Reality Show Contestant Passed Away At Age 39

Formerย Rock of Loveย contestant Kelsey Bateman has died unexpectedly at age 39, her family toldย TMZ.

Bateman, a Utah native, was just 21 when she appeared on the third and final season of the VH1 dating show in 2009. On the series, 23 women competed to win the heart of Poison frontman Bret Michaels.

She advanced to the top nine before being eliminated in the seventh episode after admitting on camera that she had gotten too โ€œwasted,โ€ even confessing that she had โ€œlaid on a speed bump and bawled her eyes outโ€

Per theย New York Post, the rocker, now 62, acknowledged back then that life on the road wasnโ€™t the best setting to start a serious relationship.

โ€œAt some point I looked over during the concert and you were no longer there,โ€ he said to Bateman.

โ€œAnd at some point you were laying on a speed bump talking saying you couldnโ€™t handle this any longer. I think tonight the fact that you are are needing to be who you are not, the fact you need to drink this much?โ€

โ€œI think youโ€™re awesome and a beautiful girl and I said sometimes I have to make decisions for people, and my decision for you is that Iโ€™m going to let your tour end here,โ€ he added.

โ€œSometimes I get drunk and lay on speed bumps itโ€™s just you know,โ€ she said in the episode. โ€œApparently Brett just canโ€™t handle a girl that likes to get drunk and lay on speed bumps. I mean maybe heโ€™s not used to it.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m going to go home and Iโ€™m going to be single Iโ€™m not going to think about guys for a while but the next guy I find definitely wonโ€™t be 44 and probably not a rock star.โ€

In the finale, the musician chose Taya Parker as his girlfriend, but their romance didnโ€™t last long.

Little is known about Batemanโ€™s life after the show. As for Michaels, he has been married to Kristi Michaels since 2013. The two first met in 1994 and got engaged during the finale of his reality series Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.

They are parents to two daughters, Raine, 25, and Jorja, 20.