Pappas: 'Bachelorette Justin was despicable'

Former Bachelorette star DeAnna Pappas has reportedly branded this season's contestant Justin Rego's actions "despicable".

The wrestler from Canada had been among the men vying for the affections of Ali Fedotowsky on the sixth run of the ABC romance reality show.

However, last night's episode saw Fedotowsky learning that Rego seemed to already have a girlfriend at home and had allegedly entered the competition in a bid to boost his profile.

Speaking to Us Weekly, Pappas said: "What he did was despicable, just flat-out wrong. There are other guys who are there for the right reasons.

"Someone on night one or night two or night three could have been sent home in order for him to stay there and here he is with a girlfriend, maybe two... I would feel totally justified in everything that I said to that completely rude, nothing of a guy."

Fedotowsky had confronted Rego in front of the other contestants, but he initially refused to respond and instead left the hotel suite. He later agreed to talk to her, but seemed to get tongue-tied as she questioned him about the phone call she had from his reported girlfriend.

She later wrote in her People blog that she felt sorry for Rego's girlfriend and said that the contestant - who exited the show this week - had been "caught in a lie".

The Bachelorette continues next Monday at 8/7c on ABC.

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