Why did Jason Mesnick dump Melissa for Molly on The Bachelor? That’s what Jason Mesnick tried to explain to Jimmy Kimmel when he appeared on the latter’s show recently with a double purpose – to clear the air and try to appease a public who sympathized with Melissa, and to promote the second “After The Final Rose” follow up episode which airs today.

In his defense, Jason Mesnick explained to host Jimmy Kimmel that what we saw on television earlier was not staged. What happened and what he showed were his true feelings despite the cameras.
“First of all, it was my real life and people can question that or doubt that but they’re real feelings. On that last day I was falling in love with two girls but the time.. you don’t know until you go through it.”

The Bachelor Jason Mesnick said he fell in love with two girls at the same time and thought he had made the right decision in picking Melissa. But once he realized that he had made a mistake, he had no choice but to correct it and pick Molly Malaney. “I had to do it. Before we walked out for the After the Final Rose, we were not together. … She knew exactly what was going on but we could not see each other before that so we had to have the conversation on the phone. …So I had to do it in front of everybody. And I hated that. If I could have done it, you know with her in person one on one, of course that’s the right thing to do. But my relationship was agreed by everybody involved to be done in front of everybody else.”

Let us see what happens when the second “After the Final Rose” airs tonight.

Jason Mesnick on Jimmy Kimmel/The Bachelor on Jimmy Kimmel

Jason Mesnick proposed to Melissa Rycroft, a 25 year old Dallas native. He then revealed on “After the Final Rose” that the chemistry changed with Melissa over the weeks after the end of the show, and that he still loves the runner-up, Molly Malaney. Melissa was brought out, he broke up with her, and she returned the engagement ring. Molly was then brought out, he asked for another chance with her, and she accepted. Jason was recently a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel” and explained what happened behind the scenes. He told Jimmy that the chemistry was different between him and Melissa. Jimmy asked Jason why he proposed marriage to Melissa and Jason replied that Melissa was exactly what he wanted at the time, but he did not want to lead Melissa on. Jason also revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel” that before the “After the Final Rose”, Jason already had revealed to Melissa that he wanted to break up with her.

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