Matt Jamesis speaking out after one of his friends was caught on video body shaming Victoria Larson, a contestant from his season ofThe Bachelor.
James, 29, addresses the incident on Thursday’s episode ofThe Realtalk show, saying that is “never something that I condone or stand for.”
“It’s just a constant reminder that you need to be smart about the people you surround yourself with. And those moments when you’re in sports and people are trying to say things to you to throw things off your game, it’s sad that someone would think saying something like that about a woman that I was dating would deter me from what I was trying to do,” he says.
Victoria Larson (L); Matt James.Victoria Larson/Instagram; Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
He continues, “Who is he to comment on someone’s body? It’s such a low blow for any man to try and take a dig at something like that. That’s not my character and that’s not what I’m about. It’s a shame that that’s even associated with what was going on. I apologize on his behalf. I don’t know if you’ll get it from him, but that’s not something I support or stand for.”
The Realairs weekdays (check local listings).
Victoria Larson’s comment.Instagram
Larson left a comment on the video that read, “Cute … I love my body :)” with a pink heart emoji. She also appeared to clap back on her own Instagram feed.
Captioning her first post with a golfer emoji, the 27-year-old shared a split-screen photo of Miss Universe contestants in bikinis, abovea photo of a shirtless mansitting on a couch and holding a glass of beer. The photo of the man included the caption, “Her nose is too big.”
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Larson hasbeen a contestant to watchon this season ofThe Bachelor, regularly referring to herself as “the queen” and making it clear that she isn’t on the show to make friends.
Early on duringMonday’s episode, she remarked of fellow contestant’sSarah Trott’s departure the previous week, “The trash took itself out.”
The Bachelorairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
