Andrew Firestone on Jason Mesnick: He Was Acting Like an Ass

In the new interview with Us Magazine, former Bachelor Andrew Firestone is quite candid about his opinion of Jason Mesnick dumping fiancee Melissa Rycroft for Molly Malaney on the show’s finale. 

“If he didn’t have his mind made up, don’t do anything,” Firestone said. “There’s no reason that you have to do anything, especially if you’re so torn that you’re crying like a little girl on that balcony. He was faking it so much that he was crying uncontrollably and then [showed] uncontrollable elation, so he was either lying to one or the other, convincingly.”

Firestone proposed to Jen Schefft on his 2003 finale, and even though they eventually broke up, he says he was deeply in love with her at the time and never regretted the decision.

“It wasn’t like, ‘Eh, you know what, flip a coin,’” he says. 

But the worst part, Firestone says (and we agree), is the way Jason chose to handle the situation.

“Don’t drag the poor girl on national TV. I think the main thing, you’ve got to act like a gentleman.”

Firestone says Mesnick “was acting like an ass” during the finale and After the Rose special.

“I thought it was super shady. He keeps saying, ‘Oh, nobody knows what it’s like,’ but ... nobody would put themselves in those shoes. Those are shoes that nobody wants to wear. He can keep saying, ‘Oh, you’re not in my shoes.’ Well there’s a reason for that, because I choose not to put those shoes on.”

That gets two snaps up with a twist! Preach, Tire Boy. We never liked Jason!

–Sasha Perl-Raver