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"Setting the record straight! The Bachelor Season 20&amp;apos;s Amanda Stanton has won over Ben Higgins and viewers alike, with the hunky software salesman particularly touched when hearing about the mom of two&amp;apos;s failed marriage. Now, Stanton&amp;apos;s ex-husband, Nick Buonfiglia &amp;#x2014; the father to her daughters Kinsley, 3, and Charlie, 2 &amp;#x2014; tells Us Weekly exclusively that viewers haven&amp;apos;t been given an accurate representation of what he&amp;apos;s like as a father.Buonfiglia, whose divorce from the Orange County&amp;#x2013;based esthetician was finalized in June, tells Us that some of Stanton&amp;apos;s scenes have been tough to watch, especially one in which Ben asks how her ex could not want to spend time with his kids.&amp;quot;That knocks me for the fact that there&amp;#x2019;s three sides to every story,&amp;quot; Buonfiglia says, pointing out that he and the family recently celebrated Charlie&amp;apos;s second birthday at Disneyland. &amp;quot;I am a man. I admit I made mistakes &amp;#x2014; I am able to grow from it and learn from it. I have always been a great father to my girls, and I always will be for them.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;For me to watch it and kind of relive it &amp;#x2014; our marriage wasn&amp;#x2019;t perfect,&amp;quot; he continues. &amp;quot;We married young, we had our ups and downs, I was able to learn from it. A lot of people got the wrong side, like I abandoned my kids &amp;#x2014; that&amp;apos;s something I&amp;#x2019;ve seen in social media.&amp;quot;Buonfiglia, who works in business development and outside sales for the Orange County Register, says that he would like to introduce himself to Higgins someday and shake his hand.&amp;quot;Absolutely, I would,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;He has a way different perception of me from what was said, and so does America. I definitely would like to show him the person I am and not the person he assumed I was from what was said.&amp;quot;Buonfiglia admits that he has a been a Bachelor fan for years, as he and Amanda used to watch it together, and despite their differences, he thinks she would be a good pick as the next Bachelorette &amp;#x2014; although he wouldn&amp;apos;t plan on tuning in.&amp;quot;I think she has a good story, and she&amp;#x2019;s been very genuine and sweet,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;There&amp;#x2019;s a lot of single mothers out there &amp;#x2014; I think they can all relate to her story . . . It&amp;#x2019;s probably something I wouldn&amp;#x2019;t watch! But do I think she would make a good Bachelorette, absolutely.&amp;quot;In fact, he wouldn&amp;apos;t be opposed to taking a chance at love himself as one of the 25 Bachelors trying to win over the next Bachelorette, provided that he weren&amp;apos;t vying for Amanda&amp;apos;s roses.&amp;quot;It definitely depends,&amp;quot; he says on whether he would compete on The Bachelorette. &amp;quot;It couldn&amp;#x2019;t be Amanda! It would be really hilarious. I&amp;#x2019;m not gonna lie &amp;#x2014; it would be really funny [if I went on and Amanda was Bachelorette]. I don&amp;#x2019;t know how I would feel, but I think everybody deserves a chance to be happy and find love. Amanda went on it, and so if I had the opportunity, I would probably take it.&amp;quot;The Bachelor airs on ABC on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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