Exclusive: Bachelor's Valishia: I "Feel Bad" I Told Rozlyn I Didn't Believe Her
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Former Bachelor contestant Valishia Savage tells UsMagazine.com she regrets selling out former roommate Rozlyn Papa on Monday's Women Tell All special.
On the special, three women stepped forward to say they saw Rozlyn, 29, getting physical with producer Ryan Callahan. Valishia, 32, said she always believed that Rozlyn and the producer were just friends until she woke up one morning at 4 a.m. and Rozlyn wasn't in her bed. "I always wanted to think the best," Valishia told Rozlyn, "but I don't think I believe you anymore."
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Valishia now tells Us that she spoke against Rozlyn because, while filming Women Tell All, "I heard everyone else's stories, and I kind of felt a little bombarded by producers and people who tried to sway me to that side.
"Still, to this day, I never saw anything that made me think it was a sexual relationship. Never," Valishia tells Us. "And I was the closest to her -- I was her roommate! I had the same producer she had come visit me at my house. If anything, he was very forward and flirtatious."
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Valishia tells Us she feels bad "because on the show, I said I don't think I believe you anymore, and at that point, I didn't think I did because everybody was hounding me with all this information. But then after the show aired, Rozlyn called and told me her side, which is always what I felt to begin with. I really felt that [producers and castmates] took advantage of the whole situation.
"I don't think there was a sexual relationship," Valishia goes on. "I think there was an inappropriate relationship; I think the producer told her information he shouldn't have and they became friends."
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Rumors of a romance grew "because of gossip in the house," says Valishia.
"The girls were threatened by how beautiful Rozlyn is." Rozlyn is "flirtatious," Valishia says, "so people jumped to conclusions and that created the story and then they just let it go to this snowball effect. I just don't know who to believe, but my heart still feels that this has blown way overboard."
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Valishia tells Us she has apologized to Rozlyn and they plan on being "friends.
"We're both single moms, so there's that bond," Valishia tells Us. "To tell you the truth, even if she had slept with him, I don't even care. It wouldn't change [the fact] that I want to friends with her. That's her own personal life, and I don't judge. I want to know the facts and I want to see them in front of me, and what I saw in front of me does not relate to a sexual affair at all."
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64Roz is so low. How can you fib on national TV and then go so far as to swear on your child's life that you are telling the truth when you know you aren't? "Reality Steve" aka Farah is just supporting her because she lied to him and he put his fanny on the fence defending her -- he can't stand to lose face publicly. Sad that lying comes so easily to Roz. Hopefully her child won't become the liar she is. Roz has no integrity and is a very ugle person.
I believed that the show did this for ratings. I believe that Rozlyn and the producer got chummy, but nothing physical happened. I looked at those three ladies, including Valishia, and I felt that they were lying because of jelousy. How come Valishia did tell us on the show that that same producer had visited her at her home?
I think this absolutely validates what I've believed for a while. ABC and Mike Fleiss are slanderous liars (who I'm sure have more than covered their asses legally against any recourse). This whole physical relationship story was completely made up about Rozlyn from the beginning. I don't think she's particularly likable, and I don't like her myself, but I do think she's been the victim of a ratings ploy that has seriously slandered her rep as a woman. I feel really bad for her, especially because I know that The Bachelor has spun this well enough that almost no one believes her side of the story. I think the truth is, the show wasn't letting her talk to her son (because they couldn't film it since her ex didn't sign the release), this producer who was obviously flirtatious and has admitted to having a big crush on her did her favors, especially in letting her use his phone to call her son. When she was being kicked off the show, she thought it was just about that. Poor girl had NO idea ABC was going to turn around and turn this into a giant sexual scandal. Valisha was there, spent time in conversations with Rozlyn and the producer, and honestly believes nothing happened. I believe her. I don't know what the show offered the other girls who told stories the other night, but unfortunately they're lying too. In past interviews since they've left the show, both Jessie and Ella have said that they did NOT witness any suspicious behavior themselves. ugh seriously guys, read it all on Reality Steve's blog. The story that he's been telling about Rozlyn situation has remained consistent since the season started. Its only unfortunate that ABC has basically made it impossible for Rozlyn to defend herself against the barrage of "evidence" theyve created against her (yet no video, audio, pictures, nothing??). I hope there's a few other people who believe her. I can only imagine how horrible it would be to be in her position right now. ....but maybe people show know this is what theyre signing up for when they go on a reality show and sign away all of their rights.
I have watched several seasons of the show, and every time I do, I wonder how any of the women could actually believe the bachelor could be falling in love with them. Who wants to say "I do" to someone who just a week or so ago was spending the night in a room with not just one other woman, but two or three??? I realize the show is called bachelor, and the women are suppose to be there to try to win him over, but get real, there is no way I would want a man who one night spends the night with me, then for the next two or three nights stays with other women!! Whether she did, or whether she didn't, who cares, maybe the producer guy seemed like the 'better catch'....and isn't that what he is doing, looking for the 'best catch'?????????
Huh! Please, if she is so easily swayed then she is a weak simpleton. I don't believe Valishia.
SEE the producers tried to sway them to their side!! THAT SAYS IT ALL!!!!! I think the show &&&&& ESP Chris Harrison owe this girl a public apology & ALL the ones that spoke out against her STILL HAVEN"T PROVED THEY"RE CLAIMS!!!!!
Too little too late. Why would anyone go on TV and make remarks about someone else if they didn't have definite proof. Don't watch reality shows, so don't know the whole story, but all you women are a joke and will do or say anything to get your 15 minutes of fame.
Now take all of the girls and put them on Suvivor! Let's see who can make it without make-up and all of the lux life for that long?? A man beds all of the girls, but a woman does it and it's a scandal? Not sure why the big deal!
I hope Gia or Ella is the next Bachelorette. Ali is OK but not deserving of the next show. Gia and Ella both seem to have true and genuine intentions.
I hope Gia or Ella is the next Bachelorette. Ali is OK but not deserving of the next show. Gia and Ella both seem to have true and genuine intentions.
If the bachelor program does more of this type of episode, in the end it will hurt their ratings. Once is one thing, but never more than once. Cut the 'affair' type drama, and the drama queens who slam other women.
Part of being a decent human being is when everyone else is pressuring, you stick to what you feel and what you saw, and not giving into a crowd or pressure peer group. Many of the women were catty. Ali was a ring leader in setting the women off against others. I heard males say they would run for some of the women, even though they were hot looking.
Some of you need to read Reality Steve. ABC is lucky they don't have a libel suit on their hands right now. Interesting enough that BOTH girls (Ella and Jessie) who swore that Rozlyn had an affair had less than a few weeks ago done interviews saying they hadn't seen anything and that they had never spoken to producers about Rozlyn in any capacity.
I agree with what Valisha said. Maybe there were lines crossed but the whole thing is starting to sound like a drama/rumor mill type thing that goes on in high school...typical girls! Where in the world is the guy involved in this? Why aren't they asking him his side or why wasn't he on the show...I think they made him sign something saying he wouldn't talk so he can't get his side out there. He's pretty shady to let Rozlyn take all the heat...I'm not a huge fan of her but I did feel bad for her last night...I think she is just angry and girls are caddy and mean will jump all over rumors and gossip when they can. If I were her I wouldn't have even gone on the show...people already have their mind made up and usually are gonna be on the side thats more dramatic and interesting to believe so it just made her look worse.
R o z l y n is a cheap liar, sleeping with a married man while pretending to be interested in Jake, and then denying it all. Such a ho move, lie and deny.
I agree with Laurie. Sounds like the producers used Rozlyn to make a sensational story, and when she fought back and called them out on their own affairs, they got ugly and are trying to make her look silly. They are the ones with the cameras after all and can spin it however they want.
She so lied about not messing with the producer. She is a TOTAL S K A N K!!!
Rozlyn came to the show to find something... and whatever she found 'it' was there... She simply should have been honest about it and nobody would have complained... I mean, what is this? 'Cuddling' or whatever she did with this 'producer'... on one evening and then going to the bathroom next day to put on make-up for another guy? Pretty cheap, huh? No wonder that most of the other girls are against her... They do have more level!
wow another W$$$e silly blonde girl making the news, not only for lying about her special relation with the producer but also for denying it on national television!! she is so miserable!!!
Shut up Valishia - no one forced you to say those things on the show - what a weak whiner you are! Do you honestly think that ALL the girls are so insecure that they would put a hate on Rozlyn just because she is (questionably) beautiful???? And do you think the network would open themselves up to a huge lawsuit by saying these things if there wasn't something to it? Gawd, give me a break - if I told you it was raining pennies in Canada, would you believe me too?