Bob Guiney
Robert (Bob) Guiney (born
May 8,
1971) was a contestant on the first season of
The Bachelorette. Later, he was chosen to pick his own perfect lady on the fourth season of
The Bachelor. He was born in
Riverview, Michigan and was a graduate of
Michigan State University, where he played
quarterback for their
football team.
Bob was shown to have a winning personality on
The Bachelorette, so when
Trista failed to give him a rose to advance,
ABC executives decided that Bob should be the
Bachelor that next season. On the fourth season of the reality show, in the fall of
2003, Bob wooed 25 girls, and eventually picked
Estella Gardinier in the show's finale. Soon after the show aired, they broke up.
While making the rounds on the talk-show circuit, he told the audience that he was a budding musician and that a studio album was in the works. Late in
2003, Bob's debut album,
3 Sides, first hit music stores.
In May of
2004, Bob got engaged to
All My Children star
Rebecca Budig, who hosted
The Bachelor in reruns on
ABC Family. The couple married on
July 3,
2004.