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(And certainly not to this cad. By the way, whatever happened to him? Who cares...)

Happened this morning on "GMA," where she's a contributor. Engaged to Ty Strickland. The old boyfriend. The one she shoulda hitched up with in the first place.

Not cad boy.

Here's the "GMA" story:

"Good Morning America" special contributor Melissa Rycroft, who famously had her heart broken on "The Bachelor," has found her happily ever after. And instead of a rose, this time it was a ring.

Rycroft, 26, announced live on "GMA" Tuesday that she and boyfriend Ty Strickland became engaged over the weekend in Texas.

"Sometimes the stars align," the "Dancing With the Stars" alum told "GMA" anchors Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts," "and the clouds part and everything works out the way it should."

The engagement took place in private, she said, and then "we went and met up with our parents and friends."

The couple met three years ago at a mutual friend's party and had dated on and off before reconnecting after Rycroft's appearance on "The Bachelor."

I've watched this clip from yesterday's "Ellen," and she asks the right questions, or they seem to be the right questions - she IS a good interviewer, BTW - but you will notice that she gets around to the "staged" question (4 minutes into this clip.) You will also notice that while she brings the question up, she also kinda answers it for Chris Harrison - that the whole thing wasn't staged.

Of course, everyone seems to think it was (my theory Behind Door # 2 of a couple days ago.)

I'm not sure it matters. Jason is still a horse's you-know-what-and-it-begins-with-an-a...

But Chris here doesn't specifically deny the staging business either!

Watch this clip too....(I'm giving you all sorts of reasons to waste this beautiful morning, am I not...?)

I watched Jason again last night - that's right, I am masochistic - and am happy to report, my opinion hasn't changed a bit.

At all.

Even slightly.

He's still a horse's arse. "We're really happy..." "I'm not proud..." "I did the right thing..." He smiled sweetly at Molly. Molly smiled sweetly at Jason. A choir of a thousand angels sang. She said she was moving to Seattle. He smiled. She smiled. Chris smiled. The audience cheered.

I guess no one told her it rains a lot there.

Did he say, "Molly and I will love each other for ever and ever..." Or: "She's my soul mate."

Probably. Ellen knows he's a horse's arse too. Check out the video of her and new bachelorette, Jillian Harris, from a couple weeks ago. She sees right through the clown too. When he's telling Jillian on-screen that he'll love her forever and ever and ever, Ellen flaps her hand in the universally understood "yadda yadda yadda" gesture.

If every one knows you're a horse's arse, up to and including Ellen, then - ipso facto - you must be one.

End of story. A major sweeps special, I assure, will air on ABC this May: "After After AFTER the Final Rose" (check local listings) where we'll all able to re-confirm our opinions all over again.

Meanwhile, Jillian seems nice.

But then, so did whatizname...

"Our love is here to stay, forever. Or until next week."

Wow: This is big, or was big.

"After the Rose" last night - when that cad changed his mind, like some spoiled little baby who decided "I don't WANT that toy anymore - I want the other one that I threw against the wall and broke,so buy me another one, mommy" - was seen by 17.5 million of us.

That's 17.5 million of us who cursed the set...

The finale - when the cad promised his undying love to two women, only to then decide, "meh, I guess I'll just throw Melissa overboard anyway" - was seen by 15. 5 million of us.

That's "TB's" biggest finale in five years.

If you want the nitty-gritty viewer details,please head south to the jump...ABC is feeling generous with the numbers today, and who can blame 'em...?

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"A little to the right...Oh, did I tell you? I'll love you forever!"

OK, let's talk about last night's "Bachelor" finale, shall we?

There's so much to say, so little time to say it. There's two theories working here. Both completely opposite...Let's start with the theory behind door number one:

Jason Mesnick doesn't need a new wife. He needs a new psychiatrist.

A new one - because obviously the old one has done diddly-squat.

Where to begin? That shameless parade of Ty before his prospective mates? I wonder what the kid's mother is saying right now? That her four-year-old son was used in the production and manufacture of ABC primetime entertainment, whereby he was dangled like a puppet before her ex's two prospective mates? One of whom he rejected - after accepting?

If she wants to take this before a judge, she might well have a case.

And does anyone, anywhere, with a brain larger than a half a walnut, believe that dear sweet and slight dim Molly Malaney, of Grand Rapids, will last with this guy any longer than the last one - the not-as-sweet former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, Melissa Rycroft?

Their true love ended on the flight back from New Zealand. Or maybe the minute they got out of the pool, with their clothes still on. She called him a "bastard" on the show last night.

Bingo!

Now, dear sweet and slightly dim Molly Malaney thinks this is going to last forever and a day?

I'd go with "the day" part of that equation.

Here's last night's Kimmel appearance...Headcase Jason gives Jimmy some ridiculous reason for saying why he dumped Melissa on the post-game show.

Kimmel asks if there's a chance whether he'll get back with HER...Also, "Do you have the numbers of the other contestants in case you change your mind?"

Ok, and now, the theory behind door number two: That this whole thing was a complete con job. That Jason's a fine actor, and he doesn't need a shrink, but an agent! I see future roles on "Desperate Housewives."

Or maybe "Grey's Anatomy." Jason, as the doctor who cries whenever a patient dies - particularly one he's just fallen in love with, and has proposed to (then reneges on.) His nickname? "McWeepy." Or McCreepy.

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