The Latest Bachelorette, DeAnna Pappas, Kisses Her Final Rose Winner Good-bye

On the morning of one of the most historically exciting days in the United States, I'm going to talk about reality television. Now, I'm not especially proud that this news story caught my eye and then made me gasp in genuine shock, but there you have it. Don't get me wrong, I will be voting and obsessively refreshing my news Web site of choice today, and I want nothing more than to talk this election to death, but I also think my nerves need a little bit of a break. And since I can't drink (I'm six months pregnant), I will instead immerse myself in trashy TV romance break-up stories.

After 12 seasons of "The Bachelor" and four seasons of its spin-off "The Bachelorette," another hastily-matched couple bites the dust. DeAnna Pappas and her chosen suitor Jesse Csincsak have called it quits nearly four months after their Bahamas' engagement aired.

It's been sixteen combined seasons and the show's track record is pretty abysmal. Only two couples are still together -- and of those two couples, one has a domestic dispute to brag about! -- and yet millions (of which I'm pathetically one) keep tuning in each season. Hey, I know what they say about train wrecks being hard to peel one's eyes off of, and my devotion to this show may be all the unequivocal proof I need to agree. This show is, well, pretty awful, and I keep coming back.

Real relationships are rarely shown, people of substance are seldom selected and even the happy endings we are always promised dissipate before the next season has gone into production. But, hell, after months (arguably) years of this latest presidential election giving me serious anxiety, I grab hold of my (ridiculous) distractions wherever I can get them.

Although, I have to admit to you my first thought after hearing news of DeAnna & Jesse's break-up: Maybe she just couldn't fathom having to spell his last name for the rest of her life.

(Now, I'm off to refresh cnn.com and hang off the edge of my seat.)

Comments

[LauraJT77]

I was so sad when she picked Jesse. I loooved the other guy so much!

[ipjd]

Amazing how quickly things change, eh? They seemed so... perfect... in this article ran in our local (Summit County, CO) newspaper just a little over 2 weeks ago...

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20081017/AE/810179995&parentprofile=search

[PomJob]

Shocker.