NY Daily News:

Bachelor Brad Womack and Emily Maynard are no longer together:

Despite plans to relocate to Texas, Emily Maynard couldn’t make things work out with ‘The Bachelor’ star Brad Womack. According to Life & Style, Maynard broke off her engagement with the unlucky-in-love reality star during the weekend of April 9.

‘Emily told Brad that she can’t picture them getting married,’ a source told the mag. ‘Brad’s not acting like a fiancé, and she knows that he’s not going to change. Emily knows in her heart of hearts that the relationship is finished.’

The couple became engaged during the season finale of the ABC reality dating show. During their first interview as a couple, they revealed they had canceled plans to wed in March and had already had a number of minor breakups

Bachelorette Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski are no longer together:

Hot on the heels of ‘Bachelor’ star Jake Pavelka’s messy split from fiancée Vienna Girardi, another one of the reality show’s love stories has ended. Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski, who got engaged during the season finale of ‘The Bachelorette’ in early 2009, have called off their engagement, Us Weekly reports.

‘I love him and I’m really sad, but I have to look out for me,’ Harris, 29, told the mag.

Adds Swiderski, 30, ‘We’re both kind of resetting. Jillian isn’t happy and I’m definitely sad about the whole thing, but we’ve got to work through some things on our own if we decide to move forward.’

Despite Harris moving out of Swiderski’s Chicago pad and back into her parents’ home in Kelowna, B.C., Canada, the interior designer insisted to OK! magazine that the separation is ‘not permanent.’

Bachelor Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi are no longer together:

Come on now, who didn’t see this one coming? Just three months after Jake Pavelka gave the final rose to blond beauty Vienna Girardi on ‘The Bachelor’ finale, the couple has called it quits, reports OK! Magazine.

Pavelka, 32, shocked ‘Bachelor’ fans last season when he chose Girardi, 24, over fan favorite Tenley Molzahn.

Bachelorette Deanna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak are no longer together:

Many viewers were shocked when ‘Bachelorette’ Deanna Pappas choose carefree snowboarder Jesse Csincsak during the reality show’s finale.

And it was no surprise when the couple, whose relationship became public in May 2008, parted ways in November 2008 when a teary-eyed Csincsak took to a video blog to announce Pappas had broken up with him.

I still can’t believe it is 2010, let alone that we are beginning the 14th season of the bachelor show.  This time it focuses on the formerly rejected pilot from the Bachelorette Jillian show.  Are you seeing a pattern here? Bachelor Brad rejected Bachelorette Deanna who rejected Bachelor Jason who rejected Bachelorette Jillian who rejected Bachelor Jake.   The bigger question than who does Bachelor Jake pick is which reject will become the next Bachelorette next season?

This is the ABC site bio for Bachelor Jake:

BACHELOR BIO

31-year-old Jake Pavelka is out to prove to the world that nice guys don’t finish last. No, they finish in love. Fasten your seatbelts and leave your relationship baggage at the door as this handsome commercial pilot from Dallas prepares to take flight as The Bachelor.

Jake Pavelka grew up in Denton, Texas and attended University of North Texas and Embry Engineering University for Aerospace Science. He discovered his passion for flying at a young age, as he started taking lessons at age 12. As an accomplished pilot, he became an airline captain flight instructor at 23. In his free time, he has fun flying acrobatic planes, taking dance lessons and woodworking at the home he owns near Dallas.

Now, if you’re thinking this guy looks familiar, you’d be right. Ever since Jake shared a magical date with The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris, millions of women have had their own high-flying fantasies about him. A fan favorite for his rep as an honest guy with an open heart, viewers were stunned when Jillian rejected Jake just before the hometown dates.

But when Jake returned in the next episode to protect Jillian from some less-than-genuine suitors, this gorgeous flyboy sent our hearts soaring once again. We weren’t alone because requests for him to be the next Bachelor came pouring in. Jake’s fairytale experience with Jillian gave him motivation to continue his search for love on The Bachelor. Only this time, it’s his turn to call the shots.

Jake longs to find that special someone who is intelligent, confident, energetic and spontaneous. He wants a best friend and soul mate. He also admits that he can’t wait for fatherhood. Hey, the family thing seems to be in his genes. Jake’s parents have had a long and happy marriage and he also has two happily married siblings, older brother Jason and younger brother Matt.

Will Jake jet off into the sunset one of the bachelorettes waiting in the wings? One thing we know for sure is that there will be 25 arrivals and at least 24 departures once the 14th edition of The Bachelor takes to the air on Monday, January 4, 2010 on ABC!

And on People magazine, Bachelor Jake will be also blogging along the show.

Well hello there all you Bachelor fans!

First, I want to thank you for sending all of the requests and online votes to make me the new Bachelor! Not to mention the people that have sent me letters with kind words of advice and encouragement. This experience has meant the world and I still can’t believe it actually happened to me. THANK YOU!!!

Now, the one big question I get about the show: Is it real?

Yes, it is very real and it all starts with the casting. The producers really go out of their way. Several meetings with casting, producers and other professionals took place before we started. The crew learned all about my character and temperament to find exactly what I’m looking for in a life partner. We looked at what had worked for me in the past, what had caused past relationships to fail and by the time it was over, they knew me better than I did. The casting department and producers did such a thorough job selecting the women for me that it made ALL the rose ceremonies awful!

Another question I get: Does the show edit and produce all the drama?

You could have 25 Mother Teresas living on top of each other in a house and there would be some sort of drama. Personalities just clash sometimes. It’s healthy human nature, BUT, I can assure you, it causes some pretty rocky situations for me this season! Regarding editing, I feel like everyone last season came across as who they really were. Unfortunately, sometimes when one sees oneself on TV being oneself, it can be a little shocking, but if you would ask any of their peers, 99 times out of a 100 they would say, “Yeah, that’s them alright.” Take David and WesThe Bachelorette last season — both gentlemen had VERY true and accurate edits. from

Well, as I said in the beginning, I’m not going through this to make a television show. I am looking for love. Luckily for you there were lots of cameras around recording my sometimes embarrassing dating habits. LOL!

I would say sit back relax and enjoy the show, but you better put your seatbelt on for this season. It’s going to be a very bumpy ride!

And yes! Flying is still the safest means of transportation.

BE SAFE and have a wonderful New Year! –Jake

So for the most part the show has been slow.  ABC put the DeAnna teaser early on and played it up as a big possibility of her being chosen and that she would be on much earlier.  Of course, they milked DeAnna’s 1 minute appearance to be something more.  We will find out it is probably something less.

Then Reality Steve got a Bachelor Jason exclusive, played some clue games, and eventually spilled the beans.  The spoiler is not that Bachelor Jason picks Melissa, but that he dumps her on national TV for Molly.  On top of that, Bachelor Jason always wanted Molly but was pressured by ABC to do it this way for dramatic effect and of course to create a buzz for higher ratings.

Another blog claims, after Bachelor Jason dumps Melissa for Molly, Molly changes her mind which forces Jason to go back to Melissa.  There are many more rumors out there, but one thing for sure is Reality Steve put some excitement back into this slow season.  We will know soon how accurate is inside information was.

Stay tuned for the most dramatic rose ceremony yet! or not. Click here for my older Bachelor posts.

At the end of the show, they show both Melissa and Molly getting ready for the final rose ceremony and WHOA! they both have pinky rings and the same type of nails. What the heck??

The FORTers did get the right 2 girls but maybe it was premature to say who actually gets the final rose. Reality Steve said it’s Melissa, then Jason dumps her for Molly.

Then I found another blog by Aletheia who claims she has the real “inside scoop” and also has sources. She says Bachelor Jason picks Melissa, then Molly, but then winds up back again with Melissa. Bachelor News:

Follow me closely here….during the ATR #1 show, I’ve learned from my source that something was said between Jason and Melissa that caused Molly concern. What was said, I have no idea, as I wasn’t there. But apparently whatever was said was brought up later in the show by Molly to Jason. I was also told that at the ATR #1 show there was no on camera proposal by Jason to Molly.

That leads us to ATR #2. Here’s where the terms “freaky” and “bizarre” come into play. First, lets go back and remember the timing of the taping between ATR #1 and ATR #2. ATR #1 was taped during the weekend of January 17th-18th, whereas ATR #2 was taped weeks later. You’re probably asking yourselves why ABC would tape an additional ATR show ? As I said earlier, ATR #1 ended with loose ends. I’ve learned from my source that because of the way ATR #1 ended between Jason and Molly, and especially what was learned following the taping, this left ABC with little choice but to add a second ATR show.

Are you ready ?

But first, a warning….in the coming days you’re most likely going to hear all kinds of reports and press releases from different media outlets claiming how the ATR #2 show is nothing more than a ratings driven recap of previous events, blah, blah, blah. Don’t believe any of it. Because what I’ve learned from my source is that Jason, although a very confused individual, ultimately follows his heart down the long and winding road back to where he started….

Its Melissa

ABC has also milked this DeAnna thing forever.  The show she is on still hasn’t aired.  I thought it would be last week based on the preview episode.  I think she just makes a cameo appearance.

Then, there is  Reality Steve who “is in the know” knows even more than us.  Things that you won’t see or hear in the actual TV episode.  About a month ago, he announced that there was some jaw dropping exclusive news and that he would be spoon feeding us clues to make it fun.  About a million theories were put out there along with a million haters hating on Steve.  Was Reality Steve just trying to get hits on his blog or did he really know something?

He dropped the bomb last week instead of giving more clues.  I think it was triggered by ABC announcing there was going to be 2! final after the rose ceremony shows. Hmmm.   Reality Steve basically says that Bachelor Jason Mesnick does propose to Melissa Rycroft, dumps her, then hooks up with Molly Melaney.

Mlive interviewed Reality Steve:

So, we called Reality Steve, whose real name is Steve Carbone, a 33-year-old manufacturing sales rep based in Dallas who has done a little sports radio in Dallas and Los Angeles.

He said he was tipped off more than a month ago by someone who works closely with show that “The Bachelor” was going to take a dramatic twist.

On Wednesday, he posted three lengthy videos on his site, as well as a full explanation of his theory.

I tracked him down Wednesday afternoon, and I asked him point blank: Is this all speculation on your part?

“The fact is that ‘After the Final Rose’ ceremony, which was taped in January…. Jason dumps Melissa and starts a relationship with Molly,” he said. “I don’t know what was said or how it was done.”

Adding to his conspiracy theory, Steve said at some point in the process, everyone knew there was an immediate chemistry between Jason and Molly, and that producers were worried that it would not make for good television if he chose someone so early.

“He was told, if you want Molly, you’re going to have to pick Melissa, because we’re not going to show a nine-week season of you and Molly and a happy ending because that’s not what people want to see,” he said. “They want drama; they want conflict.”

And Melissa never saw it coming, he said.

“Melissa was a pawn in ABC’s game,” he said.

So the original FORTers’ spoilers with Melissa being picked as the winner is correct.  The Bachelor Jason surprise ending is that Jason breaks up with Melissa and hooks with Molly with the knowledge that this is preplanned or scripted.  This would make Jason look like a dog if it is true.  We will see if it is true in a couple of weeks.

Reality Steve:

The Bachelor Finale – Part 1

The Bachelor Finale – Part 2

The Bachelor Finale – Part 3

Some point during the season, it was established Jason and Molly were THE couple. I’ve been led to believe it was perfectly obvious to them that it was him and her, and Melissa was a distant 2nd. So what does the show do? Something they’ve never done before. They have the Bachelor dump his final one at the “ATFR”, and start dating the woman he dumped in the finale, which is Molly. But as you’ll see, I’m going to be right about everything else. So I find it incredibly believable, that Jason was approached with this scenario to generate, buzz, ratings, etc and he agreed to it. You ask what I couldn’t wrap my head around? Well, that Jason agreed to this. But hey, he was doing what he was told which would make for a bombshell of an ending to the season. Fleiss saying, “Just when you think it’s over, it’s not.” Well, here’s your proof. You’ll think it’s over when Jason proposes to Melissa in New Zealand, but its not since he dumps her two months later at the “ATFR” so he can start seeing Molly.

I feel horrible for Melissa. I really do. She was completely blindsided in this whole mess. She flys out to LA for an “emergency ATFR taping” (remember, the ATFR’s usually aren’t taped until a week before the finale airs. Why would they have to tape it in late January if the finale wasn’t airing til March 3rd? Because it was all part of the plan), at that taping, she’s thinking her fiance is going to tell her he’s over Molly 100%, but not only does she not hear that, and this is big, Jason has been SEEING Molly ever since the show stopped taping in November. That’s right. While he’s engaged to Melissa, he’s getting weekends with Molly on the weekends Melissa isn’t visiting Seattle. You can choose to believe that Jason just changed his mind after two months of dating Melissa and believe the ABC story. I’m here to tell you the reason he changed his mind, is because he was seeing Molly behind Melissa’s back.

So did Jason intentionally do that to Melissa knowing he was getting rid of her that whole time? Remember, I told you there was something I couldn’t wrap my head around? That was it. I had a hard time believing Jason would go along with this scenario, BUT EVERYTHING I’VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE, says he has. Do I know for a fact? No. But I think its pretty clear what’s going on here. The guy just didn’t change his mind after dating Melissa for a couple months. This was a scenario put in place from the beginning of the season.

I am also hoping this episode reveals more of what Reality Steve has speculated knowing that the general public is not aware of and that the FORTers have not figured out through screen caps.  There are a million theories out there.

Originally, the screen caps and a youtube video indicated that the final rose winner would be Melissa based on moles and a pinky ring. So far the FORTers have been spot on with guesses of who the final 3 would be which is Jillian, Molly, and Melissa.  The next episode will be either more confirmation that they are right or a big surprise and possible confirmation that RS did know something more.  His clues to this extra knowledge are posted here.  Reality Steve has also mentioned the information he is privy to has nothing to do with the final one picked.

Personally, I think the screencaps are accurate and that RS has information of either them getting married or Melissa’s parents flying into New Zealand.  If Melissa gets sent home this episode, that would make for a dramatic return for Melissa in the final rose ceremony.  Could either of those 2 theories be “jaw dropping”?

We have seen previous bachlorettes come back on the show but not this late in the game.  Could Bachelor Jason do a Bachelor Brad and not propose to either of the final two? Yikes!  Or could he extend out the show like Bachelor Charlie and date the final two for an extra month off reality TV?  Like I said there are a million theories out there that make this season more interesting. 

**Update: Reality Steve has more bachelor Jason spoilers! FORT buzzing.