The Bachelor on ABC

Melissa Rycroft Is Engaged

• Jun 30, 2009 08:25 AM ET
• by Anna Dimond
• 10 Comments

Melissa Rycroft

Dancing with the Stars and Bachelor alum Melissa Rycroft is engaged again — this time to Tye Strickland, a Dallas insurance agent she has dated on and off for two years.

Rycroft was famously spurned by The Bachelor's Jason Mesnick earlier this year.

See sexy photos of Rycroft from the Dancing ballroom

"Sometimes the stars align, and the clouds part and everything works ... read more

Melissa Rycroft Makes a Date with Good Morning America

• Jun 17, 2009 06:55 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich
• 18 Comments

Melissa Rycroft

She made a Bachelor think twice. She tore up the dance floor. Now, Melissa Rycroft will tackle a third gig for ABC, on Good Morning America.

Though unconfirmed by the network, sources tell TVGuide.com that Rycroft will join the morning program this summer as ... read more

Bachelorette Jillian Harris: Hot Tub Query "Probably the Most Inappropriate Question Ever"

• May 12, 2009 05:42 PM ET
• by Tim Molloy
• 10 Comments

Jillian Harris

Brand-new Bachelorette Jillian Harris says a hot tub scene with The Bachelor's Jason Mesnick made her father's jaw drop, but she's opting not to clear the air about what happened — and called a query about the liaison "probably the most inappropriate question ever."

The hot tub hookup was one of three close encounters Mesnick shared with the final competitors on The Bachelor. He later said goodbye to Harris to choose — kind of — between Melissa Rycroft and Molly Malaney. read more

Trista and Ryan Sutter Welcome a Daughter

• Apr 6, 2009 11:57 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 6 Comments

Ryan Sutter and Trista Sutter

Trista and Ryan Sutter have welcomed their second child, a girl, People reports.

Blakesley Grace arrived ...
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Melissa Rycroft On Bachelor Debacle: "I Cry it Out"

• Apr 2, 2009 11:16 AM ET
• by Gina DiNunno
• 10 Comments

Melissa Rycroft

Despite Melissa Rycroft's newfound fame and super-charged smile on Dancing with the Stars, the former Bachelor contestant still has days when she struggles after her split from ex-fiancé Jason Mesnick.

"I go through stages," Rycroft told People. "I will shut down and lock myself in my room. And then ... read more

Former Bachelor Andrew Firestone Welcomes a Son

• Mar 23, 2009 11:16 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 3 Comments

Andrew Firestone and Ivana Firestone

It's a boy for ex-Bachelor Andrew Firestone.

The former reality star's wife, Ivana, gave birth to a son, named Adam Brooks, on Saturday at 6:48 am, Us Weekly reports. Baby Adam, whose middle name is in homage to Firestone's father, Brooks, weighed in at 8 pounds.

"Ivana and my son are ...
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Melissa Rycroft Accepts Bachelor's Apology

• Mar 10, 2009 03:06 PM ET
• by Tim Molloy
• 15 Comments

Melissa Rycroft

In case it wasn't obvious on Dancing With the Stars, Melissa Rycroft has moved on.

The jilted Bachelor fiancée says she accepts Jason Mesnick's apology and wants to focus on the future. read more

Holly Madison and Melissa Rycroft Make Dancing Debut

• Mar 10, 2009 12:43 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng
• 19 Comments

Melissa Rycroft, Holly Madison

It was the worst-kept TV secret this side of George Clooney's return to ER, but that didn't stop Dancing with the Stars from waiting nearly an hour into Monday's Season 8 premiere before announcing Girls Next Door's Holly Madison and The Bachelor's jilted Melissa Rycroft as the 11th-hour replacements for Jewel and Nancy O'Dell, respectively.

Madison, Hugh Hefner's ex, had only ...
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Has Bachelor's Melissa Scored a Date with Dancing with the Stars?

• Mar 8, 2009 01:52 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich
• 40 Comments

Melissa Rycroft

You lose some, you win some ... sort of mirrored-ball trophy? 

Melissa Rycroft, who famously got jilted on national television by Bachelor Jason Mesnick, is rumored to be on her way to the dance floor, subbing for injured Nancy O'Dell on Dancing with the Stars.

A source close to the ABC reality competition tells ... read more

Bachelor Star Jason Mesnick Apologizes

• Mar 6, 2009 11:31 AM ET
• by Tim Molloy
• 55 Comments

Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney

Jason Mesnick is very, very sorry.

The Bachelor star is apologizing to viewers and jilted fiancée Melissa Rycroft for telling her during Monday's After the Final Rose that he wanted to pursue a relationship with runner-up Molly Malaney. read more