The Bachelorette Re-cap – The Men Tell All!!!!

Last night the Bloggerettes hooked up at Shannon’s house for a fabulous barbeque dinner with some tasty homemade guacamole to start. Unfortunately I can’t pronounce what it was that she made but Martha summed it up quite eloquently when she said it’s basically gourmet hotdogs! Delicious!

As most of you know, this week was the Men Tell All on The Bachelorette and a strategic way of extending the show an extra week thereby prolonging the inevitable final rose ceremony until next week. Unfortunately, it was a tad lame as there wasn’t a lot of juicy tell all stories. The boys all showed up pretty much exactly like their reality show characters with Dave and Juan still scrapping, poor Jake getting lambasted by all the guys for being way too perfect and Wes not even showing up to defend himself with the litany of abuse he so deservedly received but where the hell was he?

Most notable was Reid’s conspicuous absence from the show last night which was very interesting because he was clearly a fan favorite and everyone want s to know why Jillian booted him off. It only took the entire two hour episode to reveal at the end (what the Bloggerrettes suspected last week) that Reid will be returning next week with a ring. This is a risky move for this hunky guy as clearly Jillian is falling head over heels for both Ed and Kiptyn. I can’t wait to hear what Reid finally has to say to Jillian.

The show started with a full recap of some memorable Bachelor moments but no major tell all tid bits except that they are all messy and smelly. Not sure we really needed to know that but clearly it was big news this week.

We quickly cut to a full review of the two remaining Bachelors Ed and Kiptyn. In my opinion, she seemed quite giddy while discussing Kiptyn and seemed to skip over the deeper probing questions when chatting about Ed. Avoiding the questions?

My sources tell me that Ed has a huge secret to reveal next week that may make it the most dramatic rose ceremony ever! Plus we see Kiptyn and Jillian falling head over heels for each other but now we know Reid comes back so I have no idea who she is going to pick!

A few highlights from the guys tell all:

“He pulled a Mesnick”!

This is the new line for any guy crying over a banister with their head down like Jason Mesnick did in the previous show when breaking up with Molly. Oh btw, Molly and Jason did make an appearance on the show. "The week after the finale was really hard," complained Jason, "but we wouldn't have been as strong as we are [without it]." They may even become the next Ryan and Trista as they do seem genuinely happy.

Next up angry man Dave demonstrated that he has zero self awareness when asked about whether or not he thinks he offended Jillian with the infamous ass comments. In his defense he revealed that he lives and dies by an archaic Man Code. I have to say I was very impressed with our host Chris Harrison and the way he handled the questioning here by asking “But where's the respect for women in this Man Code of yours?” Harrison pressed. "Maybe I did do a couple of disrespectful things, but . . . I guess I felt more comfortable with her than she did with me," Dave finally acknowledged.

Poor perfect Jake was ripped to shreds by most of the guys until Sasha, whose personal attack elicited the first curse-word seemingly ever to leave Jake's lips: "Sasha, f*** you," he said, in a very passionate and heartfelt manner.

Did Jake still have feelings for Jillian? "I always will," he assured us. Would he consider being the next Bachelor? "It would be an honor," he said. It would also be unlikely and it’s not because he’s perfect, it’s because he just not cool.

Wes was actually worse than I remembered. A montage of Wes’s greatest moments where he was gloating about all the exposure he's expecting after the show, boasting that he'll always have Jillian wrapped around his finger, etc. — set to the tune he claimed to have written just for Jill, "Love Don't Come Easy." It made me want to puke. Not to mention new speculation that the song was written a long time ago.

So all in all the best smelling Bachelor was Michael Stagliano, the break-dancing twin who clearly fell for Jillian and seemed absolutely genuine towards her and claims “he learned a lot about love . . . about the woman I would like to marry."

The guy needs a rose!

So Bachelorette fans… one week left…. Who are you putting your money on? I am voting for Kiptyn as I did the very first week I watched the show. Although, I think Reid might win in the end.