Matt James is grateful for his time on -- and he'll never say otherwise. In his debut book, , James revealed why he doesn't have any ill will toward the franchise, despite several controversies surrounding his season.«Whatever mixed feelings I may have about franchise after my season, whatever disagreements I may feel with the way I was portrayed or how conversations I remember clearly were ultimately characterized, you will never see me disparage the show publicly,» James writes. «I know personally the faceless mass of people propping up the franchise.
They are hardworking and kindhearted friends, relying on a show that employs hundreds for their livelihoods. You don’t mess with that.»James further explained his point in a conversation with ET's Denny Directo.«This is people's livelihood.
You've got camera operators, you've got grips, you've got lighting [people], you got sound [people], who rely on this show and their families rely on this show,» he said. «In essence, it's not a bad show.
There's bad characters, there's things that happen that make the experience different for everybody.»«From everything that I've gained from it, from a relationship standpoint, and from personal growth and family bonding, I can't go out there and say that there's things that you wish you could change and conversations that you wish you could have back,» James added.
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