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Alleged Ex-Lover Of Orlando Shooter Speaks Out: He Loved To Cuddle; Did It For Revenge

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“I’ve cried like you have no idea.”

That’s the alleged ex-lover of Omar Mateen, the Orlando shooter who murdered 49 people at the gay nightclub Pulse a week and a half ago.

Going by the fake name “Miguel” and wearing a disguise, the man sat down with Univision for an exclusive interview, during which he claimed without presenting even a shred of evidence that Mateen didn’t do what he did for terrorism — despite Mateen’s own words on Facebook and in calls to 911 on the night of the shooting.

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Instead, he claims he did it for revenge, and says Mateen felt taken advantage of by members of the gay community.

“He adored Latinos,” he said. “Gay Latinos, with brown skin, but he felt rejected. He felt used by them. There were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him really mad. Guys used him. That really affected him.”

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Miguel claims what sent Mateen over the edge was sleeping with two Puerto Rican men, one of whom confessed he was HIV-positive after the encounter.

According to “Miguel”:

He was terrified that he was infected. I asked him, ‘Did you do a test?’ Yes. He went to the pharmacy and did the test … it came out negative, but it doesn’t come out right away. It takes four, five months. When I asked him what he was going to do now, his answer was, ‘I’m going to make them pay for what they did to me.’”

He strained credulity to the breaking point by insisting that Mateen was a “very sweet guy.” According to CBS, the two men met up about twenty times last year and first found one another on a hookup app. They soon became “friends with benefits.”

He claims Mateen never told him his name, but did reveal pertinent facts about his life: He was married, he had a son, and Mateen’s wife apparently knew he frequented gay bars.

In fact, he insists their whole twice married thing was a sham to conceal from Mateen’s father that his son was “100 percent” gay.

Apparently he never showed a violent side and loved to be cuddled.

“He was looking for love,” the source told Univsion.

Asked why he decided to come forward, he simply said, “It’s my responsibility as a citizen of the United states and a gay man.”

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