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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW: Ex Bachelor Matt Grant "Embarrassed" By Shayne Lamas Proposal

Jan. 25 2010, Published 8:13 a.m. ET

In the season twelve finale of The Bachelor, Matt Grant got down on one knee and proposed to Shayne Lamas with a 2.85-carat platinum and diamond eternity ring.. "I have something for you," he said. "Monkey... Will you marry me?"

"Yes" she answered. "Matt, I love you!"

But that love was pretty short lived. The pair split just months later saying they were both "heading in different directions".

In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com Matt dishes on his break-up as well as why he chose Shayne in the first place, how the show's producers promoted the General Hospital actress above the other girls, the pressure he felt to propose, and how crazy it is to do so after knowing someone for only six weeks!

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Matt says that a lot of people told him after the show that they had "lost interest in you when you picked Shayne". And says that he understands where they're coming from and that he feels he "went from a respectable guy to a complete tool!"

Matt also says that he thinks the reason he picked Shayne was because of her experience on camera and that she made his job easier. He admits that in reality they had "nothing in common" and that she was "no way appropriate for me". He says that the show producers definitely promoted Shayne above the other girls and he understands why as she was good in front of the camera.