'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris: I Knew I Couldn't Let Ed Go

"The Insider" caught up to the happy reality TV couple Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski as they talked about finding love on national television.

Jillian and Ed of ABC's "The Bachelorette" talked to "The Insider" while backstage at "Live with Regis & Kelly." The bachelorette said of her relationship with her new fiance, "We're just very natural together. ... We had that one date when everything came together. I knew I could not let him go ever."

Jillian says that Ed's initial meeting with her family was a big part of why she gave him the final rose. "I saw him as a person I could grow old with. ... There was a connection and I could not just walk away from it."

Ed says of finding love on television, "It's a lot more real than it looks."

The engaged couple says they plan to marry within a year and describes their ideal wedding as having "lots of people but not too glamorous."

Published 7/29/09 by the Insider

Comments (5)

  • orLogin
  • HOW ABOUT I COME TO THE WEDDING AS THE SILENT FAN, REPRESENTING ALL OF THOSE SOOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH?
    Anonymous 8/2/09 Reply
  • Ed was probably drunk and that is why he couldn't preform at the fantasy suite.
    Anonymous 7/30/09 Reply
  • I think that Jillian pick the right guy Ed. I was so surprise and happy at the same time that Ed came back. I wanted Jillian to pick Ed from the very beginning. I wish them the best of luck with their relationship. Remember communication is the...
    BethW18 7/30/09 Reply
  • Oh my
    NeverLetGo 7/29/09 Reply
  • Congrats Jillian and Ed. You make a wonderful couple, we wish you the best, much happiness always. xoxo
    Anonymous 7/29/09 Reply