He's as big a jerk as the people who watch the show. I mean really, out of all the Bachelor's and Bachelorette's, how many successful, lasting relationships have there been? One? Wow, wtf do you prople expect, really? Put down the remote, and back away from the "reality" tv. Go read a book or something.

DeAnna was not "led on," but Brad could have definately given her some hints prior to that day that he was going to break up with her on national television. Be a little more decisive and considerate of the ladies who have admitted to falling in love with you Brad: don't make out with them the night before.

I don't think that Brad is a jerk. Of course i would have been upset if i was in the girls position. He said that there were feelings there for them but not enough to marry them, so i think he should have asked one of them to pursue dating him and see how things went.

I think brad isn't a jerk i think some you are jers for saying that brad is a nice man but i think that he just wants someone who will love him for
he really is not for what he does for a living and i have seen my mom fall for someone who loves her for her so if she can do it he can too so
don't say that love and romance and fairy tales can't happen cause it can too. you all should be ashamed of yourselves. brad you'll find your special someone in no time.

He might be a little bit Jerk in a sense of letting the girls liked him and fall for him (and that is part of the show). On other side, hes a real person and he just want to make sure that he found the right one before he get hitched.

Its better to stay single than marrying someone else when you are uncertain about your feelings. He is in fact right about one thing; every person should only be married once and that is for lifetime.

But I guess he should also realize that its hard to find true love especially on reality shows. True love will come one is a million chance and you will meet the right one in unexpected time and place.

I think Brad just made a mistake by accepting the offer to go on the show. I think it takes a certain degree of being 'Superficial' and Brad's just not that person.
Unfortunately, it was a very costly and Public error on his part. I do feel really bad for the girls.

Brad is such a whinner. Make good choices in life or just remain a bachelor. You are truly a jerk in my book of jerks!

Sooooooooo NOT a jerk! His only mistake was being too optimistic in thinking that he could find love by going on a show. Personally, both of these women were awesome ladies, but one of them set her expectations too high. Brad did what felt right for him and Deanna (and everyone else who wants to bash) had to get over it. I mean why would you want to be w/ someone who wasn't 100 percent about you?! He just wasn't into her as much as it seemed. SORRY. But bashing the most honest and smartest bachelor (to date), come on?! GET OVER IT!!!

Brad did the right thing by not choosing someone that he did not love. However, I think he is still a jerk becasue he totally led those women on!!! Alot of guys do that even without cameras on them. For example, when Deanna met Brad's family, Brad mentioned to them that she was a former bartender. And Brad replied something to the effect of "not only will I be gaining a wife, but an employee..." He said it jokingly, but why even say that if you are not sure.

I do not think that he is quite a jerk, because I realize that he also couldn't speak all of his mind because he had to keep the suspense for the final show. Although, I don't think that Brad understands love. I'm younger than him yet I think I understand it more. I'm married to a WONDERFUL man who I love. And my man and I did have the whole butterfly thing going on when we first started dating, you know the fluttery feelings, but in all honesty, once the newness wears off, a lot of the nervouse feelings and "fairy tale romance" starts to not be as strong, but you must CHOOSE to love that person. There are many things that my husband does that annoys me to death, but there are wonderful things about him and I have to choose to look past the bad... I have to choose every day to love him. And I am more madly in love with him today than I was in the beginning... and we CHOOSE to have our fairy tale moments together.

By the way... I loved Jenni! She was so genuine and mature. The way that DeAnna treated people in that house was very immature. And Jenni seemed like a great person to hang around with. You lost big time when you let her go... I REALLY just knew that you were going to choose her... you acted different around her, so it seemed, than you did with everyone else.

I think some of you here miss the point completely. The point is this man went through it all for nothing. But maybe it wasn't his fault. For the sake of the show, he had to play along.....That's my take on it.

I think Brad did the right thing. The audience expects people to fall in love and in this case, it didn't happen. So what's wrong with Brad ending the relationship instead of perpetuating false hope and proposing marriage to someone he knows he doesn't want to marry? He probably really had feelings for these girls. But at the end of the day, it was an 8 week relationship and he wasn't conviced he wanted to spend the rest of his life with anyone on the show. He stayed true to himself and people are upset because he didn't give us a happy ending.

I think Brad is a total Jerk.....Ellen was right!

I think that Brad gave a lot of mixed messages to the women on the show and said things he really didn't mean. I think that he lacks maturity in the relationship department and needs to figure himself out a bit better before even attempting to find a partner. The man doesn't really know what he wants and he has some pretty unrealistic and irrational ideas about love. I think he handled the situation poorly on the After the Rose show and demonstrated a real lack of empathy and understanding for the rejectees' feelings. At first I thought he was being inarticulate about it, but after watching him for a few minutes, I see that he really does not understand how his actions/words hurt those women in the end. In short, he's a jerk.

Having said that, I don't think that there's anything wrong with not choosing anyone to be your life partner as a result of being on the show. Really, how can you expect to know enough to make a life-changing decision after knowing someone for just a few weeks? I think that Brad could have handled the situation more honestly and with more graciousness towards the women he rejected.

If you look at what he actaully said on ATRC he didn't agree that he asked them to fly her dad out there. Actually Chris (the host) said that they (the shows producers, etc.) really felt that he was going to choose DeAnna, so they flew her dad out there. And Brad agreed to that. I don't think he is a jerk at all. I think he did the right thing. I actually applaud him for not making an empty promise to either of the two girls. I remember a few years back when they even said at the beginning of the season that either the bachelor would propose or leave alone. They said at the time that they did that so that there wouldn't be any of this breaking up crap a few days, weeks, or months after the last episode aired, and that they were doing it so that there wouldn't be any of this "I really like you so let's see where this is going to go." I personally think that leads them on more than anything Brad said or did. I also feel that Brad was more open to the whole idea of what this show is about and was genuinely looking for his lifemate than that of any other 'Bachelor's (not necessarily 'Bachelorette's). However, I would like to know where any of us think we have the right to be mad at Brad or think he is a jerk for not choosing someone. I mean really come on people, think back to 'Bachelor Bob' who said that he was going to kiss as many of the women as he could. He might have been on 'The Bachelorette' for the right reasons, but when it was his turn to be 'The Bachelor' I feel like I can truthfully say he wasn't there for the right reasons. I believe his actions afterwards sure proved that and I don't remember people getting so bent out of shape over the way he dumped the woman of his choice for the actress he is now married to.