JoJo Fletcher's ex-boyfriend Chad Rookstool reportedly stands by his prior claims about The Bachelorette star after a recent episode exposed his tabloid tell-all and featured Fletcher firmly denying it all.
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"Chad is pissed off," an insider told In Touch Weekly of Fletcher's denial.
During The Bachelorette's June 20 episode that was filmed in Uruguay, Fletcher's bachelors stumbled across an issue of In Touch Weekly in which Rookstool threw her under the bus.
Among other unflattering allegations, Rookstool told the magazine he and Fletcher reunited after Ben Higgins dumped her on The Bachelor and, although she still loved Rookstool, she decided to star on The Bachelorette as a way to advance her career.
Fletcher bawled her eyes out over the news on the show, bashing Rookstool for being a liar who had treated her very poorly.
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Fletcher allowed her suitors to think Rookstool was just a publicity-seeker, and the 38-year-old Dallas salon owner is reportedly furious about the footage -- not to mention how Fletcher didn't take responsibility for anything.
"I don't get people like that! I don't deserve that!... If he's not happy, he wants to take everyone down with him... I hate him! It's not fair," Fletcher told the cameras as tears streamed down her face, adding that it was horrible for Rookstool to say those things because she had tried to be his friend after their split broke his heart.
But that's just it: Fletcher claimed she was only friends with Rookstool after her stint on The Bachelor and their relationship never progressed into something romantic or intimate again. According to In Touch, Rookstool is "angry that JoJo publicly denied what he said about their rekindled relationship."
A guilty Fletcher allegedly even tried to apologize to Rookstool after The Bachelorette episode aired.
"She blamed it all on producers," the insider said, adding that Rookstool has proof they got back together once Fletcher returned home to Dallas. "But she'd better be careful, because Chad still has all the texts from her -- and he's willing to use them against her to prove she's lying!"
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