A Brady Commentary on Wes....

After listening to Wes's radio interviews this week, I've decided to devote a special thread to voice my opinion on the matter. Make no mistake, this isn't an endorsement of Wes, as I'm still not buying his act 100%. Having said that, by now it should be obvious to Bachelorette viewers that much of what Wes has stated about the "scripting" of the show is accurate.

Those of you who are faithful viewers need to remember an important fact. The Bachelor/Bachelorette series is produced for one reason - to make money. And to make money the show needs to get decent ratings. So in the eyes of ABC and the producers, its all about ratings and revenue. Basically, the Bachelor/Bachelorette series is no different than any other network programming. Those of you who are under the impression that ABC cares about a real love story that ends in marriage need to understand what I just stated about ratings and revenue. If the final rose ceremony ends with a real marriage, as with Trista and Ryan, great. If it ends with the final couples breaking up shortly thereafter, well that's fine as well. The simple truth is, ABC doesn't care one way or the other about love or marriage, as long as the ratings are good. But here's the catch - the ratings for the Bachelor/Bachelorette have increased as the show has become more and more scripted....thats why we've seen the drama with Brad Womack and Deanna, the scripted nonsense between Jason and Melissa, and now the extremely obvious scripting of Wes as the "villain".

Regarding Wes, he's made some serious charges against the producers of the show. Wes claims that ABC edited his own words and took them out of context with the goal of making Wes look bad. Furthermore, Wes claims that during the nearly two months he was involved with the show, he spent only four hours alone with Jillian. Wes claims that he requested more "alone" time with Jillian, yet the producers denied him his request each time. So my question to all of you is this....if the goal of the show is about Jillian meeting her true love, how could she do so when the producers denied her access to Wes? And how could any couple be expected to fall in love if they've been with each other for only four hours over a two month time frame ?

In conclusion, even though I'm not a big fan of Wes's act, I'd probably trust him more than I'd trust the people at ABC. So, I'm going to give Wes the benefit of the doubt on this and send him off into the sunset with one final curtain call...here's his latest single...