Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? was a Fox network reality show in which "multi-millionaire" Rick Rockwell asked Darva Conger to marry him. The show was aired as a single two-hour broadcast on February 15, 2000, and was hosted by Jay Thomas.
In the show, 50 women competed to be the bride of an unknown multi-millionaire who was revealed to be Rick Rockwell, whom they did not see except in silhouette and was not in fact actually a millionair...
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Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? was a Fox network reality show in which "multi-millionaire" Rick Rockwell asked Darva Conger to marry him. The show was aired as a single two-hour broadcast on February 15, 2000, and was hosted by Jay Thomas.
In the show, 50 women competed to be the bride of an unknown multi-millionaire who was revealed to be Rick Rockwell, whom they did not see except in silhouette and was not in fact actually a millionaire. He selected Conger and married her on the spot. In addition, Conger also received a three-carat (600-mg) diamond ring and more than $100,000 in prizes. More than 22 million people viewed the show that evening.
Shortly after the series, reports surfaced that Rockwell had failed to disclose to the series producers that a former girlfriend filed a restraining order against him for domestic violence. Questions were also raised as to whether Rockwell was actually a multi-millionaire. FOX stated that Rockwell had $750,000 in liquid assets and a...
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