EXCLUSIVE: 'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris Forced To Give Back Diamond Ring To ABC
Posted on Jul 08, 2010 @ 11:31AM
Diamonds are forever – but not for Bachelorette Jillian Harris.
Not only has she lost fiancé Ed Swiderski in their bitter breakup, but RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Harris must give up the $60,000 Platinum Neil Lane engagement ring that she’s been sporting since the finale of the fifth season of the hit ABC reality TV show.
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The beautiful ring boasts a 2.05 pear-shaped center stone surrounded by six baguette-cut diamonds.
But RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively that Harris needed to stay with Swiderski for two years in order to keep the ring. The Bachelorette's standard contract specifies that the ring remains the property of the show's producers unless the couple remains together for two consecutive years. They do not have to marry within that time period.
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Harris -- and other show contestants -- can not sell or dispose of the engagement ring for two years after the broadcast of the proposal show, and if she decides to sell it after that point, she’s obliged to tell the network and given them written notice of more than a week.
Call it the harsh reality of reality TV love.
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Now that this love affair has hit rock bottom the producers get to reclaim the stone, and Jillian is left without a man - or a ring.
Harris will also have to miss out on the best day of her life. "I have this dream wedding of being somewhere in the Canadian Rockies, or in the Okanagan in a field and there are mountains all around us," she previously told Entertainment Tonight.
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getting pretty sick of Ali with her giddy laugh...and stupid remarks.
Posted Mon, 07/12/2010 - 8:59am
I think most of these girls go on this show for the publicity. Vienna certainly did....
Posted Mon, 07/12/2010 - 8:58am
Jillian is better off without this dude. Never liked him from day one. And besides, why would anyone want to keep a ring from a corporation that helped set you up? If I were on that show, I would only accept a ring paid for by the guy, not from ABC.
Posted Sun, 07/11/2010 - 7:20pm
jillain such a classy lady. can't imagine she'll care if "they" want the ring back... IMHO she wanted to find true love. ring was a symbol of that... if he wasn't the real thing.... then ring ... what for?
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:31pm
jillian is such a classy lady, i can't imagine she will care if they want it back. she wanted to find real love... IMHO the ring was only symbol of that... if he is not the real thing...
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:26pm
Bachelorette and Bachelor is starting to lose its appeal. They take back rings and recycle for the next season. It is true fans are starting to lose interest in this scripted reality show. They are gonna fade away
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 5:11pm
This season is the worst one yet. They have too many advertising opportunities etc. and staged competitions that have turned it into a completely scripted show. Viewers don't trust that any of it is real anymore. If it ever was.
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 1:50pm
I liked this couple - so sorry they didn't gel - seems these reality show romances just don't work out.
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 1:07pm
...man she is butt ugly!
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:39am
I think this show has run its course. It's just not entertaining any more.
Posted Thu, 07/08/2010 - 10:02am