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Bachelor Matt James resurfaces at Las Vegas casino gambling with RHONJ’s Melissa Gorga after dumping Rachael Kirkconnell
BACHELOR Matt James resurfaced at a Las Vegas casino gambling with Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga after dumping his season winner, Rachael Kirkconnell.
Before the wild trip, the former Bachelor channels.
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On Thursday night, got together with several of the and other celebs to celebrate the opening of a new hotel and casino in Las Vegas called Virgin.
The newly-single reality star wore his usual attire of a black jacket on top of gray hoodie, jeans, and boots. He completed the look with a black beanie, and his now signature beard.
The 29-year-old sat down next to as they gambled in front of the cameras.
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Present at the event was also Mario Lopez ' Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz.
Melissa shared a couple of videos from the occasion as she shared drinks with her husband, , and the two Toms.
Matt's stop in Sin City comes after after the former The Bachelor deleted all of his tweets about the ABC show, and cleaned out his Instagram account.
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While the TV personality eventually re-activated his Instagram account, he noticeably took down all of his posts that promoted the show.
During the recent show , Matt chose to give his final rose to Rachael, 24.
Despite not getting engaged, the pair pledged to continue their relationship following their time on the show.
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Matt and Rachael's relationship quickly hit a rough patch and they due to resurfaced photos of at an with deep ties to the Confederacy and slavery.
The show's leading man spoke about his decision to end their relationship on the After the Final Rose special, sharing that he and decided she needed to do some growing and learning.
Matt emphasized that Rachael needed to better herself on her own.
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as she told Matt: "I've never experienced a love like this. I don't see anyone else out there for me.
“At this point I just don't see how I can have these same feelings for someone else.”
After the episode aired, Matt shared that he has no plans
Speaking on , the former touched on his decision to end things following Rachael’s racism controversy.
He revealed he didn’t initially pay much attention to the racism rumors about his girlfriend until the first week of February, which was just two months after the show wrapped filming.
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The TV personality explained that "everything came to a head" and he could no longer avoid social media speculation.
He said: "You don't want to think that someone knows your person better than you, so I'm taking everything with a grain of salt. As it's continuing to roll out, it just hits a head.
“It continued to come up again, again, and then when it's addressed formally in the statement that Rachael put out, it's a devastating blow."
Rachael is not the only Bachelor Nation star to receive scrutiny from fans this season, as longtime host , 49, is also facing his own racism scandal.
The host stepped down from the show after he was accused of "perpetuating racism" by defending .
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He told the public to give the disgraced contestant “a little grace, a little understanding" before attacking her for past mistakes.
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