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"What did Molly Malaney potentially give up to be with fiance Jason Mesnick? A starring role in the next installment of The Bachelorette! Also considered: Melissa Rycroft.\r\nIn this week&amp;apos;s cover story, Mesnick reveals to Us that show producers --  a week after his ill-fated proposal to Rycroft -- &amp;quot;kept asking me if I thought Molly would make a good Bachelorette.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut ultimately, the  Bachelor &amp;quot;realized I was not willing to let Molly go on TV and have 25 guys fight over her.&amp;quot;\r\nWhat about Rycroft? &amp;quot;Melissa is a great girl, but there wasn&amp;apos;t any chemistry,&amp;quot; he admits. &amp;quot;So I broke up with her after Christmas, about a month after we wrapped.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nMesnick insists to Us that when the pair taped the After the Final Rose special in January -- in which he dumped a visibly shocked Rycroft and begged Malaney to take him back -- they had already split in private, despite appearances to the contrary.\r\nOne key party still in the dark? Would-be Bachelorette Malaney, whom Mesnick was contractually prohibited from contacting until The Bachelor had completely aired.  &amp;quot;And at that point, she already would have started filming The Bachelorette!&amp;quot; Mesnick says of his logistical dilemma.\r\n\r\nHe admits that the controversial  After the Final Rose taping (complete with tears and a broken engagment) wasn&amp;apos;t the ideal venue to rekindle things with Malaney and win her back.  &amp;quot;Obviously, I didn&amp;apos;t want it all on TV, but I had to take the chance if it meant getting her back. I&amp;apos;d rather have picked up the phone, trust me!&amp;quot;\r\nRecently engaged to Malaney, the groom-to-be insists that he and Rycroft &amp;quot;were still on good terms after we taped After the Final Rose. Producers asked her to be the next Bachelorette, so we talked about that for weeks. We don&amp;apos;t talk anymore, but I wish her nothing but the best . . . I never intended to humiliate her.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPick up this week&amp;apos;s issue of Us Weekly to find out all about how Jason and and Molly reunited, how he proposed, wedding ideas, what it&amp;apos;s like living together, whether his son Tye, 4, should expect any little brothers and sisters, and much more!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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