By now, we all know Jason Mesnick is “a bastard.”

ABC’s most recent loser from The Bachelor reached a new low (even for reality TV) at Monday night’s After The Final Rose (ATFR) ceremony.

If you never watched The Bachelor—I’m pretty sure you did last night. After all, the show’s dramatic season finale was the series’ largest ever in five years. 15.5 million of us tuned into the two-hour season finale and, after learning that “the winner” Melissa Rycroft was traded in for runner-up Molly Malaney, another 2.5 million tuned in for the ATFR show.

I’m pretty sure Rycroft was not too please to learn the ratings.

As you know, there’s something special about giving yourself fully to someone on national television. From your time, support, trust, love and er body, giving “the one you love” everything you have in exchange for the same is a risk some people take—especially on a reality show. Add humiliation and lack of privacy and I can’t help but wonder why anyone would give up an opportunity to appear on television in search of love.

But even though people who actually go on these shows should expect to get turned down, the dumper can do it with class or like an ass.

Ass way won for Mesnick.

After declaring his love for Rycroft, viewers oohed and aahed over what seemed like a sweet and sentimental (barf) and perhaps even legit declaration of love by Mesnick. We refused to believe the rumours circulating on the Net that Mesnick would dump her for Malaney. Some of us may have turned off our TVs—satisfied that a happily (never) after just occurred.

So during the ATFR special—taped six weeks after Mesnick’s proposal—Me nick lets it all out. He tells Rycroft he still has feelings for whatshername. You know, the girl he said wasn’t good enough only to be good enough six weeks later?

Upon hearing this news, Rycroft calls him a bastard (hoorah). She tells him not to call her or talk to her ever again. She gives her ring back (which she should’ve actually kept since HE dumped HER) and walks off the stage.

Mesnick swears he and Malaney have not been in contact. We can smell bullpoop from miles away.

What baffles me the most is that Malaney actually agreed to give this jerk another shot at love. Does she really think he will be different to her? It’s like your date acting rude to a waiter. Jet out ASAP (after your date pays the bill, of course).

As for Malaney—yes he should’ve dumped Rycroft if he had no true feelings for her but that boy (I refuse to call him a man) didn’t have to do it on national television. Whether the network wanted him to for ratings—it doesn’t matter. And as for ABC, you are jerks as well for airing this just for ratings.

But should it not work out between Mesnick and Malaney (because why would it?), I think Mesnick will be destined to stay The Bachelor–forever.






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