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When you fall in love in real life it’s hard enough but when it’s on a reality show it has to be a zillion times worse. So when I watched Jason dump Melissa I tried very hard not to cast judgment. Host Chris Harrison probably didn’t know where to look. Talk about uncomfortable. Geesh And I loved it when Melissa called him a bastard. That was great and I thought she handled it well.

But judging from the message board on The Bachelor web site, many people are taking what happened personally. Never watching the show again? Calling Chris Harrison a pimp? Hilarious

All I have to say is some people have to get a life! It’s a reality show created to entertain us - period. And The Bachelor accomplished just that.

Jillian, the next Bachelorette?

Jason Mesnick and almost all the women (excluding Molly and Melissa) were present at the Women Tell All show Monday night and Host Chris Harrison was on a roll. WOW! I had never seen him so animated and he asked some really good questions.

Asking Natalie why she was wearing jewelry when she stated that she wasn’t into jewelry? Hilarious.

Asking Jason about what happened in the tent? First Base Jason? I have never made it to first base and ended up with the boyfriends clothes on after…Good job Chris!

And grilling Jason about his soft core porn hot tubbin’ episode with Jillian? lol

And I also loved it when you asked Jillian if she would like to be the next Bachelorette. I hope this works out. She’s a quirky and enjoyable person to watch just cut out the side ponytail. ugh

I don’t care for Jason anyway so I’m not into the ‘ooh, who is he picking and then dumping?’ kinda thing. I just enjoy the show, period. The bloggers who are going crazy with theories about what happens and calling Chris Harrison a pimp need to get a life. For more on his thoughts please click here. He’s great!

30 Rock Liz ”Reality TV” Quote Mug
From 30 Rock Season 2, Episode 12 Subway Hero : ”If reality TV has taught us anything, it’s that you can’t keep people with no shame down.” - Liz Lemon

The Bachelor Host, Chris Harrison

Chris Harrison was interviewed in this week’s Entertainment Weekly 2/27/09 by Lindsay Soll. He was asked “Burning Questions”? I found them very easy fluff questions, in my humble opinion.

Like,

(1) they make the ‘girls’ have options for evening wear on the first night so they won’t wear the same thing as another ‘girl’. Their stylist Cary Fetman goes to each room and makes suggestions.

(2) The producers purposely put women who aren’t getting along a group date, so the bachelor can see that for himself.

(3) What do the women do all day when they aren’t on a date? They work out, lay out by the pool…blah, blah, blah.

(4) The producer always know who the guy is kicking out so they decide the order for added drama.

(5) The taping lasts for 2 months. The exotic dates are an entire week and the hometown dates are a full day.

But, why didn’t she ask;

(1) Why wasn’t there one woman of color this season? Is Jason a racist? Was it the producers responsibility?

(2) Do they purposely pick women with drinking problems (at least one a season)?

(3) How much of this is scripted? Do you nudge the guy towards keeping the insane ones longer for added drama?

Naomi is gone. Having a ‘kooky’ Mom is the kiss of death of The Bachelor and she had one. Did you watch his face? Jason was ready to run the other way when Naomi’s mother started discussing the finer points of reincarnation and indigo people. If he couldn’t wrap his head around a Vision Board back at the beginning of this season chances are great that a discussion about spirituality would send him running. Naomi’s father also scared him; preaching about Jesus. But Jason chalked it up to Naomi’s free spirit and how he wouldn’t want to “clip her wings”.

I thought Molly’s date went well. Her parents appeared sane and they played golf together. Maybe the date went too well. I also noticed she has a french manicure too. So maybe she’ the one at the end?

Jillian also had a decent date. Her parents were charming along with her grandmother. She’s also mature enough and closest to his age for compatibility.

And Melissa? The chosen one? I think she’s too immature for him but he certainly likes her. Did you see how he grabbed at when they first met and swung her around like a rag doll? And not meeting her parents? And the fact that her best friends don’t know her family? That’s a little odd. Unless, she lives far away and maybe her parents never visit her.

We shall see next week…

Shannon

On last nights The Bachelor, many of the girls cried. It must be getting to them. Gee, you think it could be having camera’s on you while you compete for the “love” of one man with several beautiful women all at once?

Nikki

Nikki could hardly keep it together through the singing competition or her two-on-one date with cheek implant/botoxed Stephanie. So she got the axe. Despite her slightly kooky ways I kinda like Nikki.

During the ‘coming up’ segments before the commercials, host Chris Harrison eluded to a shocking moment at the end when Jason breaks the rules. OMG How could he? Leaving us watching with bated breath…

So at the rose ceremony, Jason broke the rules by not handing out the final rose leaving Megan, Lauren, and Shannon in shock. He said he couldn’t lead any of them on. Shannon left saying she was going to give her puppy “the biggest French kisses” when she gets home…uh, that and dismantling the Jason altar she had in the back room of her house.

At the end Jason is left with Stephanie, Naomi, Molly, Melissa, and Jillian.

While both Jason Mesnick and DeAnna Pappas are very beautiful people, I can’t help but draw comparisons to each of their seasons. Could it be that they both held back their personalities because of the camera’s in their faces? I could understand that; but I think they are both boring. They also make weird faces. Some people don’t come across well in front of the camera. So, I think they both deserve each other.

Meanwhile, Megan is still hanging around. I really don’t know why he is keeping her. Maybe he hopes her strong personality (which I appreciate) will rub off on him somehow.

And Shannon is also still there. Can’t figure that one out either.

Oh, and at the Keep a Breast fund raising event, they all made molds of their busts and then painted them. But what I couldn’t figure out was what happened to Jason shirt? He must have walked around showing his hairy chest for 90% of that segment.

I have no clear guess as to who will be his one and only but right now I’m going with Melissa, DeAnna, Jillian, or Southern Charmer Stephanie.

Jason speaking to Raquel

Last night on ABC’s The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick sent Raquel the “Brazilian Temptress”  home. I couldn’t figure this one out. Maybe he doesn’t like gorgeous female medical students? Could it be the way the show edit’s the interactions with him but she sounded intelligent and funny and had a natural beauty that needed no heavy eyeliner. Definitely someone who wakes up pretty.

Could it be that Jason prefers the toothsome grin of dental hygenist/stalker Shannon? She is my official pick for creepy contestant of this season.

I don’t even mind outspoken Megan the Lacrosse coach. Yes, she would make a truck driver blush with her bleeped language but the show makes it appear that she has much in common with him. Maybe his woosy-ness is not enough for her stronger personality? We shall see…

Last night, I watched the premiere of the Bachelor and the usual parade of bachelorettes were interviewed at the beginning of the show (some getting cheated out of that process while others were lavished with much camera time).

But there was something missing. This might be the first time there hasn’t been one African-American woman among them. Usually, there are at least one or two at the beginning to show a pretense of equal opportunity. Now my question is…is that Jason’s dictate or something from casting? Or the producers?

The average viewer and I count myself as one of those, have no idea how these things work so I wonder if the process goes something like this. Jason talking to producer: I like women as tall or shorter than me, they must have a real curiosity about the world, they must like children, they must be blonde/brunette/redhead, they must have an education, they must be white???

Could it be that all the black women decided not to try out for that particular Bachelor? I would like to give him and ABC the benefit of the doubt.

There will be a couple of firsts on ABC’s The Bachelor. Jason Mesnick will be the first single dad and there will be 4 single mom’s in his herd of single women. There will also be the first Toe Implant Specialist and the first Brazilian temptress, according to E! News.

There will also be a new way for a woman to be eliminated – via a vote from the bachelorette’s themselves. Now that’s a new twist! Watch out all you beautiful or sexy bachelorette’s because the nails will be coming out for sure.

Watch for the 2 hour premiere of The Bachelor on Monday, January 5 on ABC at 8/7.

 In the 13th edition of The Bachelor which premieres on January 5 at 8/7 they are dipping into the pool of nice guys from last seasons The Bachelorette. Jason, 32, was the single dad with the cute 3 year old son lives in Seattle.
According to the ABC Bachelor web site, Jason is ready to find his love on TV from a pool of 25 single women. He wants a woman who has a “curiosity about the world, who loves life and”…probably looks hot in a bikini while sitting in a hot tub. The ABC web site describes Jason so pure and altruistic that I almost threw up a little in my mouth. In other words, this guy sounds too good to be true.