'Bachelor' Matt: Give Back the Ring!

Not getting married may be the one thing about ending their relationship that British "Bachelor" Matt Grant and his now ex-fiancée Shayne Lamas agree on.

Yesterday, Shayne announced that she's keeping the 2.85 carat engagement ring "forever!" and that it was okay with Matt, but today, in a statement to People, he disputes that announcement.

"We never discussed this," he tells the magazine. "I never said it was cool to just keep it. If she said we spoke about it, she just made it up. Sometimes she thinks she can say anything and I’ll go along with it."

Matt adds, "It's not a television or a handbag. It’s a symbol of a marriage that didn't happen."

Yesterday, the blonde bombshell told People magazine she even has a special spot for the prized possession: "I have it and I am going to keep it forever for the rest of my life ... It's safe and clean and in a glass box like a glass slipper."

Lamas and Grant became engaged on the finale of the ABC reality show, but recently announced publicly they were parting ways. Lamas also tells People that any reports that she was unfaithful to Grant while they were together are false. "I would never, ever cheat on Matt. He was my fiancé."

Published 7/30/08.

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    Anonymous 3/16/09 Reply
  • Actually that's not right that no decent relationship (or working one) has come from the Bachelor. We all know Trista and Ryan, but also Joe whatisname has been with his choice for how many happy years, and they just got married? So, odds are...
    Anonymous 11/22/08 Reply
  • SMART???!! With what stick are you measuring that quality!?! She may be devious and manipulative, but that's not SMART!!!! lololololololololol She was whiney, fake and oh so "dumb blonde wants attention for her acting career" cliché... anyone who...
    Anonymous 10/8/08 Reply
  • The Bachelor is so over! None of them ever end up together. At least the Bachelorette made 1 good match up...Trista & Ryan!!
    poodlemom 8/16/08 Reply
  • I'm not sure why people are surprised by this...she's a complete moron who only wanted to be on TV. And I don't completely leave him blameless, his recent do smells of an attempt to be the next Beckham's. But he should have seen it coming, she was...
    Anonymous 8/14/08 Reply
  • Matt and Shayne were a beautiful couple--enjoyed watching them in the show. God bless Matt and Shayne
    Anonymous 8/14/08 Reply
  • I agree with you completely. After watching the first few episodes of 'the British Bachelor' his true intentions were terribly obvious. When he had all the ladies fighting for him, he was very happy and he loved it. But when there were less ladies...
    Ann73 8/13/08 Reply
  • She's an actress who probably felt she could bolster her career if she could pull this off. She was so fake from the beginning. this show has gone downhill since the first season. It is actually, in my opinion, becoming an insult to Women.
    Anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
  • i thought they were a cute couple :.( awww im gona miss them.
    Anonymous 7/30/08 Reply
  • Her dress is wonderful! like alwayzzzzzzzz!!!She's always so fierce, i love her. It's reported from NewY0rk times that She created an account at JSenior Match .c om to date with a young boy in a coffee shop last week.
    Anonymous 7/30/08 Reply
  • i know it
    Anonymous 7/30/08 Reply