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Jason Mesnick weeping approximately 85 times on Monday's finale of "The Bachelor" has the "GMA" crew buzzing about whether or not it's OK for men to turn on the waterworks. While some of us dig a sensitive show of masculine emotion, at least one of us thinks a guy should only cry upon the death of his father or a beloved dog. (And even then it should be one single tear.) Although we wouldn't go as far as the blogger who wrote yesterday, "He should have been on 'The Biggest Loser,'" we do have to admit that too much emotional blubbering from men or women kind of turns us off. What's do you think -- should real men cry in public?
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Thursday 05 March
By boots66
I don't watch the show, but I can't imagine he had any excuse to cry -- publicly -- over what occurred. I can't stand it when men (or women, for that matter) act like little girls. Grow a pair.
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Thursday 05 March
By Pudgie
I think a lot of the show was set up so that the ratings soar....I think a lot of his crying was fake and a lot of the show was for publicity.
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Thursday 05 March
By Suspecting it was all a ratings gimmick
Am I the only one that felt like the entire Bachelor ending was nothing more than a big fat ratings hogging FRAUD. Even the 'breakup' on the reunion show......it felt so contrived, planned, fake. Am I the only one that feels ripped off here? I felt like Mesnick was acting, so was 'Melissa'.....all of it acted out and it wasn't even halfway decent acting. It was stupid, all for ratings. I'll never watch another Bachelor or Bachelorette show (this was my first time, I thought Mesnick was cute.....but not anymore!)
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Saturday 14 March
By diane
Didn't watch the show but not sure that was real emotion
Men don't cry....not usually....but it would be ok if it was genuine emotion not contrived .
I am an emotional girl and it's ok to cry a little I am also a someone who can respect a man's tears like I said if it is gueinene.
I am the kind of women who likes a stronge men but sometimes a man that is willing to show his emotion is worth so much more to me. If they were their emotions on their sleves then I know their heart.
But if it is so false that show ... stoped watching cause it isn't real and don't think it is the way someone should meet a life partner it is too contrived and so much plotting.
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Friday 06 March
By S. Fox
How revolting! Veteran, USAF
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Friday 06 March
By dempsy
I'm reading these comments from women who say that they like it when a man shows his emotions by crying. Trust me, you'll get pretty sick of his slobbering after a while and you'll be telling him to "Be a man, will ya?" Most of these wimps were raised by their mama's. That's why they act like women. No offense meant, just too many broken families. A lot of these guys were coddled by their Moms or didn't have a strong male influence in their family. Too bad.
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Friday 06 March
By Lane
I thought Jason acted like a sissy on the Bachelorette and I wondered if he was gay. He really turned me off. I couldn't even watch him on the Bachelor. He is WAY too emotional for my taste. He hit my gag reflex! He needs to MAN-up!
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Friday 06 March
By You Should've Picked ME Jason!!!@!
To score a successful Man-Cry, it has to be executed with meticulous precision. As crazy as he is, Mel Gibson could Man-Cry with the best of 'em, or at least his characters could. It's that slight tension in the neck, the scowl that's one muscle twitch away from full-on weeping but NEVER crosses that threshold, the misty eyes and stifled groans. That's a man who's crying, but doing everything in his power not to. That's how real men cry, and it's only reserved for things that matter: the death of a loved one or loved dream, a deeply personal and pivotal change in life. It is NOT the Jason Mesnick sissy sob, flailing his arms over the balcony like a drunk albatross. It is not the embodiment of that moment when you were five years old and ran head first into a metal pole, complete with snot running down your nose (well, as long as said snot is combined with dog-whistle whining).
In short (or not), a real Man-Cry is endearing if not utterly heartbreaking, but the Jason MesnickŪ is comedy at its finest. Or maybe satire?
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Friday 06 March
By IJ
Why can't men be human too and have emotions. If not being raised by a mom means they are not allowed to feel or react to anything means they are holding all that stuff inside and then they go kill someone or beat their wife/girlfriend. It is a different world than when 'boys' couldn't even cry when they were 4 and broke their arm because they had to be 'men'. That is a bunch of crap!
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Friday 06 March
By reillocee
I think it's unfair to criticize men for public displays of emotion, it perpetuates a stereotype that men have no right to feelings except anger. I think it's unhealthy to oppress men's emotions so fervently, I mean, it seems to suggest that only women can cry because they're more fragile mentally, so it really reflects badly on both sexes. It's tough to be a woman today, but we can't forget it's also hard being a man.
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Saturday 07 March
By angela cleveland
This little punk should be b*&^ch slapped!!!! I see those tears as fake as his behind! He's not going to commit to anyone because he is a drama vampire. I feel sorry for that child. That baby is seeing his father act like an insensitive a-hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thursday 02 April
By diewnilomo
i think i would of have cried if the love of my life is leaving
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Sunday 08 March
By Jackie
How did the camera man know to be exactly where he needed to be to catch Jason blubbering over the railing of the deck? It was all staged. Even Deana being FLOWN to New Zealand? How pricey was that for ratings? The show began with lies the very first season. People believe in love and wish it for others and only one couple got married and the show paid for it. So we watch the program and hope.
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Sunday 08 March
By Tammy
I hate the way he did melissa I can understand he had feelings for both of them but how in the hell can u ask her to marry you tell her u love her and 6 weeks later break up and ask molly back and that dumb ass should have told him no ,,I think if he was still torn between the 2 he should have said to melissa that he wasn't ready to propose yet and he wanted to see how things went and also I don't think he spent enough time with her and I also think he lied about talking to molly , I also don't think that molly is gonna be the stepmother that he thinks she will be.Molly acts like its all about her and she didn't act like she liked kids , she also told his brothers that she loved to go out and party with her friends.. Mollys reaction to him not picking her wasn't real either if she loved him she sure didn't cry about it that much hell he cried more than she did.. I personally think he let the right one for him go.
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Tuesday 10 March
By David
Jason Mesnick is a f-ed up MESS. He is a sad sack. ANY woman that would want to be with him is also a sad sack. I think the girl he dumped - who is NOW on "Dancing With The Stars" - is the REAL winner in all this. The girl he chose the second time should NOT have stayed with him. Jason, get a real life.
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Tuesday 10 March
By Diane
I don't believe the "emotion" when it is on display. Seems like an attempt to give narcissistic people an air of tenderness..because then "it is all about them!"...Brilliant!
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Tuesday 10 March
By Bpeter3196
LOL wussies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! be a man. If your girlfriend or wife died ok. If your parents or brother / sister died ok but for any other reason be a man & don't cry especially in public.
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Tuesday 10 March
By bpeter3196
Man up unless your gf or wife or immediate family member just died & especially when in public man up & dont cry you wussies.
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Tuesday 10 March
By B Keys
Come in... most women complain about men not being sensitive and then when he does breakdown and cry we call him a sissy. But personally I've had a boyfriend cry in front of me and I felt honored that he felt that comfortable with me to do so. It all depends on the person I guess.
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Wednesday 11 March
By A WomAn
I don't watch the show. A man constantly blubbering would turn me off personally. Men/boys have been taught NOT to cry. Like B.Keys I would feel honored if my man would feel comfortable enough with me to shed a few genuine tears under the proper circumstances. I have been married 30+ years and have NEVER seen my husband shed a tear, not even when his parents or sibling passed away. This does not seem normal to me, but someone supposed that perhaps he cried in the shower or something privately.
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