Monique Morley was booted off The Bachelor last year by Matt Agnew, after the C-word scandal.
And now the glamorous reality star has spoken about the controversial incident and hinted that it was ‘set up.’
Chatting in a YouTube sit down with Christie Swadling this week, the 27-year-old lingerie designer said she looked like an ‘idiot’ when the scandal made headlines.
‘I look like an idiot!’ The Bachelor’s Monique Morley (far right) talked about THAT C-word scandal in a YouTube video this week and hinted it was ‘set up’
Monique made the confession when answering a question about wellbeing and what it’s like to be portrayed on TV.
‘How does it affect your wellbeing when the TV twists your words and makes you look bad?’ the question was.
‘For me personally, with the whole dog c**t scandal, we’re under contract to not talk about production, producers, behind the scenes, so we’re not allowed to say anything,’ Monique said, talking about when the scandal erupted last year.
‘We’re not allowed to say anything’: Monique said that she was under contract to not spill the beans when the scandal erupted last year
‘So when these things came up on camera, and I’m not allowed to be like, “oh well f**k that, the producers said this and has set up this conversation,” I can’t say that, so I look like an idiot.’
She went on to say that ‘everyone thought she was a liar,’ but she got through it by realising she doesn’t have to ‘prove herself’ to other people.
‘Everyone was like, “oh Mon, she’s just a liar.” So I know I’m a loyal person, a good person and down to earth and I didn’t need to prove that to anybody else,’ Monique said.
She added: ‘And I think that when you start to have to prove yourself to other people, that’s your downfall. Be your authentic self and that’s how you get through it.’
Stressed: She added that before the show even aired, she had ‘anxiety for six months’ about what would make it to screens
She added that before the show even aired, she had ‘anxiety for six months’ about what would make it to screens.
The stunner also said that while the show wasn’t scripted, producers would give them topics to talk about on set.
Monique was booted off The Bachelor last year over the C-word incident.
On the show, there were rumours that she called Matt Agnew a ‘disrespectful pig’ and ‘dog c**t’ behind his back.
Making headlines: Monique was booted off The Bachelor last year over the C-word incident. On the show, there were rumours that she called Matt Agnew (pictured) a ‘disrespectful pig’ and ‘dog c**t’ behind his back
Matt told Monique on the show that the trust was ‘severely damaged’ and he didn’t know how they could ‘move past’ the incident.
Monique denied making the derogatory remarks, but then acknowledged that she may have said them but forgot doing so.
‘Yeah, look, like, you don’t need to believe me…’ she said, clutching at straws.
‘I can’t do that anymore,’ Matt replied sternly.
‘I’m just not sure how exactly things move forward for us, Mon… I think it’s for the best that you leave the mansion. I’ll walk you to the car.’
She also told TV Week last year that the four-letter insult was actually a ‘joke’ in reference to a viral YouTube video from 2008 called ‘Trent from Punchie’.
‘We were in stitches laughing… I don’t remember exactly what was said, but if it was said, it was as a joke. It was taken completely out of context,’ she said.
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‘Taken out of context’: She also told TV Week last year that the four-letter insult was actually a ‘joke’ in reference to a viral YouTube video from 2008 called ‘Trent from Punchie’