Dani Robinson says she and Art Green need more time apart before they can be friends.
Dani Robinson says she and Art Green need more time apart before they can be friends.
She may have had her heart broken on TV, but Dani Robinson has no shortage of potential suitors lining up to date her.
Bachelor runner-up Dani Robinson says she's been approached by more than 50 men with offers of dates since she was dumped on prime time TV.
Robinson had her heart broken by Art Green when the star of The Bachelor NZ chose a relationship with Matilda Rice instead of her in the finale of the TV3 reality show.
Robinson told the Herald she was still on the mend, but there was no shortage of potential suitors looking to impress her.
"They're somehow finding my personal Facebook page and messaging me on that," she said.
Robinson confronted Green for the first time since filming the finale on last night's recap episode, asking him whether their relationship had meant anything to him.
Watch the incident below:
His response, that choosing Rice over Robinson was the hardest decision he'd ever had to make, "dug the knife in," she says.
"At the same time, maybe that's what I needed as a little shove to move on. Like, 'Come on Dani, get over it, it's not you'."
One of the finale's toughest scenes to watch was Robinson crying on her own after being dumped by Green.
Dani Robinson cries after being dumped by Art Green on The Bachelor NZ. Photo/TV3
But the 22-year-old Auckland marketing assistant said she'd had plenty of support - despite not being able to tell anyone what happened on the show.
"I had my sister and my parents - I had all the support I needed. To be honest, it's hard - they weren't there, they didn't know what went on, they don't know how deep my feelings were or how I was feeling. I had to learn to rely on myself and I think I learned I can do that and I can support myself really well.
"During the finale, my friends were in more hysterics than me to the point where I had to turn it off and we couldn't even watch the end of the show because everyone was so upset. I was like, 'It's okay guys, I'm okay now'. They were like, 'I can't believe you went through that on your own'."
"Matilda and I are really close friends. On Saturday we went to lunch and shopping in Ponsonby. So many people came up to us going, 'What are you two doing here? It was almost like our first public appearance as friends."
Art Green with Matilda Rice during the finale of The Bachelor NZ.
She had also been approached by several people wanting to avenge her broken heart.
"There's anger towards (Green). Some people are like, 'Do you want me to go and beat him up for you?' People are quite funny - they're into it."
Robinson told the Herald she needed some time apart from Green before a friendship could develop.
"We will be friends. I think the plan of attack is that we definitely need some downtime to feel indifferent about each other. Once that happens I think we'll be great friends. We have a lot in common, we enjoy doing the same things so even if it's not on purpose we're going to be bumping into each other.
"I think it will be really cool if once we're all over it we can be friends."
As for her love life, Robinson said she was focusing on finishing her marketing degree and changing roles in her position at her family's manufacturing business rather than looking for love.
"I think I can truly move on now that it's not on TV. I personally just want to have a bit of downtime, put my head down and bum up and get my uni done ... maybe then something will come along."
