Having taken his lumps for dumping show winner Melissa Rycroft for runner-up Molly Malaney at the Bachelor reunion special, Jason Mesnick has finally explained himself to Us Magazine.
After choosing Rycroft, producers asked him if he “thought Molly would make a good Bachelorette,” Mesnick revealed. The thought of his second choice getting the same sweet body buffet he did was just too much to bear. “I was not willing to let Molly go on TV and have 25 guys fight over her.”
“Melissa is a great girl, but there wasn’t any chemistry,” said Mesnick. “So I broke up with her after Christmas, about a month after we wrapped.” Her on-air shock may have been for show, but Mesnick was forbidden to speak to Malaney until they saw each other at the special. “Obviously, I didn’t want it all on TV, but I had to take the chance if it meant getting her back. I’d rather have picked up the phone, trust me!” With Mesnick and Malaney now engaged, we may have to.
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