Former “Rock of Love” contestant, Kelsey Bateman, has died at age 39.
The fact star, who appeared within the third and last season of the hit relationship present in 2009, died “unexpectedly,” her household informed TMZ. No reason behind dying was revealed.
The Utah native was simply 21 years previous when she went up in opposition to 22 lady all vying to this point rocker Bret Michaels on his tour bus.
The present, which aired between 2009 and 2009, noticed a gaggle of feminine contestants go head-to-head to turn out to be the Poison frontman’s girlfriend.
Bateman, for her half, turned one of many last 9 women competing for the spot, however was in the end eradicated within the seventh episode of the third season.
Within the episode, the brunette star admitted to getting too “wasted” along with her fellow contestants Farrah Sinclair and Ashley Klarich.
“I ended up laying on a velocity bump balling my eyes out however what? I’m right here and I’m prepared for no matter Brett has to say to me,” she mentioned in her confessional.
“However I imply, hey, I can’t be the one woman that’s received drunk and laid on a velocity bump. Let’s be trustworthy.”
The rocker, now 62, admitted on the time that life on the highway didn’t present him with the appropriate circumstance for kick-starting a relationship.
“Sooner or later I appeared over in the course of the live performance and also you had been not there,” he mentioned on the time after telling Bateman that she couldn’t deal with his rock-and-roll life-style.
“And in some unspecified time in the future you had been laying on a velocity bump speaking saying you couldn’t deal with this any longer. I feel tonight the truth that you’re are needing to be who you aren’t, the actual fact it is advisable to drink this a lot?”
“I feel you’re superior and a fantastic woman and I mentioned generally I’ve to make selections for folks, and my choice for you is that I’m going to let your tour finish right here,” he added within the episode.
The singer’s blunt supply prompted Bateman to be “emotional.”
“Typically I get drunk and lay on velocity bumps it’s simply ,” she mentioned within the episode. “Apparently Brett simply can’t deal with a lady that likes to get drunk and lay on velocity bumps. I imply possibly he’s not used to it.”
“I’m going to go dwelling and I’m going to be single I’m not going to consider guys for some time however the subsequent man I discover positively gained’t be 44 and possibly not a rock star.”
The musician in the end ended up deciding on Taya Parker as his girlfriend within the finale, although their relationship was short-lived.
Whereas not a lot is thought about Bateman’s private life past the present, Michaels, for his half, has been married to his spouse, Kristi Michaels, since 2013.
The pair, who first met in 1994, received engaged whereas Michaels was filming the finale of his actuality present, “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.”
The couple share daughters Raine, 25, and Jorja, 20.
