Jason-The Bachelor: Prince or Prick?

So this past season of the Bachelor was filled with quite a bit of contraversy. Do you love or hate the bachelor Jason?

Before I get into my take on Jason, first I want to talk about the show. It was my first time watching the entire season. And I have to say that it was incredibly fascinating and slightly disturbing.

Isn't it kind of weird that there is a show about a guy and the 25 women going after him? I mean if you want that, why not just go to a singles ward in the LDS church? Hee hee j/k. but seriously, its kind of revolting that the women are basically fighting over the guy. So he is going to date all of them, get rid of ones he doesn't want. And when it gets down to the one he wants, he is actually going to propose on National TV. Wowser!!!! So why do we watch? Because the fact that its so unbelievable that people would try to fall in love on tv and have no problem with the world watching is fascinating!

I mean here you see the guy go from date to date, making out and kissing with all the different women, him stating how much he is falling in love with all of them. How much more entertaining can you get?

I was completely drawn in. Now this guy actually had his heart broken when he was on the Bachelorette. So he was a bigtime favorite when they chose him for the Bachelor. He had a son for crying out loud, an adorable son. He is sweet and full of life. Every girls dream guy. He just wanted to find someone to share his life with and fall in love with and join his little world with his son. Its not that he is terribly hot, because honestly he is no Tom Cruise. But the more you watch, the more you can see how these women fell for his personality and how he seems cuter every episode.

I was excited for him. Some of the girls seemed really great. And of course there were enough pathetic weirdos to make us all laugh. And of course with women you always have drama so I enjoyed every moment.

So you really get into it. You wonder who he will choose, you try to guess. You have your favorites etc.

So anyway this past week was the finale. It finally came down to 2 women.

MOLLY:

MELISSA:

Jason explained how he was in love with BOTH women. He seemed to have a great connection with each of them. He made it out like he loved both of them and could see a life with either of them, so he seemed really torn as they both met his family.

But honestly I think all of America expected him to pick Molly from the get go. Now I loved Melissa. Molly seemed to be a little too pushy in some things. But he seemed to have a strongly, more real connection. In fact, Molly seemed to be more sincere and in love with him than Melissa. There was no doubt in my mind when it came down to the end who he would pick.

In fact the women themselves seemed to know. Molly was all smiles, even though she claimed to be nervous, she was planning on ending up with Jason. There simply was no other alternative in her mind.

Melissa on the other hand looked really nervous. It was as though she knew she was going home. So nothing could have prepared me for this:

Jason actually rejected Molly! I was completely shocked. Molly herself was perplexed. She told Jason how he was making a mistake. He actually said to her he couldn't imagine saying goodbye to her but that he had to because he was in love with someone else. It seemed to me, a particularly cruel way to tell her his choice, because it started off like he was going to pick her. she just kept saying she was making a mistake and he let her go and he just cried and cried. I kept thinking, um you know you just made a mistake. You could see it in his face. But then he goes on to propose to Melissa.

It took me a bit to digest this, but they seemed so happy, I guess he really loved her right? Who knows, maybe these things can work out. Maybe you really can find love on tv. And you just hope they live happily ever after.

But then guess what happens people? Not only did they break up, but they broke up on live television. Jason decided after spending time with Melissa over the holidays that the chemistry was no longer there. He said he had feelings for Molly that he could not forget.

So instead of talking to her, they actually extend the season, which I'm sure thrills the network, but he tells her this on tv. Can you imagine this poor girl? So then they bring Molly on the show and Jason tells her that he broke up with Melissa and wants a chance with her. After much shock, she agrees to do it. Then they show part 2 of this which is 6 weeks later where Jason tries to defend his actions and they say how happy they've been etc and he says how proud of his actions he is.

Ok, I get that things don't work out sometimes. Sometimes you make the wrong choice. but here is my question:

Why the hell did he have break the poor girl's heart on tv? The executive producer said a lot in Jason's defense, but he admitted that Jason was NOT contractually obligated to do the break-up on life televison. So why did he do it?

I'm nearly positive I know the answer: MONEY.

I'm sure he got paid thousands if he would do it on tv. If he was such the great guy that he seemed, he would have been honest and upfront like he was, but he would NOT have done it on tv.

So Mr. Jason Mesnick, you may have seemed like a prince, but I find you are a total and complete prick of the worst kind. If Jason was an ice cream flavor, he would be pralines and dick.