She dropped a bombshell on The Bachelor when she confessed she was a married woman but Alysha Brown has revealed the truth behind her marital status.
The Bachelor hopeful tells Woman's Day she married her former partner, believed to be former Super Rugby player Kade Poki, in Japan two years ago.
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"I did it so I could stay there and live with him," she explains, refusing to confirm her ex's identity. "We didn't enter into it lightly. We had talked about it and thought it was the best decision for us at that time.
"But not long after we married, things changed. I wanted to settle down, have a family and just be with one person - but after he had time to think about it, he realised he wasn't at that stage."
