I am just surprised that he proposed!!! WTF!? Melissa's reaction was priceless and I honestly HOPE that he did not do this on purpose like some people say. They say ABC put him up to it...

They are contracted into the show so I am not surprised it took place on national TV. The show doesn't get ratings for private matters. This is one of the reasons I never watched the show. It seems so staged and fake. Either way, I loved Melissa (a fellow Texas girl) and would watch her on the Bachelorette. Question; Why has there never been a Bachelorette that wasn't on the Bachelor first?

yes - i honestly think that what he did was even WORSE than what brad did. it's just wrong to go about it like he did. based on what i've been reading on the blogs, it's something that he knew he was going to do - and that he had this real connection with Molly the whole time in the house and that everyone saw it. i don't know - i think that he's just a pig for doing that - and i don't know - maybe he and molly are suited for each other if she's so eager to go back to him. we'll just have to see what happens tonight on AFTR 2...since we all know that the first one was filmed in January (odd for the show)..and this 2nd one is newer

HELLO! How little we forget about when Deanna first got her heart broken when that cute little southern guy broke 2 hearts by not picking anyone and not having a good excuse for it! He was the worst.
I don't think any of us can judge unless you have been in a crazy situation where you give yourself to 2 different people and truely feel torn. It was an 8 week period in front of cameras it seldom works out for any bachelor because they are thrown into a fantasy world with cameras.
There are a lot of us who have felt we have made mistakes by letting a past love go to be with someone else, but we never did anything to make it right. He went for it while others sit back and go forward with life.
I never liked Melissa I thought she was fake and I was never a fan of Molly either. I wanted Jillian but after watching last night I just found Molly to be more mature and better suited for Jason if it had to be her or Melissa.

I watched the finale. I didn't watch the whole season, but I couldn't find anything better on last night. I was disgusted. What a jerk. I don't care if he was 'following his heart'. He could have done that in private. It did not have to be done on national TV. It did seemed staged though. If I had been Melissa I would thrown the ring at him, quite possibly slapped him, and walked off set. There is no way I would have stuck around as long as she did.

Can someone explain what happened?

It seems like his Mr. Sensitive routine is his excuse for his clear-cut douche-bag behavior. I think Jason is unstable and weak. Even if he was "contractually obligated" to show the break-up on TV (I read that somewhere...), his reasoning and his "I'm sorrys" seemed so false. I watched while I was at the gym, so my viewing was entirely in closed captioning- but I rolled my eyes so much I almost tripped on the treadmill!

amloveaffair...jason picked melissa on the finale and proposed to her, then on the after show he broke up with her saying he still had feelings for molly and when molly came on he asked her out and made out with her.

ok...so even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he HAD to break up with melissa on tv...he did NOT have to turn around 2 seconds later and make out with molly!!!!!!!!!!! sooo tacky. and gross. he could have at least waited until the 'after-after' show or something. i yelled at the tv a lot last night, not going to lie

Heard weeks ago that this was going to happen. Apparently, ABC told Jason to pick the girl that he didn't want to be with and then to break up with her at the reunion. The other girl knew that Jason really wanted to be with her, but Melissa had no idea that he was going to break things off. One of Melissa's friends sent out an email about it and how Melissa is devastated. I think ABC producers are the really evil people here.

I also read somewhere that he wanted to break up with Melissa in private, but was obligated by contract to do it on television. I think he needs to take a good long look at himself and figure out what it is that is wrong with HIM. Jason and his family have done enough whining about how his poor heart has been broken so many times, and how the poor guy just is so unlucky in love. Boo hoo. Maybe there is a reason for it Jason?

And if that's true divine, that is just wrong. Shame on abc!

karma is a b*tch jason...watch out!

I don't usually watch the bachelor, but I got hooked early on in the season, mostly because Jason seemed so great.

I also heard a few weeks ago that this is how things were going to turn out, and I was disapointed that it ended up being true.
Throughout the after the final rose special I was praying Melissa would punch him in the face.
I get it that he had stronger feelings for Molly, but he should have let some time pass before pursuing a relationship with her!

jason was able to go from one of the most beloved bachelors to one of the most hated bachelors in history!

he should've strapped on a pair and refused to do that to melissa on national television. after all, abc couldn't in good conscience drag him to court to force him to break up with someoene on national television

as for him and molly, i cannot believe that he broke up with melissa and then was sucking face with molly ten minutes later. there are many things that were tacky and trashy about the whole situation, but that was definitely one of them and one worth mentioning

I watched this with a group of female friends and we were APPALLED. What a &*%^% douchebag!!!!!! And Molly? uh, you can do better. I can't believe she agreed to date him! What a sham!

Oh, and way to jerk around your CHILD and his "new mommy" like that! Some parent you are, Jason!

I don't even watch this show and he seems likea total douche.

umm whats the big surprise here people?!?! this has been all over the internet for WEEKS that this is exactly the way it was going to happen--and it did!

personally, i think somehow this has to do with ABC. either 1. they put him up to it, which i hope hope hope is NOT true or 2. he honestly made a MISTAKE, got caught up in the moment, picked the wrong girl, and regretted it. and it was at that time he was told by ABC he HAD to break up with melissa on TV (most likely contractual reasons.) and i'm positive abc could and WOULD easily sue him if he broke his contractual obligations, so just saying "no" wasn't really an option for him i'm sure.

i dont hate him--he picked the wrong girl! all the bachelors have, he just wanted another chance with the one that got away. esp. if the way it was done was because of ABC, why blame jason?

i thought molly was great though---she genuinely was still in love with him i thought, and i loved how he first question was "what about melissa", as if she was really worried about her.

Heres the thing
What he did was TERRIBLE - but wasnt his heart broken when Deana didn't pick him and didn't he get to go on his own show and see her perspective of it.
I didn't watch the whole season im a HUGE 24 fan - but the last episode is always great - because ive always enjoyed the show. The problem is - only Trista and Ryan made it. Maybe Molly and Jason will make it now because they did seperate and didn't try to make it work right away.

Bottom line - WHO KNOWS but it was terrible and sad to watch Melissa get her heart broken - did he have to do that on TV? Who knows what the contract is! But if he gave her a heads up would she have even come?!
too many couldve. shouldve.and wouldve's

does anyone know how old he is?

I didn't watch Deanna's season so I didn't have this emotional connection with him pre-show, but I did like him in the beginning. But he got sleazier and sleazier and sleazier. I think it was sick to drag his kid through all this and if what Reality Steve said is true and Jason and ABC planned this whole 'twist' weeks in advance, then he is scum, and they are worse.

I thought Molly was obnoxious by the last show and even though I wasn't a Melissa fan, I didn't think she deserved all that. Molly was a total idiot for taking him back and it was incredibly low-class for them to suck face 10 minutes after he broke off his engagement.

I didn't take Molly's 'What about Melissa?' comment as concern. I thought she was just getting the story straight before she jumped into his arms. If she's dumb enough to take him back, she deserves the heartbreak that is guaranteed to follow.

Ugh. The whole thing really made me lose a lot of respect for him and for ABC.

Spacebear - I think he's early 30s. You could probably google it though. I'm sure he has his own wikipedia page...

he is 32 spacebear

I just think that they planned the whole thing.

He went from being one of the most beloved Bachelor's to the most hated. If things don't go well for him with Molly, there's no hope for him.

I was not going to watch it. I really wasn't... Then GG was a rerun and so was One Tree Hill and I didn't feel like watching a movie... So I ended up watching part of the show, gave it the boot when CSI:Miami started. I'm going to apologize to everyone who loves this kind of stuff in advance.

Okay. I think reality tv , especially, The Bachelor and the Bachelorette are complete crap. What Jason did last night reminded me of how much I dislike shows like that. I was grossed out with the thought of how many people that man has made out with over the course of the show. The number of people that he actually kissed in the same episode over the course of the show, (which I heard about from someone who loves junk like this and from Elisabeth H. who is the only one on The View who likes or liked it.) and the cheeze factor did not exactly make it any better. Eww, disgusting, gross! His actions last night were not up to par and that is the last time that I am watching such nonsense.

Poor girl. What an embarrassment. This is why I will never ever go on this show.

I can't believe you guys. You act like these people have known each other for years. These ladies know what their getting into when they agree to go on this show. Jason has been there in that same position. He's been hurt just in the same manner. Does it make it right? No, but it's not like they have had a long term relationship. I don' think he set out to intentionally hurt Melissa or Molly. When you do a show like this someone is always going to get hurt. You signed up for it. Now that someone got hurt we are here to judge whose great and who is horrible? I don't think so. Jason went on this show to find his true love. He made a wrong decision. We all have done that in our lives. Would it have been better if he lived a lie with Melissa and she got pregnant and another child was born and they broke up anyways. I don't think so. They hardly know each other. They got engaged too soon. You can't make a decision like that and decide who to marry not knowing that person. We don't know the whole story behind why he chose to call it off with Melissa. Melissa knew it was coming anyways. Maybe she did something to make him decide that she wasn't right for him. Jason looked hurt and he ended it before it started. Was it right to do it on TV? NO, but if it's in a contract you have no choice but to do it. Don't you guys think that maybe it hurt him just as much to do it that way? He got hurt in the same way. I don't think Jason is the type of guy to intentionally hurt someone. Remember , WE ALL thought he was a top notch fellow and chose him to be the next bachelor. Just because we didn't like his choice doesn't make him the bad guy. Everyone made Deanna out to be the bad one and now it's the same with Jason. I think Jason has made a good decision in ending something that was not meant to be before Ty got to involved with Melissa. He also is making a good decision in taking his time with Molly. So what if they kissed last night. It was a happy moment for them both. Molly loves him and I really think that Jason loves her. If it works...great and if it don't...then it's none of our business. Reality shows are just that. It is your choice to watch them and just because you don't like the outcome doesn't give you the right to be mean, cruel or spiteful. There is not one person who has not broken a heart or two that can judge this man for changing his mind. I still believe that this man is a descent man who loves his child and he hated doing what he did last night to Melissa. We all make choices and he made his. Now leave him alone and let him move on with his life. If you don't watch the show...well don't but there are alot of people who like it (me being one) and I intend on watching it whether my favorite gets picked or not. It's a reality show remember?

Who the f*ck falls in love with someone in 8 weeks anyway? The whole thing is stupid.

I really liked Jason, but I thought what he did was cruel. I completely agreed with Melissa that it's important to keep communication open and talk out a problem in order to resolve it. Who knows what went wrong, but it seemed like Jason never bothered to talk it out, and it just seemed nuts that as soon as the show wrapped up with an engagement, there would be an instant breakup. I thought it was really bad of Jason to lead her on, and if he really loved Molly more he should have picked her instead.

But, as we know, the show's success rate of couples sticking together for the long run is pretty disastrous. I'm not surprised that another couple bit the dust, but it's still pretty shocking at the rate it fell apart as soon as the last episode aired.

Janet1961...well said! I feel exactly the same way. The whole show is putting people together in a "fantasy" situation. I'm sure its easy for them to get caught up in it all, but its not real life. After the show is when the real relationship begins. Maybe Jason shouldn't have proposed, but once again...he probably got caught up in the momment. Look at the show's track record. Look at all the couples who left the "fantasy world" only to break up once faced with real life.

Honestly, I think the whole thing is fake and scripted. I don't believe that any of it is real.

i'm thinking that it was a set-up and Melissa was faking the heartbreak.

YES! The guy is a creep. If he wanted to "change his mind", he didn't have to break up with Melissa on television, and then start making out with Molly immediately after.
Not nice, not stand up. All asshat.

I thought the whole shocker was going to be that he wanted to be all Big Love with both of them...heh. I'm not sure which one is worse now, the way he handled things.

If Molly and Jason can make it work outside of the show, good for them... but I think that his actions towards Melissa were just so insensitive and gross... Honestly, I don't think that any of these people are actually in love. I think their experience on the show heightened their emotions and while the dating situations were being fast tracked none of their emotions or relationships could keep up... I feel sorry that Melissa was so humiliated on national TV. I also think that Jason was not in his right state of mind on this show, and neither were the girls for the most part. I don't know any of these people, and the only glimpse I get is what ABC edits and puts out there. This show is just sick... I think everyone who goes on it changes and becomes delusional and when they re-enter the real world they are suddenly hit with the consequences of their ill planned choices. I don't think I'm ever going to watch The Bachelor again.

I think it was Molly not Melissa who should be feeling humiliated. At least Melissa had the dignity to call him a bastard and tell him never to call her again. If Molly had any respect for herself, or her fellow woman, she would have done the same.

1 - I believe this show is totally scripted and even Melissa was in on it.

That being said, if this isn't scripted or for those who believe it is and are using the "he has a contract excuse" then they are delusional!

All the other bachelors broke it off with their picks, he did not have to do it on national tv 6weeks later. A true man, someone that was truly caring and sensitive, would have stuck it out until after the LOOOONG 6 weeks and pretended all was fine and dandy, and like all the other bachelors broke it off a few weeks after people forgot about him. And a few weeks later we would see an article about how he went back to Molly and "sources" saying he wanted to go back to Molly right after he chose Melissa but was a good guy and stuck it out.

But all his crying and "followed my heart" and "what would i tell my son to do" is total BS - he is a sleaze ball and it showed day one. I think he made out with more women than any other bachelor, some on the same day he sent them home!

The one thing that people missed last night while watching the after the rose show was that when Melissa came out onto the stage... she wasn't even wearing her engagement ring. If this was so unexpected and out of the blue to her she would have still been wearing her ring. She had to have known what was coming. Personally I fully believe that things could have changed during the time since the proposal. It is very easy to fall in "Love" with someone when everything you do together is something out of a fairytale but when reality sets back in things can change greatly. As much of a hopeless romantic as I am, I don't think they should be allowed to propose after only knowing someone for 8 weeks. Then things wouldn't get this messy. Because let's be serious here... it's not like he's the only one who has changed his mind on his choice. And just like in human nature we never realize what we have until it's gone. If he's following his heart let the man do it. I mean seriously would Melissa be more hurt for him to carry it on and get married then decide... I think that would hurt worse. And no matter when he ended it, the whole thing would have been plastered all over the web and other media anyway so it still would have been a public breakup... its the nature of the show.

jhoffman....I noticed she wasn't wearing the ring too. Also, the greeting between Melissa and Jason was rather cold. She had to have known. When she sat down one of the first things she said was..."So..." Almost as if she knew someting awkward was about to happen.

Ya know what I hate? All the bs he was spewing during the rose show and the aftershow. I don't usually watch the Bachelor, but is it common for people to spout cliches left and right, "I had to follow my inside, I had to listen to my heart, I had to lead with my heart, I had to work through my issues," blah blah blah. Basically all it means is: "I want to do what I want to do, and I'm going to pretend I am this deep thoughtful person, and no one will notice that the words I am saying are meaningless cliches."

It's not like Melissa boned his brother, they just "lost chemistry." Ya know what Jason? I have the feeling the reason you are a divorcee on a dating show is because you lose interest easily after you've had sex for a month or so, and then you move on, or "follow your heart" or whatever the hell you want to call it. This show seriously makes me lose faith in humanity, we are a bunch of therapy-loving idiots that like to talk about what's "right" for us, etc. It's just such crap, dude gets bored easily, this has nothing to do with his heart. He'll get sick of Molly too. I have no problem with people who don't want traditional marriage relationships, but honestly, then be honest about it, don't PROPOSE.

They are both nice-ish, beautiful women and both of them deserved better. It's too bad Molly didn't tell him to go to hell, and instead settled for being his second pick.

For everyone saying it was scripted to some degree, I don't doubt you're right. But honestly, then what is the point of that? Who thought we'd delight in seeing one woman get publicly dumped for another? This show makes no sense to me anyway. So they "fall in love" in eight weeks, and the second that the bachelor announces that he is only going to date one woman, he proposes to her!? Hello, aren't there some steps missing? Do they think that because we're wimmenz we just are so obsessed with anything wedding related and love sparkly rings that we don't care at all about ya know, the rationality of the premise for this show?

Snowbunny, you might think that people should not want to see that, but people do. Ratings are up for the Bachelor, it is getting a lot more press, and everyone wants to interview him about the shocking finale.

people like the shock factor, and being a total a-hole on tv is a big seller in this case.

First of all, you should all go to http://realitysteve.com to get the real story. This guy predicted everything that happened two weeks before it happened. Everything he says makes total sense.
Secondly, I have been ridiculously faithful to this season of the bachelor and I must admit that I loved him at first, but after all of this I have just come to the realization that he is not a good guy. And he cries WAY too much. I mean, please don't be a huge a** hole and then cry about it for over half the show. I hope he and molly stay together because he's not going to ever be able to find anyone else to date. I will be watching next season because Jillian is going to be the next bachelorette and if anyone can find love on this ridiculous farce of a show then she can. And props to melissa for reacting the way that every other normal woman would react in that situation. She deserves so much better.

Zeze I know you're right! Honestly, I don't hate reality shows, even when they're ridiculous, I at least will watch them at the gym. What bothered me about this was the faux-sincerity with which it was conducted. I mean, no one on Tool Academy really is pretending they care that they are humiliating themselves, and totally awful people, just to get the $100k. But here, the guy is all "oh, I have a son, and I am sensitive, and a real person, going to propose with a real Neil Lane ring, blah blah."

I loved this comment you made: "But all his crying and "followed my heart" and "what would i tell my son to do" is total BS - he is a sleaze ball and it showed day one." That was my reaction- dude you're just being a jerk, don't make it *worse* by pretending you are this deep, sensitive guy who is working through all these issues. Just own your jerkiness.

if he was in love with both of them, why did he propose to either one??
melissa was clearly upset, but it kind of looked like she knew something was going on. when she came in, she was hardly all smiles (while she had her ring w/ her, she didn't seem to be wearing it), and the questions about molly kind of made me think she suspects he's been in contact w/ her.
molly immediately falling back into his arms was kind of shady too -- someone you're in love with dumps you, proposes to someone else, tells you he made a mistake and you're immediately all over him? they must have had some kind of contact relatively soon after he proposed...
anyway, the guy turned about to be a royal jerk, though i have to say i thought he was kind of lame all season (and last season). his "lameness" was confirmed when he was crying hysterically on that balcony and seemed like he was on the verge of flinging himself off of it...

the whole things was just disgusting
his actions are ridiculus and i can't believe he treated melissa like that.
ughhh, what a selfish guy! why can't he realize he did something so much worse to melissa than deanna did to him!

i had seen some of the early episodes this season online, read about what people were saying was going to happen (which turned out to be true) and then today i watched the final couple of shows.

when melissa was asked by the shows host if she would take the bachelor back she seemed more open to that than anyone would be w/o reason to seriously consider it. i think she knew before hand that he wanted her back.

melissa is so cute and perky, she won't have any trouble finding a good man. heck, she'll probably end up as the next bachelorette.

jason is so unsure of himself. i feel bad for his son.

Snowbunny, totally agree....I honestly wanted to throw something at the TV when he said "it's not you" but fortunately he didn't finish it with "it's me" so my remote stayed in my hand.

And wtf is up with Molly. Is she that desperate that she will gladly kiss and throw herself at a guy who left her standing there and proposed to another girl.

Maybe I am too self-confident, but I would be like NO THANK YOU - you had your chance and I'm better than accepting someone who is as fickle as you.

...but again, I think it is all scripted anyway, and the acting is not that great and anyone notice how they use the same camera/lighting/angles that they use for their ABC soaps?

The way they handled that situation was disgusting. I used to like Jason when he was on The Bachelorette and I was bummed when DeAnna didn't pick him, but now he looks like a douchebag. First of all, he shouldn't propose to Melissa if he is so torn between her and Molly. I still don't understand how he could love both of them at the same time, but anyway...it was wrong for him to propose if he wasn't sure and it was even worse that he dumped her on national TV. He was not obligated to break it off with her that way, he could've handled it in private and he didn't. I'm glad that Melissa was genuine and didn't try to be so PC about the situation. Poor girl. I think Molly looks pathetic for agreeing to hook up with Jason after he dumped her. Oh well, those two dolts deserve each other.