Melissa Rycroft Talks About The "Bachelor" Break Up

Melissa Rycroft from the Bachelor does not want people to feel sorry for her. In a statement released to Access Hollywood, Rycroft says she has no regrets about her experience.

“This was definitely one of those experiences that changes your life, and makes you so much more aware of who you are and what you want out of life. Strange as it may sound, I am doing really well,” she said. “I’m back in Dallas, pursuing the teaching thing, and attempting to get my life back to normal (if it was every really normal to begin with). I still have my same life mottos: Live life with no regrets, and keep smiling no matter what happens… I don’t regret anything that happened over the past few months; because I know I wouldn’t be where I am today had none of it happened.”

In an interview with PEOPLE, she tells the magazine that going into the After the Final Rose special she knew things have changed between her and Jason Mesnick. “The few times we did see each other, we were trying to find what it was on the show that attracted us to each other,” she told People. “I had to step back and ask myself: ‘Why do you feel you have to fight to save a relationship that maybe isn’t as great as you thought it was?’”

Jason Mesnick had told reporters that he could not tell Rycroft about his change of heart due to his contract. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, he tells the paper that he ended the relationship a week before the taping. “If you watched carefully, she wasn’t wearing her ring,” said Jason.

Even though she had knew the split was coming, they did not talk together about how they would act on the show.

Rycroft is moving on with her life and is fine with how things turned out. “I don’t want people to feel sorry for me or that I was a victim in all of this,” Melissa said. “I am okay.”

With that said Melissa Rycroft is done with reality TV. “I have, however, decided to move on from my reality television days, and get some sense of normalcy back to my life…. I think it’s time for me to move on from my television days, and see what my future holds back in Dallas,” Melissa added in her statement to Access.

Good to hear that she is moving on. I wish her the best.

Source: Access Hollywood