Sure, single papa Jason Mesnick’s Bachelor finale showdown — and subsequent After The Final Rose specials part 1 and part 2 — brought record ratings, Read the full post.
Mar 4
2009
06:22 PM ET
'Bachelor' exec producer Mike Fleiss speaks out on controversial finale
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Chris Harrison and Jason both claimed that there was no communication (other than 1 call for Jason to “check up” on her) between Jason and Molly while he was engaged to Melissa. However, in the People Magazine feature on Jason and Molly, they both said that the 1 thing they argued about was Mondays–whether Molly should watch him expressing feelings for other women. Well, those shows were aired while he was engaged to Melissa, before the ATFR filming when he asks Molly to take him back. Seems to me that Jason and Molly slipped up–which is what usually happens to people who lie: they find it too tough to keep all the aspects of their stories straight. Until I read that, I believed what Jason and the show said. That convinced me otherwise.
The producers give the girls drinks and tell them to “act drunk”. When they are kicked off early on, before they even KNOW the guy, they are told to act hurt and sad. This is not “REALITY”, this is directing and acting! And while Melissa knew about the upcoming break up, she had asked Jason SEVERAL times about Molly, and he denied it, because he was coached into waiting to humiliate Melissa on live TV. I’m not being suckered in to this program again. For me, this was the final season! Jason is not nearly as big of a jerk as the producers are!
mike Fleiss,
Let what happens with Jake Pavelka in 2010 on the Bachelor happen naturally. Don’t tell them how to act or what to feel and when to feel it. If this show is supposed to be a reality show than let it be real and not be dictated. Why do they have to switch around to so many dofferent cities?