Monday night, Bachelor Pad‘s Michael Stagliano and Holly Durst each became $125,000 richer, but the prize did not come without lots of heartache as Michael learned on TV that his partner and ex-fiancee, Holly, is now engaged to show rival, Blake Julian.

“I was caught off guard, humiliated,” Michael told People, blaming ABC for the shocker, adding: “I know neither Holly nor Blake wanted it to go down like that.”

Holly said, “I was really upset. Last night, I called to tell him, but they’d already taken his phone. I wasn’t allowed to speak to him prior to going on stage.

“As soon as I sat down, I whispered that I needed to talk, but bomb was dropped immediately. He was blindsided. That was the lowest thing they could do.”

Mike took the news relatively well and said about the new romance between Holly and Blake, “We were engaged and therefore I will always care about and love her so it makes me happy when she is happy. I wish we could have been happy together but I know we’re always going to care about and love each other.”

“I have no reason to be mad at Holly or Blake. You can’t help who you fall for. And now I have some money to go on a few first dates.”