Jason Mesnick
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| Jason Scott Mesnick | |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Residence | Kirkland, Washington, United States |
| Occupation | Account Executive |
| Spouse | Hilary Wynn (née Buckholz) (2003–2007)[1][2] Molly Mesnick ( nee Malaney) (2010–present) |
Jason Scott Mesnick is the runner-up on Season 4 of The Bachelorette and the Bachelor of the 13th season of the reality dating show The Bachelor.
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[edit] Early life and career
Mesnick is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but moved to Washington at the age of eight. He has two brothers, Sean and Larry, his parents divorced when he was a teen and had re-married on their separate ways. Mesnick attended Lake Washington High School and got his part-time job at Safeway. Following his graduation from high school in 1994, he attended University of Washington where he joined Theta Chi Fraternity, he received his BA in psychology when he graduated in 1998.
In 2003, Mesnick married Hilary Buckholz and have a son, Ty. Their marriage did not last, but they were divorced in 2006 and later finalized in 2007.[2][3] However, Mesnick raised Ty as a single father. Mesnick now resides in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland.[4]
Mesnick is a business development manager for the travel company Down Under Answers, and is a "big brother" for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America.
[edit] Reality television
After Mesnick divorced his first wife, he had chance to make love again and competed on the fourth season of The Bachelorette as one of DeAnna Pappas' suitors, even bending his knee to propose in the final rose ceremony before DeAnna stopped him. Instead Pappas chose Jesse Csincsak. Mesnick was chosen to be the next Bachelor, however, and he said that he did find love on ABC’s reality dating series. The Bachelor Mesnick said “I found exactly what I was hoping for, what I was looking for. I’m completely in love.”[5]
He proposed to Melissa Rycroft, a 27 year old Dallas native and former squad member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. He then revealed on "After the Final Rose" that the chemistry changed with Rycroft over the weeks after the end of the show, and that he still loves the runner-up, Molly Malaney. Rycroft was brought out, he broke up with her, and she returned the engagement ring. Malaney was then brought out, he asked for another chance with her, and she accepted.”[6]
Mesnick was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel the day after the "After the Final Rose" was aired and explained what happened behind the scenes. He told Jimmy that the chemistry was different between him and Rycroft. Kimmel asked Mesnick why he proposed marriage to Rycroft and Mesnick replied that Rycroft was exactly what he wanted at the time, but he did not want to lead Rycroft on. Several months later Rycroft announced her engagement to Tye Strickland.[7] When asked, Malaney and Mesnick stated publicly that they will certainly get married one day.[citation needed] In October 2009, while vacationing in New Zealand, Mesnick asked Malaney to marry him and she accepted.[8] They were married on February 27, 2010, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.[9]
Mesnick and Malaney's wedding aired in a two-hour special called The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding, on March 8, 2010. It included the bride's dress fitting, planning for the day, and bachelor and bachelorette parties besides the ceremony. Past Bachelor and Bachelorette participants were on the guest list.[10]
[edit] Interviews
- "Jason Mesnick Chats About Parenting, Media and Love" (Video). JustCauseIt.com. April 30, 2009. http://justcauseit.com/articles/jason-mesnick-chats-about-parenting-media-and-love.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Bachelorette contestant Jason Mesnik’s first wedding photos". Celebgalz. 2008-07-03. http://celebgalz.com/the-bachelorette-contestant-jason-mesniks-first-wedding-photos/. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ a b Rizzo, Monica (2008-12-22). "Meet Jason Mesnick Bachelor Dad". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20252068,00.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ Chansanchai, Athima (2009-01-04). "'The Bachelor's' Jason Mesnick gets his turn". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/The-Bachelor-s-Jason-Mesnick-gets-his-turn-1296513.php. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ^ Nicole Tsong (January 4, 2009). Kirkland's Jason Mesnick spills about "The Bachelor". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2008583415_mesnick04.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "The Bachelor 's Jason Mesnick: 'I'm Engaged'". TV Watch. People.com. 10 December 2008. http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/12/10/the-bachelors-jason-mesnick-im-engaged/.
- ^ ""'Bachelor' Changes Mind, Picks Runner-Up"". ABC News. March 3, 2009. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6993944&page=1.
- ^ Anna Diamond (30 June 2009). "Melissa Rycroft Is Engaged". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Melissa-Rycroft-Engaged-1007530.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Joyce Eng. "Bachelor's Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney Get Engaged". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Jason-Mesnick-Molly-1011085.aspx.
- ^ http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/02/27/its-official-bachelors-jason-and-molly-get-hitched/
- ^ "ABC to Air Bachelor Jason Mesnick's Wedding Next Month". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Bachelor-Wedding-1014280.aspx.
[edit] External links
- "Bios: The Bachelor". ABC.com. http://abc.go.com/primetime/bachelor/index?pn=bios#t=bachelor&d=161943. Retrieved January 26, 2009.[dead link]
- B&C: After The Final Rose
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