DWTS and Diva Costars Say Jake and Vienna’s Split Was No Surprise

While the announcement of Jake Pavelka‘s split from fiancée Vienna Girardi came as a surprise to those who have worked closest to Pavelka in the past few weeks, the break-up itself wasn’t a shock.
Drop Dead Diva actress Kate Levering, with whom Pavelka shot scenes on June 18 for his upcoming guest appearance on the Lifetime series, tells PEOPLE, “I asked him if they were still together and he said that they were really happy and living in L.A., that they weren’t talking about marriage yet but they were together. I’m sure, probably, that they were obviously on the outs, but he didn’t mention anything. He was very classy about it.”
And although she hasn’t spoken to the pair recently, Chelsie Hightower, Pavelka’s professional partner on Dancing With the Stars, says, “I’m not necessarily surprised that they broke up. I think it would be hard to get to know anybody on a reality TV show, to get to know who they really were, with the pressure of the cameras and the other contestants and all the other factors that add into it.”
Nonetheless, “I wish both of them really well,” Hightower says. “I’ve gotten to know both of them and I think they are both good people and hope that they find better matches for themselves. They have to find people who inspire them to be better than they already are.”

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Jake Pavelka: Why I broke up with Vienna Girardi by phone

Breaking up is hard to do — especially from 2,100 miles away.

Still, “The Bachelor’s” Jake Pavelka, says he had no choice but to end things long-distance with fiancée Vienna Girardi. The reason? He was struggling to get into character for his role on Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva,” which he was filming in Atlanta while Vienna remained in Los Angeles.

“One of the keys to acting is you have to get out of your head,” Pavelka, 32, tells PEOPLE. “This [show] didn’t hire me to be Jake, they hired me to play Toby Davlin. I can’t be Jake and sell this character.”

Troubled by what he termed “trust issues” with Vienna, 24, Jake says he broke up with her in a phone call Monday night.

“I’ve been trying to put all that aside so that I can give this character justice,” he says. “It’s been a struggle thinking about my relationship and going in front of the camera and shooting.”

He also acknowledges, “It was a difficult conversation on the phone. But the relationship was headed in that direction.”

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Daniel Radcliffe on Bieber: I thought he was a girl

Looks like the kids at Hogwarts are immune to Bieber Fever.

“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has confessed that until recently, he thought the 16-year-old fellow tween idol was a female.

“I only heard Justin Bieber for the first time two weeks ago,” the Brit actor told MTV News. “I genuinely thought it was a woman singing. I’d never heard it before. Is it big in England yet?”

Twenty-year-old Radcliffe added that he prefers bands like Radiohead and Hope of States, and while Lady Gaga is “not my kind of music,” he thinks “she’s kind of amazing.”

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