Trista Rehn: Alex Michel and I continued our relationship after he picked Amanda Marsh on 'The Bachelor' finale

The New York Post reports that an upcoming issue of TV Guide will feature a blockbluster "behind the scenes" reality story of sorts on The Bachelor.


According to the magazine, The Bachelor's Season 1 star Alex Michel -- who snubbed The Bachelorette Trista Rehn for Amanda Marsh at the end of the season -- continued to carry a torch for Trista, writing and phoning her for months after the show completed filming and he was in a relationship with Amanda.

Upon learning of the secret relationship, Amanda dumped Alex.

In an interview with TV Guide, Trista tells the magazine that Alex came down with a bad case of buyer's remorse almost immediately after selecting Amanda.

According to Trista, last May, "basically he told me that he thought he had made a mistake," she tells TV Guide.


Alex and Trista conducted a sort-of secret relationship from there, as he dogged her with letters and repeated phone calls - even though he was in Los Angeles living with Marsh.

"He'll probably deny that he said [that he'd made a mistake], but that's the reason I continued to correspond [with him]," Trista says.

"Going by what he told me, I didn't see anything wrong" with writing to him.

Trista says she broke off the correspondence with Alex for several reasons.

For starters, her family and friends didn't like him, telling Trista that she'd "lucked out" by losing to Amanda.


Then, a public appearance by Alex and Amanda at last May's Kentucky Derby added to Trista's doubts even though she says she still "really wanted to be with Alex."

When contacted by TV Guide, Alex said he had no comment on the story.