Joe Millionaire who?! A year after The Bachelor premiered in 2002, a show with a similar concept, Joe Millionaire, kicked off, but with a twist. It starred Evan Marriott as a "millionaire" looking for love, but in reality he was just a construction worker. The premise was that he'd admit the truth to the final woman, and if she still wanted to be with him the show would give them a check for $1 million. Zora Andrich was his final pick, and even though she stayed with him, they ended up breaking things off.
Now Marriott — who works as a contractor — looks like a totally different person, joking with Darva Conger that she should just "grow a beard, you won't get recognized." He said that after the show he felt aimless, but his friends rallied together and gave him a little intervention, and he had a "come to Jesus moment." He said:
"I started a business for myself, and everything is great. I did my first job . . . I got it and literally almost was in tears. I called my dad and said, 'I feel like I've just been paroled. This is where I should have been.'"
