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The fairy tale isn’t over for The Bachelorette’s Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski — laughing off rumors of trouble in paradise after explosive accusations that her fiancé cheated with two ex-girlfriends, Jillian tells OK!, “We have not even come close [to splitting].”
In fact, Ed is currently enjoying some much-needed togetherness with the Canadian interior designer in her native Vancouver. Read more »
Any recently engaged woman would be in soon-to-be marital bliss heaven, but that’s far from reality for The Bachelorette’s Jillian Harris, who was recently proposed to by finalist, Ed Swiderski.
But a recent tabloid cover story alleges that Ed hasn’t been faithful to Jillian — even after he had proposed — with two of his ex-girlfriends: Lindsay Johnson and Bethany Steffen. Read more »
No more roses for country singer Wes on The Bachelorette — Jillian Harris has finally given the fame-grubber the heave-ho, saying he was “just a little too shady.” Read more »
Who said love was easy? Certainly not Jillian Harris, the Vancouver-based restaurant designer whose heart was pummeled by single dad Jason Mesnick on last season’s The Bachelor. But now, Jillian’s the one plucking suitors on The Bachelorette. She tells OK! what it’s like to be in charge.
What were your thoughts going into The Bachelorette?
It’s funny, because I’m a super-real and down-to-earth person, so I understand that it’s a crazy and unrealistic way to meet somebody, but I thought I would give it a try.
What has the process of The Bachelorette been like for you?
It’s 17-hour days and running from one place to another, and finding time just to have a bite to eat. In the beginning, you have to be emotionally available to all of the guys and not spread yourself out too thin. It can be really draining.
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Last season you had your heart broken by Jason Mesnick. How did you mend?
I was watching my intro on the first episode, and I said that it took me weeks to bounce back, but I actually did it really quickly. I knew pretty early on that he had chosen Melissa [Rycroft] and because she had become one of my good friends – you know how it is when you might think somebody is cute and then they start dating your friend and you get over it right away? So that helped, because I was so happy for [them].
How hard is it to choose a partner?
You definitely do fall for more than one person in a situation like this… but eventually you know what you’re getting into. My final choice wasn’t a difficult one to make.
So you are happy with your choice?
I’m a firm believer that I made the right decision. The relationship failing is a fear, but I can’t control that. If it happens, it happens. I will be in the same place that I was before this, which is a great place.
Will Jillian Harris morph into a female version of Jason Mesnick when The Bachelorette returns this spring? An insider tells OK! that Jillian, who finished third on The Bachelor — just missing a chance to be part of single dad Jason’s bizarre love triangle — is “getting her edge on” before filming starts later this month.
“Everyone who saw Jillian on The Bachelor has the idea that she is a goody-two-shoes,” the source says. “On the show they will reveal that she’s capable of creating controversy. The producers would love it if The Bachelorette ends just as dramatically as The Bachelor.”
Jillian, 29, an interior designer from Canada, was a fan favorite on the hit ABC show and will hand out her first rose on May 17. For The Bachelorette, she’ll be pitting the guys against each other. “You’ll see her really manipulating them in a way previous Bachelorettes haven’t,” the insider says.
“You may see her lying to the guys, misleading them about what she’s really looking for. She may not be a fan favorite by the time she’s down to her final choice, but it’s all about ratings.”
Former The Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas is speaking out for the first time about her split with ex-fiance Jesse Csincsak.
Pappas, who chose Jesse over current The Bachelor Jason Mesnick in the show’s final rose ceremony, tells Extra she called off her engagement because, "it came down to two totally different people. I believe we all make mistakes in life and we learn from them. Jason, who has it all together, has everything a woman would want. And then there’s Jesse, who kind of was like a wild card…And for me, I felt like the wild card was going to work out. Someone to keep me on my toes. But eventually it wasn’t what I was attracted to anymore."
Both Pappas and Jesse seem to have moved on. Jesse is now seeing The Bachelor: London Calling alum Holly Durst. "Jesse and Holly met while we were seeing each other," Pappas admits.
But don’t think this bachelorette is crying into her pillow every night! Pappas is the new host of Lifetime’s Get Married and she recently took a trip down memory lane, surprising Jason Meznick on The Bachelor during his fantasy dates!
Of the surprise reunion Pappas says, "It is worth the wait. I believe that it’s going to resolve some issues for myself and possibly some viewers."
As for what he thought of the whole situation, Mesnick says, "Of course it threw me off. I fell in love with her and I went through my healing process. And she’s the last person I expected to see, especially in New Zealand."
Oh, the drama!
Extra’s interview airs tonight!
Breaking up is hard to do – even more so if the nation watched you and your former fiance fall in love on The Bachelorette.
"It’s been tough," Jesse Csincsak tells Extra at Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding Video Game Launch about his recent split with his fiance DeAnna Pappas. I’ve been taking things one day at a time. [But] all the fans have been super supportive. I’ve gotten thousands of emails. Everybody basically has my back."
Making the situation even harder to swallow is the fact that Jesse has little experience with this kind of heartbreak.
"I’ve never been in love before until this, so this was big for me to go on there [the show] and put it out to the public," he admits. "I was never the guy that showed my affections to anybody right off the bat to begin with and then to do it on TV was like, ‘Whoa.’"
While he and DeAnna may not be heading towards the altar, this Colorado outdoorsman says he doesn’t harbor any ill will towards his ex.
"We’re texting and we talk every now and again but we’re giving each other space," he reveals. "Me and DeAnna both went on the show with the best of intentions. We did fall on love on the show, but things didn’t work out. I wish her nothing but the best. She’s a great person. I hope to see her do well. I don’t regret anything with her."
As for those ladies out there looking for a guy like Jesse? He says he’s ready to try agagin with someone new.
"I want a down-to-earth, honest, outgoing girl that loves to be outside and snowboard," he says of his ideal mate. "I’d want to put them [the girls] in my element… to be out in Colorado doing the things I like to do," he adds of the idea of appearing on The Bachelor. "If I could meet a girl that is into doing all those things and is honest and outgoing, I think I could find true love again."
Another Bachelorette romance bites the dust.
In his first interview since splitting from fiance Deanna Pappas, a heartbroken Jesse Csincsak tells Extra he didn’t see it coming.
"I guess I would say I’m sorry for whatever I did to make you not want to be with me," a tearful Jesse said via web cam. "We took time apart…She came back to Colorado [this weekend] and told me, ‘I love you, but I’m not in love with you’…I picked her up from the airport and she told me while I was getting her bags."
Jesse says he was shocked and surprised that Pappas went public with the news today. "She told some of our business associates [before telling me]…I didn’t know this had been released today…We had agreed after she broke up with me…that we would put together a statement and have it released."
Csincsak, who says Deanna told him she wanted to move to L.A. and was not willing to go to marriage counseling with him, says he now thinks she may have been in it just for the publicity. "The only time she was touchy-feely with me was around the cameras," he says.
But, despite all of this, Jesse says he is still in love with Pappas.
"I love that woman," he says. "She is an amazing person. I am willing to work through it. I love her…I love the way she made me feel. She made me feel like no other."
When asked if he’ll continue to fight to repair their relationship Jesse says, "I don’t want to fight for a lost cause. I just want her to be happy whether it’s with or without me."
Extra’s interview with Jesse airs tonight!
