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Jillian and Ed Split/The Bachelorette

  • Posted on July 13, 2010 at 9:09 pm

Jillan with that Ed, that has obviously been paid off by the producers

I just heard about this split today. The way I found out honestly is because last week my website received a lot of traffic and I kept trying to figure out what it could be since I don’t really write here that much for reality shows. Well, soon found out that Jillian and Ed broke up. I had written quite a bit on Jillian’s season of the Bachelorette…so I guess it’s still listed on Google. That’s not what’s important. What I wanted to say to others out there is, how sad I was to find out the news. I really like those two as a couple. From the first impression rose, to Ed’s departure to go back to work, to his returning, I really liked their personalities.
We are always quick to condemn reality stars and to make fun of their break-ups, but why would anyone do that? Like Jake and Vienna for instance. I dislike Jake’s personality, however, I feel for him as a person and I’m sure he will be just fine.

Jillian and Ed have been together over one year, so their relationship did stand the test of time, with relocations to Chicago, and all of that behind the scene gossip with Ed in the beginning. I’m sure each will plunge back into their own identies and make it just fine.
However, as a viewer of that one special season, I find myself feeling like an ‘era has ended’ in reality t.v. somehow with the demise of this couple. Classy and sophisticated, these two looked like a match and I kept waiting for the wedding on ABC. Call me a sap, call me what you want, but I really thought Jillian was top noch, and next to Ed they sort of rocked it as a ‘hot couple.’
Now there are these stories about her having to return the ring. If it’s not bad enough they must endure a public split, people are making fun of that part of the equation, too. I’m not sticking up for reality t.v. I am however asking those viewers that sit there so ardently and judge as a view to remember they are just normal couple with feelings, too. Good luck to both parties. If I had to choose a side (I haven’t really dug into why the broke up, but my imagination can pretty much fill in the details), but of course, it would be Jillian Harris. The best bachelorette I’ve seen ever on ABC. Good luck Jillian. Machel Penn Shull

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Why The Bachelor Franchise is close to ending….

  • Posted on January 17, 2010 at 2:56 pm

The ending of the Bachelor Series 2010

If you are wondering why I am not spontaneously writing my updates on this season’s The Bachelor, I’m just sooo uninspired by the scandal thing and how we are so aware that this is indeed just a TV show. I’m not sure when I personally forgot along the way that ABC’s The Bachelor/Bachelorette series was just that: scripted television with unknowns that are making a name for themselves, or just looking for an amazing experience.

After the ‘Rozylyn scandal’ and the fact that Reality Steve has already predicted the show in it’s interity, I am sure this show cannot endure the sort of mishap so early on. Never before has anyone known so much and it makes you wonder, which gaffer is receiving a cut from Reality Steve’s advertising venture on his own blog site (a gaffer is a behind the scenes guy in the production crew).

I must admit I am quite shocked by his final chosen one–Vienna, but then again, I was always rooting for Kiptyn Locke, a locall San Diegan to be the Next Bachelor.

We will see over the next few weeks how the numbers add up, if there is any law suits of any kind and who will exactly win at the the end of th season. What we do know is it’s definitely NOT the fans of the Bachelor season.

Just when I had found another fun intertaining series, I had to be reminded of the it’s only television after all. I must say I miss Jillian and all of her sexy men, and Jason Mesnick and his group of women. A much classier casting, no offense to the women on this current show. They can’t help it that they might be the finally of the ending of THE BACHELOR SERIES.

I don’t think Mike Fleiss will be happy with his final numbers in ratings. And, after watching what Conan O’Brian has had to endure at NBC, we can only surmise that this, too, could happen to The Bachelor if the ratings take a nose dive, due to the oversaturated scandal, know-all ending issues already plaguing this top notch Reality Series.
Machel Penn

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The Bachelorette Finale spoiler-Kiptyn Locke next bachelor

  • Posted on July 27, 2009 at 8:58 am

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Tonight’s episode of the Bachelorette will not be disappointing…Well, depending if you are hoping for the happily ever after moment like Melissa Rycroft shared while frolicking in the pool with Jason Mesnick, while Molly was just around the corner text messaging him the moment she was whisked away in the limo. No. Tonight’s episode is about Jillian Harris looking fabulous in pink. Not only does she look fabulous, she will end up kind of doing the switcharoo thig just like Jason. “ATFR” will reveal which man will propose to her on that show. She might have ended up with Ed at the end of the finale, but be prepared to watch Jillian Harris accept Reid Rosenthal’s proposal of marriage when it is all said and done.
I am hosting a party at my house for this fabulous evening, which should be one of ABC’s top rated shows of this month. Trust me, this will be some of the best t.v. drama we see all summer, while waiting for the return of our favorite t.v. dramas, i.e. CSI New York, and CSI Miami.
Take my advice: Do not miss the the show right after the season is over. Be ready to stay up all night either being disgusted or a believer in love…or better yet, impressed with ABC’s ability to manipulate the public, as they rake in the big sponsors. Good job Mike Fleiss on choosing Jillian Harris. She ended up being the winner of this whole wacky season. Forget Wes and that damned pilot guy. Jillian Harris is the only one worth talking about. And Kiptyn Locke? Didn’t I just see you at the Albertson’s by the Flower Hill Mall recently. I sure hope you give me an exclusive interview at the Next Bachelor.  At one point I thought you could be boring. However, after watching you climb the pole, encourage Jillie to new heights, then manage to make the jump to the bar like the flying trapeze, I have reconsidered…You are a risk taker and I like that.

Good luck on the next season’s show. I want an exlcusive as native columnist that works for one of your favorite newspapers-The Coast News!
Machel Penn-columnist

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