Decade of Drama: Jason Mesnick
The Holidays are over. The good news is the Christmas music has come to a stop. The bad news is I have to somehow find a way to re-gift five new pair of socks.
I’m chronicling the decade’s most dramatic stories, from boy bands to bands of idiots. Today, I take a look back at one of the hottest stories to ever hit reality television.
Remember Jason Mesnick? Of course you do. Anybody that happened to glance at the tabloids or got e-mails from co-workers they don’t like, heard the story–whether they wanted to or not. He’s infamously known as “Jason the Bachelor” to fans. To members of the IRS, he’s knows as “Unemployed.” Nevertheless, he got his fifteen minutes of fame when he dumped the girl he said he was going to marry. If that wasn’t enough, as an encore, he turned around and married the girl he originally passed on. Confused? So was he…
It went down in a glorious ball of flames over a two-night episode. It was the Super Bowl of reality television. It’s “After the Final Rose” show was viewed by 18 million viewers–of which only 80 percent were women.
How did he feel about being on the show?
” Of all the girls – was just – wow. I mean, it was just like, wow, are you kidding me? Everybody’s here to meet me? I mean, it was just – I mean, who does this happen to? Really. Come on.”
That’s what she said…
There was a trail of 20 prom Queens lining up to meet a guy who was divorced and had a three-year-old son. He also cooks, ladies.
He also does diapers, knows all the good children stories, has a quiet place in the park where you can sit and really find yourself.
Jason Mesnick was a guy that clearly bit off more than he could chew. Or maybe, he just bit off something he didn’t want to eat, and he had the unfortunate circumstance of having America observe him spitting it out (regurgitation makes for great reality television). Nevertheless, he’ll forever be remembered for his last minute switch-aroo. He’ll aptly and ever-so-appropriately be named: The Bachelor.
