'The Bachelorette' Season 5 Scandal: Is Ed Swiderski Cheating on Jillian?

It’s only been a week since the big Bachelorette finale, and already Ed Swiderski’s ex-girlfriends are coming out of the woodwork.

Swiderksi was the lucky guy picked by Bachelorette Jillian Harris in last week’s season finale- even though she received marriage proposals from two other men, Kiptyn Locke and Reid Rosenthal.

Swiderski, who works for Microsoft, left the show three weeks into the taping after saying that he had work obligations. He came back a few weeks later and asked Jillian to please give him another chance.

And another chance she gave him, indeed. After some whirlwind romantic dates, an embarrassing bedroom scene and some strange wardrobe choices, Ed was Jillian’s final pick. The couple became engaged on the show and claimed on the After the Final Rose special, that they would marry within the next 12 months. And Harris, who currently lives in Canada, plans to move to Chicago in the near future to live with Ed.

While country music singer Wes Hayden was the one who was portrayed on the show as having a girlfriend back home, Internet rumors swirled that it was actually Swiderski who had the girlfriend.

And now, two of Ed Swiderski’s former flames are claiming that he continued to woo them throughout the Bachelorette taping—and after.

According to a segment on today’s Good Morning America, US Magazine has obtained interviews and photos of two of Ed’s exes who claim he's a player who was anything but single during the Bachelorette process.

Lindsey Johnsen, who claims to have been dating Swiderski since February of this year, and Bethany Steffan, who says she has been dating him since last December, both claim to have been in contact with him throughout his Bachelorette stint. Both women say he led them on, and that he was just appearing on The Bachelorette as a joke and to be on TV.

To take it a step further, Johnson has provided photos of herself and Ed at a wedding together in April, which was during the brief time that he left the show. And to add more fuel to the fire, she claims to have slept with Swiderski after he proposed to Jillian. Both women claim Swiderksi lied to them when he said he was going to Texas for business and instead flew back to L.A. to rejoin The Bachelorette cast.

As for the happy couple? They appeared on Good Morning America this morning, albeit from different locations. Both call the tabloid rumors “inaccurate” and “ridiculous."  Harris, who was clearly flustered, says she won’t be talking about this topic again.

As for their marriage plans. Swiderski says the wedding is still on—within 12 to 18 months.



Sources: Good Morning America/ABC TV

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