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ABC Puts Jake Pavelka In 'The Bachelor' Pilot Seat
"Hot Dork" - remember that term. I'm going to take credit for coining it to best describe Jake Pavelka, who has officially been chosen as ABC's new "Bachelor." I'm not sure what it is about this guy that rubs me the wrong way. Oh wait. Yes I do. He's got Eddie Haskell syndrome -- a phrase my brothers used to describe my boyfriend the year I graduated college.
Remember how on "Leave It To Beaver" every time that troublemaker Eddie would come over to the Cleavers' house, he would totally kiss a** to Ward and June and make it look like he was mister goody two shoes. "Golly gee Mrs. Cleaver, you look quite lovely today and those cookies you are baking sure do smell delicious."
I don't know if that was actual dialogue from the show, but that's about how it went. Jake is the goody two shoes without the trouble. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that he was a quiet, shy dorky kid in high school who never got the girl. Then all of sudden, he woke up in his late twenties and turned out to be a pretty good looking dude. Unfortunately, it was too late to morph out of the dorky guy he always was and into a confident, suave player. OK, OK, I know someone is reading this and thinking how mean it sounds. I'd bet my favorite pair of Manolo Blahniks I'm right on the money though... hence why I will forever refer to Jake as a "Hot Dork." This is not to be confused with a "Hot Nerd," a much better breed of hot guy.
The question is why did ABC choose Jake in the first place?
He finished sixth on the show, the lowest on the totem pole of any former "Bachelorette" contestant turned "Bachelor." I'll tell you why -- because mister man tears truly believes in love and falling deeply, madly in it... quickly. This is ABC's chance to redeem itself by actually producing a "Bachelor" marriage. Based on his behavior with Jillian after their one and only one-on-one date and from listening to his interviews and talking to him on the phone, this is a guy who falls in love easily and frequently. He wears his heart on his sleeve and is not afraid to spill his guts, which I'm guessing has easily turned off many past flames. Girls like the bad boys who make them work for their affection, not the syrupy sweet ones who tell you how much they like you every five seconds. Of course, I'm a commitmentphobe with bad taste in men BUT I've heard through the grapevine from people who know Jake I'm not entirely off the mark here.
Plus, let's face it -- after he was so obviously coaxed by producers back into confronting poor Wes Hayden about his supposed girlfriend on Jillian's season, I'm betting they will have this guy wrapped around their little finger -- which hey, let's face it, makes for great TV. So, of course as usual I will be tuning in for yet another most dramatic, most romantic (most ridiculous, most overly produced) season of "The Bachelor" when it premieres in January. And I will make this prediction right now: Jake Pavelka will be the first Bachelor in history to actually marry whomever he chooses... and their will be a lot of man tears before he does it.
I will be his co-pilot anytime!!