On Monday, August 10th The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever! will resume Jason Mesnick’s journey from start to finish, and fans will be ready to experience the reality star’s uncomfortable breakup with Melissa Rycroft. The split is one of the most dramatic moments of the franchise. But while most viewers know how things ended for Mesnick, many do not know what happened to his final choice. So Rycroft is acting like married after The bachelor? Here’s how the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader is doing it now.
What happened to Melissa Rycroft on Jason Mesnick’s season of ‘The Bachelor’?
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In The bachelor Season 13, which originally aired on ABC in 2009, Mesnick picked up Rycroft on Molly Malaney. But shortly after the engagement, Mesnick and Rycroft brought in the run of the To the Final Rose special. Meanwhile, Mesnick followed – and later married – his approach.
Rycroft later admitted that her relationship with Mesnick fell apart before she made the live special. Although she wished her then-fiancé had told her about his feelings for Malaney at the time.
‘To say we did To the Final Rose in an absolutely perfect place is a lie, ”Rycroft told Us Weekly in 2017.“[But] had we completely broken and broken ties? No. I did not expect him to be, ‘Oh, yes, peace out. I have feelings for Molly, I’ve talked to her and I’ve seen her. That was when I was humiliated. ”
Melissa Rycroft is now married to Tye Strickland
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Following The bachelor Season 13 saw Rycroft move on to other projects, such as Dance with the stars en Bachelor Pad. She also stepped through with her personal life.
According to People, Rycroft reconnected with her ex-boyfriend, insurance agent Tye Strickland, in January 2009. They originally met in her hometown, Dallas, Texas.
“Tye and I packed right back,” Rycroft said at the time. “He’s my best friend.”
Then, in March 2009, Rycroft announced her engagement to Strickland.
“Sometimes the stars stand apart and the clouds share and everything works as it should,” Rycroft said. Good Morning America, by ABC.
Nine months after the announcement of the engagement, Rycroft and Strickland got married in Mexico. Now the couple are still together and they have three children – a girl named Ava Grace and two boys named Cayson Jack and Beckett Thomas.
How does Melissa Rycroft feel about ‘The Bachelor’ franchise today?
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Clearly, Rycroft has passed from Mesnick and The bachelor franchise. In a recent Instagram post ahead The Greatest Seasons specifically on August 10, Rycroft confirmed that she has nothing against Mesnick or Malaney.
“More than a decade later we are both married, both have wonderful families, so why still get divorced?” Rycroft wrote. ‘We’ve all been through the situation so long ago that reliving it almost feels like watching other people go on! So be friendly. Jason and Molly are great people who have led a wonderful life together. ”
Then in a separate Instagram post, Rycroft confirmed that she is still grateful for the experience on The bachelor, especially since it led her to Strickland.
“Seeing what I will suffer tomorrow, let me just say: I am SOOO glad it happened – everything,” Rycroft wrote. “I would not be with this man, I would not have my babies, I would not have my career, and I would not be who I am today if it did not happen – not even as it happened.”
She added, “It was completely embarrassing, but totally worth it.”
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