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Interview with Jillian Harris, the Bachelorette

by Page Wiser, http://blogs.suntimes.com/tv/2009/07/interview_with_jillian_harris.html

Just finished a conference call with Jillian, God bless her. She could probably use a nice extended breakdown about now.

My mom: "Ask her how much she weighs. She's so tiny!"

I did not. But here were the highlights:

*OK, this is a shocker. Jillian has already downloaded Wes's lame song, "It Don't Come Easy." In fact, she's downloaded the whole CD. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS ANYONE ELSE TO DO THIS.

*She says she was only full-out drunk three times -- for the first rose ceremony, the second rose ceremony, and the snowmobiling date. But there was a lot of drinking, and she never got a day off. Her big hangover cure? "Coconut water. It's like drinking 10 Gatorades, with no sugar."

*Jillian's recommended toenail polishes: Revlon's Make Mine Mango ("Tanner really loved that color"), and My Chihuahua Bites by OPI.

*For her dream wedding, she would have red and white gingham tablecloths, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and her Aunt Becky's cabbage rolls.

*In trying to keep the guys straight, Jillian called Jesse "Josh." Twice.

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WES IS STILL BEING INTERVIEWED FOR SOME REASON

EXCLUSIVE: Booted "Bachelorette" contestant Wes Hayden says he's not a two-timing villian

by delaina Dixon, http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/07/14/2009-07-14_exclusive_booted_bachelorette_contestant_wes_hayden_says_hes_not_a_two_timing_vi.htmlDAILY

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Wes Hayden looked like he used his time on "The Bachelorette" to promote his band, but the country crooner says that's not true.

Booted "Bachelorette" suitor Wes Hayden wants the world to know he's not the two-timing villian who was out to dupe Jillian Harris this season on the reality dating series.

"People are saying things and they don't evern know me," the country crooner exclusively tells the Daily News. "It's hurtful that they have a perception that isn't true."

Accused of everything from coming on the show to promote his band to having a girlfriend back home, the country singer's own words seemed to support his dastardly agenda.

But the Houston, Tex. native says blame it on post-production.

"They edited and clipped me. They were basically creating a character from the beginning," says Wes, who explains his sister was the one who actually sent in his name to be considered for the show.

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WES TRIES TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF

Wes Hayden Throws The Bachelorette Under the Bus

by Free Britney, http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/07/wes-hayden-throws-the-bachelorette-under-the-bus/

They say ... love, it don't come eaaaaaaaasy. They also say there are two sides to every story, and The Bachelorette's Wes Hayden wants to make his known.

The Austin, Tex., singer's eight-episode stint on the ABC show came to an end Monday after all kinds of controversy over whether he just went on the show to promote his music, and/or whether he had/has a girlfriend back home.

He's been called every name in the book, and that's fine by him. But Wes Hayden says it's all bogus, and he is simply a victim of deceptive, false editing.

In an interview on an Austin radio station, he addressed the #1 rumor that has plagued the alleged singer but also his alleged girlfriend, Laurel Kagay.

"I had a girlfriend last summer. She's still a very good friend of mine. Every now and then we'll go out and do lunch or something like that. I mean, I did some work for her mom, I'm good friends with her family," Wes Hayden said.

"I just called [The Bachelorette producers] two weeks ago, and was like, 'Look. I don't care what y'all do to me. You can say I'm the worst guy in the world and I'm here for publicity, that I've got a girlfriend. But don't mention anybody's name."

"As soon as you mention her name, people in Austin are going to know her, because we dated for a long time. Sure enough, they mentioned her name the very next day."

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, according to Wes Hayden.

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WES IS THE MOST HATED BACHELOR

Wes: The Most Unlikable Jerk On 'The Bachelorette'

by Matthew Swanson, http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/07/08/wes_the_most_unlikable_jerk_on_the_bache

Four bachelors remain on The Bachelorette, and Jillian had dates with all of them in the scenic Spain. The first three had something in common: they were all very, very boring. They discussed their dating philosophies and world views over fabulous romantic dinners paid for by ABC, and incidentally, can you really get a good idea about someone with this trend? Anyone looks pretty good on a date with candle-lit dinner with a gorgeous view when neither party is paying for squat. Not only that, when the check should come, instead a note comes saying they can go to the "Fantasy Suite," and get it on all night. Jillian declined to sleep with all of them, and that's partly why this episode was so boring.

Then came Wes' date. Jillian was already suspicious of him because she was told by other bachelors that he had a girlfriend back home and is only on the show to further his country career, but she reluctantly let him through the last rose ceremony based purely on being star struck by his crappy country song serenades. This date, she finally hit him hard with the right questions and stopped letting herself be hoodwinked by his southern bad-boy charm.

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JAKE SPEAKS ABOUT WES AND LAUREL

JAKE: WES AND LAUREL ARE STILL TOGETHER

via People Magazine, http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/07/02/the-bachelorettes-jake-wes-laurel-are-still-together/




Dallas pilot Jake Pavelka, 31, didn’t make a love connection with The Bachelorette’s Jillian Harris, but cared enough to crash Wes’s hometown date to confess what he knew about “Girlfriendgate.” He spoke with reporters about why he believes Wes had — and still has! — a girlfriend, who he thinks is right for Jillian and the possibility of starring on the next Bachelor. – Carrie Bell

Why did you come back?
A producer called me to see if I was doing okay because I took leaving hard and I broke down. [I said,] “I need to tell her some things. Any way I could talk to her again?” I ran through it and they made it happen. I was lying in bed every morning going, “I screwed up. I should have told her before I left.” I wanted to come back because I had information she needed to make the best decisions about the remaining guys and to be there for her. Now I sleep easy at night.

PEOPLE spoke to Laurel and she denied being together during taping. Do you stand by what you claimed, that Wes said he had a girlfriend?
I don’t believe it. I know it. Without a shadow of a doubt, he and Laurel were together. They’re still together. It’s an act and Laurel was in cahoots with him. They had an agreement to put their relationship on the back-burner so he could go on and sell CDs. His biggest fear was making it far enough to go on overnight dates because that wasn’t okay with Laurel. Evidently she cleared [him] to kiss. I’m a God-fearing man and if I am mistaken or he didn’t tell me that, God can strike me down with lightning right now.

Are you there?
Yeah. Still here! We had multiple conversations. He confided with me. He told me he loved [Laurel]. He said, “I’m going to break her heart. I’m going to bow out when the time is right.” This stuff came out of his mouth.

Do you think it’s possible that he is developing feelings for her as the weeks go on?
No. I think Wes’s motivation is to move CDs. Wes had her snowed. The girl loves country music and the man makes it so I can see how intriguing that would be.

Did you get along with Wes?
I don’t think he’s a bad guy. I don’t hate him. I’m hopeful at some point we can be friends. He’s probably having a hard time right now, but it’s hard to be sympathetic because he lied to my face and Jillian’s.

Have you regretted your decision to go Austin?
Absolutely not. I care about the girl. She’s looking to fall in love. With Wes, it was going to be an uphill battle. He won’t put a ring on her finger. I know that Jillian would have done that for me had the roles been reversed. I would have done [it for] Wes.

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Laurel Kagay: I am Not Wes Hayden's Girlfriend!

via: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/07/laurel-kagay-wes-hayden-ex-girlfriend/

Austin, Tex., resident Laurel Kagay was just minding her own business and watching The Bachelorette Monday. Then suddenly, her name was mentioned.

In a hilariously staged return, ousted suitor Jake Pavelka came back to tell Jillian Harris that Wes Hayden, a remaining contender, had a girlfriend.

Her name is Laurel, Jake told Jillian and millions of viewers. Wes denied he is dating her. Jake ratted him out anyway. Laurel Kagay sat in shock at home.

“I was like, ‘What?’” Laurel told People in an interview today. “There was this pause before he said my name - and then he said it quite a few times.”

Laurel Kagay, owner of Peach Body Boutique in Austin, would like to clear the air on this topic, which has dominated the contrived Bachelorette for weeks.

She dated Wes Hayden for three years, but they are broken up, and have been for quite a while now. The two became strictly friends a year ago, she said.

“I’m absolutely not with Wes, nor would I be with Wes if he were going on a show to be with another girl,” she says. “That’s absolutely crazy.”

So how did Jake Pavelka get things mixed up?

Laurel Kagay insists that she and Wes Hayden - who has caught considerable flak for romancing Jillian Harris while supposedly dating Laurel - are not an item.

“And I think Wes did say something about his ex-girlfriend. Maybe he said he still cares about me or whatever. Maybe Jake blew that into something else.”

However, Laurel Kagay admits, “We are really good friends and we do go out to lunch together, so I could see how people could think we’re together.”

Oddly enough, Laurel is also linked to another famous name in The Bachelor franchise - Brad Womack, the Texan who chose no one on his season finale.

Laurel Kagay has also dated Collin Evans, who was briefly a contender on The Bachelorette’s third season with Jen Schefft. Sounds like she has a type!

WES HAYDEN AND LAUREL KAGAY SPEAK!

LAUREL KAGAY CLEARS UP RUMORS

by Darla Atlas, http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/07/01/the-bachelorette-wess-mystery-girl-speaks/

Austin resident Laurel Kagay was minding her own business and watching The Bachelorette on Monday when suddenly her name was mentioned, sparking one of the season’s most dramatic moments yet. Ousted suitor Jake had returned to tell Jillian that musician Wes still had a girlfriend named Laurel. Wes denied it; Jake stuck to his guns — and Laurel sat in shock at home.

“I was like, ‘What?’” Laurel, 29, tells PEOPLE. “There was this pause before he said my name — and then he said it quite a few times.”

But Laurel, who owns the Peach Body Boutique in Austin, would like to clear the air. Although she dated Wes for three years, she says their relationship turned to friendship a year ago. “I’m absolutely not with Wes, nor would I be with Wes if he were going on a show to be with another girl,” she says. “That’s absolutely crazy.”

So how did Jake get things mixed up? “I think he was definitely upset about not being on the show anymore,” she says. “And I think Wes did say something about his ex-girlfriend. Maybe he said he still cares about me or whatever. Maybe he talked a little too much about me, and Jake just blew that into something else.”

However, Laurel admits, “We are really good friends and we do go out to lunch together, so I could see how people could think we’re together.”

See People Magazine for more!

More Dirt on Wes & Laurel Speaks Out

The Bachelorette: Jake Spills

by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna, http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b132261_bachelorette_jake_spills_more_dirt_on.html

ABC/CRAIG SJODIN

"Shall God strike me down with lighting if I am mistaken or he did not tell me that," former Bachelorette contestant Jake Pavelka told reporters this morning about his claims that fellow contestant Wes Hayden has a girlfriend.

For those coming in on this late, here's what's happening. On Monday night's episode (check out Trista Sutter's blog about it here), Jake returned to the show with the sole purpose of telling bachelorette Jillian Harris that Wes confided in him that he has a girlfriend. Jillian confronted Wes about it, in front of Jake, and Wes denied it. In the end, Jillian chose to believe Wes over Jake. And now all hell's broken loose.

Today, Wes' accuser speaks out and reveals more details to reporters about exactly what the Austin-based musician, who has been accused of being on the show to promote his new CD, told him. Meanwhile, the alleged girlfriend, Laurel Kagay, is setting the record straight on her own. Check out the drama…

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What did Wes tell you?
The conversations that Wes and I had were not, 'Hey Jake, I got a girlfriend.' It was, 'Hey Jake, I got a girlfriend and I don't know what to do.' I said, 'Wes, are you in love with her?' I said, 'If you're not in love with her, you may fall in love with Jillian.' And, he said, 'No. Jillian is not the girl for me.' Wes was talking to me in the final episodes about going ahead and bowing out and getting out of the show. He had already gotten what he was looking for, to sell CDs.

How sure are you?
I know 100 percent without a shadow of a doubt that he and Laurel are together, and they were together during the show. I think it's all an act, and I think Laurel was in cahoots with him. I don't believe it. I know it. We had multiple conversations. It was a dialogue back and forth. He told me he loved her. And I said, 'Are you developing feelings for Jillian?' He said, 'She's just not the girl. I'm going to break her heart.' He said, 'I'm going to bow out when the time is right.'

Laurel's in cahoots with him?
Laurel was in cahoots with him. His biggest fear was he makes it far enough that they have to go behind closed doors [on an overnight date]. He was so worried about that because that wasn't going to be OK with Laurel, and this is the stuff that came out of his mouth. [Evidently] she's cleared [him] to kiss her.

Meanwhile, Laurel spoke out to People magazine backing up Wes' story that they did indeed date for three years, but the relationship turned to friendship a year ago. She told the magazine, "I'm absolutely not with Wes, nor would I be with Wes if he were going on a show to be with another girl. That's absolutely crazy. We are really good friends and we do go out to lunch together, so I could see how people could think we're together."

Unfortunately, Wes is still on The Bachelorette and is unavailable to the press to respond to Jake's new claims today.

IS THIS WES' REAL GIRLFRIEND LAUREL KAGEY?

Laurel Kagay, owner of Austin's Peach Body Boutique (Photo: PeachAustin.com) reportedly has
connections to both Wes Hayden and Brad Womack.


CHECK OUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT LAUREL AND WES!