Lorenzo Borghese Blows it On Bachelor Finale
Her princess title will have to wait, but Jennifer Wilson got her prince on The Bachelor.
That's right, Lorenzo Borghese somehow chose ditzy Jen over the far superior Sadie Murray on Monday's two-hour finale.
"I came here for one reason and that was in search for love," the 34-year-old Manhattanite and Italian noble family member told Jennifer as he informed her of his decision during the reality TV show's final rose ceremony. "I didn't want 25 women, I wanted one."
"Oh my god!," the giddy 24-year-old eighth grade teacher from Pembroke Pines, Fla., replied, as our staff members vowed to stick to Laguna Beach for our reality fix from now on.
However, Lorenzo didn't propose, or even attempt to present his network-supplied engagement ring to Jennifer as a "promise ring." No one needs to get married these days - just ask Brangelina. Instead, he presented the Florida teacher with an offer to leave the "Garden of Eden" and "take it on" with him in New York.
After meeting with both fathers, Lorenzo had his final one-on-one dates with Jennifer (below, left) and Sadie (below, right), setting the stage for the final ceremony in which each woman arrived separately learn of his decision. Sadie arrived first and, following some brief praise of her, Lorenzo cut right to his decision.
"In your wish list, you said 'I want to be with a guy that can't fathom to be with another woman' ... the truth is that there is another woman here and at this point I would rather be with her," Lorenzo told the 23-year-old from San Diego. "I don't know what else to say, Sadie."
THG NOTE: He could have invited Britney Spears to accept his ring instead, but that would have been against the show's rules.
Sadie, a classy, spunky, composed and virginal cutie, initially took the news well.
"I'm grateful for everything and thank you, really, thank you... I'm not good but I will be, I'm fine," she said.
But as the conversation continued, Sadie began to get more emotional.
"I just don't know why I did this... I feel so foolish... I thought it was real," Sadie lamented.
November 28th, 2006 3:42 PM
I thought (and hoped) it would be Sadie too. Seemed to me that Jenn was focused on becoming a princess, not on building a life with Lorenzo.
November 28th, 2006 11:43 PM
That Ricky Nelson look alike didn't choose the "virgin" because he had no intentions of giving a marriage proposal to some chick he couldn't screw/string along for the length of the publicity campaign. In that respect, Sadie won!
November 29th, 2006 7:28 PM
Sadie is adorable and she is far better off without that complete loser who didn't even appreciate the fact that she was saving herself for marriage. Poor Lorenzo. Go Sadie!!!!
November 30th, 2006 11:33 AM
Sadie was amazing and a perfect catch. Lorenzo is a fool for not choosing her. Hopefully she will find the man who will value, cherish and appreciate her they way she deserves.
November 30th, 2006 3:38 PM
Sadie even outclassed Lorenzo's mother! Lorenzo was on the wrong show; perhaps The Biggest Loser would have been more appropriate. He'll recognize his mistake the first time Jenn snorts booze out of her nose at some big Borghese family function; and Sadie? Sadie will be wowing everyone as she graciously co-hosts a $1000 a plate charity luncheon alongside her proud new mother-in-law somewhere in the Hamptons!
November 30th, 2006 7:13 PM
Go Jenn! Thats my ex -teacher. She was the best woman. Lorenzo picked for a reason.duh.Go Ms. Wilson. Sadie was to conceited sayin she was more classy than Jenn and she deserved to win and that Jenn had no chance. gooooo Ms wilson
November 30th, 2006 11:27 PM
lorenzo pretty much lost any and all respect he had built up through the entire show...his tears seemed real but when he made his "feelkings" known i think most of the country was floored; both were amazing girls...but there is no doubt Sadie had all that Lorenzo "said" he was looking for but somehow he chose Jen...
on a side note...as a resident of Georgia I am appalled and embarassed by the actions of Jen's father when they were in Italy, since he made it known that HE was BORN AND RAISED in South Georgia; i think that his treatment of Sadie and her family was intolerable, and I truly hope that the rest of the country does not look to him as a representation of the rest of us from Georgia and other Southern states who have at least some semblance of class and grace...which Jen's father does not
Overall this was one of my favorite seasons of the Bachelor, but I was extremely disappointed with the outcome and Lorenzo in general (I mean as an Italian Prince you should AT THE MINIMUM know ITALIAN)
December 1st, 2006 12:34 AM
Did any one else notice the way Jen walked? She looked like she just got off a horse or maybe just getting off the football field. She definitely needs Julie Andrews to teach her how to walk.
December 1st, 2006 12:36 AM
Lorenzo's mother looked more a princess of the gypsies.
December 1st, 2006 1:35 AM
I think that Lorenzo actually liked and respected Sadie best but because he had no intention of getting married after the show to either her or Jen he chose Jen because he knew Sadie would be the one most hurt. He can also now pretend and move in with Jen for a while but could not have had the same arrangement with Sadie.