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THERE seems to be trouble in paradise for Golden Bachelor Mel Owens and the woman he proposed to on his season finale, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As fans gear up to watch the emotional season finale on Wednesday, the golden couple has apparently been battling a rocky road behind the scenes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former\u00a0NFL\u00a0player\u00a0Mel, 66, documented his journey to find love this year on ABC\u2019s second season of The Golden Bachelor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After connecting with a group of beautiful ladies, Mel has narrowed down his final two to Cindy Cullers, a retired biomedical engineer from Austin,\u00a0Texas, and\u00a0Peg Munson, a retired firefighter and bomb technician from\u00a0Las Vegas, Nevada.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tonight\u2019s finale, which will also include the live\u00a0After the Final Rose\u00a0portion, will show\u00a0Mel getting down on one knee\u00a0to propose to Peg, The U.S. Sun previously reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0their engagement\u00a0hasn\u2019t been all sunshine and roses, as a production insider claimed that the couple is already enduring issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMel and Peg are already having problems. She\u2019s a social butterfly and loves to be extroverted and outgoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can hang, but he\u2019s much more demure. She\u2019s go, go, go, and he\u2019s calm and slower paced. He prefers nights at home, and she prefers nights on the town.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey connect over foundational things like family and morals, but personality-wise, they clash, and there\u2019s already been cracks in the relationship,\u201d the source spilled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The insider claimed that there was a weekend getaway for the couple scheduled for October in a \u201csecluded space\u201d that would give them privacy from being caught in public, but ultimately, it did not happen. <\/p>\n
However, the couple has since seen each other, so the relationship remains ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite any recent tension with the pair, they plan to come out as a \u201cunited front\u201d on stage during the live After the Final Rose segment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t want the fans to get a whiff of any problems as that will just add to it,\u201d the source added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There were a lot of questions at the\u00a0beginning of the season\u00a0about whether\u00a0Mel would pop the question or not by the end of this journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was more difficult in the beginning, which is why everyone had doubts, but he really did allow himself to be vulnerable to the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd because of that, he\u00a0had a storybook ending, and producers are elated with the outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExecs were terrified he wouldn\u2019t get down on one knee and convinced throughout most of the season it was looking like he wouldn\u2019t,\u201d a source previously said.<\/p>\n
However, when things ended up working out with Peg, it was a \u201chuge relief\u201d to production.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is thrilled, if not even surprised, behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The insider went on to explain that ABC has \u201calready made arrangements\u201d for a televised wedding that will be \u201csimilar\u201d to the one they threw for the first\u00a0Golden Bachelor,\u00a0Gerry Turner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, it\u2019s unclear when, or if, Peg and Mel will make it down the aisle.<\/p>\n
Mel\u2019s season finale\u00a0airs on November 12th at 8 pm ET on ABC.<\/p>\n
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