Melissa Rycroft has gone from one reality tv series to the next.  Jilted by Jason Mesnick on the season finale of The Bachelor, Rycroft will rebound on the hit show – Dancing With the Stars, People has learned.  

Rycroft originally received the coveted proposal from Mesnick, and was publicly dumped six weeks later for the runner-up bachelorette, Molly Malaney.  According to tvwatch.com, Mesnick is not proud of what he had to do.  “After we got back into the real world, all of a sudden, we had less to talk about and I didn’t know why.  I started thinking wow, what’s happening? Why aren’t we communicating the way we did when the show was going on … There was part of me that wanted things to work out with Melissa so bad.  But the whole other piece was I had these crazy feelings for Molly.” 

Rycroft, 25, is to fill the slot vacated by Access Hollywood host Nany O’Dell, who had to withdraw from the competition on March 5 due to a knee injury.  A source close to the production stated the the Dallas beauty is expected to perform live on the Monday premiere of the show.  

A spokesperson for ABC declined to comment.






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