US Weekly November 2009

The Bachelor's Jason - This Time I'm Sure

Jason Mesnick has a confession: "I hate roses." So when he decided to propose to Molly Malaney on October 21 at the secluded Kohara Lodge in Queenstown, New Zealand - yes the very site of the pair's exotic overnight date during his stint as the Bachelor - he simply presented her with an arrangement of wild flowers. One other major alteration? "No TV cameras anywhere!".

Certainly the couple had seen the majority of their milestones publicly documented - and mercilessly criticised.

A primer: On the March finale of The Bachelor (taped in November 2008) Mesnick, an ex-insurance agent who had been rejected by DeAnna Pappas on The Bachelorette earlier that year, passed over department store buyer Malaney and proposed to ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Rycroft. However during the After the Final Rose special - taped in January, six weeks after the proposal, but broadcast the same night as the finale - Mesnick revealed he'd had a change of heart. In truly the most shocking Bachelor twist ever, he dumped Rycroft on-air and begged Malaney to take him back....

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