During an appearance on The View Wednesday, Bachelor star Jake Pavelka confronted rumors that he split from Vienna Girardi because he has a dash of inner homosexual just itching to break out.

“There was a lack of intimacy because our problems were so heavy. I can’t separate love and intimacy — and apparently that makes me gay,” Pavelka laughed as he chatted with Whoopi, Joy, and the gang.

Jake also explained his behavior during their post-breakup Bachelor interview with host Chris Harrison.

“What people don’t understand is, that was 24 hours after my [publicist] called me on the set of Drop Dead Diva saying the relationship was over. She didn’t call me, it was a publicist,” Pavelka said. “Twenty-four hours later, I’m sitting there and I wasn’t ready. You know when you’re kids and you’re trying to protect yourself? It was like that.”

Pavelka will appear on the Aug. 22 episode of Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva.