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TwitterJason Mesnick: Nice guy 'Bachelor' just another douchebag?
For weeks we've been waiting for DeAnna Pappas to return to The Bachelor. Maybe she'll tell Jason Mesnick that she chose the wrong man at the end of last year's Bachelorette. Or perhaps she wants to remind him that none of the women he's been flirting with can ever compare to her. Whatever. Either would make for some damn fine television.
Now, though, it looks like the promise of DeAnna is merely a ruse to cover up what's really going on ABC's dating show.
[Note: Potential spoilers from here on.]
As chronicled by reality show follower Reality Steve (heretofore known as "RS"), this season of The Bachelor will indeed have a surprising end but not the one viewers are expecting.
Supposedly, it has been orchestrated all along that Jason will pick Melissa and propose to her during the final rose ceremony that will take place in New Zealand. According to RS, ABC so wants viewers to follow the bread crumbs for this union that they've deliberately shown Melissa's freckled hand and signature pinky ring in promos so that fans will feel that they "guessed" it all along.
Currently, there are two After the Final Rose specials scheduled to air. The first -- filmed in January -- will air immediately after the Monday, March 2 finale during which RS says Jason will inform Melissa that he chose incorrectly and break off their engagement. Adding insult to injury, he will announce that runner-up Molly is the woman for him after all and they will happily reunite.
So what could After the Final Rose special No. 2 on the next night be about? Why, it's an hour of "Where Are They Now/Gee, Isn't Molly Swell?/Look How Well She Gets Along With Jason's Son Ty/Aren't They Happy."
While RS has a variety of reasons why this was planned by ABC from the very beginning to keep interest in a show that has not managed to produce a single wedded union (remember: we're talking The Bachelor, not The Bachelorette), it doesn't really matter. If true -- manufactured or real -- picking one girl and then dumping her on national television in favor of one you've already rejected is lower than low.
Not to mention what kind of example is Mesnick's documented love life going to set for his young son. Seattle mothers take note.
Somehow Jason may have managed to transform from DeAnna's hapless victim to another dodged bullet on her part. At least with Rock of Love, viewers know what they're getting.
What do you think? Is Jason a cad? Wishy-washy? Merely misunderstood?
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The show violates a basic law of nature -- men should chase women, not vice versa. It's embarr***ing as a woman to watch these desperate females hurl themselves at a man -- any man. But the reverse ... well, that's the way it should be.
I hope this is not true. Jason could be the next media target if he did that. Move over OctoMom !
this show sux.
if this is true its nuts...i personally think it is a set up to make melissa the next bachelorette...what could be worse then brad not picking deanna???...jason picking melissa then dumping her...poor melissa lets make her the bachelorette...what will they do after that to make it more exciting
I always knew that this show was towards the bottom rung of the so to speak "moral ladder" But this is a new low. If the show really is rigged by the producers, It's not really fair to anyone (contestants or viewers) to pretend that it's not. For the sake of the little shred of dignity that this show has maintained over the years I hope this story isn't true. If Jason did dump Melissa of his own accord, I feel bad for her, but it's obvious should could do better anyway.
this don't make any sence!!What are they thinking when they want to go and do this. If this happens, I think it's time I stop watching. Sounds stupid to me!
The answer to the title is a resounding - YES! Not only is it true, Jason went along with self-proclaimed Uber-Producer Mike Fleiss on this idea from the beginning. He knew early on he had it bad for Molly - as did the the production people and Chris Harrison. But Fleiss wanted his ratings - hence the "Melissa edit" for the "love story" the average fan (the ones who don't read the spoiler sites) wanted, and the Most.Dramatic.Finale.Ever for ABC. Thus Jason was told to pick Melissa and then he could go public with Molly at the after show. Note: Since filming wrapped in late November, Jason has had alternating weekends with both Melissa - to whom he was engaged, and Molly - who knew when it would be OK to go public (after the finale of course). Unlike the Charlie O'Connell season - Melissa was not privy to that little tidbit - she was happily engaged, or so she thought. If Reality Steve had not exposed this - ABC would never have shown all this - they would have spun it their own way to protect ratings. Now they've scheduled a 2nd After The Final Rose on night #2 to do damage control. There is a special place in hell for those who manipulate and cruelly hurt someone for money, and Mike Fleiss and Jason Mesnick have their places waiting. BTW, Jason and Molly - karma is a beautiful thing - never forget that.
Also noteworthy, remember The Bachelor - London Calling? The one where British Matt Grant "fell in love" with little known Hollywood wild child wannabe Shayne Lamas? Also scripted. Matt wanted to test his acting chops in the US and Shayne - well Shayne is a fame ***** from a family of fame *****s. The aforementioned Uber-Producer Mike Fleiss - now is producing and promoting a REALITY SHOW featuring Shayne, her half sister and brother and washed up, too many eye-jobs father Lorenzo Lamas. Filming has begun and Fleiss is very hopeful it will be picked up for TV. Do everyone a favor and don't watch - Shayne's 15 minutes should have been up long ago. I guess she and Daddy need to pull in some $$$$ for her mommy's upkeep = can you say looks like a cross between Donatelly Versace and the Lion from The Wizard of Oz?
Why do people watch this stuff? I just don't get it.
If this is true, I will never watch the Bachelor again. "We all believed in Jason, that he was an upstanding, comp***ionate, and sensitive guy. If he isn't, God help Ty.
Dian