WES DEFENDS HIMSELF ON RADIO

Wes Hayden was eliminated Monday from The Bachelorette.
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Bachelorette News: Wes Hayden defends his reputation in new post-exit radio interview

By Lindsay Connor, http://www.examiner.com/x-11850-Bachelorette-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Bachelorette-News-Wes-Hayden-defends-his-reputation-in-new-postexit-radio-interview

After being eliminated from The Bachelorette Monday night, Wes Hayden spoke to the Bobby Bones show Tuesday morning.

His message? The Austin country singer wants to clear his name to all who thought he was on the show, and dating Jillian Harris, for the wrong reasons. He says show producers put words in his mouth, including that he had a girlfriend.

Did you have a girlfriend when the show was going on?

Wes: I had a girlfriend last summer. She's still a very good friend of mine. Every now and then we'll go out and do lunch or something like that. I mean, I did some work for her mom, I'm good friends with her family. They used her name on the show. And I just called them two weeks ago and was like, 'Look. I don't care what y'all do to me. You can say I'm the worst guy in the world and I'm here for my publicity, I've got a girlfriend. But don't mention anybody's name. Because as soon as you mention her name, people in Austin are going to know her, because we dated for a long time. Sure enough, they mentioned her name the very next day. The very next day, People Magazine called. She gave a great article.

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