Rozlyn Papa Pictures: Rozlyn Papa is slamming The Bachelor after being kicked off the show for an "inappropriate" relationship with a male staffer.
"I absolutely feel betrayed by the show. ... They want the ratings, and that's what they're getting," the 28-year-old single mother tells Entertainment Tonight of the incident, which aired Monday night. "This seeps into my personal life. I have a 7-year-old little boy at home that I want to look up to me, and to have this blatant lie out there perpetuated by the show itself, it's hurtful. It's scary to think what my son will think of me."
Papa was booted from the ABC program after it was determined she got close to a male producer on the show. How close? Bachelor host Chris Harrison hints that the pair definitely hooked up.
"It was an inappropriate relationship that got physical," he wrote Tuesday in his Entertainment Weekly blog. "This was not just about one person's 'feelings' for another. We would never go to such extremes because of a schoolyard crush. After extensive research and doing our homework we came to the conclusion without a shadow of a doubt that an inappropriate relationship had occurred."
Harrison said the incident came to light after several contestants witnessed Papa's "behavior firsthand." That was followed by the producer confirming what had taken place, which ultimately led to his being fired from the show.
"He told executive producers everything about his inappropriate physical relationship with Rozlyn," Harrison said of the unidentified employee. "As I clearly stated on the show last night, we took what happened very seriously and this staffer was let go immediately. With what you saw last night and with what I just told you there should now be no doubt or questions whatsoever as to what really happened during Rozlyn's short time on the show."
Papa has denied having a physical relationship with the producer. When asked point blank by ET if she had sex with the staffer, the model said, "Absolutely not. No. ... I made good decisions. I did not choose to have sex with someone else."
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