'The Bachelor': Melissa Rycroft already has a new man

Oh I'm not worried about Melissa...I am worried that ABC thinks it is OK to be cruelly manipulative in order to gain ratings = $$$$$.

its all about the ratings, peoples lives dont matter, but then again the people who go on these shows know what they are getting into

ohj

Interesting how this is all coming out. It now appears that Melissa was not "dumped" on TV and they had already broken up. I think if there are any bad guys in this whole situation it is the producers of the show. They manipulated the audience and got alot of people, including Ellen DeGeneras, very upset for nothing. It will be interesting to see what Jason has to say about contacting Molly when he appears on Ellen today.

While Jason is not totally blameless in this whole mess, he is not the devil incarnate that everyone thought at the beginning of the week. I wonder if he has grounds for legal action for defamation of character. I also wonder how this has affected his job.

Having fallen in love with a "best buddy" 12 years ago, after kicking around together for two years, I wish Melissa the absolute best.

She knew they were breaking up, since he wasn't willing to work on the relationship after the cameras stopped but why did he have to lie to her for all those weeks (about being in contact with Molly) and also to the public. At the same time he and Melissa were breaking up and there was no Molly in sight, he was all over TV saying how happy and in love he was, including being engaged. The producers didn't require that. Others have kept the audience in suspense.

Affecting his job? What job? How can you be valuable to your company in this tough economy, and be gallivanting all over the place for weeks on end --- two cycles in a year.

Also, how can you be a decent father?

Also, one thing has really bothered me that nobody mentioned. When Jason dumped Molly, she said "you deserve someone great." I never liked Molly (Jillian was my fave) but that was so stupid and arrogant. As if Molly is the only "great" one? Give me a break.

I don't believe Jason was required to behave that way in his contract, even though I'm sure there were contractual obligations which he completely mis-interpreted as he's so immature and doesn't know who he is.

Well that's sure a great foundation for a relationship --- two people who don't know who they are, starting a new family in a different city, with two different religions and having only golf and lust in common.

Wonder if "no regrets" and "follow my heart" can breach all those relationship "red flags."

Just read my last post. Clarification --- when Molly said "you deserve someone great" she was talking about herself as she'd just told Jason he'd made a big mistake. Molly wasn't being generous as Stephanie was when she was let go.

What Jason and ABC did to Mellissa was sick and revolting. To play with someone emotions like that is disgusting. What a horrible example to set for Jason's son. I just hope when he is old enough you don't lie to him about being a s*** bucket in regards to this ordeal you put Mellissa threw. Mellissa deserved so much more than some two faced nasty jerk to come her way and play her like that. Shame on him.

On a lighter not I am glad to here that Mellissa has moved on from the grease monkey. She deserves the world, and a guy that can give it to her. Hopefully she realizes her worth and now that Jason could not afford it.

That's fine that Jason wanted to move on since he realized he was not in love with Melissa, but the way he strayed her along for 6 weeks, until he told her he was still in love with Molly. What a jerk!! He should have just told her from day 1, that he still had feelings for Molly, and that he made a mistake. Melissa would still be upset, but at least he didn't lie flat out to her, and she deserves better than that! I REALLY despised what he did and he is no better than any of the other bachelors that were on in the past. Kid or no kid, he turned out to be just another typical guy only thinking of his feelings and not realizing what it would do to Melissa. If he was any gentleman or "decent" guy as Chris Harrison has stated, we would not all be hating him right now.

I live in Seattle. I saw Jason last summer (after I watched him getting dumped by DeAnna)at the Bellevue Square JC Penney and I really regretted not talking to him or telling him that it's gonna be alright. But now, I'm so happy I didn't waste my time talking to such a selfish guy. Molly played with his psychology and he doesn't even understand that. They only reason he kept thinking about her after he got engaged to Melissa is because she brainwashed him with comments like, "you're making a huge mistake," and that thing she said about looking back and thinking about how you should have picked the other person instead. They're both cl***less. She's bucktoothed, which makes her smile look super artificial and he makes the most ridiculous faces when he tries to smile. I think they're a perfect match for each other: Weirdos who have no emotion or dignity. Melissa, on the other hand, is wayyy too hot for someone as funny looking as Jason. Congrats Melissa! You won! And that new guy of yours....mm mm mm!! Great job!

Get over it, people!!!! It's a TV show.....there is nothing real about it. Why are you wasting your time. You're mad because you've been conned and now you're wasting more time steaming about it.

All the so-called "reality shows" have admitted to fancy editing and reshoots that create situations that didn't exist. Stop watching this crap and the TV ratings will sink and maybe we'll get some better shows.