BACHELOR Matt James resurfaced at a Las Vegas casino gambling with Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga after dumping Rachael Kirkconnell.
The former Bachelor had deleted all of his social media channels and recently made a comeback by deleting his former content.
On Thursday night, Matt got together with several of the New Jersey housewives and other celebs to celebrate the opening of a new hotel and casino in Las Vegas called Virgin.
The newly single man wore his usual attire of a black jacket on top of gray hoodie, jeans, and boots. He completed the look with a black beanie.
The 29-year-old sat down next to Melissa as they gambled in front of the cameras.
Present at the event was also Mario Lopez Vanderpump Rules‘ Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz.
Melissa, additionally, shared a couple of more videos from the occasion as she shared drinks with her husband, Joe, and the two Tom’s.
The Bravo stars quickly found each other and spent a great deal of time together.
Matt having some fun in Sin City come after he made a comeback to social media after The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that the former The Bachelor star had deleted all of his tweets about the ABC show.
The cleaned-out Twitter account comes shortly after Matt temporarily deleted all of his posts on Instagram.
While the TV personality eventually re-activated his Instagram account, he noticeably took down all of his posts that promoted the show.
Matt’s decision to clean his social media accounts of the show comes shortly after the season finale aired.
During the finale, 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.
Matt and Rachael’s relationship quickly hit a rough patch and they split off-camera due to resurfaced photos of Rachael at an “Antebellum” plantation party with deep ties to the Confederacy in 2018.
The show’s leading man spoke about his decision to end their relationship on the After the Final Rose special, sharing that he realized how “problematic” she was and decided she needed to do some growing and learning.
Matt emphasized that Rachael needed to better herself on her own.
During the finale special, host Emmanuel Acho discussed the status of the strained relationship with Matt and Rachael.
Rachael sobbed 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 to rekindle his romance with Rachael.
Speaking on The Bill Simmons Podcast, the former Bachelor touched on about 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.
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 Chris Harrison, 49, is also facing his own racism scandal.
The host stepped down from the show after he was accused of “perpetuating racism” by defending Rachael.
He told the public to give the disgraced contestant “a little grace, a little understanding” before attacking her for past mistakes.
Following intense backlash from viewers, Chris decided to step away from the show.
Former Bachelorettes Kaitlyn Bristowe and Tayshia Adams will take his place as co-hosts for the upcoming season.
