Jake Pavelka Runs Away From Ex Vienna Girardi

Bachelor stars attend the same Hollywood party, but Jake bails when he sees his former fiancée with her new boyfriend

By Cristina Gibson Apr 08, 2011 5:00 PMTags

Once upon a time, they were engaged.

Now, Bachelor Jake Pavelka can't even stand being in the same place as Vienna Girardi.

Last night in L.A., Jake bolted from a bash as soon as he found out his former fiancée was inside with her latest boyfriend, who was on The Bachelorette.

His excuse for ditching?

"I got called back to production...I'm a working man!" he told paps outside of Lexington Social House.

Riiight. He may as well as have said he had to go home and wash his hair.

Vienna's latest unlucky guy is Kasey Kahl, who infamously got inked in Ali Fedotowsky's honor while he was a contestant on The Bachelorette.

"We told him to go kick rocks!" Kasey explained as to why Jake hightailed it out of Svedka Vodka's Night of A Billion Stars screening party.

What's a night full of reality stars without some drama, anyway?

Also attending the party (and probably trying to extend their 15 minutes) were Whitney Port, Lisa Rinna, Brittny Gastineau, Kyle Richards and Joan Rivers.

—Reporting by Chris Hall