The Bachelor - Jason Mesnick on Jimmy Kimmel (What a schmuck!)

Jimmy Kimmel introduces the Bachelor Jason Mesnick as a "fickle pickle" and goes on to give him a hard time.

He asks him the question on my mind, "Why actually propose marriage? When you could have said - I pick you. Let's hang out."

What floors me is that Molly took him back and started making out with him in a nanosecond. I'm still shaking my head about it. But it did make good reality TV. This will go down in the Reality TV Hall of Fame, and EVERYONE is talking about it.

Jimmy asks the Bachelor, "Do you have the numbers of the other contestants in case you change your mind?" I love Jimmy Kimmel!

The Bachelor's most shocking final rose ceremony ever!

Did you watch the season finale of The Bachelor last night?

The exaggerated hook (so you'll stay tuned)
The host of the show always claims that what's coming up next will be
"...The most shocking ___fill in the blank___ ever!"
This claim is made so often in fact that it could be turned into a drinking game. Each time we hear it said (again!) we sigh, roll our eyes, and laugh when the show is at it's most ridiculous.

But last night really WAS the most shocking final rose ceremony ever!

Why do I keep watching?
Yes, I got sucked into watching a few episodes this season (season #11), which was sometimes painful and still a complete waste of time - but hey you can talk and laugh through the entire show - and with a glass of red wine in hand it's a nice way to end the day winding down with the spouse. (It also doesn't hurt that my husband likes the show more than I do.) And once in a blue moon you catch yourself smiling and hoping for true love. So says the romantic in me. And when there's a proposal at the end you wish the couple the best and hope they live happily ever after.

Jaws dropped all over TV land
After watching last night's season finale I thought, "Oh boy the blogs are gonna go berserk calling Brad Womack (the current Bachelor) a jerk" and sure enough - read this post by Celebrity Smack:
Brad Womack is a Jerk!!

Not only did he tell the 1st bachelorette finalist to go home, but while trying to tell the 2nd finalist that he loved her, he stopped, pulled at his collar, and looked like he was having a panic attack. After saying, "I can't" he walked off the podium, to pace around, only to return to tell her good-bye as well. Was he only on the show to become a B celebrity? I felt bad for the women who were humiliated on national TV. But of course we're all still talking about it. How could we not? Brad Womack made history as the first Bachelor to not choose either of the two finalists. As insensitive as it was, it also lived up to the hype of being the most shocking rose ceremony ever.

Quotable links
‘The Bachelor’s’ choice? Nobody!

'Bachelor' star Brad Womack rejects both Jenni Croft, DeAnna Pappas

Hopefully Brad Womack gets his ass beaten with a sock full of quarters by both of these vengeful ladies. Now that would be a surprise twist.

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The Bachelor - Andy Baldwin & Tessa Horst

Yes, I admit - I watched it. I watched the first and last episode, and nothing in between. It was perfect. I didn't miss a thing.

Initially I refused to watch this season of the The Bachelor called, "An Officer and a Gentleman" featuring a medical Officer in the Navy, Lieutenant Andy Baldwin as the bachelor. It just sounded way too cheesy to stomach. But my husband watches the show - always claiming before each season that he's NOT going to watch it this time - but ends up watching it anyway. I think it's the hopeless romantic in him that wants to see a couple fall in love and live happily ever after together.

It must be contagious, because I found myself smiling when I saw them together, and genuinely happy for them. Don't they look sweet together? They really do look like they're in love. I wish them all the best.