'The Bachelor''s Shayne Lamas on Jason Mesnick: 'I Would Have Slapped Him'

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Shayne Lamas won Matt Grant's heart in the 12th season of "The Bachelor," and she says she still watches the show from time to time. Now, she talks to ET about the whole Jason Mesnick/Melissa Rycroft public breakup and her new reality series with "The Bachelor"'s exec producer Mike Fleiss.

"I would have died," she tells "The Insider". "I would have slapped him or something. Honestly, I would have been so pissed. That is out of a crazy movie. I can't believe that was real."

Shayne and Matt broke up less than a year after they fell in love, but they still keep in touch.

"We talk every once in a while to catch up and see how we're doing, but we're acquaintances," she says. "I think if we had met outside of 'The Bachelor,' we would have had more of a chance because there was so much pressure [in the public spotlight]."

The 23-year-old actress admits that appearing on the reality TV series hurt her burgeoning acting career, but she feels that appearing on the new E! series, "The Lamas Life," will be different.

"It's with family," Shayne explains. "We're all working together, and I am rebuilding my career. I had a career before, and I have a career now, and I plan on having a career after. The show is basically following me. And I am doing stuff in my career. It's following me, and it's documenting my life. But it can't hurt me anymore because it could only just show and bring out my personality and who I am for people to get to know even more."

"The Lamas Life" premieres this October on E!

Published 7/31/09 by the Insider

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  • I love shayne Lamas i think she is the most beautiful girl ever on the bachelor or bachlorette but she has it all wrong first of all Melissa chose to do what she did and second i am tired of bringing up Melissa again and again i am tired of her she...
  • Just don't focus too much on her Shayne's mother. Way toooooo much plastic surgery. Those lips were hideous. She looked like a cartoon character and it wasn't Jessica Rabbit!
    Anonymous 7/31/09 Reply
  • Cool:)
    NeverLetGo 7/31/09 Reply
  • Everyone could use a slap now and then!
    racer_ron 7/31/09 Reply