Robert Guiney (born May 8, 1971) is an American television personality, singer, and insurance carrier consultant for Lincoln Financial, a Fortune 200 company. He was a contestant on the first season of '' The Bachelorette'' and later, appeared as the bachelor in the fourth season of '' The Bachelor''. He hosted '' GSN Live'' from 2009 until the show's ending in 2012.

Life and career

Guiney was born in Riverview, Michigan. He is a 1989 graduate of Riverview Community High School. In 1993, he graduated from

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, where he was a member of the

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fraternity and a walk-on

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for Michigan State University's

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team. He started his own branch of a mortgage company, Allied Home Mortgage, with a childhood friend in 1999.

Personal life

Guiney's first appearance on reality television was as a contestant on '' The Bachelorette'', where he was ultimately eliminated by Trista. Although she failed to give him a rose to advance, the two remained friends, and he was invited to her wedding to the winner Ryan Sutter. His popularity on ''The Bachelorette'' led to his being cast in 2003 as the bachelor on the fourth season of ''The Bachelor''. In the finale, Guiney chose Estella Gardinier, a California mortgage broker, but they broke up soon after the show aired. Only a few months later, in July 2004, Guiney married ''

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'' actress

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at his family's home in Long Lake, Michigan. On January 13, 2010, People Magazine reported that Guiney and Budig had decided to split. In April 2010, Budig filed for divorce. On Friday, July 23, 2010, the divorce was finalized with neither side requesting spousal support or any other financial assistance. They had no children together. In 2016 Guiney announced he was getting married for the third time to Jessica Canyon. The wedding took place on November 11, 2016 in Punta Mita, Mexico on his father's birthday. His brother in Law JD DeMare got ordained to marry Bob and Jessica his best friend. Prior to ''The Bachelor'', Guiney was in a

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-based band called "Fat Amy". The band split up in 2000 but reunited as the Bob Guiney Band to record the album ''3 Sides'', which was released in 2003. The album entered the

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album chart at 114 but by November 30, only around 21,000 copies had been sold and by December 7 the album dropped out of the chart's top 200 list. Guiney published a book in 2003, titled ''What a Difference a Year Makes: How Life's Unexpected Setbacks Can Lead to Unexpected Joy'', describing his life leading up to his appearance on ''The Bachelorette'', and the lessons he learned from his family and friends as he went through a divorce in the previous year. Guiney also performs with the

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and

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. Guiney currently hosts a real estate makeover show, ''Date My House'' for TLC.Poniewozik, James
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References

External links

Official website
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