The Bachelorette Recap - 6/30/08
July 1st, 2008
-Ok, I’m a little confused as to what’s coming up with the “The Bachelorette” in the coming weeks. As we know, next week is the 2 hour finale, followed by an “After the Final Rose” show with Deanna, Jason and Jesse, and an nice update as to what Matt and Shayne have been up to since their season ended. My guess? A whole lot of nothing. Other than him moving out of her LA condo. However, a recent press release showed that on Monday night, July 14th, ABC will air something called “The Bachelorette: Engagement Party”. I have no idea what this is. I mean, I can probably guess that it’ll be a party celebrating DeAnna and whatever “J” she choses engagement. Probably filled with a lot of fluff and nonsense about an engagement that probably won’t lead to a wedding. Why are they gonna have an “After the Final Rose” show next week, followed by an “Engagement Party” episode the following week? And I highly doubt its an “Engagement Party” for Matt and Shayne considering the show is called “The Bachelorette: Engagement Party”.
-Even with two shows tonight, this recap will mainly cover the first hour since nothing too great happened in the “Men Tell All” episode. Well, except for when DeAnna turned into megab**ch, made the show all about her, and royally pissed off Graham and Jeremy to the point where they seem annoyed. More on that later. Anyway, this week started out with DeAnna completely, 100%, nonstop gushing about……no, not Brad….but Graham. “It was hard to let Graham go. I was falling in love with Graham. But Graham was a Brad. He couldn’t fully give me what I wanted. Graham was the one I thought would be the final one standing at the end. Now everything’s up in the air at this point…..because of Graham.” Gulp. Uhhhh, where do I begin? Other than the fact that she completely just made Jesse, Jason, and Jeremy lose their hard ons, I’ll ask this again: How could you be happy to hear that if you’re Jason or Jesse sitting sitting at home watching that? It’s like, she was so confident it was going to be Graham in the end, but then when she realized Graham wasn’t all about DeAnna, she dumped him. Which I’m fine with if that’s the way she felt. But I’m supposed to believe from that moment on, she immediately fell in love with Jason or Jesse? Please. Ain’t happening. She’s in love with the fact that she got proposed to, and she was proposed to because she basically told each guy in so many words, “If I’m keeping you around, you bet your sweet ass I’m expecting an engagement in the end.” So before everyone gets all sappy towards next week, if this show has taught us one thing, it’s this: Just because they’re engaged, doesn’t mean they’re going to get married.
-The overnight dates are set in the Grand Bahamas and Jeremy is up first. Or as she likes to call him, “The most perfect human being to ever walk the face of this earth.” Or something like that. Immediately she starts in on the date with her love for Graham. “I’m gonna do my best to put Graham behind me.” You do that, DeAnna. You know, considering he’s not around anymore since you sent him home. Might be a good idea to start concentrating one which one of these three you’re going to force a proposal out of. “My last two dates with Jeremy have been serious. I want to just enjoy my time with him. He’s perfect. I can totally see myself with him. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s beautiful.” Well, at least she said that to the camera. Ladies, never tell a guy he’s beautiful. You might think it’s a compliment, but we certainly don’t take it that way. The sunset overlooking the ocean is beautiful. A helicopter ride over a city is beautiful. Maddie is beautiful. Guys aren’t. We feel very emasculated when called beautiful so, ummmmm, stop it.
-So these two jet ski around the Bahamas then end up in the sand scissoring each other and not talking. Jeremy can’t think of anything so he says the first thing that pops into his head. “Ummmm, tell me something about you that I don’t know.” DeAnna: “I don’t know.” These two are really going somewhere. Very enlightening conversation. Of course, DeAnna then somehow manages to bring Graham back into the conversation when she tells us, “Graham’s gone, and now Jeremy’s not opening up.” You know what? Maybe he just doesn’t feel like it today. I mean, for christ sakes, the guy read you his journal from the day after his mother died on your last date. Does he constantly have to shower you with how much he’s into you in every waking second you’re with him? Maybe he woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day. Maybe he found out he’s now at 4% body fat instead of 3%. Maybe he ran out of hair product. Could be a lot of things. Don’t crucify the guy because he isn’t breaking out a laundry list of the all the qualities he loves about you and reading them one at a time. It’s ok that you guys just sit on the beach and chill. Save the talking for later. I’m with Jeremy on this one. Right here, bro. You and me. We’re boys. Let’s go have a drink at Suite together next weekend. On me. I’m kidding. I don’t think I’d be caught dead there.
-So they get to dinner and the riveting conversation continues. This was classic.
Jeremy: “Are you nervous?”
DeAnna: “Not at all. Are you nervous?”
Jeremy: “No.”
DeAnna: “Well, you’re not really being yourself.”
Jeremy: “So you think I’m not being myself, huh?”
Fascinating stuff, guys. Just fascinating. I’m guessing maybe it was at this point that DeAnna started thinking Jeremy wasn’t so perfect after all. The only thing he seemed to be perfect at was not talking. So as he feels this thing slipping away from him, he drops this one on her. “I would tell you that I’m falling in love with you, but it’s already happened.” Oh boy. That had to sting a little bit. Especially considering Jeremy doesn’t open up like that to anyone. You know how I know this? Because he’s mentioned it 682 times already. The guy who doesn’t open to anybody, just decided that, ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, he’d read his journal about his dead mother and then the following week, tell the same chick that he’s in love with her after knowing her for five weeks. That makes sense. I love how fake this show is.
-So DeAnna tells Jeremy next that she has a surprise for him. If Jeremy’s never seen an episode of this show, then yes, this is a surprise. I’m guessing he has, and when she handed him the card, he got a boner. He starts reading it. Hey, it’s from Host Chris. Seems like we haven’t heard or seen this guy in weeks. So how goes it, Chris? “Jeremy and DeAnna….Hope you are enjoying your stay in Barbados. Here’s the key to the room to go have hot monkey sex. We’ll make sure we turn the cameras off. Don’t make too much noise and wake other hotel guests.” I think that’s what it said. I forgot to write it down this time. Anyway, the minute Jeremy read the last word from the card, he was practically dragging her upstairs and taking off her clothes. At least that’s the way I interpreted it. They made out on the bed, he closed the door, and I’m guessing they made babies. Am I supposed to honestly believe that when the doors close on these overnight dates, these two sit in there and talk? Watch TV? Play footsies? Please.
-Next overnight date is with Jason. Jason is very excited because now DeAnna will see a different side of him. Everything’s kinda all focused around Ty thus far, so now he gets to let his guard down and show DeAnna his fun side. That is, until the first five seconds of the date when she asks him, “So did you tell Ty where you were going?” Why is that important? Is Ty going to have an opinion on this? “Dad, I really don’t need you going to Barbados. I heard its rainy season and I wouldn’t want you dealing with potential thunderstorms when you’re supposed to be finding out if this is gonna be my new mommy.” What DeAnna should have asked Jason right away was, “Hey, did Ty think my blue golf ball was stupid. Cuz everyone else seemed to think so. Especially Reality Steve.” I’m sure if we see Ty again on this show (and I’m willing to bet everything I own that we will), he’ll be forced to have that blue golf ball on him. And say something like, “I likes DeAnna. She’s pretty and funny. And she’s stinky poo poo.” I’ve come to realize every 3 year old I’ve ever encountered seems to relate everything to stinky poo poo. Or is that just my niece. Love her to death and am leaving for LA tomorrow to spend to the weekend with her, but, if I ask her one more time how old she’s gonna be on Thursday and she responds with, “I’m gonna be poo poo”, we may need to have a little talk. But I guess that’s what makes them so cute.
-DeAnna and Jason are going to go kayaking. Jason wants us to believe he’s a very outdoorsy kinda guy and that he’ll try everything at least once, but says he’s never been kayaking. And neither has DeAnna. You know what that means? Nothing but hijinx and hilarity is about to ensue. And by that I mean they don’t know how to paddle, they turn the wrong way, and everyone thinks its the funniest thing known to mankind. Except me. So yeah, that’s what happened. But he did get to make out with her in the kayak, so I guess he gets points for that. And just spending the day with DeAnna has helped Jason realize one thing. “The whole day has helped me fall in love with DeAnna even more.” That’s nice to know. Really, it is. But Jason, just so you know, a week ago, DeAnna was convinced she would be getting a ring from Graham. So now that you have her attention, I’m thinking she’s starting to feel she’s falling in love with you. After last night, when she was falling in love with Jeremy. And after tomorrow, when she’ll be falling in love with Jesse. You know, because her attention is on you guys now that she had to send the love of her life home in Graham.
-Over dinner, DeAnna brings up Ty again. “Have you taken Ty to the beach before?” Jason: “Yes. He loves the beach….but hey look, we can talk about Ty if you want, but lets talk about us.” Translation: So if I didn’t have a cute kid, would you even like me? This is kind of like “Jerry Maguire” revisited. Tom Cruise only likes that squishy-faced Renee Zellwegger because her cute kid says, “The human head weighs 8 pounds.” I have to hand it to Cameron Crowe for having the smarts to turn a sports movie into a chick flick. See, if “Jerry Maguire” doesn’t have all the “You had me at hello” parts to it, you wouldn’t be able to pay a chick to watch that movie. But because he did, he satisfied both parties. The men got to watch some football, and the women got to see their love story. As for me, I liked the movie, but didn’t love it. I’ve come to dislike pretty much everything Tom Cruise has ever been in now after seeing what a weirdo he’s turned into. The only thing good about “Jerry Maguire” nowadays is remembering the skit “Saturday Night Live” did when Renee Zellwegger was hosting where they pretended they were shooting a scene for the sequel. Jimmy Fallon was on his knees overacting his part as usual as Cruise, Renee played herself, and big, fat Horatio Sanz played the kid who had grown up since the first movie and wasn’t cute anymore. If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about. It was funny, trust me. If I never hear “You had me at hello” again, I think I’ll be a happy man.
-It’s now Jason’s turn to read the fantasy suite card, and he does something that I don’t think I remember anyone in this shows history doing before. He stops during the middle of the reading and says, “Let’s go”. So he pretty much wasted no time in telling DeAnna, “Look, it’s been a tough road for me since my divorce. Tough to meet chicks, Ty’s always around, I just don’t get laid very often. Now I’ve got you by myself in the Bahamas, I think it’s time you let me give you the Angry Pirate.” Or something like that. Actually, what he said was, “Thank you for teaching me I can fall in love again. God knows after what happened with my ex, I never thought it’d be possible. Did you see our page on theknot.com? It’s really pretty. I had a shaved head, my ex looked taller than me, Bevin from Andy Baldwin’s season was a bridesmaid since her and my ex-wife are good friends, but I had to take the page down since once I got on this show, fans started signing my guest book and leaving nasty comments. I’ll show you sometime. Or you can go check out a message board. My whole previous marriage has pretty much been exposed.” Yet, the one thing we don’t seem to fully know for sure yet is why they got divorced. But what is known is that Jason and his ex have joint custody of Ty. He is very much a part of her life, and from what I’ve read, she was the one that watched Ty when Jason was off filming the show. I wonder what Jason’s ex thought of the blue golf ball?
-Commercial. I must talk about this since, well, it’s important. This month starts a new reality show “High School Musical” where, I’m assuming, they cast a teenager to make an appearance in “High School Musical 3 - We’re Gay Seniors Now”. Look, I’ve never seen either of the first two movies. All I know is that Zac Efron is destined to become the next George Michael, Ashley Tisdale had a nose job at 22 years old, and Vanessa Hudgens likes showing her nookie on the internet. All the power to them, they’re multi-millionaires before they hit their mid 20’s, but enough about the comparisons to that being the “Grease” of our generation. Not quite. I don’t see a Danny Zucko in that group. Or a Johnny Nogarelli. The T-Birds would be those kids asses the minute they started singing and dancing during the middle of gym class. And oh yeah, a great career move for Nick Lachey as he got stuck with the hosting gigs for this show. Who would’ve guessed five years ago that in 2008, Drew Lachey would be more relevant and popular than Nick? Sorry to see your marriage not work out, Nick. Or your career.
-Jesse’s turn to be wow’ed by DeAnna. They’re gonna go horse back riding, and that’s just about the best damn idea Jesse’s heard since, well, DeAnna’s last idea. Even though they aren’t hers. “‘We’re going horse back riding in the Bahamas. How rad is that? She never ceases to amaze me.” Of all the guys who say they’d never watched this show before coming on it, I’d definitely believe it if Jesse said that. He actually thinks DeAnna comes up with these brilliant date ideas. I bet he’s convinced she pays for all flights, hotels, and accommodations too? Someone needs to replace Jesse’s bong water and bring him up to date with reality. DeAnna is not the producer of this show. Nor is she the director. She’s told where to go, what to say, who to keep around, and who to choose in the end. Oh, and how long she’s supposed to stay together with someone she obviously isn’t in love with just to keep the charade going a little longer so the show doesn’t get egg on its face again. Anyway, while on horseback, as the horses go into the ocean, Jesse and DeAnna have a nice kiss. The last time I saw two people kissing in the ocean and horses were involved, I believe I had to use my credit card to watch the full thing. And it was with chicks. And they weren’t wearing anything. So needless to say, this wasn’t nearly as romantic for me as it was for them apparently.
-As they’re on the beach talking, Jesse has a question. “You’re potentially gonna be married to someone here in two weeks. Are you nervous?” DeAnna: “No. This is what I’ve waited for my whole life.” Really? No way! I wasn’t sure the first 1,200 times you told us, but now I’m convinced. That one sold me. Good job. DeAnna goes on to tell us how much Jesse has grown on her, and in turn, the reason why she’d never pick him in the end. “I would never have expected to like him so much. I look forward to spending more time with him.” So, once again, we’re expected to believe that a guy who admittedly isn’t the type she’d go for, and admittedly, someone she had doubts about whether she liked, is the guy she’ll want to be married too? Even after dumping the other guy who she expected to be there in the end? Yes, I see. It all makes perfect sense now.
-Over dinner, Jesse has some more questions for DeAnna that I found intriguing. He asks her again about how many kids she wants, “Two or Three?” DeAnna: “Three. I want three dammit. No more. No less. I’m having three.” Jesse: “Uhhhh, yes ma’am. And you want to have these right away, or do you want to wait….”. DeAnna: “No! Right away! By the time I’m 30! Don’t you understand my mom died when I was 12 so I’ve always wanted to be a young mother! Damn you! I put my heart on the line for you guys and you’re not taking it seriously!” Oops. Wrong episode. I was having BBQ flashbacks. Anyway, she reiterates once again that she wants three kids before she’s 30, but actually said this time, “I’d like three kids before I’m 30. It’s not like I have a plan or anything.” Sure you don’t, sweetie. Sure as hell didn’t sound that way when you were telling Jason on the Space Needle that you’d never heard of. I tend to believe that yes, DeAnna has a plan. And if you don’t plan on following that plan, then you have no business being in her life. Got that, Graham?
-Jesse also asks her about the living situation. He says he’s got to be living in “Breck” 3 months out of the year. “Breck” I’m guessing is the stoner version of “Breckenridge”. Got it. DeAnna kinda avoids this whole line of questioning basically confirming she has no interest in dealing with the cold 3 months out of the year. I don’t think she wanted to get too deep into the living situation because, well, ummmm, she has no interest in it. So she switches the subject. DeAnna: “So what do you plan on doing after snowboarding?” Jesse: “I’ve always thought at some point I’d like to be a sports agent.” Ummmm, don’t you have to be a lawyer to do that? And if you’re lawyer, doesn’t that mean years of law school? Can you see Jesse pounding the books for years in law school? Neither can I. This conversation got very awkward since she didn’t seem to jazzed about him living in Colorado for at least 3 months out of the year, she didn’t seem like she had any interest in being with him during those 3 months, and Jesse seems to be clueless on what it takes to be a sports agent. But hey, what do I know?
-Despite all this, Jesse is falling for DeAnna. “I’m falling for you so hard, and it scares the crap out of me.” Uh oh. Don’t know if that’s what DeAnna wants to hear. Might not be part her plan. Sucks to be you. So they’ve teased us all show with Jesse reading the overnight date card then saying, “I don’t know if I can do this without first meeting your dad?” To which DeAnna says, “Are you serious?” Please, please, please tell me nobody watching the show last night actually thought that this guy was going to pass up an overnight date because he hadn’t met her dad. And if you did, just lie to me and tell me you totally saw through all that editing. Please. She would’ve sent him home right then and there if he would’ve done that. Hell, I would’ve. If I’m the Bachelor, and I present an overnight suite card, and you turn me down, you’re going home. Especially if the other two already said yes and gave up the ass. Sorry. You’d have waaaaaaay too much catching up to do. Then again, I’m not the Bachelor, have no interest in being the Bachelor, and never will be the Bachelor, so I guess there’s nothing to worry about.
-Rose ceremony time. Once again, not very suspenseful having known what was going to happen for the last month or so, but I was interested in watching reaction from the guys. Speech time. “I care about all three of you….send one home….not easy….heart breaking…..and I so wish Graham wasn’t so closed off or else neither of you would even be here right now, he’d be down on one knee proposing, and we’d be on our way to making my three kids in three years.”
Jesse: Needless to say, when I found out this guy was in the final two back in mid-May, I was stunned. Still am.
Jason: I wasn’t stunned by him. Neither should you be.
-Now DeAnna has to explain to Mr. Perfect why she didn’t pick him despite all his perfectness and perfection in all things he does. “You are so perfect (shocker)….I’d be the luckiest woman in the world….I’m stupid for sending you home….we have such a bond that not many people have….I just didn’t want to confuse that bond with being in love.” I would’ve left all the “You’re perfect” crap out of there. I don’t think he really cares to hear that at this point. It just makes what you’re saying that much more stupid. When the chick couldn’t stop saying the word “perfect” for the last three episodes about the guy, you had to have known he wasn’t going to be the final one. That would’ve been too easy. It just didn’t make her sound all that smart. First she tells us the one guy who thought would be the final one she fell in love with she had to let go. Now she’s letting go of the one who she’s constantly called perfect. I don’t get it.
-Jeremy: “I’m hurt. I’ve never had my heart broken like this. Today could be one of the worst days I’ve ever had.” Yeah, he was pretty bummed. He claims to have been in love with her, she dumped him, didn’t really give him the greatest of reasons why, and now he has to face rejection. No guy likes doing that. Ever. But he kept his cool, got a little choked up, got in the limo and drove away. Sort of. He had the limo driver pull over so he could get out an lean against a tree. It looked like the limo driver stopped at the wall where Jason, Jesse, and DeAnna were on the other side of. I thought Jeremy was going to get on his tippy toes and peek over the wall at those three toasting each other. Now that would’ve been funny seeing him spying on them as they were all happy and he had a big frown on his face. Poor guy. Well, at least now he can head to the Ghost Bar and pick up on the pretentious golddiggers that hang there. I’m sure they’d love to head back to his place in Deep Ellum and have him read his journal to them.
“Men Tell All”
-It’s late, I have an early tee time this morning, and I’ve got a million errands to run today before leaving for California tomorrow, so I’m gonna keep my “Men Tell All” recap short. Very short. In case you’re curious, here’s what I have going for me today:
-7:00am tee time (maybe I should play with a blue ball, just for Ty’s sake)
-Get a haircut
-Drop Maddie off at her boarding place for the next 5 days (not something I’m looking forward to)
-1:00 chiropractors appointment
-2:30 work meeting
-Pick up dry cleaning
-Go to bank
Wow. I can’t remember the last time I had so much to do in one day. This will be the first time I’ve left Maddie at a boarding place while I’ve been away. Usually my dad watches her, but he’s coming on this trip as well. We went there last week to check it out and she seemed to like it, so I at least feel a little more comfortable now. It’s brand new, there aren’t a ton of dogs staying there, and her room isn’t the size of a dresser drawer. It’s clean, they take her for walks 8-10 times a day, and she’ll get a bath at some point. I don’t think she’ll love it because it’s not my bed she’ll be on 24/7, but she should be fine. If airlines didn’t make travelling with pets so difficult, I’d bring her with me all the time.
-Ok, so the first half hour of the show sucked. Nothing happened. Guys talked about their experiences, they showed clips we’d already seen, Jeremy and Graham came up to the hot seat and didn’t really say anything that I hadn’t heard them say already, and there was a bunch of fake, forced laughter. But then they brought DeAnna out, and that’s when things got fun. And awkward. Jeremy asked her: “When did you know it wasn’t me?” DeAnna: “After I had overnights with Jason and Jesse, I knew I was falling in love with them.” Ouch. Jeremy didn’t seem to take that too well. Probably wasn’t the answer he was looking for. There was about a five second awkwardness after that where they panned in on Jeremy’s face waiting for him to say something and he never did. So Host Chris did the next best thing….and moved on to Graham. Even better.
-Graham took the approach of, “Look, what happened on the show happened on the show. It’s over and done with, I’m happy she’s happy, there’s no need to bring up the past.” Uhhhhh, DeAnna didn’t care for that too much. Apparently she wanted to see Graham grovel over her, and she told him in so many words, “I really don’t care for the way you’re talking about things now like they don’t mean anything to you.” And then she made a comment about how she’s “definitely not 2nd guessing herself anymore”, and that she still didn’t believe he opened up to her, even though he claimed he did. What an absolute b**ch. The nerve of her for her to tell him how she thinks he should be acting. The guy is over you, woman. What’s he supposed to do three months after the fact? Talk about how wonderful and great you are and that he wishes you never let him go? The guy says he felt he opened up to you, and you don’t believe him. What else is he supposed to do? What a self-important, egotistical, beyotch she came across as last night. Wow. I thought it would’ve been outstanding if Jeremy and Graham would’ve got up and walked out on her. I’m sure that would’ve knocked her ego down a couple notches. Holy crap she made herself look terrible last night.
-One thing I want to point out from Grahams exit interview that I think some of you may find interesting. Listen to what he has to say about the editing.
Were you prepared to propose in two weeks?
Yeah, definitely. But, see, you go into the show prepared for the concept of marriage, but the variable in that is you don’t know the person when you go into it. And there were quite a few concerns that I had with her, and I’m sure she had just as many with me. I find it totally weird that she never talks about what she does for a living. She never does. She was just pretty content to talk about her feelings — 120 percent of the time.
Why is there something the audience are missing from what we are seeing? Jesse and DeAnna are so different and Jeremy and Jason seem much more the marrying kind.
I definitely would agree with you that Jason and Jeremy would make better partners with her to spend the rest of her life with. I don’t think you’re missing anything in the edit of Jesse - I think you might be missing something of the edit of DeAnna.
Did you ever talk about her life and her job?
You know, she and I talked about … mostly how I felt about her. [Laughs] I’m sure we talked about music sometimes. But, no, the time that you are given it’s pretty much revolving around the concept of the show and the relationship and where you are in the process and how you’re dealing with that. We didn’t talk day-to-day details too much, which is obviously kind of disturbing if you’re going to marry someone in that short period of time.
So yeah, you can tell that Graham was a little bothered by the way he was edited and the way DeAnna, apparently, wasn’t edited. It shows in this interview, and it showed by what we heard from him last night. He seems completely over the whole thing now, whereas she expected more from him like, “I just dumped you. You’re supposed to be more hurt than this?” No, honey. He just doesn’t dwell on things for months like you did with Brad.
-The only other eventful thing to take place during the show was Ryan the virgin calling her out for wanting so much attention. Or as he liked to call it, “OCD - Obsessive Compulsive DeAnna”. He didn’t understand why Jesse, who played the cool, mellow card the whole time and didn’t smother her, got to the final two, whereas Jeremy, who was all over her all the time, didn’t. Especially after she talked so much about needing a guy to open up to her. Even I’m confused now. Anyway, Ryan talked himself in circles and she basically shot him down with, “Well, I was attracted to Jesse and I wasn’t attracted to you. Had nothing to do with your approach. I just didn’t like you.” Oh, ok. Yet another graceful moment for her last night. I know what she intended to say, but that made her look a little high and mighty if you ask me.
-So next week, we get the 2 hr. finale followed by the “After the Final Rose” show. I’ll try and find out more information about this dumb ass “Engagement Party” show on the following Monday, but as of now, that’s what’s on ABC’s schedule. Everyone have a great 4th of July weekend, and of course as always, if you have any questions, comments, queries, criticisms, praises, or just wanna chat with such an outstanding guy, email me at steve@realitysteve.com. Until next week….
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58 Comments Add your own
1. Tiger Lilly | July 1st, 2008 at 7:59 am
I agree that we saw the DeAnna “beyotch” factor come out again last night. Maybe that’s what Graham meant when he talked about the DeAnna edit - they had been editing out the “beyotch” What DeAnna has been promoting as her strength and brutal honesty, I see as crassness and bad manners. Could you please find out if Jeremy really fell for her? I find that so hard to believe as he seems so, so far above her in every way.
2. jen | July 1st, 2008 at 8:03 am
Wow, what overacting from jeremy last night. The look away as she called jason’s name. The woe is me stand by the tree. Geez louise, this show is more scripted than Grey’s Anatomy!
On a snarky note, didn’t deanna’s face look a little fuller last night? i’m not sayin’, i’m just sayin’.
3. pam | July 1st, 2008 at 9:10 am
I agree that Deanna looked a bit heavier last night. I also thought she came across as a total beyotch. Totally. Her whole attitude was me, me, me. Geez! No wonder she is not married yet & won’t be for awhile (if ever)
I honestly thought that Jeremy’s reaction was pretty honest. He was shocked and really should have been after the things she kept saying to him. Even if he wasn’t really over the moon for her, she sure made it seem she felt that way about him. Did like it when he called her on spending the night with him and then dissing him. hmmmm, she really is something else.
4. CitySlicker | July 1st, 2008 at 9:19 am
I know this is obvious, but what is the difference between what SHE did in “leading Jeremy on” and what Brad “did” to her? I don’t get it? She was upset because he led her on…didn’t she lead Jeremy and one of the remaining “Js” on? I’m sure her rationalization is that she was trying to figure out HER feelings…well, so was Brad….HUH?
5. Janet | July 1st, 2008 at 9:27 am
Great recap, as always. You hinted that she will pick Jason. I think that’s the only reasonable choice. He will LOVE it that his ex-wife has to see him propose and the follow up publicity on national television. Did you notice she was excited that she was ENGAGED, oh yeah, and in love or whatever you want to call it. I still wonder what those guys (Jessee and Jason) will think when they see that it was Graham who she really wanted. But, the “winner” will be swept up in the sea of publicity and not really care! If Jessee were to win he’d find out how little she planned herself. I laugh that everything she plans for them is something she has never done before either. She is a high maintenance chick, and I can see her spending a lot of time locked in the bathroom crying with her fiance banging on the door to please let him in. Just wait until the first time Jason has to go to something for Ty with his ex-wife. Note to Jason and Jessee: Be afraid, be very afraid and be careful what you wish for!
6. vicki | July 1st, 2008 at 9:48 am
loved your hysterically funny recap, Steve! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought Deanna had absolutely no tact when talking to Jeremy, Graham and the other guys at Men Tell All. She could have said things like you are a great person, very attractive, and have a lot of the qualities that I (and other women) look for in a man….I just went with my gut feeling which led me down a different path, but you are a great catch and I know there are a lot of women who are happy that you are still single. I’m sure the hot girls in the audience would have cheered! I also hope that they get the 24 bachelor girls and 24 bachelorette guys that weren’t chosen and let them all meet each other and party together…..now that would be a GREAT SHOW……….
7. Jennifer | July 1st, 2008 at 9:50 am
I cringed more than a couple of times last night. Did Jesse really say “RAD”?????????? ugh - I wouldnt pick him expressly for that fact! It was nice to see Fred get chosen for a date from an audience member. That was cute. I hope they go out, get married and have 3 kids by the time that girl is 30!!! POO POO on your DeAHHHHHna. She is truly sickening. It’s taken us a looong time to see exactly what Brad must’ve seen in a shorter time.
Jeremy & Graham looked great last night. All the guys did. They are the lucky ones. Great review as always Steve.
Don’t worry too much about your puppy - I’m sure she’s gonna be in good hands.
8. nancy | July 1st, 2008 at 9:51 am
why is it that she has this blinking twitch but kisses with her eyes open i found that strange. I thought from the beginning that she has acted like a b***h and last night just sealed the deal. Loved the stop stop pull over thing that Jeremy did. When they are perfect they are toast done gone with the wind
9. Melonie | July 1st, 2008 at 10:00 am
OCD I about fell off my chair with that one. The look on her face was classic. She was in defensive mode from the moment she walked on stage. The men were handling things very well I think until she made her first harsh comment. I loved how Graham called her on it. After she showed herself the men decided not to be so nice. You know in real life if a woman sleeps with more than one man in a couple of days she is a slag but put it in a reality show and she is trying to find her true love.
I have a friend who lost her mother at a young age too and believe me she does not use that as an excuse to be as rude as she wants to be and call it honesty. Maybe Brad saw this side of her and he didn’t want to come out on national tv and say what a selfcentered beyotch she is.
10. Juliana | July 1st, 2008 at 10:54 am
The Men Tell All was an interesting expose of this show. I don’t watch all the episodes, but always read your blog on Tuesday morning. I tuned into the Men Tell All out of curiousity. I agree that Deanna showed her true colors on that show. Guess ABC couldn’t edit around all her nastiness. If I hear her say “he didn’t give me what I want” one more time . . . She makes “high maintenance” sound like a dream!!
Anyway, whoever she chooses, should be running for the hills (literally in Jesse’s case).
One thing I found interesting is that ABC allowed some comments/ almost criticism about the show and its policies. Deanna stating to Graham that she was pretty sure he didn’t have an option not to take her to his hometown and meet the parents is one example. There were others.
This show is ridiculous - I can’t figure why any sane man would take Deanna on. But I do enjoy your blog - very entertaining and full of laughs.
11. polk8dot | July 1st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Steve , i love your recaps each week. Thanks for spending your valuable time on recapping this crap - it makes me very happy
I wandered if you guys noticed when DeAnna was talking about Jesse at the end of the FD episode, when she was giving a summary of her ‘relationship’ with both men thus far.
She said something that just stuck in my mind and won’t leave. Here goes : ” I realized that Jesse is the man I can not imagine spending one day of my life without’. It was burried in her whole tirrade about him, but I think it is pretty significant. IShe did not say anything even remotely similar about Jason. Is it possible that we all are wrong, and she will actually chose the ’stoner’?
12. Laina | July 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Thanks Steve, I missed the show and had technical issues and couldn’t dvr it. So without your recap I’d be lost!
I think she is going with Jesse. I’m glad Jeremy escaped.
13. Please | July 1st, 2008 at 2:00 pm
You’re both on crack if you think she picks Jesse. Not gonna happen.
14. Monica | July 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Oh Boy. Now everyone has seen what Ive seen since Brad’s season. I have never liked Deanna and there is a reason for that, isnt there???
She is one high maintenance broad. Bigtime. There is nothing else to watch on Monday nights tho. Jason sure seems like the winner (if you can call it winning), that is.
15. dawn | July 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Note to De-de. Engage brain before speaking.
2 humans on top of horses in the water with horses walking or trotting. The horses were at the shore line not “in the middle of the ocean” when you got a smooch form the J man.
Also, does nyone know what JEremy replied to Deanna jsut befor they finished with him? I rewound it 4 times and can’[t make it out.
16. A | July 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Can someone please post the link to where we can view Jason’s wedding website from The Knot? I know that it is no longer on the The Knot, but I heard that someone still had it posted somewhere.
17. Bren | July 1st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@ Cityslicker: I agree. She has bitched for months that Brad led her on, yada yada yada… and didn’t ever give her an explanation of why he dumped her. Now we saw her do the same exact thing to Jeremy last night… and that was AFTER we have heard her call him the perfect man for the past three weeks. I agree that she started out being defensive… and she did look a little pudgy last night.
18. Tiger Lilly | July 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Engagement party next week? Fuller face? Baby shower more likely!
19. Kelly | July 1st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Does anyone else remember DeAnna being a huge bitch throughout most of Brad’s season? Her and that other girl Milk Carton were always bitching and snipping at the other girls. But just because Ellen likes her, she becomes America’s sweetheart?
I can’t be the only one that was hoping some alligator or something was lurking when she and Jason were having their picnic and kayaking. She is a real piece of work. Her face definitely looked full last night; she has really let herself go since Bunn dumped her haha
20. Kristin | July 1st, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Oh man what a total beyotch she was last night! I really believe she is liike this all the time and we just didnt get a chance to see it due to editing. Wow! Poor Graham and Jeremy. I felt bad for them. I really do feel that Jeremy was upset about getting dumped and when she was all glowing about that she is “happy,… and engaged!”… they panned to poor Jeremy and he just looked kinda sad to me. Oh well… you’re better off w/o her Jeremy! IN fact, they are all better off w/o her… she is no catch believe me! I feel sorry for Jason (who I think is a sweetie pie) if he ends up with her. Uggh! She’ll never accept being “second best” to Ty. Why does she think she always has to be right and had the last word w/ everyone. It’s a big turn-off. She would never be one to apologize I believe. Well we’ll see where things go, but that chick is a high maintainence beyotch and I feel sorry for whatever guy ends up with her. Loved virgin Ryan’s assessment of her being OCD Deanna! Loved it! So she yells at Graham instead by saying “Well I was falling in love w/ Graham… isn’t that RIGHT Graham!!!”: Oh shut up girl! Well that’s what I was thinking! She’s a joke!
21. loml95 | July 1st, 2008 at 10:28 pm
are you kidding? she doesn’t really sleep with all three of them one after the other. does she??? i must be really naive cause that is completely trashy behavior…..
22. Kristin | July 1st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
DAWN- you asked about what Jeremy said to Deanna at the end of their segment on the Men Tell All. She said, “I just wanted there to be something there so badly.” And he kinda stared for a while not kinowing what to say and then say, “Well.. me too.” Poor guy, I felt bad for him. It was so uncomfortable. She basically said she decided AFTER their night together in the fantasy suite (and after Jason and Jesse’s nights) that she didn’t want to be w/ him. So to paraphrase her, “Jeremy, you sucked in bed. You just didn’t do it for me. I liked the other 2 guys way better than you!’ Sorry, just my interpretation! Jeremy’s better off w/o her.
23. Kristin | July 1st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
“are you kidding? she doesn’t really sleep with all three of them one after the other. does she??? i must be really naive cause that is completely trashy behavior…..”
I think she probably does…
24. Mel | July 1st, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I doubt she sleeps with all three. she probably talks, kisses, cuddles. most women I know could never have intercourse with 3 men in a row, most women are not like most men that way.
25. Ann | July 2nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
I really can’t see her picking Jesse. I think that her and Jason are a good match. I am not surprised that Jeremy and Graham are both gone. To me, they both always seemed a little odd. Jason and Jesse both seem more real. Jason seems like marriage material.
26. Jo | July 2nd, 2008 at 12:20 am
I do think that she probably sleeps with all three guys…. you mean to tell me you think that when they start passionately kissing, and then close the door, that all of a sudden they break out the board games…. I don’t think so… The whole idea of the overnight dates is to “spend the night together”. Generally, people like to know if they are sexually compatible before they get married.
27. Brigitte | July 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 am
Reality Steve said:
“But I’m about 99% positive that if Jason were to get the final rose, he’s not gonna be able to just pack up all his things and bust out to Georgia for the rest of his life. And I’m guessing DeAnna, even if she is ok with the fact he has a 3 year old, is not gonna take off for Seattle, Washington having grown up in the South. Just doesn’t seem like something she’d do. So by my brilliant logic, we now know Jason isn’t her man.”
28. BachlerFan2 | July 2nd, 2008 at 5:44 am
OMG! This is deja vu all over again! Fleiss could have been a bit more creative with the storylines instead of recycling those from The Bachelor: London Calling.
Here are the recylced scripts I noted:
F4 Graham: Received the Noelle plotline of “I never let guys (gals) in”. Sent packing due to difficulty in opening up
F3 Jeremy: Received the Amanda plotline of “being too perfect with the first impression rose to boot”. Sent packing due to “loving the other two more”.
F2 Jason: Getting the Chelsea plotline of “being an object of passion with baggages” Will be sent packing due to complication of a built-in family with the ex still looming around.
F! Jesse: Getting the Shayne plotline of “being a snow monkey”
29. MJ | July 2nd, 2008 at 8:38 am
If I hear ” I just want y’all to know that this is breaking mah heart raght now …” one more time I am going to throw up.
This girl gives the rest of us a bad rap - she’s WAY too high maintenance. I wouldn’t want to date her if I was a guy and as a girl I wouldn’t want her for a friend, either. She’s too big of a pout, has to have it ALL her way ALL the time- sickening.
My bet is she picks Jesse and they get engaged and it lasts 5 minutes.
30. Kristin | July 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 am
MJ… couldn’t have said it any better myself! I wouldn’t want her as a friend either.. she would drive me nuts. And if I were a guy, there is no way I would want to date her. I will really feel sorry for Jason if she breaks his heart… but I bet she will. It will be dramatic if she does, there’s no doubt about that part and that’s exactly what Fleiss wants.. the more drama the better. I still don’t get why Jesse is even still around AFTER the 1st week! I mean he’s seems like a cool guy, but do you really want to marry someone who says “RAD” or “this is ridiculous! (cool)” after every sentence! I know I wouldn’t! Plus Deanna seems very into looks and not to be mean to Jesse, but he’s not exactly hot (IMO). I know everyone has different types though…. he just doesn’t seem like he’d be “good enough” for Deanna (in her high-maintainence mind.) If she wants her 3 kids in 3 years, then she should definitely pick Jason. Jesse, if you remember correctly, was the one last week at the Bring Home to the Meet the Parents eppie who said to his dad that he didnt’ see being married in 2 wks. Then ONE week later, he’s saying to Deanna, “Well I know you want to get married, and I just want you to know that that’s where I’m at!?” Huh? Doesn’t make much sense to me. I think Deanna did that whole “I’m happy… I’m in love.. and I’m engaged!” on the Men Tell All Show in a big part to stick it to Graham. Just like she was pissed at the BBQ ALL b/c Graham was ignoring her.. plain and simple that was all it was! (Plus she’s a major drama queen.) You mean to tell me she was really THAT upset about Chef-boy-Ar-de Robert staying in the house at the BBQ.. oh please! She didn’t give a crap about him. It was b/c Graham didn’t want to kiss her at the racetrack and she was still angry about it at the BBQ b/c he wasn’t coming up and kissing her butt and apologizing and taking her for alone time. I still think alot of this is all about Graham in her mind. Feel sorry for whoever she picks as their watching these shows now and see how enamored she still is w/ Graham.
31. Melonie | July 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
After seeing this many hours of OCDeanna I think BRAD made the best choice ever. She claims he lead her on but what does she really think she is doing. I believe Jeremy thought she was in love with him. I am sure Jason and Jesse have the same thoughts. This whole show is a big giant game of guess who. She has to lead these guys on or else they would just leave. Twilley was told to just hang in there! Why? we knew there was nothing there you could tell by her body language and facial expressions.
I am so glad this is over. She always tells the guys I know what you are feeling I have been through it as if that justifies her behavior and attitude. I had more respect for her as the dumpee and not as the dumper.
Brad good job! and for Jeremy I am sure there is some smart beautiful TEXAS woman who will show you what a near miss you had wih Deanna.
32. Melonie | July 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Sorry I forgot to ask. Does anyone know the site where we can see the pics of Jeremy at Suite.
33. KC | July 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Great blog! Every week, your comments make me laugh out loud. The only thing I have to say is that those boys “dodged a huge bullet” by being dismissed by DeAnna. She would be unbearable in a relationship.
34. Jessica | July 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Steve, it’s not just your niece, 3 yr olds are obsessed with poo poo and pee pee (my 2 sons, 3 and 4, it’s all they talk about!).
You guys and your sleeze comments about DeAnna…Ha! This season is G to PG if you ask me.
I recentlly saw the replay of Trista’s season where she flat out told Chris Harrison if she has to sleep with the guys to find out who’s the one she will…I actually had to rewind and listen to that one a few times LOL. On Bachelor 1, gotta love Trista sharing with Alex she never had an organism with a man! And the best of all, Alex’s fantsay date with Amanda where they order chocolate sauce with plastic sheets from room service!!
35. Mel | July 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
As I said, they leave it ambiguous to lead us to believe she is doing it with all three but 99% of women I know will not. When I was dating I’d make out with guys, it was fun but I didn’t “do it” with them until I chose ONE. I think making out is a lot of fun and you can get to know someone intimately from deep kisses and light petting. To me that can be even more fun than the grand finale. That’s how most of my friends are or were before they got married.
36. Dee | July 2nd, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I felt sorry for Jeremy. I am sure Graham’s “have a nice life” really stuck in her craw. I hope and pray she picks Jesse. Jason is way too good for her and it’s been awhile since I’ve had a good laugh.
37. jersey boy rob | July 2nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Her marry Jesse? Sure! I can see her now beyotching and shivering in sunny and frigid Breck while hubby sails over the slopes. Mismatch! His parents are too Bohemian for her taste.
Jason might be the one, but what about the kid? J’s gonna have two cases of high maintenance.
This is a case where within 3 months, you’ll hear about Deanna and J going their serarate ways. Good drama, but not a love match!
38. Bruce | July 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
“Deep kisses” and “light petting”? You sound like Ann Landers!
39. Jen | July 2nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Glad to see De-Haaanah’s true colors finally come out. I haven’t liked the girl since she was in Brad’s season and could not for the life of me figure out why she was chosen to be the bachelorette…ABC couldn’t find a nice girl more worthy than her?!?
It’s possible that “perfect” Jeremy wasn’t so perfect below the belt, which led her to keep the other 2 after the overnight dates. But as I watched the show it was obvious that while Jeremy is a great catch, they never really laughed and had fun together. They say a sense of humor is the #1 thing a girl looks for (which is why, Steve, it makes no sense that you are still single!!), and all those 2 kept dwelling on was the deaths they’ve had to deal with. As for the last 2, this is a tough one. On the one hand, she seemed to be absolutely GLOWING during her entire date with Jason. Yet it is unlikely she would be willing to move to Seattle and it’s not like Jason can leave his kid behind to move to Georgia. On the other hand, Deanna also does not seem up for living in “Breck” getting stoned 3 months out of the year. Jesse doesn’t even have any real career goals – and Deanna clearly needs a man who is going to be all about her and take care of her. Maybe in the end she will choose… Brad??? Perhaps ole Womack will waltz in at the last moment, mount that garden pedestal that he practically threw up on last time, profess his undying love and propose? Hahaha! She wishes!!
40. jess | July 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
She does not sleep with all three of them. The producers want you to think that.
41. Andrew | July 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Not Brad … no no no no no … there is no way that train in coming into her station … ever ever ever. He made it clear the first time and has never looked back on that one.
Bet she does sleep with them all … three and counting.
Jeremy and Graham and most the others are doing great and have well moved on. We get to see Jeremy battered around by the producers and Deanna again. Have to get in the last licks.
And we will have the most shocking rose ceremony ever. An other guy gets blindsided, but certainly not led on. And perhaps we will have another bachelorette takeing the $1 million dollars to fund a tv wedding and pimping out her family. Hey … divorce is easy.
42. Karen | July 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I think I can figure out who will DeAnna pick in the end? It is Jeremy she will pick. I am disppointed because I would love to see her with Jason in the end than Jeremy and Jesse. Whatever it happens! I love Trista and Ryan better than DeAnna and whoever. Thanks! Have a nice day!
43. Barb | July 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
Anyone remember the Brad show where Deanna was heartbroken not to get the Final Rose…then she tried again to catch Brad at the After the Final Rose show? My feelings then were that she seemed very “needy”. Where is the personal dignity and self-worth in coming on to a guy on national TV who’s already said he doesn’t want to choose you.
There are things about Deanna that I very much like…..including her honesty, and her willingness to say exactly what she needs, feels and wants. My favoite remaining bachelor is Jason. I think he is attractive, intelligent, a family man and good values. But I dont think he is the best choice for Deanna. She needs someone who will put her first. Jason cant do that because of Ty.
44. Counselor Troy | July 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 am
I bet Brad is sitting back, laughing and thinking, “dang, I’m glad I dodged THAT torpedo!!!”
He was probably contractually obligated NOT to say too much about why he didn’t choose Deanna in the end of his Bachelor installment, and now we are starting to see what he couldn’t talk about.
Deanna is immature, high maintanance, and definitely has major issues to work through. Yeah, there were some doozies for contestants, but when the “star” of the show is dysfunctional how can you expect something really good to come of it?
I almost feel sorry for whoever she chooses but then again, that probably won’t last long either.
45. Lynda | July 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 am
I love these comments, I am so gratified that everybody sees through D, I love the descriptions of her: high and mighty is a good one, and I TOTALLY loved how Graham was like, “Huh? what? I wasn’t paying attention…” ha ha ha ha
46. jen | July 3rd, 2008 at 8:06 am
Maybe she’s engaged (and looking fuller) because she’s preggers! LOL. And she has three possible fathers (ala Mamma Mia). Of course, what guy would leave her side knowing he could be the father of her child? THAT would be bad Bachelorette press. LOL
47. Anonymous | July 3rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Comment #34 by Jessica - Trista sharing with Alex she never had an organism with a man!
Laughing my ass offfffff! I take it you’ve never had an orgasm either.
48. Kristin | July 4th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
what I don’t get is the previews for Monday’s show… are they REALLY going to put both men through a proposal just to have one get rejected!? Now THAT would be HARSH and VERY, VERY cruel. If any of you have seen it, previews show BOTH men down on 1 knee in front of her. So what’s that about? That’s WORST than Brad telling both of them no. At least he didn’t get down on 1 knee and propose to both and them say, “psych!”
IF D has both get down on their knee, then she is the biggest HYPOCRITE of them all and talk about leading BOTH of them on! Wow! She’d be “worse than Brad” (or what she keeps saying was so bad about Brad.) I’d love to see her explain that one on ATFR show! Can’t wait! Maybe it’s just editing… but I definitely see Jesse down on 1 knee in the previews WITH a ring. Jason didn’t have a ring though. Which leaves me confused b/c I have a feeling she’ll pick the dark horse Jesee… so why give it away by showing him w/ a ring? I wish she’d pick Jason though… seems to have more chemistry w/ him.
But frankly I don’t see her w/ either… as many have already said she’s not going to want to move to Seattle and she’s not going to want to go to “Breck” for 3 months of the year either. So what’s left???
49. Kristin | July 4th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Oh and another thing… Trista was annoying in alot of ways, but AT LEAST she didn’t go on and on and on in her season about being dumped by Alex. I don’t think he came up the entire season. He was a fruitcake, I know, but she handled her season with much more class. Then again, she had hottie Ryan and Charlie chasing after her and both of them were WAY better than Alex!
50. Lisa | July 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
It’s interesting that everyone is saying how slutty it would be of Deanna to sleep with all three guys, yet I haven’t heard any such comments when any of the bachelors did the same thing. The Bachelor and the Bachelorette both go through the same process, so why only bring it up when it’s the girl who might be doing this? Double standard, anyone?
51. Andrew | July 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
There have been plenty of comments when one of the Bachelors slept with someone. Some Bachelors have said emphatically the didn’t have sex with anyone. Someone always tells.
I doubt De is pregnant LOL probably too much lasagne, and certainly they use protection.
Although both men do propose, will we actually see both do it? Wouldn’t that be really bad PR?
Whatever her choice - it was HER choice - and I am sure she has reasons. Anyone know if the maserati she is sporting around is hers or the one Matt was driving on the show or jus a photoshoot?
52. Karen | July 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Weird! I saw that pictures between Jason and Jesse with DeAnna in final rose ceremony. I don’t understand that DeAnna and Jesse didn’t kiss on their lips (they only kiss on their cheeks). DeAnna and Jason did kiss on their lips. I am confused who will DeAnna picks in final rose ceremony - Jason OR Jesse???? Huh! Wait and see what happen tmw nite! You better be ready to watch and don’t be shocking or surprising. Heehee! What do you think??? Huh!
53. PJ | July 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
The whole thing is a joke. Come on, we all know that! Reality Steve’s audience is the more sophisticated Bachelor/ette audience, right?? We are not fooled by this supposed ‘reality!’
She’s going to choose someone to prove she’s not a “Brad,” and they’re already broken up. I believe ABC has already replaced the “engagement party” show for next week with a rerun of the “where are they now” show.
I totally agree with the previous posters who say they couldn’t even be friends with Deanna - ugh! To paraphrase “When Harry Met Sally,” she’s one of those women who is high maintenance but THINKS she’s low maintenance.
54. DD | July 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Great posts everyone - nice to see you share my views.
I don’t know how she picked Jason and Jesse as her final two with so many worthy contenders — including Jeremy, Brian W., and a few others. But D. is not an intelllectual or even highly sophisticated woman. She is just an average, fun-seeking narcissist — she will either choose a fellow playmate (Jesse) or a parent who can parent her (Jason)…or Jeremy may come back and sweep her off her feet.
Reality Steve, you did miss something…When Jesse said he needed to meet her parents before he could accept the over night visit …he was mocking Brad who said he would need to get a woman’s blessing before he proposed. Remember how D flew in her father expecting to be given the final rose.
Honestly, I think D lost Brad in the fact that she slept with him the night before. He used and discarded her. The night before, Brad said he could see himself spending the rest of his life with her, and D talked about how nice it would be to be sexual and intimiate with somone. They probably had sex, and she got dumped. I think she did the same to Jeremy….Had her way with him and then callously dumped him…just as she cooly told Fred, in Brad-mono-speak, “I can’t give you this rose. I have to tell you good bye.”
D is a dysfunctional mess….but I wish her happiness….
One thing which stands out to me is the fact that in final rose ceremony, the men always looked tortured and stressed as if they were underdoing some kind of emotional oppression. They never seemed happy and free. D was upset that none of the men really fell her for..as they did Brad. She had an entire show devoted to her..and the men could care less…That’s got to hurt….
I feel sorry for her…but this Bachelorette season has made for great television. Doubt if I will ever watch ianother season again as its too engrossing and emotional. This show is all consuming.
Anyway, great wok, reality steve!
55. jen | July 7th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
From DD: “Anyway, great wok, reality steve!”
What do you know about his “wok”? Has he made stir-fry for you? LOL.
56. Bonnie | July 8th, 2008 at 3:44 am
Please put up the re-cap soon..I am dying to see your take on this ending!
57. DD | July 8th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Jen — it’s called a typo.
Do you feel more secure about yourself for pointing that out and mocking me?
58. Spring | July 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
DD — it’s called a joke. Lighten up.
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