90 Day's Big Ed Gets Choked Up as He Says Goodbye to Liz's Daughter but Still Feels They 'Both Dodged a Bullet'

Things are over between “Big” Ed and Liz, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to let go of the bond he developed with Liz’s daughter.

In the episode of May 19 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After, Ed, 58, asked Liz for a moment alone with his daughter, Ryleigh, before they left Arkansas and went to San Diego for a while. The decision comes after Liz said she “didn’t know where to go” following her 15th split from Ed.

“Can I have a minute with Riley, please?” Ed asked Liz, who agreed. Her daughter joined Ed on the couch before they left for the airport.

“I just want to apologize. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to see you again,” he told Ryleigh as he choked up. She replied, “I accept your apology.”

Ed then told her, “No matter what happens between your mom and me, I’ll always love you. You know that, right? You’ll always be #1 in card games.”

“I love you,” Ryleigh said, and Ed echoed the sentiment, telling her, “I love you too. I just wanted to say goodbye.”

Big Ed, Ryleigh and Liz from ’90 Days’.

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Fiancé of 90 daysLiz Woods is back in San Diego after her split from ‘Big Ed’ Brown

In the confessional, Ed reflected on the relationship he formed with Liz’s daughter, as he said the two would often “have fun playing board games.”

“We had this relationship, which was kind of sweet. And that relationship I had with her was very special,” he admitted. “So I’m afraid that this has negatively affected Riley in any way, and it would just break my heart if it happened. So it’s very sad to see Riley go.”

Liz cries on ’90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After’.

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During the episode, Liz said she was “trying to stay strong for Ryleigh” while managing the breakup, which took her by surprise after Ed called off their wedding without telling her, and she had to find out from the officiant.

“It’s so hard because I’m here on my own. I have no one to turn to,” Liz said, adding that she felt “absolutely humiliated, fucking played, used” by him. “To move here and then break up with me again – that’s a big blow.”

90 daysLiz Woods is ‘taking good care’ after splitting from ‘Big Ed’ Brown and starting a new relationship

Ed, meanwhile, admitted his divorce from Liz was “sad” after she and Ryleigh left.

“I’m just really numb and I have to start my life over, at 58,” he said. “I’m disappointed, obviously, with the amount of time we’ve both, you know, put into trying to make it work, but I don’t feel like I’ve failed. I feel like we’ve both dodged a bullet.”

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90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After airs Sundays at 8:00 PM ET/PT on TLC.

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