Super star Jillian Harris apparently was not executive producer Mike Fleiss' at first choice to become the next star of "The Bachelorette" however she was his third option.
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"Well, Melissa didn't wanna do it, Molly became [The Bachelor star Jason Mesnick's] choice, and Jillian was the next biggest fan favorite," Fleiss told reporters during a media conference call one day after The Bachelor and The Bachelorette host Chris Harrison announced that Harris --the second runner-up on Mesnick's The Bachelor season -- will serve as the star the fifth season of The Bachelorette, which will premiere on May 18.Sexy Jillian Harris
Fleiss explained that he had originally approached Molly Malaney about serving as The Bachelorette's fiifth season star after Mesnick had rejected her in favor of Melissa Rycroft during last November's taping of Mesnick's Final Rose Ceremony, but was then forced to change gears at approached Rycroft -- who declined his offer -- after Mesnick decided to dump her and attempt to reunite with Malaney during the taping of the season's After the Final Rose special six weeks later.
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"I've sorta been scrounging around out there, first I tried to talk Molly into doing it. When Jason was with Melissa I said 'Oh, well I think this Molly is fantastically telegenic and sweet she'd make a great bachelorette,' so I was on the phone with her for two-and-a-half weeks trying to talk her into doing that," Fleiss said.
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While Malaney was initially upset over being rejected by Mesnick and didn't immediately show much interest in The Bachelorette role, Fleiss told reporters that she eventually began contemplating it and had gotten to the point of asking permission break the show's confidentiality agreement and reveal her The Bachelor fate to friends and family that she wanted to discuss the idea with.....
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