Seattle ‘Bachelor’ Jason Mesnick debuts baby girl

Former Seattle “Bachelor” Jason Mesnick appeared on Jenni Hogan’s Next Big Thing podcast to debut his next big thing: a new baby girl with wife Molly, who he met on ABC’s The Bachelor.

Jason, Molly, and new baby Riley are featured in this week’s “People” Magazine.

“They flew out and they give us this great opportunity to have great professional looking photos,” says Mesnick. “We got some beautiful photos.”

This is the second child for Mesnick, who competed first on ABC’s show “The Bachelorette” and then on “The Bachelor” as a single dad to son Ty. He tells Hogan he forgot what it was like having a baby, but it’s all coming back.

“I forgot how gross those early poops are,” says Mesnick. “You do it as a parent, but I don’t think you ever get used to poopy diapers.”

This was Molly’s first baby, and the first daughter for Mesnick.

“It’s awesome. I come from a family of all boys, all males, cousins – males everywhere – but to have a little girl is pretty special.”

The couple still lives in the Northwest “Kirkland signature,” says Mesnick, and these days a lot of people that recognize him just think he somehow looks familiar.

“Did we used to work together?” someone at the KIRO Radio studios asked when Mesnick walked through the newsroom with Hogan.

Mesnick calls his time on the show “a crazy, wild ride.” He says he made a lot of mistakes, but learned a lot about himself, most importantly, “in the end I have a great wife and beautiful daughter,” he says.

Check out Mesnick, wife Molly, and new baby Riley in this week’s issue of “People” Magazine.

Listen to Jason Mesnick’s full interview on the latest episode of Jenni Hogan’s Next Big Thing podcast. Listen anytime ON DEMAND at KIRORadio.com.