It’s been called the “worst kiss of all time” (viaElite Daily).
Or to any of the girls," Jamie revealed.
She does recall telling just one other contestant about her past when she was in Panama.
At the time ofThe Bachelor’sfilming, Jamie was relieved that the producers were not prying into her upbringing.
“I don’t know who my father is.
To me, I was like, ‘Who would want to marry a girl like that?
Who wants to be in a relationship with all ofthatbaggage?
Jamie eventually came to realize, though, that her baggage didn’t make her a lesser person.
“That doesn’t mean that I’m a bad person and those aren’t circumstances that I chose.
I had no choice but to kind of fight to provide, really.
And I shouldn’t be ashamed and embarrassed.”
“The kicker of it all was I remember I was on a train in Manhattan.
I was going downtown to do something,” Jamie recounted.
And I was like, ‘Yeah.’
And I didn’t get recognized an awful lot.
And I was like, ‘Wow.’
I just never realized…
It just meant so much to me.”
Jamie then realized that she was a positive influence on people, just the way she was.
I can connect with that young girl and be a good role model, maybe.’
I don’t know," Jamie said.
“And the same thing goes for if you happen to be on welfare.
No one wants to be on welfare.
And it was always very, very embarrassing to my mom that she was on it.
And then of course I had to be on it when I had custody of my sisters.
So I was in school.
I was so embarrassed.
I didn’t want a soul to know.
“And that they’re maybe less than fortunate, but you’re still a good person.
[I’m now an] entirely different person because I was very open.”
