In the March 16 issue of People,
Bachelor Jason Mesnick explains that he was forced to dump “fiancée” Melissa
Rycroft because of the show’s evil corporate contracts. (So don’t hate him, America! Hate…lawyers?)
People sat down with Jason and Molly, asking them some hard
questions, but more disturbingly, forcing them to pose in the most awkward
“happy couple” photo session since a J.Lo and Marc Antony.
People
asked, “Why did you break up with
Melissa on-camera?”
Jason replied,
“That was part of the deal. I signed up for this. Your relationship is — good
and bad — in front of everybody. [Producers] knew this was tearing me up, and
if I could have, I would have seen Melissa the night before. But I wasn’t
allowed. It killed me. It kills me now.”
Always
hard-hitting, People pushed it further:
“Why didn’t you wait, like other couples
have, until after the show ended to call things off?”
Jason:
Better to do it after six weeks than it is to do it after seven weeks or six
months or a year. I wish for her sake I didn’t propose because it put her in a
bad spot. Really, what is the right thing to do? Why string her along? I came
here to find somebody to spend the rest of my life with. If I have to do
something scary then I’ll do it.”
Right. Why
string her along, for another whole twenty-four hours, until after the taping
of the show wrapped?
Jason goes
on to insist that none of it was manufactured for ratings. And what other
wonderful things do we discover?
People: Why
do you like doing together?
Molly: We cook and have dinner.
Jason: She’s
got a recipe for artichoke dip that’s the best thing in the world.
Jason also
says that he’s discovered Molly is “crazy about doing her nails” and Molly has
learned that Jason is “unorganized.”
Ya think? We could have figured that out
from his season finale decision-making.
Previously:
"Bachelor" Jason
Apologizes to Ellen Degeneres (and America)
TV
Guide Has Spoken: America Hates Bachelor Jason
Awkward Tuesday: Is The Bachelor Fixed, Fact or
Fiction?
