Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi: We'd break up with them too [poll]

The Fourth of July falls on Sunday, sure, but thanks to Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, we can all expect the fireworks to continue through Monday, when their joint interview with "The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison airs.

Frankly, if this chat really represents what these pretty people are like in a relationship, we'd break up with them too.

"You are the biggest fake liar I've ever met in my entire life," Vienna tells ex-love-of-her-life Jake during the post-game sit-down, which is embedded after the break.

Jake's smug little "Why are you raising your voice," the comment that sparked his ex-one-and-only's reaction, doesn't exactly fall in the "sexy" category either.

Now, this is that interview -- the one that had the Web hopping with rumors that Jake ...

... at one point looked as if he were going to haul off and whack Vienna.

"The exchange definitely got heated, it was contentious, but at no time and in no way was there any hint of him possibly physically harming her at all," Harrison said Friday on "Good Morning America."

"He didn't draw a fist, he didn't draw back a fist, he didn't act like he was going to hit her."

As to why she went to the tabloids with intimate details of their relationship, Girardi says in the interview: "I know Jake and I know as soon as we broke up he was gonna run to a media outlet and tell his side of the story so I wanted to make sure I had a voice also."

Harrison says he's not completely buying that explanation. Which means it's time a nonscientific online poll -- or two!

-- Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Vienna Girardi, left, and Jake Pavelka arrive at the premiere of "The Back-up Plan" in Los Angeles on April 21, 2010. Credit: Matt Sayles / Associated Press

Related dispatch from the Ministry of Gossip:

Vienna Girardi says she dumped Jake Pavelka over, ahem, intimacy issues [poll]

Comments

[Steve Melvin]

Here is my wife Pam's take on all this:
She thinks they are both after fame from the get go, and this whole romance was a fake set-up as well. Just another publicity stunt. Jake is in love with himself and probably always will be. He will never be happy and will always be looking for the next "get rich quick scheme" for the rest of his life, thus never finding true happiness.

[Carrie]

I think on the first night that Jake arrived on the Bachelor show he sent home the woman that would have been right for him. The beautiful blonde pilot with the blue eyes that put on the sunglasses, is his best match. I am pretty good at figuring out these things, and I think he needs to look her up and at least go out on a date with her and really get to know her.

[Sylvia]

We can thank Jake and Vienna for showing us the worst we've even been in relationships . . . opportunism on both sides, sexual immersion before establishing any context for friendship, evidently falling in love upside down after a terrifying bungee jump in which the strong survival emotion mixes in the primal brain with the sexual instinct, stroking the tendency in human being for narcissism by being faux intimate in front of cameras and getting paid for developing a famous persona . . . then each one having private expectations that the other doesn't meet . . . expectations so private they are hardly known to the one who has them until they are frustrated. Such as Jake's infidelity suspicions. Such as Vienna's "I have to be the star of this relationship because I am Daddy's little Princess." Not to mention the entire drama of everyone telling Jake, this girl is trouble. Even Vienna's father was a jillion alarm bells in himself. And Vienna's presence at dinner in Jake's family. We as voyeurs get to learn from these mistakes for a very low personal cost. So we can appreciate the both of them. Jake's superior longsuffering goodness is so neurotic that of course he has to go overboard for the bad girl. He's got to have someone do his dark side for him. Unfortunately, he doesn't get it. Almost, when he let Tenley know she was too good as gold for him. Too unnaturally good people together would not be exciting or dramatic.

[Gus]

You get what you pay for... He couldnt have been that stupid not to know she was an ex Hooter, gold digging, fame hog who would have sold herself just for attention... He got what he wanted and she got a lot more than she deserved...

[brijaeliana]

How is it Vienna that is fame hungry when the only publicity she has ever gotten from the beginning, was bad publicity? She endured complete social alienation on the Bachelor, just to have the whole world berate her in the tabloids when the show ended. I don't know how anyone could endure the taunting she has received over being on the Bachelor, unless they were truly in love. The only thing "wrong" with Vienna was that she was too young to know when to follow her gut and her heart. She said that she realized about a month into the relationship, that it was not right. Why did she stay? She probably trusted Jake's promptings to "stick with it" more than she trusted her own heart. She should have followed her heart and realized that she does not need Jake or any other person to make her feel "good enough." She should have never stayed if it didn't feel right. As for who is right or wrong in this relationship - I think that Jake's smug "Why are you raising your voice?" says alot about the type of man he is. I mean c'mon, Who would want to date someone who talked down to you like that? Btw, It is completely rude and wrong to act like a girl does or does not deserve respect based on her profession. Who cares if she used to be a Hooters girl? That has nothing to do with whether a person should be treated respectfully or not. Additionally, a person of true character treats others respectfully because of their own character. They do not pick and choose who to be nice to, based on what the other person does for a living.

[brijaeliana]

@Sylvia....Very good observation! Makes sense.

[Anne Vu]

I'm so happy that they broke up, now is the truth about Vienna

[b h]

As much as I think Vienna is a sleaze fortune hunter; Jake is a fake and far worse; he made me so sick on DWTS I wanted to puke. His short legs and smug self satisfied smile are so unnattrative; I believe his stunt with Jillian was a vy for fame as he has proved....what kind of pilot is he supposed to b anyway; he wouldn't have been hot at Ball State U in Muncie, IN much less LA or the world; sadness of reality TV. if he's gay so be it; who cares, but if he's heterio; he's way too feminine for me...give me Roberto on this season's bachelorett over any I can think of..Ali is thanking her luck y stars she has tht choice over non virile; non sexy ; wound too tight Jake!!!!

[jane hart]

OMG. They are BOTH fame hos and I never thought from the beginning anything about their relationship was real. They were both in it for what they could get out of it. Even the interview tonight looked fake. What awful people.

[elvisg]

I think she is high strung, high maintenance, and hard-headed. I think he has finally realized this (duh!) and also got a taste of fame and wants to go down that road now.

[MaShawn Campbell]

I have watched Vienna since she first appeared on the show. Not once did she show me that she wasn't real. The only reason why the world has this negative image of her is because the girls on the show didn't like her and everyone jumped on board. They saw her as a threat and turned everyone against her. Jake saw through it and so did I. Now that things are sour in their relationship, Oh it has to be Vienna's fault. Thats a bunch of bull. I saw a side of Jake on Monday nights Bachelorette that gave me chills. He showed a side of him that I thought was very disturbing. He is not everything America has him made out to be. Vienna is a strong woman and is going to be fine. Just watch out for Jake. It wouldn't surprise me if he ends up in another scandal, perhaps domestic violence.

[Dave]

Narcisistic + Borderline = Break up

[Stacie]

Jake is a complete ego-maniac, self obsorbed control freak! I think he was emotionally abusive to Vienna. I think he isolated her to have control and dominate her and used his lack of affection as a punishment for when she used her own brain to think of something instead of just relying on him to do it all. I think she sold her story as a way to get the money to break free from him. She is young and immature but I think Jake is one SCARY dude. Jake's probably been having sex with himself their whole relationship he's so self absorbed. I feel bad for Vienna it's clear she's been tramatized by him.

[Liz]

From what I can see, it appears that Vienna was in love with Jake, but Jake was in love with himself. He's a arrogant self-centered SOB. He still hasn't given any sensible examples of how Vienna undermines him. In his mind he thought he wants a woman with backbone, but in fact he doesn't. He wants someone who he can control (judging from his attitude last night)...not to mention that phony smile of his. Now Vienna is no angel. She shouldn't have gone to the tabloids. If she didn't need the media spotlight, she should have just left and cut her losses...so I think she wanted to smear him in public. They are ABCs Heidi and Spencer...love the media spotlight.

The only think Jake did right was not picking Tenley. Man...he did her a big favor!!!!

[giaj]

Jake is a jerk. I was no fan of Vienna's and think they both love the attention and get fame quick structure the Batchelor shows offer, but Jake is clearly controlling. He also showed his anger issues during the course of his Bachelor season and definitely has a mean spirited temper. He's incredibly fake and this acting career he is now pursuing???- puh-LEASE! Please go get some training and learn how to act instead of pose. Ugh. He's one self centered ego maniac. I thought Vienna, as clearly spoiled and high maintenance as she is, came off far better than Jake and his demeaning smug attitude..and his examples of "undermining".. really?? tape-measuring and using a GPS get you THAT twisted up in anger?You got some issues dude. Girls should stay away from his hot mess. He'd be a controlling headache to date. And please let his so called acting career bottom out. He should go back to flying planes instead of shoving his fake face on magazine covers. blech.

[Robin]

I too saw a side of Jake on July 5 that made me reevaluate what I initially thought of him. It became quite evident that he is a control freak and wants to have the final say, the final word, its his way or no way, he is right no one else could be, etc. I dont think Vienna should have gone to the tabloids like she did, but I think she had learned how controlling he could be and was afraid he would try to "control" her side of the story.

He was SO "into her" on the show, could be because he did not have the usual worries of day to day responsibilties, etc. Once life got back to normal, Vienna could not believe Jake's loss of interest in her ( at least physically) That must have really been hard to understand for her. He obviously is an uptight guy ( most controlling people are) and couldnt relax enough to be able to enjoy life (and Vienna).

He may be alone for quite some time!