The Golden Bachelor season 2 lead Mel Owens has chosen his final two women, with whom he’ll share overnight Fantasy Suite dates after meeting their families during their hometown dates. Mel, a 66-year-old NFL player-turned-lawyer and divorced dad of two sons from Detroit, Michigan, began his Golden Bachelor journey with 23 women, aged 58 to 77. He faced fierce backlash before his season began because of ageist comments that he made on the In the Trenches podcast.
Mel had stated that he only wanted to date women aged 45 to 60, and that he’d cut anyone over the age of 60 from his cast. In addition, he said that he didn’t want to date any women with artificial hips or wigs. Because of this, many Golden Bachelor fans called for him to be fired. However, Mel’s season began with him apologizing to the women, and his path to finding love has been successful so far.
Throughout The Golden Bachelor season 2, Mel built strong relationships with his final 3 women: Cindy Cullers, a 60-year-old divorced retired biomedical engineer from Austin, Texas; Debbie Siebers, a 65-year-old fitness professional from Denver, Colorado, who’s never been married; and Peg Munson, a 62-year-old divorced retired firefighter and bomb tech from Las Vegas, Nevada. Now he’s narrowed them down to his final two after a shocking elimination.
Mel Chose Cindy & Peg For His Overnight Fantasy Suite Dates
After Mel met Cindy, Debbie, and Peg’s families, he chose Cindy and Peg for his overnight Fantasy Suite dates. Mel’s first hometown date was with Peg in Las Vegas, where he met her fellow firefighters and her mother, brother, sister-in-law, daughter, and daughter’s boyfriend. Peg told her mother that she would say yes to a proposal from Mel.
During Cindy’s hometown date in Austin, he met her three daughters, her son-in-law, and her soon-to-be son-in-law. She told her daughters that she’d be willing to move to California for Mel. Cindy also let Mel know that she was falling for him, but she stopped herself from telling him that she loved him because she needed more reassurance from him before she said it.
Mel Sent Debbie Home
When Mel chose Cindy and Peg for his final two women, it meant that he had to say goodbye to Debbie. During her hometown date in Denver, Mel met her two brothers, her two sisters, including her twin, and her brother-in-law. Debbie had told Mel that she was falling for him, and they seemed to have a really deep connection. She seemed like a front runner from the beginning. However, his connections with the other women were stronger, so he shockingly sent Debbie home.
Although Debbie was devastated by Mel breaking up with her, she wished him well. She said in her confessional that she’d put herself out there in a big way, only to have yet another disappointment. Debbie cried that it was “beyond painful.”
It’s going to be very exciting to see who Mel chooses in the end–Cindy or Peg–and if he proposes to her. It would also be wonderful to see Debbie become the next star of The Golden Bachelorette. Mel, Cindy, Peg, and Debbie all deserve love and happiness, and, hopefully, they’ll find it sooner than later, and live happily ever after.
