by Gina Scarpa

 

Fans of The Bachelor: On The Wings Of Love may have watched with baited breath during last night's season finale, hoping that Jake Pavelka would pick sweetheart Tenley Molzahn in the end, but had the wind knocked right out of them when he got down on one knee for Vienna Girardi. The scene was set for Tenley to take the final rose; she bonded with Jake's family, opened up her heart and soul to him, and was clearly there to find a husband. Vienna, on the other hand, didn't have such an easy time connecting with Jake's family and the other women on The Bachelor this season but her connection with Jake was always undeniable. Today, the couple spoke to RealityWanted and reporters in a press conference call about their experiences on The Bachelor and where their relationship is at now.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Many of the women and Jake's own family was expressing concerns about you, Vienna. How hard was that to watch that back on tv and Jake, how did you stay focused on her throughout that process?
A. Vienna: Watching it back, it was very difficult for me. Most of the things that went out were out of jealousy. They just didn't like me. With his family, yes, his mom had a wall up but once she got to know me, I think his parents fell in love with me.
A. Jake: My heart was naturally falling for Vienna. We had a one on one very early in the season. There was a lot of chemistry and the connection began there. My question for the women, and I say this on the record as I possibly can... Vienna and Tenley were the only two women that didn't trash talk other women and that was so greatly appreciated. Nobody ever told me exactly what Vienna was doing wrong. "well, we just don't like her." Well that's great but please help me. Nobody ever came up with a reason. The fact that you don't like somebody, that's okay, but don't try to sway me on that.

 

Q. Gina, RealityWanted: Can you talk a little bit about dating off camera? Have the dynamics changed?
A. Vienna: They haven't changed at all! We are extremely romantic, we cook dinner together...
A. Jake: We ate dinner by the pool...
A. Vienna: We put our own rose petals in the bathroom...
A. Jake: You just have to keep romancing each other. One thing I loved about Vienna is what love language she speaks. She's a producer and a doer. That's close to my love language so it's been really easy for me to sweep her off her feet and watch her bounce a little bit.

 

Q. We heard about 50 different renditions of "On The Wings Of Love" this seaon. Is this your song forever?
A. Jake: I don't know. Jeffrey Osbourne is amazing and it's a very slow song, which might be appropriate for a wedding.
A. Vienna: We'll definitely dance to it at our wedding. I don't know if it'll be our song, though.

 

Q. What do you think Jake appreciates about you the most?
A. Vienna: I think Jake values my honesty and my compassion and how much our values are right in line. Everything that we wanted out of our soulmates, we found in one another. Even the flaws, we love.

 

Q. Will you consider following in the footsteps of Jason and Molly and televising your wedding?
A. Jake: We've been asked that question a couple of times. The biggest thing to us is that I don't know that we would have never met each other had it not been for The Bachelor. We look at ABC, Warner, and the people at The Bachelor as our family. We love them very deeply and can't imagine proceeding in a wedding without our friends there. Whether they bring cameras or not, who knows? We are just stoked about Jason and Molly. They are going to be a very longlasting relationship.

 

Q. You weren't in a position to respond to the bad press you've been given. What is your response to it?
A. Vienna: I think we were really surprised that they were doing personal attacks to me and my family and to the other girls. Reading these fabricated stories that are completely untrue but now it's a different thing ever week. We have to laugh at it.
A. Jake: Shoot, I'm the first one to buy it!
A. Vienna: Apparently, I dated a Backstreet Boy. I never even met them. I saw a magazine that said, "Vienna's Darkest Secrets". I had to run over and buy it so I could find out what it was!

 

Q. How much time have you had together since the show finished wrapping?
A. Vienna: We finished three months ago. We've been seeing each other every other week. We've had a lot of time together. We talk on the phone every single day.
A. Jake: I felt like we were in the witness protection program!
A. Vienna: We've seen a lot of each other.

 

Q. What is your life going to be like now? Vienna said she was moving to Dallas but now, Jake, you're doing Dancing With The Stars.
A. Jake: Vienna and I had originally planned to move to Dallas as soon as it was over but this opportunity came up and it's just a dream, the opportunity of a lifetime. We're going to temporarily reside is Los Angeles and as soon as I'm off the show...
A. Vienna: As soon as he wins, we're going back to Dallas and that's where we're going to reside.

 

Q. Before the show, you said that you weren't interested in pursuing an acting career and being in front of the camera. Why did you decide to do Dancing With The Stars instead of taking the opportunity to get to know Vienna before?
A. Jake: I didn't approach anybody, I haven't been auditioning, I don't have a publicist. I'm probably the only Bachelor cast member out there that doesn't have an agent. It actually just fell in my lap. I'm really glad it did. The cameras are not what I'm after. It's the competition and what an opportunity... I just can't imagine to be able to dance at that level and train with professionals to dance like that. It's like conquering a dream.

 

Q. What will you do while Jake is busy with Dancing With The Stars?
A. Vienna: Mondays and Tuesdays is when the show goes on. I'll be there every night he's performing. I'm going to try to do some motivational speaking while I'm in L.A. I'm looking forward to trying that out.

 

Q. So when is the wedding?
A. Jake: We're going to take our time with that. You can add a lot of unnecessary pressure by rushing. I wanna chase my fiancé for a while. I wanna chase her down the beach naked. Right now, we're in this puppy love phase. Professionals say puppy love can last six months to two years so I'm trying to solidify the next sixty years of our lives.

 

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