It was an outright lie.
Even then, Jamie maintained that he only said that to protect Michelle.
One fantweetsummed it up best: “Jamie just gaslit every man in that room.”

Unsurprisingly, the former contestant has made a few other problematic statements, too.
Don’t defend me.
The same ppl w: hate prolly the same ppl that ask for pics when I’m out.

It’s all good.
It’s all words on a screen.
He also reportedly had many appalling opinions about Black women.