Before Bachelor Nation star Arie Luyendyk Jr. his last pick, Becca Kufrin, dumped for his runner-up, Lauren Burnham, was there the infamous breakup of Jason Mesnick with Melissa Rycroft. Back in 2009, Mesnick chose to end his involvement with Rycroft on live television. He then pursued his second choice, Molly Malaney. But why did Mesnick and Rycroft break up so quickly after they were together The bachelor finale? Here’s what happened To the Final Rose.
Jason Mesnick Caught Melissa Rycroft Over Molly Malaney on ‘The Bachelor’ Season 13
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In The bachelor Season 13, Mesnick chose Rycroft over Malaney. But after ending things with Malaney, he completely broke out.
“It’s so sad to know I’m breaking Molly’s heart,” Mesnick said at the time. “She’s someone I could see myself with forever.”
However, Mesnick still proposed to Rycroft, and she accepted.
“I came across this in search of someone just like you,” he said. “I told myself early on that I do not know if I could ever say goodbye to you. You make me happier than I have ever been my whole life. I wanted to tell you something for a long time. I’m totally in love with you. ”
Jason Mesnick broke up with Melissa Rycroft on ‘After the Final Rose’
While Mesnick’s season of The bachelor ended with a proposal, it was for Rycroft no luck ever. During the To the Final Rose specifically, Mesnick and Rycroft broke up.
“Since this all ended, things have been different,” Mesnick said. “We are not right for each other … Since [filming the show], the chemistry has been completely different. “
The reality star also claimed he could not stop thinking about Malaney. That during the special, Mesnick asked his runner-up if they could pick up where they left off. Then Mesnick and Malaney got back together.
How Melissa Rycroft and Jason Mesnick really felt about their breakup on ‘The Bachelor’
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No. The bachelor Season 13 wrapped up, Rycroft and Mesnick confirmed their relationship was not in the best place before To the Final Rose was filmed. Rycroft even revealed that the couple ended their romance before tapping into the special.
‘I knew at night [of] To the Final Rose I was not dumped, ‘said Rycroft The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2009. “We had already ended the relationship, and that was reciprocal.”
That said, Rycroft was humiliated because she did not know about his feelings for Malaney.
‘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, ” Rycroft told Us Weekly in 2017. ‘That was when I was humiliated. You could at least warn a chick before he got out of here. ‘
Meanwhile, Mesnick claimed The bachelor producers did not want him to tell Rycroft about Malaney. In 2017, he told The Huffington Post:
We had broken up for all that. But the only thing [the producers] had asked me not to do was to mention anything about Molly. And that’s why I did not do that. I never told Melissa about my feelings about Molly. Melissa and I were just getting to know each other. It was only a few weeks ago that we were done filming – about six weeks. If I were to listen to my gut and my heart, I would never listen to one producer.
Are friends Jason Mesnick and Melissa Rycroft?
Now Mesnick and Malaney are married with two children. Rycroft also had a happy ending with Tye Strickland and her three children. Although it does not seem like Mesnick and Rycroft are friends today. In an interview with Us Weekly in 2016, Rycroft published that she has not spoken to Mesnick since her split The bachelor.
“I haven’t spoken to him since the day I left that stage,” Rycroft said. ‘It’s what it is, it was a breakup. There were really no reasons to talk. ”
She added later, ‘We followed our directions. I do not think we wish each other a bad will. We just kept going. ”
Even Rycroft and Malaney still seem to support each other. In an Instagram post ahead The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons – Ever, Rycroft revealed that there is no reason to be alarmed about what happened back in 2009.
“Please be friendly,” Rycroft wrote. “Jason and Molly are great people who have made a wonderful life together. And I’m right where I need to be from … and who I was meant to be with. “
Then Malaney celebrated in a post from her own Rycroft.
‘Life happens in strange ways, and it does not always look good. But I know Melissa will be the first to say she’s exactly where she wants to be, ‘she wrote on Instagram. ‘I feel lucky to have taught Melissa. We went through something together that no one else has experienced. ”
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