I saw the interviews on The Project and thought he was really insincere but that was not surprising because I posted earlier that I thought he was very "held back" and monotone in voice and emotion. So now we know he was acting throughout - even though he says he wasn't it doesn't ring true. I was surprised that Sam said she is going to keep the ring and wear it. Personally I would be wanting to get rid of the bad vibes it carries. Having a flashy ring on her finger obviously means more to Sam than the negative connotations it carries. 

Quite a few of the girls expressed they had fallen in love with him in that artificial environment. I wonder what that says about love (or the notion "in love") and what it's all about? I suspect that "falling in love" in general carries a large component of falling in love with one's image of another person. Even though I wasn't keen on Jess I think she was the most level headed of the final bunch of girls. I did respect her refusal to commit to love and permanency without having time away from the show to develop the relationship on a more realistic grounding and time frame.

Blake was on "telephone" with FoxFM  late this afternoon (Fri.) ... - he apparently is seeing one girl from the show - he did not commit in the interview - who it was?

Sam was able to keep the ring - but the jeweller "Bunda" who donated the ring - has agreed to make it into any other "design" that Sam wishes - how nice of them!

yeah well - everyone is different - I was thankful for mine at one stage in my life - hocked it - and gave me some nice "financial" $$$$'s when I needed it most - everyone has a story........smiles ................

...just saw Blake on ACA tonight - geez - this "flake" is popping up everywhere! lol - still says he is 'not" with anyone but photo's showed him and Louise at some airport? Oh well - says it's "allll" in the Women's mags. next week - frankly I'm over it - I don't buy mags. very much -  apart from the odd Vogue and Country Style .......oh and Food Idea's sometimes ......Blake is a crashing bore!

...heard on FoxFM that they have it on extremely "good advice" from one of the gals on the show that - Blake confessed (one evening to her in the House...)  he had a collection of "Cabbage Patch Dolls" !!! lol lol lol ...... bit wanky huh??? (unless of course they are worth a bit of money these days and are his "investment"??)   - hahaaa   :-)

If you sit back and think about it  Blake did the decent thing in the end.

It was best he did it before they got married and before he strung her along any further,  and he is is paying for his stupidity in asking her to marry him on the show.

Should have done what the previous winner did and not ask for her hand in marriage but wait and see how the relationship developed outside the show.

She was silly to have accepted.

Well Channel 10 are "milking" this to the max! (but then who could really blame them - they invested millions into the show...)

Tonight on "The Project"  - Blake "faces off" with Louise and apparently tells her why "she"  wasn't picked in the end!  :-)

Here ya go Foxy...hot off the press 9 minutes ago.  Yes, it IS cut and paste  ;)

The Bachelor Australia's Blake Garvey and second runner-up Louise Pillidge have confirmed the rumours swirling about their relationship, revealing they are an item and are preparing to move in together.

The reality show couple revealed in a magazine deal with Woman's Day  that Garvey, 31, a real-estate agent from Perth, had expressed his love for Pillidge, 26, in a letter that she opened just days before the series finale aired on television.

They have since travelled to the Thai resort island of Koh Samui to reconnect away from the intense public scrutiny that led to Garvey being dubbed "the most hated man in Australia", according to Woman's Day.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-bachelors-blake-garvey-tells-louise-pillidge-of-his-love-in-letter-20141020-118jge.html#ixzz3GexD9PGb

Missed out ... what happened ?

Beyond me how he sucks all those good looking girls in.