting on,” he said. “But, like I told her, me, personally, I know that I’m not gonna take a leap of faith like that. My life doesn’t work that way.”

For her part, Munson said that she wasn’t looking for “a knight in shining armor to rescue and save” and that it makes perfect sense to make sure they’re ready for marriage… if that day ever comes.

“Like Peg said, there’s more to it than just going through the journey and then at the end, just because the show says you’re supposed to get married or propose, [you do]. That’s just not real,” Owens explained to this tabloid.

“[Cindy] wanted to have the ending before the journey was over. And that’s just not how the journey goes. She didn’t want to go through the entire journey to see what happened. She wanted the answers to the test before the test was given. So, I’m not worried about it at all.”

Peg emphasized just how much “integrity” her boyfriend possesses, while Owens made a strong point in the interview.

“I’ve seen The Bachelor enough where the person told the other contestants or the other people that, ‘I love you. I love you. I love you.’ So you got three ‘I love yous’ out there and they’re all misled.

“And then there’s panic and heartbreak. I didn’t do that because that’s not who I am. I’d never do it outside of the show and I wouldn’t do it inside of this show. I just stay true to myself and that’s what happened.”

We sort of dig it.

After all, how many Bachelor Nation engagements that started on the show actually ended with the couple walking down the aisle?!?

Peg Munson and Mel Owens: Are They Still Together?!? was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Of all the political sex scandals to emerge in recent months, few have been more shocking than that of Matt Gaetz.

And new allegations that emerged today might cost the former congressman his few remaining supporters.

As you may recall, just last year, Gaetz was the frontrunner for the position of U.S. Attorney General.

He was an odd choice for the role, considering he had already been investigated for child sex trafficking.

And now, it looks as though allegations that Gaetz thought has been buried for good have resurfaced in very public fashion.

In November of 2024, Gaetz abruptly resigned from the House of Representatives, just days before the House Ethics Committee was set to release its findings on his alleged sexual encounters with underage girls.

Gaetz withdrew his nomination for attorney general, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would “strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report.”

It looked as though the committee’s findings would forever remain a mystery,

But on Thursday, roughly one year after Gaetz’s resignation, The New York Times published a dramatic report about the life and circumstances of one of the former congressman’s alleged victims.

“She was 17 and a high school junior in Florida. She was working at McDonald’s. And she was living in and out of a homeless shelter,” the article begins.

“Hoping to save up to buy braces to fix her teeth, she falsely advertised herself in 2017 as 18 years old on a website that matches men looking for ‘companionship’ with young women looking to make money.

“What followed would set off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of one of the men she would encounter, Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican.”

The report contains quotes from the girl’s lawyer, Laura B. Wolf, who spoke with the Times after a Florida judge ruled that certain files pertaining to the Gaetz investigation should be unsealed.

“The vulnerable circumstances most crime victims face are rarely known to the public,” Wolf said.

“Although my client’s circumstances were revealed outside of her control, I hope it helps for the public to see a fuller and more human picture of her than the press has reported on to date.”

Wolf added: “Power imbalances can be age, but they can also be financial. My client had little economic security, which allowed for financial leverage over her.”

The girl was to serve as the chief witness against Gaetz, but the investigation came to an end when the Justice Department under President Trump declined to bring charges.

“I never had sex with this person. This person threatened me with a lawsuit if I didn’t pay her $2.3 million dollars,” Gaetz told the Times via text message on Thursday. “She never sued me because her story is fiction.”

The new information regarding Gaetz comes as politicians on both sides of the aisle are demanding the release of the Epstein files, which could incriminate Trump and others.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Matt Gaetz Paid Homeless 17-Year-Old McDonald’s Employee For Sex, Report Alleges was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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