After a tumultuous and "historic" season finale of The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney say they are extremely happy. Melissa Rycroft? Not so much.
On today's Ellen DeGeneres Show, M-Ry is speaking out for the first time about being dispatched by her Bachelor fiance on national TV and how hurt she was when she discovered that he had been dating runner-up Molly.
When did things fall apart? Melissa says "it was pretty immediate" after the finale that Jason Mesnick realized he didn't want to be with her.
"Once we got back to the real world, we were talking about how [our relationship] was different. He kind of gave up, and I couldn't understand why at the time. Now I do - because I think there was someone else involved."
"And that is where my feelings of betrayal came in," Melissa Rycroft added.
Melissa says their engagement did not end on TV, as it may have appeared to viewers who saw him propose 25 seconds prior, but Jason was still dishonest.
The chemistry between these two faded fast after the finale.
"I knew on the night After the Final Rose [aired], I wasn't getting dumped. We had already ended the relationship and that was mutual."
"I repeatedly asked Jason, 'Is Molly involved in anything?' And when they moved up the taping of the After the Final Rose special [to January], I was thinking to myself, 'Why did we move the taping up? What's going on?'"
"I asked Jason, 'Am I going to be blind-sided by anything? Is there anything you want to tell me?' And he said, 'No, gosh no.' And the second I went out on that stage, he goes, 'P.S. it is Molly.' And I went, 'Bastard!'"
Even as Jason Mesnick initially denied he was dating Molly Malaney, Melissa Rycroft had a hunch something was going on with them.
"Being a girl, you get that feeling," she says.
"Anybody that's been cheated on, you know. Being a woman, I got that feeling, because he just backed away from me, and I knew he had contacted her."
"There had been at least one contact that I knew about, where he was 'checking on her,' and so it was just in the back of my mind. I would just casually ask, 'Are you talking to her? Have you talked to her? Tell me, just be honest.'"
"He kept saying no," she said.
Melissa Rycroft also referenced the e-mail exchange she had with Jason Mesnick "right after we filmed After the Final Rose."
"I instigated it ... and wish I hadn't," she says. "I felt like I needed to apologize for getting that angry with him, but at the same time, I said, 'I hope you know why I got that mad.' We weren't talking at that point, so it was my way off saying, 'This is my closure ... Don't reply back.'"
Asked if she could ever be friends with Jason or Molly, Rycroft says, "No."
"Jason and Molly don't quite have the characteristics of [people] I would want to be friends with," she says. "On a level, they both did betray me. I understand it was a break-up, and I'm not mad about that. We all get broken up with, but to be lied to...."
Rycroft says she is moving on and is even dating a new guy - one ironically named Ty (although she declined to reveal any more details).
"Because of the privacy and everything going on, we haven't really been able to explore a new relationship, but now that everything is over, I'm so excited," she says.
"I've known him for two years and kind of done the dating on-and-off. He has been my biggest rock and supporter throughout this whole process. He's my best friend."
He's a lucky dude.
If you missed it the first time or just like watching slow-motion train wrecks, here's the video of Melissa getting the boot on national TV ...
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29 Comments
March 5th, 2009 11:19 AM
hey melissa? your right about so many things.. i beleive he was in contact with her, she was so not real when he asked for a second chance.. you on the other hand are very real.. i hope this new guy brings you all you ever wished for. you don,t need a phony in your life.. i have three sons who just watched a little of the show... and they told me right away he was faking eveything.. cuz he is a true fake.. i loved him from the beginning.. and now i just think he is crap.. my son thinks your absoultely beauitful.. and can;t beleive he chose molly over you.. omg she isn;t even pretty.. anyway i think your gonna be just fine... and remember we are all on your side.. your a beauitful person and don,t ever doubt that .. sincerely annie
March 5th, 2009 11:29 AM
I can't wait to see Molly on The Ellen Show tomorrow. She seems so happy and I'm so proud of her and Jason for sticking by eachother. I'm sure that wasn't easy. I'm happy Melissa moved on to someone else. Maybe these couples will eventually be able to live their lives very soon without the public eye on their every move.
Leah M
March 5th, 2009 12:35 PM
Again, just like the balconey scene, Jason turns to walk back to the stage, begins to wipe his eye, sees the cameras are rolling and begins his little 'act'. Jason, when does your contract end? When its discovered Molly is pregnant?
March 5th, 2009 12:50 PM
OMG! Jason is a pig. He is not at all what he acts like he
is.
Melissa is so much better off. She is a better person than
he is. And just wait. He will lose the loving feeling for
Molly soon enough. I hope it will be Molly that dumps him.
And I have never seen a man cry so much and at just the
right times. (when on camera)
His son Ty, I really feel sorry for. His Dad is a complete jerk.
March 5th, 2009 12:59 PM
I too liked Jason in the beginning thinking he was a sweet, sweet guy. But now I just think he is a fake and a loser who doesn't deserve love, because he doesn't know what it is. He can't even keep his feelings in check. How do you not know who your in love with? Instead he hurts Melissa in such an aweful way-unbelievable! I too hope that Molly will see through him and give him the boot. Jason truly deserves to be alone. I feel sorry for his son, because this is his example in life? C'mon.
March 5th, 2009 1:20 PM
What a crock, Melissa has been on reality tv before, she knew what she was getting onto and has rapidly moved on. I with Molly and Jason all the best.
March 5th, 2009 2:38 PM
Jason is slime. He could have chosen Molly in the first place and saved Melissa all this BS. I'm not surprised. Having spent years working for attorneys, they are all scum sucking pigs and although I can't wish him well, I do hope it work's out for Ty's sake. That poor child, what he must've gone through in this process. I don't know why he even involved him in the process. Has he no common decency, even when is comes to his own child. How this impacted him mentally, time will tell. I am making bet that Jason was the cause of his divorce as well.
March 5th, 2009 2:47 PM
You are so much better off without him. there was something
strange about hima very phoney smile.
you have so much on your side looks, brains, and a wnderful smile.
you go girl and forget about the looser.
March 5th, 2009 2:54 PM
I BELIEVE THAT MELISSA IS BETTER OFF W/ JASON. I DON'T THINK JASON REALLY KNOW WHAT HE REALLY WANTS. HE'S BEEN DIVORCED, I GUESS HE CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT THAT TOO. I JUST THINK HE'S A LIAR AND HE DID IT ALL FOR THE MONEY. LIKE CHRIST (THE HOST) SAID, HE DID NOT HAVE TO BREAK UP LIKE THAT W/ MELISSA LETTING THE ENTIRE WORLD SEE IT. HE HAS NO CONSIDERATION. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIS SON TO HAVE SUCH A FATHER LIKE THAT. HE IS A BASTARD. DON'T WORRY MELLISSA, WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND. JASON WILL CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT MOLLY TOO, WHEN HE GETS BORED. MOLLY IS SO DUMP...
March 5th, 2009 3:12 PM
this t.v.show.. will not be settng a good example for our younger generation who are looking for the "true love "of their life...As far as i am concerned.. "this show... shows men can be "losers and users"..all because of "high-ratings".. lets bring back. good morals, integrity, and respect in it for all concerned .. everyone loves a happy ending..