My Reality

by Melissa Rycroft

Overview

The star of The Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, and co-host of the Morning Dose talk show shares her story with warmth, enthusiasm, and humor.

Best known as the girl who was proposed to by The Bachelor star Jason Mesnick and then dumped on national TV six weeks later, Melissa Rycroft immediately turned her life around. She's married to her original love, Tye Strickland, and the couple now have three children, and here Melissa shares her “Cinderella” story of overcoming heartbreak and finding happiness.

Melissa Rycroft got her start on the CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team and was selected for the 2006-2007 NFL Season. That’s when her personal life first fell apart, and the man that she was in love with broke up with her. To help her get over her heartbreak and overcome depression, her friends nominated her to participate as a contestant on The Bachelor. When Mesnick revealed that he was breaking his engagement off with her because he chose the wrong girl, she garnered a lot of respect for handling the shock with such grace and decorum even though she was angry and heartbroken. Two days later, Melissa clinched a spot on Dancing With The Stars, placing third in the competition, and reconciled with her true love. In a “girlfriend to girlfriend” voice readers love, Melissa shares entertaining stories and valuable survival tips from a woman who has “been there and back!”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451631654
Publisher:	Gallery Books
Publication date:	06/05/2012
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Melissa Rycroft, born in Dallas, Texas, is a reality TV star and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. She participated as a contestant on CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team ABC's The Bachelor, and Dancing with the Stars, and is the co-host on The Bachelor Pad and a special correspondent for Good Morning America.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

1 My Worst Breakup Ever 1

2 The Waiting 17

3 Breakup Purgatory 35

4 I Think It's Time for You to Go Now 53

5 The Bachelor Bubble 71

6 Life in the Bubble 83

7 In Love … and Out of Control 95

8 Fighting for Love 113

9 "Stricktly" Platonic 125

10 After the Final Rose 139

11 Back to the Beginning Again 153

12 Going Public 167

13 A Totally Surreal Experience 187

14 Dream Job 203

15 Dreams Really Do Come True 209

16 My Real Happy Ending 223

Acknowledgments 241