Everything’s over except the inevitable post-show break-up May 2009 nuptials between Bachelorette DeAnna and snowboarder Jesse, who won the Georgia peach’s heart in last night’s season finale of the long-running ABC dating series. (Click here to read Erin Stevenson’s full TV Watch.) Yet for some Bachelorette fans, the season’s unofficial end arrived with the ouster of fourth-place finisher Graham, the Southern guy who was either a total commitment-phobe or a misunderstood sweetheart still waiting for the right woman to understand and accept his chill vibe. I got Graham on the phone last week to get the 411, and discovered that while he and DeAnna may not have been destined for a trip down the aisle, there are still five good reasons to love the guy. Find out what they are, after the jump…
• He isn’t shallow: Graham said his biggest disappointment in the way he was depicted on this season of The Bachelorette was that the show’s producers failed to highlight his personality, instead choosing to play repeated clips of DeAnna waxing about his hotness. (That said, he’s willing to admit that’s "not the worst problem tohave.") And when I told Graham about an awesome YouTube video montage celebrating his relationship with DeAnna (set to the strains of "Bleeding Love"), he explained he’s not one to Google himself. For those of you with no such hang-ups — Bachelorette obsessives, fans of the toned male torso, Graham’s YouTube-lovin’ mom — click here and check it out.
• He’s got his priorities straight: While Graham said he’s been fielding a fewmedia-related opportunities since appearing on the show, he added that his work on behalf of children’s charities comes first. On a related note: While producers chose to identify Graham as a basketballplayer from Raleigh, N.C., he currently resides in New York, where he owns a small stake in a bar and works on a line of T-shirts called "46." (A portion of the proceeds from sales goes to the Sunflower Children’s Foundation.) Click here to check out hot modeling photos the "46" line at Graham’s official site.
• He may have appeared on a reality dating show, but not everything in Graham’s life is open for public consumption: Indeed, while women have repeatedly approached Graham to find out what exactly was in that cryptic farewell letter to DeAnna, dude said he isn’t spilling the beans.
• He’s polite, but not overly so: Although Graham wouldn’t go on the record with a bad word against reality TV vet Jesse, he said he was rooting for his buddy Jason to get the girl, arguing the latter man could make DeAnna happier in the long run; that said, he correctly predicted Jesse would emerge as the winner. Graham also readily admitted thatwhile he has no ill feelings toward her, it’s doubtful he and DeAnnawill be best buddies in the future.
• And, yeah, I have to give DeAnna this much: Dude is "smokin’ hot."
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Yep smoking! And I think that DeAnna is still not over Graham, despite choosing Jesse. When Jason mentioned the way she looked at Graham on last nights after the rose show, she got all flustered and defensive. Not a good thing for her pick Jesse.
Ah, yes. Graham. Body of a man…mentality and emotional level of a 5-year-old. What woman in her right mind WOULDN’T want that?
Maybe I’m in the minority that thinks Graham was misunderstood on the show…at least he wasn’t being fake. And hello, four weeks is not enough time to truly get to know ONE person, let alone, while you’re dating 10-15 OTHER guys. And I agree, she has some unresolved issues, apparent in her responses last night and on the bachelors tell all, when graham’s name was mentioned. He seems like a good guy…
Graham had communication and committment issues. He had great difficulty looking at Deanna as he talked. Had the annoying habit of looking away to the sky, other side etc. Piss poor eye contact.
Rumor has it that Graham turned down $100,000. from the show’s producers to stay beyond the Final Four, but obviously he turned them down.
I hate DeAnna Pappas.
More than anyone else in the world just about.
Graham, you can do better!!
I think he is wonderful….inside and out. He and Deanna are not “soul” matches although their chemistry was red hot.
Graham, if you ever do google yourself and stumble upon this comment…I felt you were much more than the smokin’ hot edit. For some of us…it came through in spite of Fleiss’s best efforts.
Best of luck in love and life…