You in all probability bear in mind Shayne Jansen from Love Is Blind — and also you’re about to see much more of him on new Netflix courting present Excellent Match.
The upcoming sequence sort of looks as if Netflix’s personal model of Bachelor in Paradise, bringing collectively among the streaming service’s most well-known singles on a tropical island.
And whereas that is going to make for nice TV, Shayne’s ex Natalie Lee says he actually should not be on the present in any respect.
In truth, Natalie claims that she and Shayne had been nonetheless collectively when he utilized for the present in November 2021.
“I knew concerning the new courting present again in Sept 2021 as a result of Shayne and I had been each approached to use for it whereas we had been in a relationship,” Natalie wrote on her Instagram tales, noting that casting didn’t know they had been collectively on the time.
She continued, “We informed one another we declined the chance, however I later discovered he truly didn’t decline and began the casting course of in Nov 2021 with out my data on the time, whereas we had been nonetheless collectively.”
The couple went on to interrupt up later that month and reduce contact till they noticed one another at a reunion present taping — the place Shayne apparently realized he nonetheless had emotions for Natalie.
“Whereas Shayne was filming the brand new present in Feb 2022, he texted me quite a few instances he wished to depart halfway by filming as a result of he nonetheless had emotions for me,” Natalie defined.
She continued, “Figuring out there was little hope for our relationship and the way excited he was to do one other actuality TV present, I inspired him to proceed filming and tried to pacify the net backlash for him by my interviews and on my social media.”
Natalie says that when filming wrapped, Shayne requested to fulfill as much as focus on their relationship, and he or she finally informed him that they “shouldn’t reconcile.”
Their friendship ended up falling aside shortly after, when Shayne apparently lied about Natalie on a podcast. Natalie added that by all of this, Shayne “continues to bully and speak about” her and her pals on social media.
In the meantime, Shayne shared his personal ideas on the scenario, posting that he had been “holding again for a while.”
“Clearly, with the brand new present popping out, I figured ‘somebody’ would attempt to as soon as once more destroy my character for private acquire,” he wrote. “I’ve tried to maneuver on quite a few instances, however this retains resurfacing, and I’ve boundaries.”
He continued, “First, for ‘anybody’ to say I’m a clout chaser after I left Chicago — to go house to assist my mother for months, as a substitute of not posting myself with affect teams isn’t okay with me.”
“For somebody to speak about me negatively shortly after my mother handed. I’m simply completed,” Shayne concluded.
Natalie has not but responded to Shayne’s put up, however Excellent Match is ready to premiere on February 14.
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