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March 1, 2005
So keeping with my latest plan to pop in when I have something to add…I have a Bachelorette to deal with.
I genuinely liked Jen Sheft, she was my first pick from Andrew’s season. For fear of sounding like someone in need of a life, I'll further that by saying I was sorry when that relationship fizzled. He was so cute, she was so adorable, what, what, what was it?
When Jen got her own show, I'll admit I was sorry there would be no Firestone reconciliation but I was looking forward to it just the same. She picked 25 or however many it was, guys and they weren't all movie star material. I thought that said something about her genuine self. Gerry emerged from the beginning as the guy who lit her fire and while most of my friends were rooting for him, I was skeptical. Like maybe he was covering up a secret life or something. For me personally? I liked the look of John Paul and all (the dedication, the stability) he had to offer. Fine, there was something funny about his mouth (Remo called him the Joker), and maybe she'd have been bored out of her skull with him but he remained my first choice.
When at the guys-tell-all reunion, Andrew Firestone came out and did his spiel, I found him VERY charming. When they played her clips with each of the guys and they showed him tearfully watching on the side, I found him despondent, devastated if you will. I felt (sigh) sad that Andrew and Jen wouldn’t make another go of it.
Which leads us up to the finale. Of all my friends, I was the only one liking John Paul and yes, maybe he would treat her like a princess, but so what if you're bored to death. I found that routine with the bigger ring cheesy and Gerry seemed so genuine, I started swimming towards his boat. There were sparks, he was so well spoken and funny and who could deny the sparks? By the time he came in for his proposal I was full on board. With a hand on her hip she told him to wait two months.
Which brings us to last night.
John Paul came out and looked cute and she came out and said she couldn't wait to tell Gerry her answer. Anticipation was building. Gerry came out with the beautiful song he wrote for her and the clips and then the proposal, I am so a sucker for a love story. I beamed right through the commercials.
And then when Jen told him they were just friends? The same thing she had just told John Paul? I was shocked. Gerry, my new other love of my life, handled himself like a gentleman. The star of the whole friggan show. Right away I pegged her a nightmare who will never be happy and at that very moment decided if ABC does not give Gerry a Bachelor show of his own I'll write the company. Or some Hollywood sensible starlet should snap him up.
We need answers, forget hanging, I'm dangling.
If she's back with Andrew and she realized she was in love with him all along, maybe, maybe I'll cut her some slack. Realistically speaking, it would be foolish to spend ten hours with someone and know this was the person you wanted to spend the rest of your life with. But to come out after two months and say you think of this man as just a friend and there is nobody else, bothered me no end. If there is someone else, be real, be true. Why not take some time away from the cameras, in real life, to see if something might really be there?
Do any of you have scoop?
Allisun
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