According to RadarOnline.com, Bethany Steffen and The Bachelorette winner Ed Swiderski broke up just before he began filming the reality show. In late-July 2009, sources told the gossip website that throughout the filming of the show, the newly engaged Swiderski and ex-girlfriend Steffen had been corresponding through "sexy" e-mails and text messages.http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/exclusive-bachelorette-winner%E2%80%99s-new-man-still-texting-ex-girlfriend

When the rumor of the text messages began, Swiderski and The Bachelorette Jillian Harris were planning their wedding. Harris was expected to move to Chicago to be with her new fiancee Swiderski in September 2009.http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/exclusive-bachelorette-winner%E2%80%99s-new-man-still-texting-ex-girlfriend