Jason Mesnick on The Bachelor Finale: 'I'm Not Proud of What I Had to Do'

Monday night's 'The Bachelor' finale sent Melissa packing and had Molly speechless! (expert advice)

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'The Bachelor' ended its most popular season ever with quite a finale Monday -- a surprise visit, a proposal, an unproposal, and a few seriously shocked bachelorettes!

In the end, Jason Mesnick chose Melissa, gave her the Neil Lane sparkler, and sent a heartbroken Molly home. End of story? Not quite!

During the "After the Rose" taping, which occured six weeks after Jason chose Melissa, and aired Monday night on ABC, Jason dropped a bombshell on his then-fiancee, telling her that he just wasn't that into her. A surprised Molly joined the show -- and was equally as shocked to hear that Jason wanted a second chance with her.

Mesnick talked to People magazine about the events and what really went down after the cameras stopped rolling with Melissa. "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? I didn’t say something right away because I wanted to figure out what was going in inside of me," he told the mag. "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."

Jason tells People that he couldn't say anything to Melissa until the "After the Rose" ceremony because he was under a contractual agreement with ABC. "That was part of the deal. I signed up for it in my contract. Your relationship is -- good and bad -- in front of everybody."

 Jason says he and Molly are still together -- for now!

Member Comments

2500 134 104 katygirl

03/03/2009 at 04:47 pm THANK YOU DJ DIAMOND!!! This is SUCH a setup...it was so annoying to hear about it all day on the radio today.  THat show needed the ratings!

727 23 32 jmm

03/03/2009 at 04:45 pm I still think its crappy because even if it is staged, his reputation and likeability is in the toilet!

3570 515 190 Coralwed13

03/03/2009 at 12:43 pm I worked in TV..these shows are scripted and after being on the air for many years the networks such as abc need viewership or else they our out of business for that show...intern they have to have a major "something" happen like in this case to be able to advertise that something crazy is happening..that equals viewership which equals sponsorship which equals money...and thats all it is.  These "real" people usually always have reps or managers...the outcome of last nights show was leaked weeks ago online because abc already knew it was going to happen.  Its always planned out.  There is a good Time article I posted last night about reality shows and how they are scripted and edited to seem real.

1081 269 28 Tracey

03/03/2009 at 12:39 pm This guy has got some serious issues. He breaks off his engagement with one girl and kisses another? If I were that girl I'd run far and fast.